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raise us to some good degree of his likeness , who is himself , ** glorious in holiness . Hence we may be able to form some idea of our interest ia the affections , ( if we may so speak ) of our heavenly FatJiei ^ some idea of the value which righteousness bears in ' his sights 4
Was it for this , that * lie was made sin-who knew no sin , thai we might become the righteousness of God through him ? ' * If such be the regards of God to his weak and erring creatures , such his regards to virtue and holiness , that for our sake * his beloved Son wa 9 made sin , that we might thereby attain to superior degrees of moral excellence and glory r with what sentiments ought we not to contemplate the Christian dispensation ? What shall we render unto Goct for this his unspeakable gift ? What further demonstration can we desire , that righteousness is the best interest , and ought to be the primary pursuit ot man ?
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ARTICLE I ' Discourses on Various Topics relating to Doctrine and Prac tice . By the late Jiev . Timothy Kenrick . In 2 vols , SvoJ Johnson .
If sermons are an important branch of English Theolo gy * they are scarcely less so of English Literature : for they distinguish it , in partj from that of every other country . No nation , we believe * possesses so large and valuable a stock of them , as our own . A few of those of the most celebrated French
preachers are , undoubtedly , superior to our * s in the higher kinds of eloquence and oratory , and , suiting the genius of that lively people , address with greater success the imagination and affections . But if fruit is of more worth than leaves , and solU dity of trunk than the hues and fragrance of flowers , a preference is due , for the same reason , to the most memorable of our
English sermons , which , agreeably to our national character , are directed principall y to the understanding ; frequently , we confess , to the excessive neglect of the fancy arid the passions ; though some of them are also deserving of considerable praise for purity of language , and for beauty , force , and dignity oC composition *
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u Still pleas e d to praise , txt not afkaio to blame . " [ Writers and Booksellers desirous of having their Publications noticed early ia die Review of the Monthly Repository , are requested to send them as soon as f hey appear , to the Editor ^ at the Printer * ^]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/29/
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