velation is something which is to take place in the "spiritual world,” not on earth. These are some of his opinions. We need hardly say that we differ very widely from him, and suspect him of holding doctrines incompatible with the simple interpretation of the Word of God.

Ertracts.

Prayer for Israel.

1st. That the Lord would pour out on the Christian Church a spirit of earnest intercessory prayer, for Jews and Israelites.-Rom. x. 1; Isa. lxii. 6, 7.

2d. That He would bless all who pray and labour for the conversion of God's ancient people; and that He would strengthen and support all missionaries, converts, and inquirers.-Ps. cvi. 4; Rom. xi. 12, 15; Jer. vi. 16.

3d.—That the admission, by professedly Christian nations, of the Jews into the legislature, may be overruled for good by God's providence.-Ps. ciii. 19, xcvii. 1, 2.

4th. That the Lord would remove out of the way of the Jew the stumbling-blocks presented by a nominal Christianity, by the idolatries of the Church of Rome, and by the Mohammedan imposture. Rom. xiv. 13; Rev. ii. 14.

5th. That God would end the dispersion of the Jews, and restore them to their own land.—Amos ix. 14, 15; Zech. viii. 7, 8. 6th. That the Lord would speedily accomplish the number of His elect, and hasten His kingdom.-Matt. vi. 10; Eph. v. 27; 2 Thess. ii. 1-17.

7th. That the further developments of Antichrist may be restrained, and that his last manifestation may be destroyed by "the bright

ness of Christ's coming."-1 John iv. 1-3; 2 Thess. ii. 1-10. 8th. That the Jews may "look upon Him whom they have pierced, and mourn; " and may be led to the "Fountain opened for sin and uncleanness."-Zech. xii. 10, xiii. 1; Rev. i. 7.

9th. That the outcast tribes of Israel may be brought back to their own land, and share in that salvation by which "all Israel shall be saved."-Isa. xi. 12; Rom. xi. 26.

10th. That" the Lord's fame may be heard in the isles afar off," and that "His glory may be declared among the Gentiles," and that they may bring all outcast Israel "for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations."-Isa. lxvi. 19, 20; Ps. lxvii.

11th.

That the Lord would bless Israel, "making them a name and a praise among all the people of the earth."-Zeph. iii. 20; Zech. viii. 11-13; Ezek. xlvii. 13, 21.

12th. That the Lord Jesus Christ would fulfil His own glorious office, and His own gracious purposes, as a light to lighten the

Gentiles, and the glory of His people Israel."-Luke ii. 32; Isa, lx. 3.

13th.-That the Lord would "rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in His people, and that the receiving of them may be to all the families of the earth as life from the dead."-Isa. lxv. 19; Rom. xi. 15. 14th. That He would make the land of Israel to be again "the glory of all lands." "Jerusalem to be His throne, and a praise in the earth."—Ezek. xx. 6; Jer. iii. 17; Isa. lxii. 7.

15th. That He would fulfil His promise, that, "the knowledge of the glory of the Lord should cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea."-Hab. ii. 14; Num. xiv. 21.

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16th. That He would remember all who thus unite with us in prayer, "with the favour He beareth unto His people." That He would "visit us with His salvation," that we may see the good of His chosen;" that we may "rejoice in the gladness of His nation," and that we may "glory with His inheritance," and that He would speedily accomplish all His great and glorious promises, and graciously answer these our prayers, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. —Ps. cvi. 4 ; 2 Pet. i. 4; Isa. lii. 8; 2 Cor. i. 20.

Divines of the Westminster Assembly.

"In pursuance of an Order, bearing date the 6th instant, for my perusal of a treatise by Dr N. Homes, and to report my opinion concerning the same, I certify as follows:

"That all the saints shall reign with Christ a thousand years on earth, both in a visible and spiritual glorious manner, before the time of the ultimate and general resurrection, is a position, which (though not a few have hesitated about, and opposed it) has gained ground in the hearts and judgments of very many, both grave and godly men, who have left us divers essays and discourses upon this subject. And, having perused the learned and laborious work of this author, I conceive that the Church of God hath not hitherto seen this point so clearly stated, so largely discussed, and so strongly confirmed-not only by the testimony of ancient and modern writers of all sorts, but by the Holy Scriptures throughout-as it is presented in this book. Wherein also divers other considerable points are collaterally handled, all tending to set forth the catastrophe and result of the troubles and hopes of such as fear God, as the preface to their eternal bliss. And, whereas, some have been, and still are, apt to abuse this doctrine, by making it an occasion to the flesh, and of heating themselves in the expectation of a carnal liberty, and worldly glory; I find that this author hath cautiously forelaid and prevented all such abuses, by shewing the exceeding spirituality and holiness of this state: to which, as none but the truly holy can attain; so, having attained it, they shall walk in the height of holiness. And therefore I judge this book very useful for the saints, and worthy of public view.

"October 13, 1653.

JOSEPH CARYLL."

"In obedience to an Order, dated October the 6th, I have (as my present weakness will give me leave) perused that which hath been brought unto me, written by Dr Homes in several books, concerning the kingdom of Christ on earth; and do return this as my sense of it:

"The subject (which is the reign of our Saviour with His saints on earth) is of a transcendent glory in itself, of universal importance to all persons and states, and very seasonable for the present times. Like a piece of rich coin which hath been long buried in the earth, and lately dug up again, it begins to grow bright with handling, and to pass current with great numbers of saints and learned men of great authority. As the same star at different seasons is the evening-star, setting immediately after the sun; and then the morning-star, shining immediately before it; so was this truth the evening-star to the first coming of Christ, setting together with the glory of that day in a night of antichristianism; and now it appears again in our times, as a morning-star to that blessed day of the second effusion of the Spirit, and the second appearance of our Saviour, in the glory of the Father.

"The manner of handling this subject appears to be with pious and modest learning, judgment, industry, and variety ;—a variety of Divine matter, excellent reading, choice Scriptures, and expositions of Scripture;-out of all which ariseth much present light, many hints for more, with quickening occasions for further searches and discoveries: so that this book is at once a well-grown orchard, and a nursery of truths.

"The opinions which the doctor holds forth in this book, cannot expect to have the concurrence of all gracious and judicious spirits, or a clearness in all particulars; the subject being a prophetic truth, approaching, indeed, but still at some distance: yet they all move upon a hinge of three principal points, which seem to lie fair and uppermost in the letter of divers scriptures, and have been stamped with the authority of men conversant in holiness and learning. These three points are such as cut off all pretence to sensuality and contention from the reign of Christ;—such as instruct the saints to a peaceable, patient, and joyful waiting for Him; that when He appears, they may appear with Him in glory;'—such as, being rightly understood, confirm the letter, and heighten the spirituality of Scripture, giving a distinct and joint accomplishment to letter and spirit each in the other; the letter having its fulness in the spirit, and the fulness of the spirit taking in the letter. These three principal points of testimony and entrance to Christ's kingdom are, first, the indubitable evidence of our Lord's appearance in His own person, for the several purposes of conviction to the world, conversion of the Jews, glorification to the saints, and renovation to the creature: whether His appearance shall be miraculous, (the Lord condescending to veil for a season His glorified body under a meaner form, that it may be fitted to our natural sense ;) or whether His appearance shall be mysterious, (the Lord in the instant of it transfiguring the dead and living saints into a conformity to His glorified body, that in the twinkling of an eye they may see their King, and He may see them, in beauty;) or whether both these,

according to Matt. xxiv. 30; 1 Cor. xv. 51, and Phil. iii. 20, 21. Secondly, that the state of the saints' kingdom shall be the resurrection from the dead, and the change of the living saints, equivalent to the resurrection of the bodies of those that sleep in the dust. Thus each particular saint, and the whole Church, being predestinated to be conformed to the likeness of His image, shall answer to the state of Christ between His resurrection and ascension; and which seems to have been his paradisiacal state. The last head is, that there shall be a new earth to be the seat of this new kingdom. For if the earth being made new with the newness of the spirit, be also spiritualised, then will it be fit for glorified inhabitants. The streets of the new Jerusalem are said to be as gold, and glass, which describe its spirituality; -as gold, for its solid, simple substance, and for its shining glory; and as pure glass, for its transparency, clearness, and thorough lightsomeness. PETER STERRY.

"October 19, 1653."

-See M'Causland's Hope of Israel.

Discovery of an Ancient Biblical Manuscript.

The theological world in Germany is now deeply interested in the remarkable discovery of Professor Tischendorf, well known by his critical works upon the New Testament, and who recently made a scientific journey in the East, at the expense of the Governments of Saxony and Russia. The discovery is nothing less than an elder brother of the famous Vatican MS., found in a marvellous state of preservation in an Egyptian convent. M. Tischendorf himself was scarcely able to believe in the reality of the discovery, and he decided not to mention it until he had satisfied himself that it combined all the marks laid down by palæographers as determining the age of an ancient MS. But now there is no longer any doubt; the parchment, the characters, the punctuation, the initials, the inscriptions and subscriptions, the ink, &c., all prove in the clearest way that we possess an Alexandrine MS. of the fourth century, of the age of Constantine and Eusebius of Cesarea, containing the New Testament entire, and which will henceforth be the first and most august witness of the text of the New Testament.

But what gives the newly discovered MS. a veritable primacy is, that it contains the New Testament entire. That at Paris contains only fragments of the sacred volume. The London MS. is not complete; almost all the First Gospel, and almost all the Second Epistle to the Corinthians are wanting. The Vatican M.S. has lost the Apocalypse, four Epistles of Paul, and the third part of the Epistle to the Hebrews. The new codex, on the contrary, which contains many of the canonical and apocryphal books of the Old Testament, (almost all the Prophets, Psalms, Job, the Book of Sirach, Wisdom, &c.,) includes all the books of the New Testament, and it is this which renders the work of inappreciable value. Still more, it contains, joined to the Apocalypse, the Epistle attributed to Barnabas, a very important document of the end

of the first century or the beginning of the second, and, in fine, the first part of the Shepherd of Hermas, which dates from the first half of the second century. This confirms what the history of the canon has already induced us to believe, that in Christian antiquity, in many churches, these two works were regarded as forming part of the Sacred Scriptures.

Correspondence.

To the Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Prophecy.

SIR,-Nothing has brought greater scandal on prophetic truth than the heresies that have more than once connected themselves with the study of it, or rather that have been broached by the students of it. That some prophetic students should have revived the heresy of the non-vicariousness of Christ's life, is a strong reason for a prophetic journal giving its explicit testimony in reference to this point. The above heresy is half-way to Socinianism, in so far as the atonement of Christ is concerned: and they who maintain it are sowing the seeds of Socinian heresy, though they may not be themselves Socinians. You have already shewn, by large quotation, how completely the voice of the orthodox churches and theologians in times past has been lifted against this doctrine; so that there is little need to add anything to the extracts already given.

Yet I may notice the testimony of Matthew Henry, who, in his comments on the 53d of Isaiah, states the truth very distinctly. A sentence or two will suffice. "It was not only His last scene that was tragical, but His whole life was so. Thus being made sin for us, He underwent the sentence sin had subjected us to, that we should eat in sorrow all the days of our life." Again, "God having made Him sin for us, He was proceeded against as a malefactor; He was apprehended and taken into custody," &c. See also his exposition of Matthew viii. 17, where Isaiah liii. 4 is quoted. Let us contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints. Maurice would take from us the vicariousness of Christ's death, and these new theologians would take from us the vicariousness of His life. He who maintains that for thirtythree years and a half Christ was not acting as the sin-bearer, or substitute, or priest, knows but little either of His person or His work-either of His priesthood or His atonement. It is well that the attention of the Church should be called to this serious defection from the faith among some who profess to study the prophetic word.-I am, &c.

A STUDENT OF PROPHECY.

Poetry.

HOMEWARDS.

Dropping down the troubled river,
To the tranquil, tranquil shore;

Dropping down the misty river,
Time's willow-shaded river,