Twenty-four Discourses / On Some of the Important and Interesting Truths, Duties, and Institutions, of the Gospel, and the General Excellency of the Christian Religion; Calculated for the People of God of Every Communion, Particularly for the Benefit of Pious Families, and the Instruction of All in the Things Which Concern Their Salvation - Nathan Perkins

In the last place, that the principal glory of the Gospel, is its revealing to us a mediatorial Salvation, the only way to pardon—the recovery of lost man by the sufferings and death of the Son of God. This, indeed, as the attentive hearer will easily apprehend, is the great Excellency of our Religion. That which more than any thing else, or all things else, shows its glory and worth. This is the chief excellence. All that hath been above illustrated, if united together is far from being equal to this; and was but preparatory to it. This was designedly reserved for the last and crowning glory of all. As sinners we want a method revealed, or to be shown, how we may obtain forgiveness and the divine favour, acceptance with a holy and sin-hating God. This the Gospel clearly reveals to us; and in this consists its glory. This distinguishes it from all false religions—from all the religions ever broached in the world. There is one God and one Mediator between God and man. Other foundation can no man lay, that that is laid even Jesus Christ. We are redeemed with his precious blood. He is the lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. No man can come unto the Father but by him. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Through him, as an exalted Redeemer, repentance and remission of sin are preached to an Apostate world. He came to seek and to save that which was lost—to call sinners to repentance.—Be it known unto you, therefore men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by him all that believe, are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. Neither is there Salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. The chief mercy of the Deity to a ruined world is the gift of a Saviour. This is the unspeakable gift. None can be compared to it. It is infinitely above all others. Whenever the inspired penmen touch upon this theme, the love of God in giving his son to make a propitiation for sin, they seem to be carried out of themselves. They delight to dwell upon it. They are raised beyond their ordinary pitch. They labour for language to describe it. They know not how to speak worthily upon it; where to begin, or where to end.—They exclaim, O the length, the depth, the height, the breadth of the love of God; his redeeming love!—

All indeed that Jesus Christ did, and suffered was to open a way for our pardon, and to lead us to life eternal; a life of pardon and acceptance with God, which might be compatible with the claims of strict justice. For this, he lived a painful life. For this, he condescended to be clothed in human flesh. For this, he died on the Cross, an ignominious death. For this, he lay in the cold and silent grave. For this, at the destined moment, he burst asunder the bonds of death, and arose in triumph, as a mighty conqueror over death and hell; for as he was wounded for our transgressions, so he was raised again for our justification. For this, he ascended, in a visible form, before chosen witnesses, into heaven. When we behold him coming into the world—living—suffering—bleeding—dying—numbered with transgressors, for he was crucified between two malefactors, as if the greatest criminal of the three—and suspended on the cross on Calvary’s top, between the heavens and the earth, as if unworthy of either—we see him as the great propitiatory Sacrifice for sin.

The law came by Moses, but grace and truth by Jesus Christ; and he fulfilled all righteousness. He put an honour, by what he did, and by what he suffered, by his active and passive obedience, on the divine character, law, and government. To all worlds, he has given full proof that pardoning mercy may be consistently exercised to all penitents—that the ruler of the Universe may be just and yet justify the believer—that an honourable door of salvation is opened. He indeed bore the sinner’s shame and iniquities as his substitute; and accordingly is made unto all that believe, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Through his peace-speaking blood a way of life and forgiveness for, even the chief of sinners on their repentance is made known. A holy, and righteous, and sovereign God, who is bound to consult the honour and glory of his own character, law, and government, and the welfare of the system of the Universe, can be just and yet forgive the sinner, who repents and believes in a Saviour. Man may be saved, and yet his salvation honour his Maker, as the all-wise and all-holy Jehovah. He is glorified in our recovery from sin to holiness, and more glorified, than if we had been left to perish, unpitied; and the law had been executed upon us, in all its awful rigours.——Here consequently is the peculiar glory or principal Excellence of the Gospel.—its revealing to us a mediatorial interposition—a way of pardon and felicity consistent with all the divine attributes. It honours, indeed, the Divine Being, and all his perfections, wisdom, goodness, mercy, and justice, while it provides, in the most ample manner, for the sinner’s relief and salvation.

Would any then enquire after the peculiar glory or excellence of the Gospel they may at once receive a full answer, on what I have now stated.—A vicarious righteousness—a pardon purchased by the precious blood of the Son of God—the Cross of Christ—is the sum and substance—the glory of the Gospel. Sin is expiated by an adequate sacrifice—everlasting righteousness is brought in—the divine honour is secured—and all the law magnified. This is the excellence of the Christian Religion. Unless we see this; we see nothing of the worth of a Saviour—and we know nothing either experimentally, savingly, or even speculatively of the glory of the Gospel.

I have now considered, at some length, the general excellence of the Christian Religion. Had my illustrations and arguments been such, as the dignity and grandeur of the subject required, I should hope that every hearer would receive such a sense of the excellence of that Religion, in which he was born and educated, and which blesses, with its salutary rays, as a divine light, our happy Country, as would never wear off, but lead to a temper of mind and conduct of life conformable to its precepts.—In as few words as they can be expressed, permit me, to recapitulate all the arguments and considerations which have been enlarged upon in these discourses, and present them, in one united view, that they may all have their proper weight on the mind. The Christian Religion then is excellent, as it shines gloriously above all other religions.—As it contains an admirable system of doctrines, and a plain and rational mode of worship:—as it lays before us the best system of duties, all of which are reasonable, and the most weighty and solemn motives to enforce them:—as it comprises in it the most precious promises, and furnishes the richest supports, in days of adversity and misfortune, far surpassing all that could be derived from reason and philosophy, though these a wise man will by no means despise:—as it builds itself upon no selfish foundation,—as it prohibits all moral evil, and every thing which would interrupt our peace and comfort as individuals, or the harmony and benefit of society, which it consults and secures:—as it offers the most gracious, and sufficient assistances to enable us to perform all required duty, and hath but two sacramental institutions, both of which are reasonable, having a doctrinal and moral tendency,—as it exhibits a perfect and sublime morality which the life of its founder happily exemplified: for the example which he set us of Virtue and goodness is indefective:—as it gives us so much light into the great plan of the divine government:—and as it reveals a mediatorial salvation, the only way of pardon and acceptance with the omniscient—and all-holy God. Well may the Gospel, be called the Gospel of God—the Gospel of the grace of God—the glorious Gospel of the blessed God—the power of God unto salvation—the wisdom that is from above—the mystery hid from ages—the Gospel of Christ—good news of salvation—and the Gospel of our salvation—the grace of God—and the Gospel of peace.

The whole will be concluded, with only one request to the hearer, that as he would act up to the dignity of his rational nature—as he would admit nothing, which is contrary to, or reject nothing which is consistent with, reason—that as he would be happy on earth—and happy after death, so he would, with fairness and candor, with all due seriousness and deliberation, examine the merits, the internal worth and beauty, the excellence of the Christian Religion, that from a full conviction of its being worthy of all acceptation, he may conform his life to its precepts, be interested in the righteousness of its author, and build his hopes upon its promises—and, then, its rewards will be his portion, when time is no more.—And now to the King, eternal, immortal, and invisible, be rendered, through Jesus Christ, all honor, glory, and praise, from all on earth, and all in heaven!——Amen!

Transcriber’s Notes.

Detailed changes:

On page vii., change the reference 2 Thessalonians, 2. 15 to 2 Thessalonians, ii. 15, for consistency.
On page 11, change the reference from “EPHES. II. 12.” to “EPHESIANS ii. 12.” to match the style used in the rest of the book.
On page 13, in the “first thing proposed” paragraph, change the Roman “I” to an Arabic “1” for consistency with later numbers.
On page 15, change “all will berewarded according to their character and works” to “all will be rewarded . . . .”
The break between pages 15 and 16 is in the word “denied”: de|nied. In this and all subsequent cases, the whole word was moved to the earlier page.
On page 20, capitalize “Sirs” and “We” in the quotation of Acts xiv. 15.
On page 21, in point 3, change “indispensibly” to “indispensably” twice.
On page 22, change “to do justly and and love mercy” to “to do justly and love mercy.”
The break between pages 22 and 23 is in the word “unto”: un|to.
The break between pages 23 and 24 is in the word “homage”: hom|age.
The break between pages 26 and 27 is in the word “happy”: hap|py.
On page 27, the sentence “We proceed—as was proposed—” was centered in the original, which stands out in the narrow column of the book. The Transcriber removed the formatting.
The break between pages 31 and 32 is in the word “information”: informa|tion.
On page 33, insert a period after “. . . please their Idol.” Change “Carthagenians” to “Chathaginians.”
The break between paged 36 and 37 is in the word “intended”: in|tended.
On page 37, in the “first of these” paragraph, change “preceeding” to “preceding.” The sentence “We now pass—to observe——” was centered in the original, which stands out in the narrow column of the book. The Transcriber removed the formatting. In point 3, change the question mark after the sentence that begins “When we ponder deep” to a period.
The break between pages 37 and 38 is in the word “appear”: ap|pear.
On page 38, in the sentence that begins “The anxious enquiry,” change the sentence-ending period to a question mark.
On page 39, in the first paragraph that starts on the page, change “dispair” to “despair.”
On page 40, change “incorigible” to “incorrigible.”
The break between pages 43 and 44 is in the word “revelation”: reve|lation.
On page 48, change “indisipenibly” to “indispensably.”
On page 49, in the quotation of Romans i. 22–31, change “forefooted beasts” to “fourfooted beasts.”
On page 50, insert a comma into the quotation of the text after “commonwealth of Israel,” update a scripture reference from Genesis 6. 5. to Genesis vi. 5, for consistency, insert parentheses around that reference for clarity, and insert double quotes around the quoted scripture.
On page 51, change “all have sinned and come short of the glory God” to “. . . glory of God.”
On page 53, in point 2, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
On page 56, change “dispise” to “despise.”
On page 57, change “Gospel truths, and or dinances are dispensed” to “. . . and ordinances are dispensed.” Also insert an apostrophe into the phrase “Lord’s will” in the quotation of Luke xii. 47.
The break between pages 59 and 60 is in the word “acknoweldge”: acknow|ledge.
The break between pages 64 and 65 in in the word “destruction”: des|truction.
The break between pages 67 and 68 is in the word “observe”: ob|serve.
The break between pages 68 and 69 is in the word “contradicting”: con|tradicting.
On page 70, change “Each writers stile or manner” to “Each writer’s stile or manner.”
On page 72, in the paragraph that starts on the page, change “erronists” to “errorists.”
The break between pages 74 and 75 is in the word “unfounded”: un|founded.
A quotation that begins at the bottom of page 74 and continues on to page 75 has an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It was transcribed using one opening and one closing quotation mark.
On page 76, a rather long sentence begins “The question is not” and ends “doctrines of the Bible? for this is readily acknoweldged.” The Transcriber changed the question mark to a colon, because this is an assertion, not a question.
The break between pages 81 and 82 is in the word “spiritual”: spirit|ual.
On page 85, insert commas into the list “iniquity, transgression, and sin.”
On page 88, change “indispensible” to “indispensable.”
On page 91, change “What wise and great achievments have ever been accomplished without perseverance.” to “What wise and great achievements have ever been accomplished without perseverance?” (spelling of “achievements” and period to question mark)
On page 94, change “If, says he, you neglect the duty . . .” to “If,” says he, “you neglect the duty . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quoted text. Remove the comma from “Children’s, Children.”
The break between pages 94 and 95 is in the word “Christianity”: Christiani|ty.
On page 106, change “pinacle” to “pinnacle.”
On page 107, change “harrassed” to “harassed.”
The break between pages 107 and 108 is in the word “whatever”: whatev|er.
On page 108, change “Whereever any rational creature . . .” to “Wherever any rational creature . . . .”
The break between pages 109 and 110 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: “own.—|What.” In entire unit in this and all subsequent cases was moved to the earlier page.
On page 110, in the first paragraph that starts on the page, change “indispensible” to “indispensable” and “indispensibly” to “indispensably.” In the second paragraph, change “indispensible” to “indispensable.”
On page 112, change “however great cannot annul is” to “however great cannot annul it.”
The break between pages 117 and 118 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: “God—|one.” The marginal text that identifies the new page follows the unit.
The break between pages 118 and 119 is in the word “any”: a|ny.
On page 126, change “indispensible” to “indispensable.”
On page 127, set the word “Again” in Roman type because it represents the speaker’s interjection between scripture quotations (which are set in Italic.) Remove the Italic formatting from the word “preached” because it is not part of the quotation of Romans x. 17 in KJV.
On page 128, change “indispensibly” to “indispensably.”
On page 129, in the James quotation, change “ingrafted” to “engrafted.”
On page 131, change “dispise” to “despise.”
On page 133, change “tranquility” to “tranquillity” and “practised” to “practiced.”
The break between pages 136 and 137 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: “sanctified—|when.” The marginal text that identifies the new page follows the unit.
The break between pages 137 and 138 is in the word “mercy”: mer|cy.
On page 139, change “indispensible” to “indispensable.”
On page 141, capitalize “Platonic.”
On page 143, change “It’s beneficial tendency” to “Its beneficial tendency” (contraction to possessive).
The break between pages 144 and 145 is in the word “even”: e|ven.
On page 147, there is a lengthy quotation where, in the original, each line starts with an opening quotation mark. Transcribed using modern style, with one quote at the beginning. In the sentence “But can you think,” change the sentence-ending period to a question mark.
The break between pages 149 and 150 is in the word “esteem”: es|teem.
The break between pages 150 and 151 is in the word “being”: be|ing.
On page 154, change “practise condesention” to “practice condescension.”
On page 155, change “prophecy” to “prophesy.” Add a period after the list “ardour, sublimity, and purity.” Change “Prayers, says a mahomatan writer, are the pillars . . .” to “Prayers,” says a mahomatan writer, “are the pillars . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quotation.
The break between pages 156 and 157 is in the word “forsaking”: forsa|king.
On page 159, change “whether the tribes” to “whither the tribes.”
On page 161, change the word “break” to “brake” to match the KJV.
On page 170, change “henceforth drank” to “henceforth drunk.”
On page 173, correct a citation from “ii Chapter—42 verse” to “ii. Chapter—41 and 42 verses.”
The break between pages 173 and 174 is in the word “believers”: be|lievers.
The break between pages 174 and 175 is in the word “common”: com|mon.
On page 177, change “to wash one anothers feet” to “to wash one another’s feet” and add a period after “John xiii.”
The break between pages 178 and 179 is in the word “ordinance”: or|dinance.
On page 180, in the second paragraph, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
The break between pages 183 and 184 is in the word “remembrance”: remem|brance.
On page 186, in the concluding paragraph, change “intirely” to “entirely” and “pretentions” to “pretensions.”
On page 187, put a period after the chapter number in “Matthew xxviii.”
The break between pages 189 and 190 is in the word “Sacrament”: Sacra|ment.
The break between pages 190 and 191 is in the word “ordinances”: or|dinances.
The break between pages 193 and 194 is in the word “particular”: par|ticular.
On page 194, change “dispair” to “despair.”
On page 195, put a period after the chapter number “Mark xvi.” and change “whereever you may” to “wherever you may.”
The break between pages 197 and 198 is in the word “professed”: pro|fessed.
The break between pages 198 and 199 is in the word “Doubtless”: Doubt|less.
The break between pages 200 and 201 is in the word “baptized”: bap|tized.
On page 200, change “indispensibly” to “indispensably.”
The break between pages 201 and 202 is in the word “proved”: pro|ved.
On page 204 is a list of Bible quotations in quick succession. Two of them are identified as being from the 38th verse of Acts chapter 8. The reference for the first one, “Here is water,” was corrected to the 36th verse and add “me” into “what doth hinder me to be baptized?”
On page 207, add a period after the chapter number for Matthew xxviii.
On page 211, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
On page 213, set “that is Christ” in Roman type to distinguish it from the quoted scripture.
The break between pages 214 and 215 is in the word “nations”: na|tions.
On page 215, change “condescention” to “condescension” and “divine right of baptism” to “divine rite of baptism.”
On page 217, change “washing his disciples feet” to “washing His disciples’ feet.”
The break between pages 217 and 218 is in the word “over”: o|ver.
On page 218, change “exteriour” to “exterior” and “condescention” to “condescension.”
The break between pages 218 and 219 is in the word “administer”: admin|ister.
On page 220, change “dependance” to “dependence” and “we and our’s” to “we and ours.”
On page 224, update “To day” to “To-day” to match “to-morrow” in the next sentence.
On page 227, change “Turky” to “Turkey.”
The break between pages 228 and 229 is in the word “every”: ev|ery.
On page 228, change “inseperable” to “inseparable.”
The break between pages 230 and 231 is in the word “profess”: pro|fess.
On page 231, change “those at Coloss” to “those at Colossae.”
On page 233, the speaker’s interjection, “that is Christ” was set in Roman type because it is not part of the quoted verse (Colossians ii. 12).
On page 235, change “all Zions friends” to “all Zion’s friends.”
On page 236, change “indispensibly” to “indispensably.”
On page 238, change “hauling men and women” to “haling.”
The break between pages 239 and 240 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: “celebrated|—though.” The marginal text that indicates the new page has been placed after the unit.
On page 240, change “Thiatira” to “Thyatira.”
On page 241, change “Coloss” to “Colossae.”
The break between pages 242 and 243 is in the word “exercised”: ex|ercised.
On page 244, change “exteriour” to “exterior.”
The break between pages 248 and 249 is in the word “behoved”: beho|ved.
On page 250 is a lengthy quotation that was originally set with an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It was transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark.
The break between pages 252 and 253 is in the word “metaphors”: meta|phors.
The break between pages 259 and 260 is in the word “important”: im|portant.
On page 260, insert an apostrophe into a quotation of Malachi ii. 7, “For the Priest’s lips were to keep knowledge.”
On page 264, the discourse ends with a restatement of the text. However, this was not recognized by the typesetter, so it was set in Roman type. The Transcriber set it in Italic, and corrected “understand the scripture” to “understand the scriptures,” to match the text.
On page 265, change “GALATIONS” to “GALATIANS” in the reference for the text of the discourse.
The break between pages 266 and 267 is in the word “dangerous”: dan|gerous.
On page 267, change “surprized” to “surprised.”
The break between pages 271 and 272 is in the word “institution”: in|stitution.
The break between pages 272 and 273 is in a unit which style indicates should not be broken: “promises—|denounce.” The marginal text which indicates the new page has been placed after the unit in the transcribed text.
On page 273, change “indispensible” to “indispensable.”
On page 274, change a period to a question mark after the sentence that begins “Can a case be named” and ends “may not righteously claim a reward?”
On page 276, change “can any once” to “can any one.”
The break between pages 276 and 277 is in the word “study”: stu|dy.
On page 278, insert an apostrophe into “it is the Apostle’s own argument.”
On page 279, a lengthy quote is set in the original with an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It was transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark.
On page 280, Change “maintainance” to “maintenance” and “that teachest” to “that teacheth.” A lengthy quote is set in the original with an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It was transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark.
The break between pages 281 and 282 is in the word “conscience”: con|science.
On page 283, capitalize the new sentence “Every one, who looks upon this passage . . . .”
On page 288, the first word of the paragraph, “Therefore,” was set in Roman small caps because it was not recognized as part of the text for the discourse. The Transcriber set it in Italic with the rest of the quotation.
The break between pages 288 and 289 is in the word “preached”: preach|ed.
The break between pages 292 and 293 is in the word “dangers”: dan|gers.
On page 295, change “compleatly” to “completely.”
The break between pages 298 and 299 is in the word “nations”: na|tions.
The break between pages 299 and 300 is in the word “agreeably”: a|greeably.
On page 302, change “surprizing” to “surprising.”
On page 306, change “dependance” to “dependence.”
The break between pages 307 and 308 is in the word “sacramentally”: sacra|mentally.
On page 309, change “preceeding” to “preceding.”
The break between pages 310 and 311 is in the word “twinkling”: twink|ling.
On page 311, remove “is” from “It is was necessary . . . .”
The break between pages 311 and 312 is in the word “worshipping”: worship|ping.
On page 313, in the quotation of the fourth commandment, change “thou shalt not no any work” to “thou shalt not do any work” and change “heaven and earth, Sea, and all that in them is” to “heaven and earth, the Sea, and all that in them is.”
The break between pages 314 and 315 is in the word “Sabbath”: Sab|bath.
On page 318, set the scripture quotation introduced with “It is prefaced thus” in Italic.
On page 319, change “dispised” to “despised.”
The break between pages 319 and 320 is in the word “Sabbath”: Sab|bath.
The break between pages 322 and 323 is in a unit that style indicates should not be broken: “benefit—|that.” The marginal text that indicates the new page has been inserted after the unit.
On page 324, change “sabatism” to “sabbatism.”
On page 325, change “Let any man, saith he, show me . . .” to “Let any man,” saith he, “show me . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quoted text.
The break between pages 327 and 328 is in the word “account”: ac|count.
On page 328, after the “Can any shut their eyes” sentence, change the period to a question mark.
The break between pages 329 and 330 is in the word “Christians”: Chris|tians.
On page 333, the word “Pentecost” appears three times, the first two in the original as “Pentacost.” They were changed to be consistent.
On page 335, insert an apostrophe into “deny or disown the Lord’s day.”
On page 339, change “That the forth commandment is of perpetual obligation . . .” to “That the fourth commandment . . . .”
On page 340, change “lightening” to “lightning.”
The break between pages 341 and 342 is in the word “singularity”: sin|gularity.
On page 342, insert an apostrophe into “in the purest times in the Apostle’s days.”
On page 344, change “whole Christain world” to “whole Christian world” the first time that phrase appears in small caps on that page. Later on that page is a lengthy quote which is set with open quote characters at the beginning of each line. It is transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark.
On pages 345–6, a long quotation is presented in the original as follows: “If, says he, addressing himself to people on their abuse of the Sabbath.” However, The Transcriber is under the distinct impression that the only word quoted is the first one, and that the rest is an interjection. The closing quotation mark inserted after “interest of Religion” is an educated guess. The speaker returns to the first person with the next sentence (“May I not hope...”).
On page 346, the last word of the discourse “Amen” follows a scripture quotation. In the original it is set in Italic. It has been transcribed in Roman because it is not part of the quoted scripture.
The break between pages 350 and 351 is in the word “poisonous”: poi|sonous.
The break between pages 353 and 354 is in the word “unable”: un|able.
The break between pages 358 and 359 is in the word “proposal”: pro|posal.
On page 360, change “While Ministers, while Magistrates, while Parents, says one, sleep, . . .” to “While Ministers, while Magistrates, while Parents,” says one, “sleep, . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quoted text. Change “seperation” to “separation.” Insert an apostrophe into “the Apostles’ doctrines.”
On page 362, scripture that was quoted on page 361 is quoted again. The sentence “Then shall the righteous shine forever . . .” was not recognized as part of the quotation and was set in Roman in the original. It has been transcribed in Italic.
On page 364, change “immoveable” to “immovable.”
The break between paged 365 and 366 is in the word “employs”: em|ploys.
On page 366, insert a period after “a more spiritual way of serving God.” In the last sentence, correct “kingdem of our heavenly Father” to “kingdom of our heavenly Father.”
On page 367, in the scripture quotation, change “prophesies” to “prophecies” and insert a comma, change the comma after “fail” to a semicolon, and insert a comma after “knowledge.”
The break between pages 368 and 369 is in the word “indeed”: in|deed.
The break between pages 369 and 370 is in the word “joyful”: joy|ful.
On page 372, change the quotation of 1 Corinthians xiii. 1 from “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels” to “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels” and change “have all faith so that I could remove mountains, and have no Charity” to “. . . have not Charity” to match the KJV text.
On page 373, change “benificent” to “beneficent” and “preceeding” to “preceding.” In the quotation of 1 Cor. xii. 1 and 7–10, apply Reverential Capitalisation (RC) to the word “Spirit” throughout; change “gift of healing” to “gifts of healing” and “prophesy” to “prophecy.”
On page 374, in the scripture quotation, apply RC to “Spirit.” At the end of the paragraph, change “Heb. iii. 3, 4” to “Heb. ii. 3, 4” and the final period to a question mark.
The break between pages 374 and 375 is in the word “expressive”: ex|pressive.
On page 377, change “reject them as imposters” to “impostors” for consistency with other uses on the page.
The break between pages 378 and 379 is in the word “inspiration”: in|spiration.
The break between pages 379 and 380 is in the word “inspiration”: inspi|ration.
On page 380, change “every threatning” to “every threatening.”
On page 382, change “Thy word is a light to my feet, and a lamp to my paths” to “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Ps. cxix. 105).
On page 384, change “guidence” to “guidance” and, in the list, insert a comma after “body of men.”
On page 387, change “It is easier, says he, to conceive than to express . . .” to “It is easier,” says he, “to conceive than to express . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quotation.
On page 388, change “merchandize” to “merchandise.”
On page 391, change “imposter” to “impostor.”
On page 395, change “but least this phrase” to “but lest this phrase.”
The break between pages 396 and 397 is in the word “meaning”: mean|ing.
On page 399, change “transcendantly” to “transcendently.”
On page 400, change “dependance” to “dependence.”
The break between pages 400 and 401 is in the word “complete”: com|plete.
The break between pages 401 and 402 is in a unit which style indicates should not be broken: “heart?|—And.” The marginal text indicating the new page has been placed after the unit.
The break between pages 402 and 403 is in the word “sacrifices”: sac|rifices.
On page 403, a lengthy quote is set in the original with an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It has been transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quote. Change “encreased” to “increased.”
On page 406, insert right quotation mark after “perfectly to keep the commandments of God” the first time the question from the catechism is quoted. Also, change “It is very extraordinary, says he, that this sinless perfection . . .” to “It is very extraordinary,” says he, “that this sinless perfection . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quoted text.
On page 409, insert a comma into a list after “losses.”
On page 413, change “letter of their’s” to “letter of theirs.”
The break between pages 417 and 418 is in the word “dictates”: dic|tates.
The break between pages 418 and 419 is in the word “diffused”: dif|fused.
On page 419, change “things of Gods” to “things of God.” The text alludes to Genesis xlix. 3–4. Change “Reuben is, unstable as water thou shall not excel” to “Reuben is unstable as water, thou shalt not excel” (move comma, shall -> shalt).
The break between pages 419 and 420 is in the word “pursuit”: pur|suit.
On pages 421–2, there are two lengthy quotes that in the original have an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. Each was set conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark. Also, change “I may, in the holy and righteous Providence of God, should the Christian say, be left to fall into error and delusion” to “I may, in the holy and righteous Providence of God,” should the Christian say, “be left to fall into error and delusion” to remove the speaker’s interjection from his advice.
On page 422–3, there is a lenghty footnote. From the first paragraph, insert a period before the dash and remove left double quotes after. In the second paragraph, insert double quotes around the genius’ statements, avoiding the asides. Remove right double quotes from the end of the footnote.
On page 423, change “false Christ’s” to “false Christs.”
In the footnote to Discourse XX, which is originally on page 422, change “desirous of seing . . .” to “desirous of seeing . . . .”
On page 425, in the 2 Peter ii. 1 quotation, change “bring up themselves” to “bring upon themselves.”
On page 430, in the 1 Corinthians xv. 58 quotation, change “steadfast and imoveable” to “stedfast and unmoveable” to match KJV.
On page 433, change “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels” to “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels” to match the KJV text and change “benificence” to “beneficence.”
On page 435, there is a lengthy quote which in the original has an opening quotation mark at the beginning of each line. It was transcribed conventionally, with one opening and one closing quotation mark.
On page 436, change “And we may add Deism, if that may, with any justice, he called a religion.” to “And we may add Deism, if that may, with any justice, be called a religion.” (“he” to “be”)
On page 437, change “behold” to “beheld” in the scripture quotation and change “ever published to the word” to “ever published to the world.” (“word” to “world”)
On page 439, change “unnatural and detestible vices” to “unnatural and detestable vices.” (spelling of “detestable”)
The break between pages 439 and 440 is in the word “childish”: child|ish.
On page 441, insert an apostrophe into “For argument’s sake.”
The break between pages 441 and 442 is in the word “forgiven”: for|given.
On page 442, put a period at the end of the sentence “It teaches us, also, the nature of this atonement.”
On page 443, set the phrase “says the Apostle Paul,” in Roman type because it is not part of the quotation of Galatians v. 24.
On page 445, change “golden Censor” to “golden Censer.”
On page 447, change “preceeding” to “preceding.”
The break between pages 448 and 449 is in the word “rational”: ra|tional.
On page 450, change “reconcileable” to “reconcilable.”
On page 452, change “benificence” to “beneficence.”
The break between pages 453 and 454 is in the word “prescribed”: pre|scribed.
On page 455, insert an apostrophe into “in the mind’s view.”
On page 456, change “dependant” to “dependent.”
The break between pages 456 and 457 is in the word “encouragements”: encourage|ments.
On page 459, change “extatic” to “ecstatic.” Change “Moreover you would there learn, says he, the important lesson . . .” to “Moreover you would there learn,” says he, “the important lesson . . .” to remove the speaker’s interjection from the quoted text.
On page 460, set the phrase “to his disciples” in Roman text because it is not part of the quotation of John xvi. 33.
On page 461, change “thing upon which it prays” to “preys” and “fewel” to “fuel.”
On page 468, in the quotation of Mark x. 17–22, change “thou shall have treasure” to “thou shalt have treasure.” Change the comma after “follow me” to a period. Change “honour” to “honor” twice to match other uses in that paragraph.
The break between pages 468 and 469 is in the word “private”: pri|vate.
The break between pages 470 and 471 is in the word “divine”: di|vine.
On page 472, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
The break between pages 472 and 473 is in the word “Father”: Fa|ther.
On page 473, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
On page 476, after the “If God have annexed” sentence, change the period to a question mark.
On page 477, change “dissentions” to “dissensions.”
The break between pages 478 and 479 is in the word “happiness”: hap|piness.
On page 479, in the list of virtues, change “honestry” to “honesty.” Later, change “persuits” to “pursuits.”
On page 480, change “benefitted” to “benefited.”
On page 481, change “recompenced” to “recompensed.”
The break between pages 483 and 484 is in the word “attention”: at|tention.
The break between pages 484 and 485 is in the word “merciful”: mer|ciful.
On page 486, change “our Lord himself, when he came to reveal his Father’s will, in forms us . . .” to “. . . informs us . . . .”
On page 487, change “reclaim us from our evils ways” to “reclaim us from our evil ways.”
On page 488, change “condescention” to “condescension.”
On pages 490–1, there is a lengthy quote. In the original, there is one opening quotation mark and one closing quotation mark, on the following page. It was transcribed with an additional opening quotation mark at the start of the new paragraph within the quotation.