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Memoir Of The Late Dr. Coy An. (Conclude...
His conviction of the importance of divine truth grew with his attention to the subject . He laid it down as a maxim , that " Religion is every thing , or it is nothing ; it is the one thing needful , or a ih an torn of the brain . "
Among his papers there was found a preface to a revised edition of his Treatise on the Christian Dispensation , of which this is the concluding paragraph : < f Before this edition will see the light , it is probable that the eyes of the author will be closed in darkness .
Should this be the case , the following declaration may excite some attention to it . Its principles have afforded him much consolation during a large portion of life ; they have rendered
advanced years placid and serene , and enabled him to contemplate death itself , notwithstanding its gloomy appearance , as one of the most essential blessings in the whole plan of Providence .
" Fellow-Christians of every denomination , fare ye well ! May we all meet round the throne of our reconciled Father , with filial joy and mutual congratulation V The benefit and delight which he derived from his moral and theological -studies are described in a still more
interesting manner iu a solemn address to the Deity , written upon the completion of his Ethical Treatise on the Passions . It would not be proper to lay before the public what was intended as a private expression of devotional feeling , and an unwitnessed consecration of himself to God : but
without transgressing the bounds of delicacy it may be stated , that he considered it as matter of devout thanksgiving that his mind had been powerfully directed in the latter part
of life to pursuits which increased his love of God and virtue , which unfolded to him the nature of true happiness f and led him to the sources from which it is to be derived ; and that the wish which was nearest to his heart
was , that , if it should please the great Disposer of events to allow him tinae to complete what he had begun , he might be a humble instrument in the hands of Providence of doing something to advance the glory of God , and to promote the present and future well-being of mankind .
Memoir Of The Late Dr. Coy An. (Conclude...
The following is the list of Bfc Cogan ' s acknowledged publications . 1 . " Memoirs of the Society instituted at Amsterdam , in favour of Drowned
Persons , for the years 1767 , 1768 , 1769 , 1770 , and 1771 ; translated from the original , 1773 , " 8 vo , % . " The Rhine ; or a Journey from Utrecht to Frankfort , & c . 1794 , " in two volumes 8 vo . with Plates . 3 . " The Works of
Professor Camper , on the Connexion between Anatomy , and the Arts of Drawing , Painting , & c . Translated from the Dutch , 1794 $ " in one volume 4 to . with Plates . 4 . " A Philosophical Treatise on the Passions : second
edition , corrected , 1 S 02 , " 8 vo . 5 * " An Ethical Treatise on tire Passions , founded on the Principles investigated in a Philosophical Treatise 5 18 O 7—« 1 O . " 2 vols . 8 vo . 6 . " Theological Disquisitions ; or , an Inquiry into those Principles of Religion , which
are most influential in directing and regulating the Passions and Affections of the Mind . First Disquisition , on Natural Religion / Second Disquisi * tion , on the Jewish Dispensation , re * specting Religion and Morals , 1812 /* 8 vo . 7 « " A Theological Disquisition , on the Characteristic Excellencies of
Christianity ; or , an Inquiry into the superior Assistance it affords , and Motives it contain * , for the Practice of Virtue , Cultivation of the best Affections of the Heart , and preparing
the Moral Offspring of Ood for permanent Felicity , 1813 , " 8 vo . The last five articles form one complete werk # under the following title : 4 £ A Treatise on the Passions and
Affections of the Mind , Philosophical , Ethical and Theological ; in a Series of Disquisitions : in which are traced , the moral History of Man , ia his Pur * suits , Powers , aotd Motives of Action , and the means of obtaining permanent well-being and Happiness , 1813 , ** 5 vols . 8 vo . 8 . " Letters to William
Wilberforce , Esq . M- P . on the Doctrine of Hereditary Depravity . By at . Layman , " 8 vo . 9 . " Ethical Questions ; © r , Speculations on the priacipal Subjects in Moral Philosophy ,
1817 » " 8 vo . Besides there , it i ** well known that Dr . Cogan was the author of a humourous little volume it * 12 mo , published many years ago , under the title of John Buncle , Junr . *' ¦ ' ¦ - : '¦ ¦ A . BW ^ " 1 ' 1
J# Memoir Of The Late Dr. Cogan.
J # Memoir of the late Dr . Cogan .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 22, 1819, page 76, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_22021819/page/8/
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