. The works of the Rev. John Newton . o morethan a mask or veil, assumed to cover the artful viewsof a designing hypocrite. For myself, it is a small thing for me to be judgedby mans judgment.* At my time of life, nearly theclose of my seventy-fifth year, it behooves me tothink it very possible, yea, not improbable, that everytime I appear in the pulpit may be my last; and, when Ilook round upon this respectable congregation, I doubt-less see some persons before me who will never hearme again. Perhaps we shall meet no more in thisworld; but we shall certainly meet before the tribunalof the Gre
. The works of the Rev. John Newton . o morethan a mask or veil, assumed to cover the artful viewsof a designing hypocrite. For myself, it is a small thing for me to be judgedby mans judgment.* At my time of life, nearly theclose of my seventy-fifth year, it behooves me tothink it very possible, yea, not improbable, that everytime I appear in the pulpit may be my last; and, when Ilook round upon this respectable congregation, I doubt-less see some persons before me who will never hearme again. Perhaps we shall meet no more in thisworld; but we shall certainly meet before the tribunalof the Great Judge, to whom all hearts are open, alldesires known, and from whom no secrets are / must give an account of my ministry, and youmust give an account of yourselves to God. Surely, ifI believe what the Scripture teaches of the evil of sin,the glory of the Saviour, the worth of the soul, andthe importance of eternity, you will allow me to speakwith the same degree of emotion. As this may be my ^ 1 Cor. iv. XI. ^^. *« W^t ^-^ 498 THE CONSTRAINING INFLUENCE OF last opportunity, if there were but one person amongstus, who has not yet attended duly to these great sub-jects, I must not let him depart as he came ; I mustwarn him by the terrors of the Lord ; I must beseechhim by his tender mercies:* I am desirous to saveboth my own soul and the souls of those that hear I be beside myself, or sober, it is for thecause of God and for your sakes. The love of Christconstraineth me. We may observe, from this passage, I. The grand leading motive of the apostles con-duct, ** The love of Christ constrains us. II. Two doctrines which virtually comprehend thewhole subjects of the Gospel ministry: 1. The pro-vision which the mercy of God made for the recoveryof fallen man, ^* One died for all; whence he infers,2. Then were all dead. III. The end he had in view, and which he hopedand expected to obtain, by insisting on these truthswherever he went: *^ That they w
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