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{ from Ps , GxL-l . ¦ ' * Praise ye the Lord , " -fee . ) informs us , that it was preached at Wrexham , on the last Sunday but one before the author ' s death . This circumstance will render it particularl y interesting to his friends ; and the discourse itself has strong claims upon the approbation of the reader .
fied for performing every part of his office . Hence it becomes us to bless God for providing a Saviour so well suited to the wants of mankind ; to receive Christ in the character in which he is presented to us in the Scriptures , and to acknowledge all to be Christians who thus receive him as a man froiii God * A note to sermon the twenty-first , * on Public Worship / 9
Ml K . begins with noticing the high antiquity of social worships and its almost undisputed propriety . He places his recommendation of it , however , upon the humble ground of utility ; easy as , he confesses / it would be for him to take a more elevated position . With this view , he considers the
nature of devotion , in connexion with the temper and urgent wants of mankind . Private prayer at once improves and manifests a devout temper . , 1 ¦¦ ,.- .
xc When the ideas and feelings of the mind are expressed in word £ , and clothed in language , they a <* quire a strength , a vigor , a lustre , which they seldom possess ivhile the subject of silent contemplation in the breast * Faith thus assisted rises into assurance j gratitude becomes more ardent , benevolence more glowing , resignation more complete , contrition more poignant a&d genuine /*
Owing , nevertheless , to defective information , or to the want of early habit and custom , a great proportion of mankind are but ill prepared for the services of private devotion . Their inaptitude for such employments is described with much beauty and spirit by our author , who justly observes , that to men . of this character public worship offers precisely that kind of
aid which their situation requires * Nor are the best-infbrrned and most enlightened minds above the reach of its advantages , such is the animating and happy influence of society ! We must strongly suspect , therefore , either the sincerity or the selfknowledge of that man who pronounces his , character to be so perfect as not to need the assistance of public worship : to persons of ordinary virtue its services are indispensable .
Christian benevolence , as well as the duty which every man owes to himself , requires that he join in these services with his brethren . < c Do you wish for the society of your friends to g ive that animation and energy to your devout feelmgs which the dignity . and grandeur of the object require ? Deny not te them the same advantage , by with-
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. Kennel ? s Sermons . 309
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 309, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/29/
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