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that , as an interpreter of scriptural phraseology , he has , on the whole , very few , if any , superiors The " Reflections" contain a serious and most interesting
application of Christian motives , and display a deep insight into human nature , a pure and fervent love of divine truth and a lively interest in the everlasting happiness of mankind .
Mr . Kennck s style is in general , clear , concise and forcible . We have noticed a few verbal inaccuracies ; such , perhaps , as with the utmost care , on the part of an Editor , are not to be avoided in a posthumous publication of
any considerable extent . A note in the margin should have informed the reader that the paraphrase 4 > f the Lord ' s Prayer , vol . i . p . 89 * is taken from Dr . Priestley ' s English Harmony . The Editor } - has prefixed to the
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Exposition , a Memoir of the author ' s life and character . As an elegant and affectionate tribute to departed friendshi p ^ these introductory pages must gratify every reader of sensibility and taste . We think them well calculated *
moreover , to instruct and encourage all who are alive to the charms of wisdom , virtue and goodness . We are unwilling to dismiss
this article without observing that Mr . Kenrick's life , adorned as it was by a rare union of learning , zeal and candour , affords a bright model for imitation to * Christian ministers , and that his memory
will be ever dear to those , and many such there are , who owe to his wisdom and kindness , through the favour of an indulgent Providence , ' their best principles of conduct and fcheir purest sources of enjoyment .
f The Rev . John Kentish . We make no extracts from the Memoir , because the substance of it has already with the Author ' s permission , appeared in the Monthly Repository . See vol . iii . p . 57 .
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75 ^ Review *—Kenrick ' s Exposition .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 752, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/46/
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