Published in 1827 Human nature has undergone no change since the fall. In its unrenewed state it is still captivated in the same chains of sin; and, when renewed, it is under the influence of the same Spirit of grace. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is bornof the Spirit is spirit." The modern believer, therefore, when employed in tracing the records of Patriarchal or Mosaic experience,will mark in the infirmities of the ancient people of God a picture ofhis own heart, "answering, as in water face answers to face;" and incomparing their gracious exercises with his own, he will be ready toacknowledge—"All these works that one and the selfsame Spirit,dividing to every man severally as He will