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trin 6 which we doubt not , is as fcRJ fdtffent •• from the feelings and "fl ^ falV irp f iti e ' pastor fef the ' XMii S&W fy congregation , as it is from
sours . : v * * The > cviii , xix and xx discourses , f $ ihe first volume of this work , s ^ nerit attention , at a period when every one serins di * po :. ed to look
\ ijp 6 n wealth as evay lung , and * t £ ' regard an abvndante of this worlds good as *»*<> £ uti&l to . enjoyment and happiness : when many , because the'V cunrtot live in such a iijfle , ^ * " * ore in mj c Ii a sphere ca $ .. | hey have either aaticipai ^ d or bfcenaccustomed to , a'i » nt ) '
nxhem-^ Iv ^ s to melancholy and despair , ^ iifilier than attempt to adapt their jumpers to their condition . The felk > wing passage will illustrate t& 6 authors manner on this sub . ject . ^" «« As we are professedly the disciples J | s | Christ , we may derive from his exam-OTfTand ddctrihe peculiar instruction and in the
. M ^ crful motives cultivation and v'i fl ^ f J ° ^ ^ art " *** views an < * con-^ j&kci illustrated a superiority to tile jlj ^ rld , which we should endeavour to : fe&Seiknble . His character was the most ex
C ^ pnt and exemplary that was ever exhiluted in human nature ; and yet his con Onion was humble and 6 i scure . His hfitttry beclouds the lustre of rank and iLffluence , and warns us of the foUy and Bulger of estimating worth by dign-ty of gtatipn "" or by the abundance which any Ihriatt possesses . His doctrine expressly < t 6 aches us , that a marts life * tht true
happiness of his life , consistcth not in the ^ Linj ) litude of His stores or the elevation of his rank , it presents to our desires ana ' pursuit qualities of a nobler nature ^ nd nlorc lasting duration than those wlvrch d ^ eay with time ^ and of which We mutt j ^ e i | icyitably bereaved by death . It bucs our happiness on a more solid basi ^ ihan that of worldly honours and possessions : ; J&m a basis , Which will remain fiVlh ^ nd imtttbveablc , when the world disappears atli the frame of nature i * disso ^ vtcl . : i It ' direct * bur views to a tribunal before " ^ hich rant an ^ l wealth VH | bW of hWac ^ count , and tea < fte $ i& t 6 ^ xp 6 ct a sen ^ tence , decisive and fiii » V *«^ % | r to
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the character we have mainUined and the woiks we have pet ^ ormed . WHJi this * prospect , it is of Htd ^ moment , whe < her we art ttkttied or whether w #
abound . Ptety ^ ajpd vir ^ u ^ ^ n , terqxj sjt ^ jti on will ensure a cqr ^^^^^^ e » V « LlCi ' I a j ) 9 Di 13 * 3 f In reasoning oti the b ^ q i f ^ fe . sence ' of God , otff author th 1 Ss ififdresses his aiidi ^ nfre : ^ ' ^ mh
** As Cod is infinitely petSffect , he * must be every where pV ^ ent , i fWc UttfBi&i x to tte presence of ' God . w ^ propofti ^ M bly degrade his excellence and dimfei ^ i his perfection . If he docs not exist and
ac , t every where , he Is so ' far an imperfect being , besides , if We deiiy thi ft&-tence and agency of God in any- one place , we may deny that he existft'and a * ts in . every , other- ; anH , consequently , he does no ^ exist by ^ haf kind of necessity pf nature , whidi belongs to the undeiiv ^ l and self existent being * ¦ © ut > wavktog these more abstruse demonstrations «* f the :
omnipresence of Qod ; f dernonstra ^ ons , however , that are satisfactory- an ^ convincing to those who ai ? e kcciistonied to this kind of reasoning r t ? fe ttiay ^ oKjicrve , ttot God is 9 -whcrcwferi - |» e acts- and we perceive traces of ft ^ e . 4 ^ ! SF ^ 8 ^? y every where around us . Iphe visible cfeatibh ii ih this sense fall of ^ Ge&
There is mot * pttlnc of spatesr there is not an atom of . in ^ tte ** wjhic ^ does w > t bear tts ^ jnpny to the presence < and in * fluence of God ; and as it is a * tiist ( Principle , th ^ t no oeirig can ^ act whe ^ eT ^ is not the agency of God , whith is un ^ rer ^
sal , must evince his universal presence . Wherever we discern an effect , there must'be a capse and of course all tjie matter and tne nfoiioh which we observe in the universe constrains us to admit tht vital presence ianii constant energy of the Almighty . Without ' God , the u ^ iv ^ rse would be at chaos . The sun and ptafa . that ^ ad fhc firmamifrit by day and by ni ^ ht , would be e * tmgii&ried ' * - - ^ i'f ¦ ' ¦ ¦ b > - ¦ . !* M 4 ^ jmsEL--Frotn the foregoing pa $ H& ? £ 5 , vvoich are a fAir siyeci | nen titf ^ the
contents of fifty sepmom * the r&fcdtr will be bett < 1 able to judg ^ of their vaki < - than fee G ^ mt * , pos ^ sibly , ! ^ " ** M > * & ^^ 4 > # ^ tlvam we jafti ^ ngr them , rMmumts calculaWrf to rou ^ lil ^ yowMHtfDd ' - ? - > »; i «^» d « rj «» *> ' ^ M > . -r ^ iai ^ fa frnrft
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106 Re view . *~* -&r . Reesls Sermons . * . » V- <¦ ¦ ¦ * - > ' ^ > _ _
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/42/
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