beneath them, and were intended to be viewed according to this distinctness,—that so a line of the most exact discrimination may be drawn between the supreme powers, the intermediate powers, and the lowest powers, appertaining to man, and thus a clearer apprehension may be obtained of the DIVINE SOURCE of life, and also of the recipients of that life, both intermediate and ultimate?
I trust, my dear Sir, that I am not perplexing you with metaphysical subtleties, which have no tendency but to puzzle the humble and sincere Christian, and thus to divert him from the simplicity of gospel truth. All I mean to say is, that it is of primary importance for every Christian to see and discern distinctly the several degrees of that life which he calls his own, to the intent that he may make the interesting and edifying discovery, confirmed by the principal organs of his own body, that it is not properly his own, nor granted him merely for his own gratification. All I wish, therefore, to say is, that the LORD GOD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST is the FIRST GRAND SOURCE of all heavenly love and wisdom; and that the will and understanding of man are the first receivers of this love and wisdom, not for man’s own selfish enjoyment only, but for the blessed beneficent purpose of imparting to others,
