Trinity—_a body hast thou prepared me_. He took part of the children’s flesh and blood—_The power of the Holy Ghost shall come on thee_, _and that which shall be born unto thee shall be called the Child of the Most High_. Thus the formation of our nature is the joint work of the Trinity, in the first and second Adam; but this point will appear of equal importance if we contemplate our New Creation, as the work of the same divine Persons. Our Regeneration is called a Creation, but more of this in my next. The best of blessings attend you. So prays your willing servant to command in all Godliness, [Picture: Signature of J. C.] _LETTER III_. TO AMICUS. DEAR FRIEND, GRACE and peace be with you. I thought it needful to drop you another Letter on a subject of infinite importance to you, to myself and to the whole church of God. The Saviour, in a conversation with a learned and polite Doctor of Divinity, positively declared the necessity of another, a New, a second _Birth_. Blessed be God, the salvation of the children of God is completed without this, but we must be born again to know this salvation is ours; and to pretend to lay claim to such Salvation, without being born again, is most daring presumption! This _new Birth_ is a change of heart and life; the formation of a new man; an infusion of holy principles—all new—every thing; that is, every principle which the Holy Spirit inspires is new; new views, new sensations, new ideas, new pursuits; and new trials; all is become new. _If any man be in Christ Jesus he is become new_. This birth goes by various names in scripture—it is stiled _a Calling_; _The master is come and calleth for thee_. It is represented as an _implanting_ or _engrafting—Cut off from the old stock_: Our souls cleave to Jesus as our all in all. It is a _Conquest_; by the power of the Holy Spirit our enmity is slain, our wills subdued, and our affections set on heavenly objects. It is called an _heavenly Birth_—Of the seed of God’s word we are said to be begotten to a lively hope. A new man is formed; for this the Redeemer travailed in spirit; for this ministers labour and toil; and to enjoy God in Christ Jesus, no small portion of spiritual labour falls to the share of the happy possessor. The Saviour enters the soul; this must create a stir there. He comes into, and by the door of the heart; all that come in any other way, as sin and Satan did, are thieves and robbers. Upon his entrance we, by his light, see our lost state—feel our guilt—conscience is quickened, as well as the mind enlightened; and here, my brother, you may discover the vast disparity between the Possessor and the mere nominal Professor; it is not to be seen either in their light, or conduct, for a man destitute of the grace of God, may be clear in his