V. 6. For “smite in sunder, or wound the heads;” some word answering to the Latin _conquassare_. V. 7. For “therefore,” translate “then shall he lift up his head again;” that is, as a man languid and sinking from thirst and fatigue after refreshment. N.B.—I see no poetic discrepancy between vv. 1 and 5. Ps. CXVIII. To be interpreted of Christ’s Church. Ps. CXXVI. V. 5. As the rivers in the south. Does this allude to the periodical rains? As a transparency on some night of public rejoicing, seen by common day, with the lamps from within removed—even such would the Psalms be to me uninterpreted by the Gospel. O honoured Mr. Hurwitz! Could I but make you feel what grandeur, what magnificence, what an everlasting significance and import Christianity gives to every fact of your national history—to every page of your sacred records! ARTICLES OF RELIGION. XX. It is mournful to think how many recent writers have criminated our Church in consequence of their ignorance and inadvertence in not knowing, or not noticing, the contradistinction here meant between power and authority. Rites and ceremonies the Church may ordain _jure proprio_: on matters of faith her judgment is to be received with reverence, and not gainsayed but after repeated inquiries, and on weighty grounds. XXXVII. It is lawful for Christian men, at the commandment of the magistrate, to wear weapons, and to serve in wars. This is a very good instance of an unseemly matter neatly wrapped up. The good men recoiled from the plain words—“It is lawful for Christian men at the Command of a king to slaughter as many Christians as they can!” Well! I could most sincerely subscribe to all these articles. September, 1831. A NIGHTLY PRAYER. 1831.