renewed day by day, by the secret influences of the Spirit. This work is carried on by a continual application of Gospel promises, and tokens of love: this inward man gets renewed day by day, till we arrive to perfect day. This is going from strength to strength, and being changed from glory to glory. This body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, the object of God’s Love, and the purchase of the precious blood of Jesus. This frame is called by Solomon, an house, built up in infinite wisdom, supported by Almighty power, and is the noblest workmanship of Jehovah. Compared to an house, the understanding faculty is the windows, the receptive capacity is the door; and as the soul is converted to God, the will and the affections is the throne, the principal seat of Jesus; the graces of the Spirit is the furniture, and Father, Son, and Spirit, are the glorious and ever blessed inhabitants thereof, where they will dwell for ever. The Body, only, I am about to notice. I acknowledge I am not much skilled in Anatomy, it is a science I never learned, though I believe the best Anatomist is a person who can dissect the human heart. Yet the body being the great work of God, I would view it with wonder, with admiration, and praise. I dare say you are sometimes amazed at this wonderful, curious-wrought frame; this wonderful display of divine skill. Permit me just to notice only a very few things, though you are so well acquainted with anatomy. I trust you will correct me where I err, in considering this earthly house of our tabernacle. I must refer you to the excellent Hervey’s description of the human frame, in his 12th Dialogue of Theron and Aspasio, which I beg you to read: that excellent author observes, first, the _Bones_, cast into a variety of moulds, enlarged or contracted into a variety of sizes, all strong, that they may bear up the fleshy machine, yet light, that they may not depress the animal with an encumbering load. Insensible themselves, they are covered with a membrane of exquisite sensibility. The _Feet_ compose the firmest and neatest pedestal, capable of altering its form and extending its size, containing a set of the nicest springs, which help to place the body in a variety of graceful attitudes; the _Legs_ and _Thighs_ are like substantial and stately columns, forced in such a manner as is quite commodious to the acts of either walking or sitting. The _Ribs_ turned into a regular arch, are gently moveable for the act of respiration; they form a secure lodgment for the lungs and the heart, and fortify them. The back bone is intended, not only to strengthen the body, and sustain its most capacious store rooms, but also to bring down that communication of the Brain, which is usually termed the Spinal Marrow, and guards the silver cord. The _Arms_ are exactly proportioned to each other; these being the guards which defend, and the ministers which serve the whole body, are fitted for the most extensive