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tQU & suph abundant riches of his gll ! B ^ fe ) J ^ gtr , J ^ is .-. o ^ . n-. mercy sake , C ^ j * i & jO } y n vv il ] b ega t he us with tb & y < W ? $ 4 of truth . An apostle tfeefju might well invite us to behold what manner of love the
Father has manifested towards us . His love to all his returning children , is greater than that of any earthly parents to their backsliding
offspring . No other beings can be possessed of such love . We blaspheme him then when we represent him as implacable in his wrath to those who look unto him
fog forgiveness , and only suppose him to be overpowered by the interposition of a more merciful beings The Fountain of all love is supremely adorable for his won . derful love in Christ Jesus , who made us for happiness , who
planned the whole scheme of our re » tletnption after we had sinned against him , who shines upon us with , the light of his countenance whilst we are afar off from him , and is ready to hear us before we call upon him . What more can any creature wish or desire ? We dishonour him when we ascribe of to
the . fich ^ s grace most exalted of his messengers , and not to his own infinite and unpurchased benevolence . Eternal life is his own free gift , fer which no equivalent ever was or can be paid . If this gift did not voluntarily proceed from him it could
no where else be found in the universe . For He is of one mind , and . who can turn him ? We should therefore cherish this important truth , that the God and
1 * 0 ; % ^ < jH our Lard Jesus Christ is nq ; willing that any should perish ^ jthat if we turn unto him he \ viyyMtyru unto us , that we are acu countable ouly ipr our qwn viola ~
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tions of his laws , and that ifr ^ re endeavour to know the truth , and to walk in the light which h ^ has given us , we may always comfort ourselves with the assurance , that none of our labours will be in vain
in the Lord . " And hence we should learn , in the next place , that the doctrine of the whole gospel , to the truth of which the Lord Jesus has borne
witness * leads us to the greatest possible acquired holiness , teaches us the most sincere repentance , and the most zealous attachment to every branch of goodness * But repentance does not consist in
using a mere form of our worcfa expressing pur abhorrence of the sins we have committed * and throwing ourselves into the most convulsive agitations , whilst syer still continue as we -had beejtf .
There can be no repentanq ^ « ft ^ less we forsake all our sias , i $ nd resolve apd eodeavpur to , siuid ^^ more .. Our Lord came tq ^ pu ^ ifj ^ to himself a peculiar people ^ a ^ lous of good works . It will h ^ in
vain to call him Lord , uales ^ iw do the will of our heavenly / Fr ^ f ther , unless we love an < i > abe ^ him , and cultivate devotion a ^^} praise , forgiveness and rtierqy , and all righteousness , goodness ao ^ truth . The real penitent does pp $
trust to a mere lip service ^ npr t , p around of ceremonies , nor , to ^ foreign righteousness , bjft cleans his hands and purifier hjs hear * > and is studious to l ^ pow , , ^ nd diligent to walk : in all thq commandments of his God * He does
not hope to be saved by his profession , or because he , belongs to a particular sect , embraces all their opinions and paagio ^ atelj exclaims against every devi ^ tipp frpipn them- He may call for fir *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/18/
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