verse. And T. SIMON (Crit. Hist. of the O. T. b. 1. c. 5) thinks this frequent repetition of the same thing an argument, that the whole Pentateuch is not Moses's, but that many of these repetitions are rather theirs who made a collection of the Holy Scriptures, and have joined together several readings or explanations of the same words; for if Moses had composed the whole, he would have explained himself in fewer words, especially in an history. But, since he acknowledges that those who made the collection were men of a prophetical spirit, what greater absurdity is there in supposing Moses to have been the author of these repetitions than any other prophets. And as to this repetition, there is good reason for, and grace in it. For, the gradual prevailing of the waters, and their rising still higher and higher, is very significantly expressed by it.LORIMER'S Exam. of Pére, SIMON's Crit. Hist.

CHAP. VIII.

21. I will not again curse the ground. It appears from this declaration, that the flood was the effect of that curse which was denounced against the earth for man's sake, and that the old curse was fully accomplished in the flood, in consequence of which, a new blessing is immediately pronounced upon the earth, v. 22.—SHERLOCK's Discourses on Prophecy. p. 101.

CHAP. IX.

4. But flesh with the life thereof. Blood is here prohibited, because it is the life of the beast, and appointed for sacrifice, and the atonement for sin, and appropriated to that use. And therefore, when Christ had offered himself a sacrifice for sin, and the blood of other creatures should no longer be offered, there was to be an end of the prohibition.

10. And with every living creature. For a blessing on the earth is not only a blessing ou man, but on all living creatures which subsist on the earth. BP. SHERLOCK's Discourses on Pro

I can truly add, that the relaxation, approaching to perfect indifference, which prevails in the middling and higher classes of society in Spain, with respect to the obligations of religion, and a fulfilment of the ordinary duties of worship, is spreading with such rapidity, and gaining over the lowest orders, as to threaten the most serious consequences. It is in vain that volumes are written, to prove scepticism, and infidelity have their origin in the works of philosophers, and modern demagogues, if such there be none but the blind or interested, any longer deny that both are to be found in the conduct of the clergy themselves; in their uniform opposition to reform of every kind; in their efforts to perpetuate error, long after it is recognized as such, by the most illiterate of their flocks; in their readiness to cooperate with the tyrants and oppressors of mankind; and, above all, in the universal persuasion, that they neither practise nor believe in the doctrines they preach, so implicitly as men ought who are desirous of convincing others.

Blaquiere's Hist. Rev. of Span. Revolution.

THE ANTI-SCEPTIC.

THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, FROM ITS OWN STATEMENT OF HIS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES.

Mr. EDITOR,

The other day, in passing along the streets of London, I happened to come in contact with one of those shops of modern contrivance, which is designed to conceal the vender of certain political and theological productions, from the view of his customers. Amongst the works exhibited to public view for sale, I observed a small pamphlet with the following title: "THE GOD of the Bible." This title, Sir, led me to think of that great Being whom the Bible sets before us as Supreme.

From the very place in which the pamphlet was exhibited, I had every reason to suspect its design, as intended to cast reproach upon the Scriptures; therefore, I felt not the least inclination to become its purchaser: but I was determined to search the word of God for myself, and ascertain his character from its proper source. I can now, Sir, furnish your readers with chapter and verse as they stand in the Bible, without note or comment, to set forth the matchless perfections of its grand author. If they carefully peruse the hallowed pages, I hope they will be fully convinced that, "The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.

ON THE EXISTENCE OF DEITY.

"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM."* "I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no

*Exod. iii. 14.

God besides me.' ""* "We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art and wast, and art to come.”+

ON THE POWER OF GOD.

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." "For he spake, and it was done; he commanded and it stood fast." "Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." "Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity." "Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." stood and measured the earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the nations." "None can stay his hand, "He

or

"He

say unto him, What doest thou?" stretcheth the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. *** Lo, these are parts of his ways; but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?"

"Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection? It is high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him."I

ON THE WISDOM OF GOD.

"He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of

* Isa. xlv. 5.

Rev. xi. 17.

Gen. i. I. Psalm xxxiii. 9. Isa. xl. 12, 15, 21, and 22. Hab. iii, 6

great power: his understanding is infinite." "Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or, being his counsellor, hath taught him? With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?" "Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding." "I, the Lord, search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." "Neither is there any thing that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." "O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out."*

ON THE ETERNITY OF GOD.

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"I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever." "There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help. The eternal God."" Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world; even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past; and as a watch in the night." "Of old hast Thou laid the foundations of the earth; and the heavens are the work of Thy hands. They shall perish, but Thou shalt endure. *** Thou art the same, and Thy years shall have no end." " Beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day."+

Dan. iv. 35. Job. xxvi. 7. to the end of the chapter: and Job.xi.7. 8, 9. and 10.

* Psalm cxlvii. 4, 5. Jsa. xl. 13, 14, 28. Jer. xvii. 10. Heb. iv. 13. and Rom. xi. 33.

Deut. xxxii. 40. Chron. xxxiii. 26, and 27. Psalm xc. 2. 4. Psalm cii. 25, 26, and 27. and II. Peter. iii, 8.