In the last paper it was supposed that one cause to which declensions in religion might be imputed was a disregard to the word of God; in this I shall attempt to prove that another

It is a matter of complaint too common, as well as too well founded, that the bulk of Christians in the present age are very deficient in spirituality, and come far short of the primitive

[A Letter to Mr. H. Muir, Glasgow] Dear Sir, I greatly rejoice in the establishment of your Society. If many were formed, there would be no need of any apology to those which are formed

I do not wish the following remarks to supersede any other answer which may enter more fully into the subject. All I have to offer will be a few hints from my own experience. In

“1. Ought we to ascribe any part of our conduct which is not absolutely sinful to the agency of Satan? There appears to have been nothing ‘absolutely sinful’ in the conduct of the Corinthians towards

“How may a man ascertain his election of God to the ministry of the gospel? And what are sufficient qualifications for that important office?” I conceive an answer to the latter part of the question

“Ought a wicked man to pray?” The declaimer who denied this position seems to have had an eye to those passages of Scripture which declare “the sacrifice and way of the wicked to be an

“Does the Spirit of God, in regeneration, produce a new principle in the heart, or only impart a new light in the understanding!” The question, as stated by your correspondent, I consider as important, and

“What are the best means of preservation against backsliding?” It is usual with us to confine the idea of a backslider to a good man. I apprehend the Scriptures do not use the term always