23 APRIL 1881, Page 14

W. LAW'S LETTERS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,"]

have an edition of W. Law's works, printed for J. Richardson, in 1762, the earliest after Law's death. In this edition, the words of the letter referred to read exactly as quoted by your reviewer [Lett. xiv., to Mr. T. L., p. 169, Vol. IX.] :—" No creature can have any misery from which infinite goodness can deliver it." Mr. Wilsou says "can" must be a misprint for "cannot." May not the writer mean • that infinite goodness can deliver every creature from all misery P The closing words of the letter seem to favour this rendering : "Must I assert God to be more than infinitely good ?" In this edition, the first letter is addressed "To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of L—n, Dr. Sh—ck."—I am, Sir, &c.,