either against the Whofoever beareth is like unto a wife

As a foundation. What fecurity could a perishing finner expect by venturing his eternal all upon any thing less than God? A human arm, and all human works, are but a fandy foundation, which muft give way when the fiery trial, the dying hour, and the day of judgment come to try it. But Chrift is an elect, precious, tried ftone, and a fure foundation; but not as a mere man-For who is God, fave the Lord? And who is a rock, fave our God? 2 Sam. xxii. 32. He that ventures here is fafe, for the gates of hell fhall never prevail, foundation or the fuperftructure. thefe fayings of mine, and doth them, man, which built bis boufe upon a rock; and when the rains defcended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that boufe, it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock. Matt. vii. 24, 25. In all this, my dearly-beloved brother, I have endeavoured, as far as God hath enabled me, to caft up the high way, in oppofition to them who obfcure and destroy the way of our paths. But we have the promise that fome fhall be raifed up and be enlightened, and fhall be called healers of the breach, and reftorers of paths to dwell in; and these are the good old paths which the juft are to inquire after, and to walk in, and in which they are to find reft for their fouls. Jer. vi. 16. For never surely was there more oppofition made to the divinity of the Son of God, and to the power of the Holy Ghoft, than in the prefent day. But, if the foundations be deftroyed, what

fall the righteous do? The wicked can rejoice in Zion's calamity-Rafe it, Rafe it, even to the foundation thereof. But what fhall the righteous do? Chrift is the Lord our righteoufnefs; and he is the rock, bis work is perfect; for all his ways are judgment; a God of truth, and without iniquity, just and right is he. Deut. xxxii. 4. To remove these foundations is to strip Zion both of her ornaments and bulwarks, and to leave her as a cottage in a vineyard, or as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a befieged city. Ifa.

i. 8.

A most daring, bold, prefumptuous man, not long fince, had the effrontery to declare in public, "that Chrift was no more God than he was; so far

(faid he) from his being God, he did not know "the time of Jerufalem's deftruction." Alluding to the following paffage, which he thought was a full proof of it-But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Mark xiii. 32. We know that the human nature of Chrift is not omniscient: as man he grew in wisdom and in ftature. I wonder this poor child of Satan did not go a little further, and prove him to be blind alfo; the fcriptures would have borne him out according to the light which is in him, for his light is darkness. Who is blind but my fervant? or deaf, as my meffenger that I fent? IV bo is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the Lord's fervant? Seeing many things, but thou objervefl not opening the ears, but he beareth not. The

Lord

Lord is well pleafed for his righteousness fake; he will magnify the law and make it honourable. Ifaiah xlii. 19-21. Though men might call him blind, yet he was perfect, and feeing many things. Who is deaf as my meffenger? opening the ears, but thou hearest not. Though he was blind yet he faw many things; and, though he was deaf, yet he opened the ears of others. And one of the many things, which the Lord's perfect meffenger faw, was the day of Jerufalem's deftruction; and this he declared eight or nine hundred years before it came to pafs. I bave trodden the wine-prefs alone, and of the people there was none with me. For I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be Sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. Ifa. Ixiii. 3, 4. The day of vengeance, that was in his heart, was the day of Jerufalem's deftruction-Let not them that are in the countries enter into the city; for these be the days of vengeance. Luke xxi. 22,

The year

of his redeemed was not the year in which Chrift died, when he redeemed his elect from death and hell; but the time of the faints' redemption from Jewish perfecution-And, when ye fee these things come to pass, then look up, and lift up your beads, for your redemption draweth nigh. Luke xxi, 28. Chrift redeems his people from the deceit and violence of men, as well as from the wrath of God; and precious fball their blood be in his fight. Pfal. lxxii. 14. And

fo the Jews found it when all the righteous blood fhed, from the blood of Abel to Zacharias, was required of that generation,

The going forth of the commandment to build Jerufalem, and from that time to the coming of Meffiah the Prince, and to the cutting off the Meffiah; and the people of the Roman prince that was to come to Jerufalem to deftroy the city and the fanctuary; together with the feven years' peace with many nations, which the Romans were to make during the time of their war with the Jews, till God's decreed indignation was poured out upon the defolate; were all foretold by the angel Gabriel to Daniel, Dan. ix. 25-28. And the whole of this matter was made known to Gabriel by a man clothed in linen, which was no other than the High-priest of our profeffion. And I beard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called and faid, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vifion. Dan. viii. 16. Hence it appears that, though he knew not that woful day as man, yet he knew it as God, and highly refented their cruel treatment of him, and their blafphemy against his Holy Spirit; for it was Chrift that executed that fearful judgment upon them, God having committed all judgment to the Son, and all power in heaven and on earth. And he difplayed it with a witnefs, as he foretold them he would-Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lift up his heel against me.

But

But thou, O Lord, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. Pfalm xli. 9. 10. And he did requite them: for it was he that mustered the Roman army, and brought it against them: and the appearance of that was the fign of the Son of man in beaven, when all the tribes of the earth were to mourn. Matt. xxiv. 30. The Jews had long required of him a fign from heaven, and he gave them The deftruction and defolation of the Jews was not to come till Meffiah was cut off; and their ruin and destruction was a fure fign that Jefus was the Meffiah; and, though the blind Jews could not fee it, the children of light did.

one.

Thefe, my dearly-beloved brother, are the men that labour at Zion's foundation, which to them is a ftumbling-ftone and a rock of offence; and too often do they prevail, till the foundations are almoft hid, and then God raises up others to bring them forth again. And they that fhall be of thee fhall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, the Repairer of the breach, the Restorer of paths to dwell in. Ifa. Iviii. 12. Thus fome bring to light, and some bury; some pull down, and fome build up. He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

True, yoke-fellow, adieu. Grace and peace be multiplied. So prays

Yours in the path of tribulation,

W. HUNTINGTON, S.S.