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. Jf ^ , . . ¦*; . aod tfiat M ^ I ** M ^ # ^^^^ # " ^ 88 ^ with some i « 9 W ^ 'fHBSPI -SiP i ^ t ^ SI ^^ f \ s . ' t ? £ ¦;; ,. /^§ iN The ** Ad % ess * f ^ ttP ^^' * *' ^^ K . been delivetetfby ^ ^|^^^^ Wl ^ the occasion ia not ¦ e ^ pflwtoeSIPSB ^ Rwt ^ title-page or pi ^ faee , o » bi # m % ? the jrastoral charge of ffft Ufth ^ maii Church at Dundee , which haa ^ Kewft "
feept together , and ^ ive believe pal * iy raised , hy the imdBwii ^ ticniSi ^ feiPil ii 4 e-4 bt ministry of Mr . Robert JtateiY The young fninister adopts a t ^ gf * * wliicli as applied to hims ^ tf is ran || r « juakft , but perhaps not w £ - $ ttosep jfpt a Scottish auditory : it p J ^ cts i % » * * TJien P < &er said , sifoipr and ipp ? have Tnohe ; but # ueh its / hiwe 9 fm&e
I thee . Appropriating ; these vtfoiite , Mr . Logan tells his flodc that he gives them 1 . his prayers : 2 . his diligeB&e ^ 3 . an honest independent of # etitiraent ; and 4 . the cordiality <© f the brother . His language on -thdf ' ltifll tdpic is worthy of a difccipie of Mm who ** came not to be ' rtiiriifetered
unto , but to minister : " _} K ¦ ¦ 4 < Receive from me all ^ ie cord iality of the brother . I am youi ^ rother ; and I trust that you shall tfm'ift ) never find iHe unworthy of the name of brother . I have no desire to play the 4 * riefct . I hope to be at all times amongst you as a
brother amidfit his brethren—cordial and unaffected- f would { sthould ) wrong you did I think that I woul&JpfumtdJ expose myself to your rudenefes ^^ y uijjjbsozning tOvjou my cordiality . No , surel y ^ while (^ ensure your r ^ pect by dHigence , by
sobriety , by integnty , Jbjr decoriim ' , and by piety , I cannot for ^^ it by an unassuming intercourse witii . you . Let t » e , then , never keep any rail around nde ^ to debar from friendly converge ^ Ith ' m ^ the poorest of my hearei » . Let my hWie be open to all as a brother ' s hotter / and let my heart be open to all , impartial I v
and tenderly . Cauae , my brethren , to me in your doubts / that I may help you to -solve them ; come to me in ycjjir troubles , that I may . be helping t 6 console you ;—come to ine in your Joy , that I
may divide it with you . O coipe , and tlrouph silver and gold I maj ^ have none ' to give you , yet if I increa . se your faith and your spnitualhaOTwncss , it Will nevertheless be mine < j ^ P ^ 6 fe in being a 'benefactor' *—p . IT . !'"' ' ' 'With equal frankness « u * d . Xmifr Christian simplicity , the p ^ a clier n $ &t reminds his people that he expects
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^ i ^ & ^ pt for 'SSm all the EWwne benedictipji .
2 Th ^¦ yiMto ^ 4 < aHW 9 B , iB- singularly 4 Iflp : ^ ut ttbm - ^ ai ^ Kk Maaugii ^ sermons of Protestaat Dissenting mit » s | j ^^^ ft $ 1 % sMlF ^ f Hh * T \\ ee $ y which petxW * % h ^* ^^^ : * fter the ^ taMfe ^ Ss ^ ifei ^ i , : "TWe 6 p | hor is a devoted ctfampidri df r ^ feioiil fiberig . ^^ . " ardeilif " and mixrsgzpus in w maintenance of unpopular" truth . ^ tjt 3 | J >) rit i $ mpireq at the con tern pj aff » of th ^ c ^ ardice which would tray ^ h ^ bes t of c auses ; and the EPQst eloquent passage of the " Address" is that m which ^ xe calls upon bis liew flock ^ to " stand C forward in defeneev ^ f thelf hristian principles . We cannot forbear quoting it .
* ^ t farther , mgj ^^ Quds , there is expQct ^ d iwf&jyQp . ' ^ SSm ^ jf ^ pRHoua attention $ q .. tfee ^ precept ^^ Ppfi . fest that which Ls good . ' I wish you , in uoderstaKra ^ e ^ - ^| ^ e ' \ vpen . I yi ^ sh you , in z ^ al , £ 0 %$ * the ^ o od soldU |^ S-of Jesus ¦ CnRn $% ^ . ' Mh *» e ex horted , yfc-ionly . to , be ^ mc ^^^ , h ) Xt ? also to be defouders , 0 m ^^^ SBS ^ wnn » vd unwavering . How cllly ' ' ^ I nfjs ^ fe ^ ely ^ pow ^ your coui pliance with the exhortation !? f If there was a tUne , iapy brethren , vb ^ q , to avow the truth was to incur thie spoiling erf your goocU ^ and the loss of life itself ; if there Wjas a time whenv the struggle was no less a straggle than one between con-, « tei > ce WiKie : fear of the dungeon , the
iKNp ei ; *^_ $ r , fte s ^ te , what will those $ &y ^ pttbeoiiBe'lireSj who , on account of . t ^ ^ ;^ BIpftratiffeIy Httle inconveniences % o wnllh they nil ^ ht now expose them-« € ^ m ^ J | fee ,-cause of truth , skulk from her stau # |^ , and seek a hiding place am ongst me crowd ? The blood of the ^^ rty ^ , Grw » oi ^ ^ mn ^ t them . Those BlpyPhOrfbraVe 4 | yi the terrors of sartguinary petsec ^ tiw ^ > who counted not their very Uvdaideaf for the truth—who
fought the good ( fight * of fattl ^ ro spite of sworA t j ) f [ rfi ^ + afteB ^ -Trhoir mus t they Sjhame tl % p cowardice of him wjio , onLy because of the annoyance of a relation , or the siieer of theJ ^ igot , or the fear of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 664, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/48/
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