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    sanal virtues more minutely ; and u the blessings by which this reign hath been characterized" are set out in full array : —though part of the eulogiura on the king is prospective , and his character < c generates a grateful impression ' on the preacher ' s heart , because he might , and possibly mayj countenance a Reform in Parliament .,

    emancipate the Catholics , and give peace to a bleeding world ;

    aod a veil is professedly cast over gome u unsightly scenes ' perhaps warlike * scenes ; perhaps the fightings of ibrty years ; perhaps the sanguinary struggiings to reduce America to servitude ; to

    abolish the national governments of India , and to seize their tempting revenues ; to force France , aiming at the recovery of freedom , to rebuild the Bastille , and restore the Bourbons ; to compel the affection and confidence of Denmark , and particularly of

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    Copenhagen ; b }^ br&tfbh oT * fafth piracy , conflagration and Wit * der ; and to make Ireland CoiU tented with disgrace , and enraptured with bondage . Ah ! why are we tempted to draw aside the curtain , and inspect such trul y unsightly scenes ! '

    On the merely religious part of the sermon , we shall make no ' remarks , though we may confess that we were surprised , on perns , ing it , t 6 find not only flattery to the king , but also adoration of Christ . A hymn by Mrs . Steele , advertised we observe as a beavtu

    ful one ^ is prefixed to the Ser . mon , as having been sung before it ; the subject is the coronation ofjesusj and 4 < homage" is paid to him , ^ s the source of all comforts and blessings ^ 4 < life , liberty , joy , and peace , " and as worthy

    < c Qf universal , endless praise ! € f With ev ' ry power to be ador * d , < e That men or angels e * ei * can raise .

    3 . Motives to Gratitude . An Address delivered at the Baptist Meeting-House , Eagle Street , London , Oct . %$ y 1809 , the Fiftieth Anniversary of his Majesty ' s Accession . Containing a Brief History of Dissenters ; and the Reasons why they should be thankful for the Reign of George III . By Joseph Ivimey * 8 vo . pp . 58 . Burditt .

    publications on the same occasion . We are so much the more pleased with the preacher ' s forbearance in this respect , because his text led us to apprehend tliat we were to be visited with a boisterous harangue , suited to a day

    devoted to divine , or rather royal , service , candle-wasting and drunMW &&There is & manly spirit in this discourse which we much approve , and not more loyalty , or rather

    professions of loyalty , than persqhs of ordinary capacities , like

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    < J 8 S Review *—Jubilee Sermons .- —liimeys .

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    ourselves , can bear . Mr . Ivimey has not , at least , mixed up with his Jubilee-sermon any of that nauseating flattery which is so prime an ingredient in some other enness . Who would expect moi deration or good sense in a discourse , having for its motto ? the

    mad and riotous cry of the besotfcted people of Israel , who wanted a king for a plaything or an idol 1 Sam . x . 24 . And all the people shouted and said , Qod save the king ! Singing " God save the king" is , it seems , an old mark

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/38/