observance was all that was required; and that they ought always to remember that "God is a Spirit;" and they that "worship him, must worship _him_ in spirit and in truth." Footnote 13: 2 Corinthians, chap. 3. Footnote 14: Matthew, XXIII. Now let us see the use you have made of this passage of Scripture, and to how many purposes your inventive fancy has applied it. In your discourse at the meeting house in Germantown,[15] you enter largely into this subject, but as the passage is too long to be transcribed, I shall endeavour to give the different inferences you draw from it. Footnote 15: See sermon at Germantown, page 92. First, That from the letter of the Scriptures, every thing suitable to deceive the people can be taken. Secondly, That as every thing we read in the Scriptures must necessarily be received through our outward senses, they are only fit for the outward creature. Thirdly, That it was the letter of the Scriptures that led men to the apostacy. Fourthly, That all that has ever been written, is nothing but that which the wisdom of man has devised. Fifthly, In your discourse at Middletown[16], you say, It is but a shadow which may do for young beginners; and may point them to the right thing. Footnote 16: Sermons, page 226. Had the commentators who have preceded you, possessed such fertility of imagination, their works, voluminous as they are, must have been multiplied to an extent which it is difficult to conceive. Yet after all, you appear at some moments to have a view of the true use of Scripture, and of the meaning of that passage which you have perverted to so many purposes, although you conclude by one of those strange involutions of ideas with which your attempts at illustration so often abound. You say, "All letter written under the influence of God, points us back to the place from whence it came, and this is all; because as the letter never could be written without the spirit which stands above it, the great first cause of all wisdom and knowledge; therefore, unless by the letter we are gathered to the spirit, we cannot see the letter aright, for it is the effect; and when we face the letter we turn our backs upon the cause, just as a man turns his back upon the sun to see his own shadow."[17] Footnote 17: See sermons, page 100.