to discover "the conditions of human spiritual life," the knowledge
of which is truth, and obedience to which is virtue. The author seems to proceed as follows :—He first lays it down as "a necessary first truth" that the will of the Creator must be the sole rale of life to the creature.
We have therefore to discover what is God's will, and this we must deduce from His attributes. He then states dognsatically what are God's attributes and what are consequently the characteristics of the Divine law, as, for instance, that it is perfect, infinitely holy, and per- fect freedom. This is the Divine law objective and is impeccable ; but the law subjective, or written on the heart of man, is mutable and liable to change and decay. But this is man's fault. If he does not make a right use of the Divine principle in his heart he must take the consequences. There is such a thing as right reason, and mon have only to obey it. This is, so far as we can see, the sum total of what Mr. Robertson has to tell us, and if any one can get any good out of these truisms we shall be very glad of it.
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