had in giving it, must restored to the people--not merely in in a neatly-printed

volume in in our mother-tongue, but in its own native power and grandeur. Its
divine authority must be asserted, maintained, and defended not only as true,
divine, from God, but it must be enforced, urged, and continually impressed
on the hearts and consciences of men. As a people, we must make all men
know that we are simply for the Bible, in its own true import, purpose, or
intent; for the God of the Bible, in the character ascribed to him in the Bible;
the Messiah of the Bible, with the divine character ascribed to him in that holy
book, and his offices; the Holy Spirit of the Bible, with the office and work
ascribed to him in the Bible; the religion of the Bible, in all its parts--its f
acts,
its commandments, and promises; its faith, obedience, and hope; its rewards
and punishments--the whole of it; no more, no less. To it and to its Divine
Author we have vowed eternal allegiance; to develop it, enforce it on the
minds, hearts, and consciences of mankind; to advocate, propagate, maintain,
defend, and perpetuate it has been the work of the author of the following
discourses for a third of a century; to be enrolled with its friends, a co-labor
er
with them, and have their fellowship; to have their God for his God, their
cause for his cause, and their final inheritance for his inheritance, is the
highest honor he desires. If this volume shall, in any goodly degree, enlighten
sinners encourage, comfort, and strengthen the saints, the purpose of the writer
will be fully accomplished.roamman do