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Friendship tfiturally solicits the jittblfedtiori of cfiscouti ^ t which it heard from the pulpit with more thdti comtiibii plea * sure . Affection && naturally wishes tot their af > ftearanc £ wheii the hand vrhidh penned , dnd the lifxs which pfdntjuiicfed therrii are tttouldering in dust : they are then precious telicks bf d&
jtftrtecf talfctits , usefulness and virtue : they call batk and perpetuate those devotional , intellectual and inbral qtiatlitieg tfchiefa ^ if-. deared the Christian afcd tile nitffi , the pfeMther arid the ffieifd : in this w&f , although he is dead , hfc yfet Speaketh to ah evfcfgrateful flctek ; and if the sermons tints aiixibtisly dejndtid ^ d by them are worthy of the public eye arid approbation , the request reflects as ttiueh credit upon theif judgtfteiit asr upoiS thfeir feeU
mg ^ . We pereerve ^ vith deep concerii , that the di ^ ctitirse ^ Before ui ^ re posthumous . ! $ ar couki we ttB . d the foriti er part of thdj preface to them , consisting chiefly of a letter from the iiriit ^ dE congregations of Protestant DissentefS at Exetefr , to the write ' r ^ l widow , without tender s ^ mp&thv arid reorret : it does the
hmhcst honour to the character of those societies ^ aihd to that of their late beloved and exemplary pastor : it proves that they were dupable of estimating his superior merits , and is therefore ! an encouragement to every cforts ^ ieiitious minister , # &d at lesfoti to other congregation ^ . io it
The Editor of these sermon ^ seems eoftsider as d fecom 4 mendation of them 5 that th 6 y contain the undisguised senti-Kienf ^ of Mr . K . on subjects of the first importanceY It is said of him , we are persuaded with truth s that he thought for himself ; ( Pref . pp . viii and ix , ) and this circumstance stamps particular value , in our humble judgmeivt , upon the volumes now
presented to the world . We are mistaken if the intelligent and candid reader will not approve of the selection * arid acknowledge that the discourses cc possess such a degree of novelty , either of subject or of manner , and are of such a tendency , as to do credit to the memory of the author / and to contribute to the promotion of Christian knowledge , atid the practice of virtue : " ( Pref ,
P- x- We shall follow the order ia which they are arranged ; Chough ? it be not exactly what we could have wished and suggested y the two volumes contain forty sermons ^ only four of which we shall notice at present , reserving for two succeeding numbers ? our account of the remainder .
The first sermon , entitled ** The Value of Truth and Danger of Error /* from Matt . vi . 22 , 23 . The light of the bodi / zs the eye ; is prefixed with great propriety to discourses so eminently distinguished by a free , though judicious investigation of received tenets , and by a fearless , yet benevolent avdwal
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 142, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/30/
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