in our salvation, it being from its active nature, every way calculated to produce the desired effect, viz., obedience. His goodness is seen in adapting his saving plan to the constitution of our nature, thus rendering our salvation attainable in perfect harmony with the law of our moral being. But to return to the inference that we were about to make. As we feel and act as we believe, so, when a rash and precipitate judgment is formed, with regard to the general character of our brother, we, as a natural consequence, feel and act towards him accordingly; unless we be deceitful—uttering smooth words with the lips, while there is war in the heart. Do we believe him to be a time-serving, popularity seeking creature, unstable, driven and tossed about by every wind, no matter from what point it blows? Now, if we have come to this conclusion concerning his character, and have any just views of what is praiseworthy in man, it
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