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Art . 1 . —Sermons , chiefly on Practical Subjects . By E . Cbgan . In Two Volumes . Svo , pp . 530 and 526 . Mawman . 1817 . MR . COGAN is well known as a profound scholar , an acute
reasoner and an elegant writer . Having , at the close of the year 1816 , resigned the pastoral charge of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters , assembling in the Old Meeting-House , Walthaimtow , which he had held for
sixteen years , he was requested by his friends to print a selection of his Sermons , and the publication before us was made in compliance with their request . The Sermons are Forty-Six in number , Twenty-Three in each Volume . The Contents are as follows : —Vol . I .
Ser . I . On Future Life and Immortality , If . On the Benevolence of the Deity . III . On the Importance of Moral Rectitude . IV . On the Origin and Benefit of Affliction . V . On Perseverance in a Virtuous Course .
VI . On Benevolence . VII . On the Servitude of Vice . VIII . On the Security of a Virtuous Course . IX . On the Influence of Religion in Seasons of Joy and Grief . X . On the Vanity of Riches . XL On the Example of Christ . XII . On a Faithful Adherence to Christ . XIII . On the
Brevity of Human Life . XIV . On the Connexion between Theism and Christianity . XV . On the Providential Government of God . XVL On Devotion . XVII . On Resignation to the Will of God . XVIIL On the Value of Religious Kuowledge . XIX .
On Christian Self-Denial . XX . Religion the Best Philosophy . XXL On the Termination of a Christian Course . XXII . On Christian Forbearance . XXIII . On the Duty of seeking those Things that are Above . —Vol . II . Ser . I . On the Resurrection of Christ . II . Moral Rectitude alone
acceptable to God . III . On the Exercise of Ambitious and Malignant Passions . IV . On the Influence of Christianity . V . On Religious Zeal . ^ 1 . On Acquiescence in the Disposals ° f Providence . VII , On the Instru-
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mental Duties of Religion . VIII . On Perseverance in a Christian Course . IX . Faith the Principle of a Christian ' s Life . X . On the Vices of the Tongue , XL On the Duty of the Young to remember their Creator . XIL On
the Pursuit of Happiness . XIII- Oft the Obligation to imitate Good Examples . XIV . On the Government of Anger . XV . On the Fear of God . XVL On the Spirituality of the Worship of God . XVII . On the Question , What is Good for Man . XVIIL On the Misapplication of Words , XIX . On Accountableness to God
for the Use of Privileges . XX . The Progress of Christianity , an Argument of its Truth . XXL On Submission to God . XXII . On the Inequality of the Divine Dispensations . XXIII . On the Hope of Immortality .
On the first perusal of these Titles in succession , we were struck with the sameness of several of the subjects ; and we must confess , that in going through the volumes we have frequently felt the like impression . But we have also been agreeably surprised in some instances to find , under nearly the same heads , if not different
subjects , yet subjects very differently treated . Mr . Cogan has not , in fact , done justice to himself ; for by amore studied , and with regard to a few sermons we think a more appropriate , wording of his subjects , he might have obviated the objection . This ,
however , is only one proof out of many of his entire artlessness , and of the manly simplicity of his mind . The Ars concioncundi never appears in his compositions . His sermons consist of his own thoughts on serious
subjects , expressed in the readiest , and therefore generally the best , language . They are a true picture of his mind ; that is , of a mind of great powers , long exercised upon the great questions relating to the constitution and destiny of the human being .
In his Farewell Sermon , the last of the Second Volume , the preacher explains his uniform object in the pulpit , which was to promote practical Christianity . His primary wish
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tc Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blaijie . " — Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1819, page 257, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1771/page/45/
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