the person whose language he professed to repeat, would he not be reminded, that Justice required him to state the whole truth? Would not every upright mind pronounce, that such a testimony as was designed to produce a false impression on the court, was a false testimony? The ingenuity which continued to avoid the form, would only aggravate the guilt which imposed on men with the essence of a lie. I have deemed it a duty thus to expose the dishonest report of those who have often inveigled the unwary by a pompous profession of exclusive candour, liberality, and impartial pursuit of truth, without caring whither she may lead. Before I take my leave of your readers, I would ask the learned among them, Whether Beza may not be mistaken in supposing that the nominative here, as in Mark xv. 34, is put for the vocative? Is it not rather an ellipsis of the substantive verb (8) which is so common both in Greek and Hebrew, and indeed in most languages? We have the same ellipsis in Rev. *ν. 4, ὅτι μονος όσιος, scil. εἰ * Thus the address of Thomas here corresponds with that of Nathaniel, in the commencement of this gospel, in John i. 50, συ ει ὁ βασιλευς του Ισραήλ, συ ει ὁ ὑιος του Θεου.. Thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel. The eagerness of Thomas to confess his Lord, produced, as is natural, the elliptic form of expression, when he said to him, Thou art my Lord and my God.- Let the reader remember the answer of that Lord and God: Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!' * Bos Ellipses Græcæ. יב AN ORIGINAL LETTER FROM THE REV. G. WHITEFIELD TO MR. J. S. Dear Sir, AT WISBEECH. As your letter breathes the spirit of a sincere follower of the Lamb of God, I am sorry that it hath lain by so long unauswered; but bodily weakness, and a multiplicity of corres pondents, both from abroad and at home, must be pleaded as excuses. Blessed be God, our salvation is nearer than when we believed! It should seem that you have now served three apprenticeships in Christ's school, and yet I suppose the language of your heart is, I love my Master, and will not go from him; and oh what a mercy, that whom Jesus loves, he loves to the end! Do you not begin to long to see him more than ever? Do you not groan in this tabernacle, being burdened? Courage, courage; he that cometh will come, and will not tarry. Oh that patience may have its perfect work! Many in this metropolis seem to be on the wing for God: the shout of a King is yet heard in the Methodist Camp! Had I wings, I would gladly fly from pole to pole; but they are clipped by thirty years feeble labours. Twice or thrice a week I am permitted to ascend my gospel-throne. The love of Christ, I am persuaded, will constrain you to pray that the last glimmering of an expiring taper may be blessed to the guiding of many wandering souls to the Lamb of God That their latter end may greatly increase, even with all the increase of God, earnestly prays, Dear Sir, yours, &c. in our glorious Emanuel, Sept. 25th, 1766. G. WHITEFIELD. A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. How ought a Christian (male or female) to act, whose present place cannot be retained, except by complying with a family rule, to dispose of goods by sale on the morning of a Sabbath-day, and who, by abandoning such a station, would probably be involved in difficulties?and if a person so situated comply with that rule, and, under such circumstances, wishes to join a Christian Church, ought the members thereof to receive such a person into their society? ANECDOTE. Matter of Regret to the celebrated Mr. Hervey, when he thought himself on the Borders of Eternity. 'WERE I to enjoy Hezekiah's grant, and have 15 years added to my life, I would be much more frequent in my applications to a throne of grace. We sustain a mighty loss by reading so much and praying so little. Were I to renew my studies, I would take my leave of these accomplished trifles,the Historians, the Orators, the Poets of Antiquity, and devote. my attention to the Scriptures of Truth. I would sit with much greater assiduity at my divine Master's feet, and desire to know nothing but Jesus Christ, and him crucified! This wisdom, whose fruits are peace in life, consolation in death, and everlasting salvation after death,-this I would trace, this I would seek, this I would explore, through the spacious and delightful fields of the Old and New Testament! TRUST - DEEDS. [Concluded from page 316.] miles of (the town) AND upon this further trust, That the said trustee or trustees for the time being, shall, at any time or times, when thereunto requested by the major part in number of the men-subscribers for the time being, members of the said society and communicants therein, and who shall be attending at a meeting duly assembled for that purpose, raise such sum or sums of money as shall be directed by the men-members present at such meeting, or the major part of them, by a mortgage of all or part of the said trustestate; and make any [conveyance, assignment, or surrender*] for that purpose; and also, when thereunto requested by the major part in number of such men-subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, attending at a meeting duly assembled for that purpose, absolutely make sale of the said trust-estates, or any part thereof, and the [fee simple and inheritance thereof, or residue of the term therein] either by public auction or by private contract; and in such manner as such men-subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, or the major part of them for the time being, attending such meeting, shall think fit; and [convey, assign, or surrender] the same trust-estates, when sold to the person or persons who shall agree to become the purchaser or purchasers thereof; and also, at an v time or times, at such request as aforesaid [convey, assign, or surrender] the said trust-estates, or any part thereof, to any person or persons in exchange for, or in lieu of any "other hereditaments, to be situate within aforesaid, as to the said trustee or trustees for the time being, with the consent of such men-subscribers, being members and communicants as aforesaid, or the major part of them, present at any meeting convened for that purpose, shall appear more convenient for the purposes aforesaid, or any of them; and upon this further trust, That the said trustee or trustees for the time being, shall stand and be [seised or possessed] of the hereditaments (if any) which shall be taken in exchange as aforesaid, upon the same or like trusts, and to and for the same or the like ends, intents, and purposes, as are hereinhefore expressed and declared concerning the hereditaments hereby [bargained and sold, or surrendered or as near thercto as may be, and the nature of the heredita. ments to be so taken in exchange, and the purposes of convenience for which they shall be taken in exchange, will admit, and upon this further trust, that the said trustee or trustees for the time being, shall stand possessed of the money, which, from time to time, shall be received on any sale, or mortgage, or exchange, which shall be made under the trust hereinbefore declared, upon trust, to invest, lay out, or dispose of, the same, in such manner, and for such purposes, for the benefit of the said Society of Protestant-Dissenters, of the denomination aforesaid, or for the improvement of the Trust-Property, or the enlargment, repair, or rebuilding, of the Trust-Premisses, or any of them, or otherwise, as the major part, in number, of the male subscribers, being members of the said Soci ely and communicants therein as aforesaid, and present at a meeting, to be called for that purpose, shall direct; and upon this further trust, that, in case the said Society shall be totally dissolved or dispersed, and the public worship of God in the said Meeting-house discontinued for the space of two years together, then the said trustee or trustees for the time being, shall [convey, assign, or surrender] and assure the said Trust Estates, hereby bargained and sold, or surrendered] and also the hereditaments, to be received in exchange as aforesaid, unto such person or persons in such manner and for such purposes, either religious or civil, as two-thirds in number * The words in a parenthesis are to be used thus: - Conveyance, if the premisses are freehold; Assignment, if leasehold; and Surrender, if copyhold. of those men-members of the said Society of Protestant-Dissenters, whoj at the time of such disolution or dispersion, shall be, and, for one year then next preceding, shali have been, subscribers to the support of the public worship of God in the said Meeting-house, and during the like period shall have been members of the said congregation and communican therein, shall appoint by any writing under their hands; and the said (Donor) doth direct, and the other parties do hereby agree, that the person or persons who shall become the purchaser or purchasers, or take a mortgage or mortgages of all or any part of the said Trust- Estates, his, her, or their heirs, executors, or administrators, shall not be obliged to see to the application of the money to be advanced or paid by him, her, or them, respectively, as the consideration of such purchase or purchases, mortgage or mortgages, nor be answerable or accountable for the misapplication or non-application of the same money, or any part thereof, after the same shall have been paid to, or to the order of, the said trustee or trustees for the time being, under these presents; and that every receipt which shall be given by the said Trustee or Trustees for the time being, for such purchase or mortgage money, or any part thereof, shall be a good, valid, and sufficient acquittance and discharge for the sum or sums of money which therein or thereby respectively shall be acknowledged or expressed to or to have been received; and that every sale and inortgage which shall be made, and contract for sale which shall be entered into, and conveyance which shall be executed, by the said trustée or trustees for the time being, pursuant to the trusts herein before declared, shall be binding. and conclusive on all persons claiming any benefit or interest under the trusts hereinbeføre contained. Provided further, and it is directed, That when and as often as, or at any time after, there shall be only five acting trustees of the said trust-estate, the vacancy in the number of trustees shait be supplied by the appointment of so many additional persons, being Pro- * testant-Dissenters by profession, as will make up the number of thirteen trustees; such appointment to be made by the major part of the men-sub scribers to the said Meeting-house, being members and communicants as i aforesaid, who shall be present at a meeting convened for that purpose, and with the consent and approbation of the surviving and continu ng trustees ør trustee; and that all such conveyances shall be made and executed ‚(at › the expence of the trust-estale, or the funds of the congregation attending the said Meeting-house) as shall be necessary or deemed adviseable for vesting the said trust-estates in the then acting trustee or trustees, jointly,* with such additional trustees; and that, of every meeting, for the pur poses aforesaid, there shall be public notice given on the Sunday preceding, during the time of divine service; and that the meeting shall not be held earlier than the Wednesday succeeding such Senday, and that no person shall be entitled to vote on any of the matters aforesaid, unless such person shall have been a subscriber to and a member of the said Society, and a communicant therein, twelve calender months prior to such meeting; and that the trustee or trustees for the time being shall be entitled to deduct and retain all the costs, charges, and expenses, of and aitending the execu tion of the trusts reposed, or to be reposed, in him or them, uader or by virtue of these presents. IN WITNESS, &c. This Draft is drawn in the most concise form. It must be varied in the trusts as circumstances and the intention of the donor may require. The deed must be enrolled within the limited time; and all the circumstances required by the statute of 9th Geo. 11, ch. 36, roust be observed. Covenants (if any are deemed necessary) should be inserted in a separate instrument. RICHARD PRESTON, Inner Temple. 3 B Sir, Evangelicana. Young Ladies and Popular Preachers. An Extract from Dr. Hunter's Sacred Biography, Lect. XI. To the Editor. The following Observations in one of the Lectures of the late Dr. Henry Huuter, struck me so forcibly, and appear to be so applicable to the circumstances of the present day, that I cannot but recommend thei for insertion in your valuable Miscellany. They certainly exhibit a very Important subject in its proper colours; and should teach us, in our just partiality for distinguished and popular individuals, not to wound the feelings, or injure the usefulness of those who have not the less merit, because they do not happen to be objects of this world's idolatry. I am, Sir, yours, &c. The cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and behold Miriam became leprous, white as snow; and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold she was leprous. Numb. xii. 10. ♦ A SHOCKING example of divine displeasure against one of the most edious of crimes! My fair hearers, let me whisper an advice in your ears. I am no common place declaimer against your sex; I honour it, and I wish to improve it. You must hear me with the greatest attention, and mark what I say. You lie under a general imputation respecting vices of the tongue; but general imputations are for the most part unfounded. I do not mean, however, to insinuate, that you are totally innosent, or more so than the other sex; for your affections are eager; and what the heart feels, by the eyes or the tongue, you will express; and that expression is sometimes too strong for either piety or prudence. I mean to caution you,`at present, on a particular fault of the tongue, which affects my own profession, which is far from being foreign to the subject, and in which I deem myself both qualified and entitled to advise you. Women, among other favourite objects, have their favourite systems of religion, and their favourite preachers; and, following perhaps the impulse of an honest affection, they are for establishing their favourite object on the ruins of every competitor. What is the consequence? In the event of difference of opinion, or of attachment, one man is unmercifully, unrelentingly run down; and another is, with equal want of reason, magnified and exalted. Women, young women, good young women, think they are only yielding to the impulse of a pious affection when they applaud or censure this or that public character: but what are they doing indeed? Blowing up one poor vain idol of straw into self-consequence and importance; and piercing thro', on the other hand, an honest heart with anguish unutterable; perhaps robbing a worthy happy family of its bread, or, what is more, of its peace and comfort. I am no stranger to what is by some termed Religious Conversation; aud I am seriously concerned about the topics of it: it generally turns upon persons, not upon things. Now it ought to be just the reverse. Persons always mislead us, for no one is wholly impartial, but Truth is eternal and unchangeable. Apply then the test: Does the conversation dwell upon this inan or his neighbour, his rival or his enemy, check it, away with it, - what have the interests of Piety to do in the case? Had he never been born, the foundation of God' would have stood as it does, without his feeble aid. Call no man Master in sacred things, but Christ; and take care that you measure neither orthodoxy, sense, nor virtue by the imperfect, fluctuating standard of your own caprice, affection, or understanding. Were similar punishment instantly to follow the vices of the tongue, as in the case of Miriam, I shudder to think how many a fair face, now lovely to the sight, must by to |