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twtafeWstfdf * m&WpfecK&i pmmiMSMmwXM H ^ isitfh ' jito ' stSinth ^ t . - we m w-m maM < sftie pBnA ho ^ exalted dignity of character may be , ^ WpK'lm
Hi ititellfeetual superiority . Their exaltation Was causeji by jJ ^ ir co ^ silte ^ y , and in prd ^ prtion to their ooasistency was thei r exal&tidn . 'ft . J ^^ is ^ M £ fi , iit one time , gave Paul a superiority over Peter : it was his grdynnsj dd ^ tteti 6 ^ # hieh added dignity to Peter during each year oftris 1 $ ,, ind £ t I ^ ftgtft Hotioirred him with the undisputed title of Prince of the Apbstfes .
Ki ^^ the ' want of this which gives the bad power over the good ; which makes truth and virtue mingle their tears over the occasional degradation of tfi ^ ^ brthie ^ t among their followers ; which upholds the tottering institutiqns 6 f vide , folly , and superstition ; which enables the false and impure flame of Worldly greatness to burn on in rivalship of the light of heaven , and to ^ fti ^ act the eyes of men , while they turn their backs on the noon-day sun . The cause of this imperfection is evident . It arises from the imperfection
< $ ^ aVdigpetideride on the only immutable Being . In his strength alone can We ^ 'bettjade strong ; in his wisdom alone can we be wise ; by his perfbdidii ' atotie shall we , at length , become perfect . Not till we have stripped ^ ur ^ etves Of the trappings of worldly pride , can we be invested with the mgffitf of itibtal purity ; not till we have bowed our heads , can we receive dur tcrbWn ; It was this entire dependence on an unfailing power which
<* 6 tfstftiited the greatness of the only perfectly dignified character on record . It W # s thfe moral cbnsistency which , more than the possession of divine p ^ w ^ r ; more tf | ari the importance of his mission , more thaft the anticipation of thri'glbries of his second coniing , invests the Saviour of the world with a dignify inferior 6 nly to His yrho s ^ nt him . It is this which enables us to follow him through the varying sceries 6 f his life and death , / with a
veneration and love increasing at every step , till they become top powerful for oommtinicatiott , too deep f 6 ^ utteVancfei It is this wl j ich ^ in his words of co « ipassi 6 n and deeds of berlevbl&te ^ makes us ovto him , though a $ on of Man , the chief amon ^ men * it is" fliis % hich ^ , in ike grandeur of his doctrine aM the splendour of hte tniracfefe , Mifesi us how before him with the reverence due to an angel ; it is tHiS $ hich , in the ^ awfulhess L of his denunciations and the glory of his proririses , enables us tdrecognize the voice of God , and impels us , through his tiaifte , to' adore the iiftyeliy and supplicate the grace of the Most High , ' In proportioti to our attainment of this Christian cbh ^ istency , will be the degree of our moral dignity , of the only true and permanent dignity—of that dignity which can enable man to respect himself , to secure the deference of those of his fellow-men whose respect is valuable , to pursue his onward
course without shrinking from the gaze of men or of angels , to close his eyes on this world in peace , and to stand , awed but unabashed , in the presence of the Majesty on High . This is the dignity which alone can enable the frail child of earth to mingle , without presumption , among the sons of God ; which renders him a fit inhabitant of the courts of heaven , and secures him a Welcome among the wise , who " shine as the brightness of the firmament , and as the stars for ever and ever . "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 791, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/7/
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