"I meet with much fewer than I could wish, who search the Scriptures for these things,such as unheeded prophecies, overlooked mysteries, and strange harmonies; -which being clearly and judiciously proposed, may make that book appear worthy of the high extraction it challenges, and, consequently, of the veneration of considering men; and who are solicitous to discern and make out, in the way of governing and of saving men revealed by God, so excellent an economy, and such deep contrivances, and wise dispensations, as may bring credit to religion; not so much as it is Roman, or Protestant, or Socinian, but as it is Christian."-BOYLE: Excellency of Theology. "I am confident that the New Testament, rightly understood, would harmonize all dissonances, and bring the Christian church, not only with one heart,' but with one mouth,' to glorify God: And, the more I read and endeavour to study it in its own incomparable language, the more I am satisfied that there is an organic scheme of truth running through every part of it, which it will be yet granted to faithful Christians to enter into and become possessed of, and thereby to attain, not only the unity of the faith,' but also the unity of the knowledge' of the Son of God.” — Unpublished Letter of Mr. Knox. CONTENTS THE FIRST VOLUME. PAGE |