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Rh, is called the ? And can life mean any thing but the of that, which is the only source of all  and ? The then, it is plain, is the grand receptacle, or storehouse, of those two, by and from which the heavens and the earth were originally created; and which, in that , are brought down for the reception and life of man; agreeable to what is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of ,” [Deut. viii. 3.; Matt. iv. 4.]. Accordingly, man, we find, is endowed with two distinct faculties, called will and understanding; his will being intended for the reception of the of the, and his understanding for the reception of the  of the  or.

Behold here, then, the ground of the caution, which I am eager to press upon you, respecting the of the ! In hearing this, if you are not well upon your guard, you will hear nothing but sound, and will be deaf to substance; in other words, you will hear nothing but the dead letter and history, but will not hear the living principles of the and  contained in that letter and history. Than you will