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by the bo.r in hi~ efrorts at Jetter-writing, and
by th~ YOUU£" man }Jl'L'paring to win the honoN
of eul1cge . .A~ to style simply, it ought to be
regarded :l.."l a rootlel.
4. Thi!:i is tlU:lbook which tells us how 8111-
w:rl:Jma!l.~n:.llretltefin'or (fan offwded God.
If pre we lenrn, what without it we could
DI..:\"Crknuw, whence we 'Came .fUll] whither wu
arc going. It informs us what ma.n WilS LX
cTt..'ation, what llc has become by ~inland what
he mll.,t be made by gr:\CC'. Xo sooner did Our
fir!;t varcnt.s fLl)(~,;tati7.c from God, than theJ
were told of One WIlD ~hould in due tilll C nppear
n.-s a del ivcrer. Imm{.tliatcly after the
f:lll, tbe whole race was placed nnder a di'~lJCu,
R.'1finJlof mercy. God hegan at once to reyeal
himself to mell, in the person of li. Mediator,
through whom their restoration WM lo be
('fleeted.
rI'hc Bible leaves U~ in no doubt as to the
f.'letl that we fl.r~ tlll ~inncrs in the sight of God.
It:; teaehinW' on the !'uujer.:t of man's total de.
pravity, arc too clear to be misunderstood, and
too explicit to be explained away. You may
llud the s;,v.1tulc told in one form or other by