...inquiry into the matter and examples of holy record. It was his complaint of old, " that light has come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."e Ifthou wouldest be a child of God, and a believer in Christ, thou must be...

...receiving it. This he accounts for in part on another occasion, occasion, when he says, (John iii. 19.) " Light is come into the world : but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." The religion of Jesus is not suited to the temper of vicious worldly men. It...

...pos'We,' So the cause was the same that afforded matter "'complaint in the days of our Saviour — ' Light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, '"Muse their deeds are evil.' said also, that he was young and strong, C 3 «d and that it was time...

...But the rejection of it, is the sole cause of their perdition. " For this is the con•' demnation, that light is come into the world, but •' men loved darkness rather than light, because •' their deeds were evil." John in, 19. This agency on the heart of man, by the divine illumination...

...will and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes." And again — " This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light." These passages demonstrate that ignorauce in the understanding, is not moral depravity, but ignorance...

...whence ye are, depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity." Luke xiii. 25 to 27. " This is the judgment, that light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; for he who doeth evil hateth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved ;...

...to the uttermost ! " To them our Lord's words were awfully applicable : " This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world ; but men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were eviL" {7*o be concluded in our next.) THE WESLEYAN-METHODIST. (No. XXVIII.) METHODISM...

...the source of the evil, all attempts at reformation will be fruitless. " Tais is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, but men loved -darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. They will not come to the light, lest their deeds should be reproved." " Such/...

...is sin." Our Saviour also abundant!y taught the same doctrine. He says, "This is the condemnafion, that light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light." Again he says concerning the Jews, " If I ha d not cons and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:...

...of human imagination, instead of the plain dictates of the Word of God. ' This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, but men loved darkness rather than light:' it suits their natural concupiscence : this therefore is the condemnation, the root of their errors...