mouldering skins
Of hapless men, whose bodies have decay'd.

_Hom. Od._ lib. xii. v. 39. Cowper's Translation.]

455 [That is, one tune from another.--_Ed._]

456 [Or gifts of nature.--_Ed._]

457 [See note, page 595.--_Ed._]

458 [In the ancient Scottish dialect as in this instance, _always_ is
frequently synonymous with _although_, _however_,
_notwithstanding_.--_Ed._]

459 [That is, coldly.--_Ed._]

460 [Natural.--_Ed._]

461 [Fallen out or quarrelled.--_Ed._]

462 [Some words are omitted here, which may be supplied thus:--though
_they_ said _this_, they perverted God's meaning of the law,
&c.--_Ed._]

463 [Serves the purpose.--_Ed._]

464 [Imperfect attempts.--_Ed._]

465 [A Scottish forensic word corresponding to _Surety_.--_Ed._]

466 [Acknowledge this.--_Ed._]

467 [A name formerly given to bankrupts in Scotland.--See Act. James VI.
par. 23, cap. 18.--_Ed._]

468 [Attending the church.--_Ed._]

469 [Aim at.--_Ed._]

470 [Near the command.--_Ed._]

471 [A belief in the prevalence of witchcraft at this time seems to have
pervaded all ranks and classes. An Act of Parliament was passed
against it on the 1st of February, 1649.--_Ed._]

472 [Portal, or gate.--_Ed._]

473 [Exempted.--_Ed._]

474 [The illustration of the second proposition found in the text,
"There is a faith feigned, and a faith unfeigned, a true and a false
faith," (p. 602) is omitted. We may conclude that this was the
subject of a separate sermon, which has been lost.--_Ed._]

475 [Deposes or testifies.--_Ed._]

476 [That is, foresee or anticipate.--_Ed._]

477 [Charges, or accusations.--_Ed._]

478 [Than.--_Ed._]

479 [Gates.--_Ed._]

480 [Remove.--_Ed._]

481 [Always.--_Ed._]

482 [A proverbial expression signifying food and raiment.--_Ed._]

483 [Much less.--_Ed._]

484 [The sect of _Seekers_ hold that there are not at this time, neither
have been for many ages past any true ministers or ambassadors of
Christ. (Gillespie's Miscellany Questions, p. 1. Edinburgh, 1649.) A
few years before this, Laurence Clarkson, a _Seeker_, published a
pamphlet entitled "The Pilgrimage of Saints." Edwards, in his
Gangraena (Part I, p. 24, Part II, p. 6. London, 1646) refers to it
for an account of the opinion of the Seekers. Clarkson declared that
in th