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Art . III . Sjermons for the Use . of Families . By W . Hazlitt , A . M , In two Volumes , Svo . pp . 725 . Johnson . 180 ^ .
These volumes contain thirty - fright sermons on important subjects of practical religion . They are well adapted to inculcate just sentiments and a truly Christian
practice . There are perhaps few by whom they will not be understood , nor any of whose attention they will be found unworlhy . Whoever wishes to read with a
view to his moral improvement , will not regret , the purchase of these volumes , or the time spent in their perusal . They will impart to him iC that wisdom which is better than gold , " the knowledge of pure , genuine and rational religion . In conjunction
with the preceding article , they furnish a valuable stock of practical sermons to parents and masters of families , by means of which they may at all times be enabled to instruct their dependants , in the most necessary and fundamental truths of the Christian
religion . They are plain 9 ' .-serious , judicious , and of a moderate length * By way of specinjen , we * hall give an extract from the sermon ¦** On Prudence /* Vol . 1 . p . 258 .
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" The truly prudent man will be mofe anxious % o commend himself to God than to the world , and will be more intent upon those riches that never fail , than upon those that are transitory and perishing . He will not therefore deny or abandon the truth to jobtain wealth cr honours , nor to escape poverty , re- *
proaches , and distresses . Itfor will he conceal the truth , whenever there is a convenient opportunity for making 1 it known , and the prospect o £ bringing over a single , advocate to it , to please men , or to acquire a fashionable popularity . For prudence is consistent with honesty and uprightness of heart , and
a noble zeal to diffuse light in the world . Indeed those men . who are applauded for their trimming , their studied evasions , and their mean compliances with the humours of the ignorant , the prejudiced , the proud and designing , are not properly speaking applauded for their prudence , but for their timidity , duplicity and indifference to truth . In short , true prudence has no relation to a dastardly , grovelling spirit of any kind . It is not penurious , but watchful and cautious ; it is not covetous , but
sober and thoughtful ; it is not mean and hypocritical , but unwilling to give needless offence , or wantonly to rush into the snares which are spread for the unwary . It avoids every evil which can be avoided , and neither inflicts pain on ourselves or others , but where this is necessary to attain some useful 2 nd worthy end . It fixes our chief affections on the future joys of the righteous , and the blessing and favour of God throug h * out eternity . "
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Review . —Hazlitfs Scrmbn&for the Use of Families . JOJT
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aad Mr . Turner of Wakefield ; and of other distinguished , pious and sensible writersi from whose , works they have been selected . Tfie
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discourses -by livmg preachei ? s , whose names are concealed , are every way worthy of the ^ collection . in which they appear .
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Art . IV . An Essay on the Nature and Discipline of a Christian Church . By K . Wright . 12 mo . pp . 12 . 3 d . D . Eaton . 1808 . An , excellent plea for peace and of the Committee of the Unitarian unity , drawn up at the request Fund .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1809, page 103, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1733/page/47/
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