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    c wish , ** says Mr . K . €€ for no compromise with error , which , so far as argument can be employed , ought never to be tolerated by any fciend of the human race ^ Had the reformers acted upon this principle , and stood still

    in any part of their progress , what wouJd have been our present situation ? How trifling vyoul $ then have been our obligations to theiyi t No truth is so wholly insigpificant as to be of no value ; no error , go trivial as to Reserve \ o be ptterly neglected . Witness the doctrine of transubstantiation , harmless , in itself .

    liawever absurd , yet big with mischief in its £ Qiiseqiiences ; and that many articles pf the popijlar crepd of Protestants are BQt points of mere speculation , appears by their influence qr > $ & mind , the conduct and the character . These remarks teach us , 1 st . that indifference to religious truth ,, and to the means of enlightening the understanding , is

    diametrically opposite to the language , spirit and practice of Jesus Christ : this is plain from his history at targe , as welj a § from the text and other passages in the gospels : 2 d . the evil consequences of the principle , that £ rror is h a rmless aqd irnHiateriaL While zeal for truth calls forth the best energies of the snind * indifference produces a listless apachy ; and where zeat and activity are found on the one side , and nothing but luke ? warmness and indifference ou the other , it is not difficult t *

    faretel the issue of the contest , if contest it can be called : 3 dl y * the high utility of the labours of the votaries and advocates of troth , even when employed upon inquiries which appear of small importance ; and , 4 thly and lastly , what should be the

    maxim of Christian ministers . Be their ' s that of their Master , •* - the ligfit of the body is the eye / The understanding is % key to the heart : to enlighten the understanding therefore should be the first object of their ministry . We have been the more desirous of giving an epitome of thi § discourse , not only for its intrinsic excfcll ^ nce , but because its

    principles , reasonings and conclusions ( so striking a picture of the author ' s own spirit and deportment !) are eminently seasonable as well as just ; and because unless the force of them h $ le ? t , many of the following sermons , and in particul ar the three which immediately succeed the present ^ qanipt bp read witl } interest and advantage . the

    To our approbation of Mr . If Ss sentinqei ^ t ^ on s ubject of religious truth and error , we must add our admiration of thq simple , clear , and oftei > elegant style in whicK they are conveyed . If any thing be left us to wish for , it is that the' division ? an 4 leading thoughts had been more distinctly marked * and even numbered * Mr . K , indeed was heard with satisfaction and profit , though he di 4 not always employ these aids of m ^?

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    i 44 Kenrick ' s Sermons .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 144, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/32/