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tfo t ^ . ^ onjtyfeic xbas ? ie intention of tjie gospel not only , ^ instruct usi-itt ^ yhstt is nght and in what is wrong , but ^ to . separate us frotti th& I ^ orld \> y a glorious distinction of character ; a © d raise in us an ardour * in th £ pursuit , of holiness , which kuow 3 no bounds * which admits
of no mediocrity , which aspires to be holy as God is good , and to prove its fitness for the high rewards of . heaven , by reaching in , this state of trial at ;* the best and most exalted character of the heavenly inhabitants . This at least is certain , that diose are , ignoran % -of the spirit of thegospeJ , whoftaye not these sentiments . : Pp .. 487 , 188 , *
' * Herein lies the superior excellency of the institution of the gospel , that embracing , eyery honourable - argument of mere huta # n wisdom , it urges others , which apply to every man ' s feeling , which speak with egual force to the learned and unlearned , -which inspire the soul with a daring and a foititude uich as it can derive from no considera *
tions which it finds within itself alone , qnd which terminate with the grave . It speaks not- only of what reason and * the voice within command * but what God expressly wills , what has all his authority * and is rendered . sacred and necessary by the holiness ^ of his nature . It summons us . to duty from considerations of < dutifulness to a Sovereign , of
gratitude to , ar Benefactor , and . of the highest possible -interest to ourselves . It unites in one unbroken view here and hereafter , time and eternity ; assuring us from fcjm whofoath both worlds at his disposal , that godliness hath not only the promise of ) tl ^ e vl | fe that now is and jvill soon fye past ^ but . of that also w ^ ich is to come and will never know an end .
^ p . 199 , 300 . j «« There ought to be a grace , a dignity arid richness about the character of a ChristiarT ; the name ought to suppose whatever in , the way of virtue and
holiness is within the reach of man . But we wear our Christianity as an easy garment , which in every . hour of indulgence may be , laid aside ; we . expect the fulfilment of the divine promises , as if God were t 6 intrude himself into a
loWfcorn , groveling * vicious soul i and % yc > vere to be . fitted for heaven , only in ^ at moment when we hope to enter jt . '? Pp . 269 , aiOw ; .- " - ..... In the sermon on Party Nfcmcs , ovir authctf observes ,
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" . Inestimable are the advantages of the gospel ; ah 4 herw : ho feels just tte conviction of this upon hi * mind , "half but to carry hintseb ? back in imagination to the age of thick daricne ^ s artd of ^ gross corruptiori , Which ' precede ^ ^« t '
miniEtry of Christi'or to tran »^ ) 4 nt himself , to those region ? , wherein at this day , the human character * is no ways ' raised by the views of a' * sublime , ra ~ tiotial and moral religion . " P . atjcv -- - f i he tests of " a religious " character , \ vhicli our preacher latjfs down in the Sermor ^ QQ $ elf- E . \ - ni
^ l-nation , are ** I- Whether the love or hatred ° ^ $ *** b ^ niore prevalent in you ? Religion ia her whole service invites the saint and tjie sirmer 5 - to the one she is the food and entertainment of |) is soul , to the other the ministering angel that may purify his soul : but she asks of both a virtuous inclination in every approach to her : and in the la *? t instance , that
she has ministered to holmes ^ , to pro * gressive and increasing holiness in both . * u X ^ et us examine ourselves how we * " j ? f ' i stand affected to good iircn .- ^ Tb love goodness / and not to love a good man wherever he be found , is a contradib * tton which , I thihlc neithet the charity of man or of God will reconcile . —Arc
uprightness and piety in any bto $ of the fellow-creatures around you , the great attrac ^ tjive , % he strong foundation , t generous bond of your aiFection to and complacence in him ? This is a more interesting test of our inward and dai | re .. love of gooditess , of a soul that if
altogether Christian , than we perhaps arc apt to tnink off and b y which , rfwc would please , > little oftener , and nibre seriously to iry ourselves , we should better know ourselves and the truth of our " own character , than in ottr present way of delusion I fear we many of us do . * 3 . " Let us , inquire Jhovy we stand aiTected to another world . " In the dii > c / L » uii > e on the Divine
Forbearance , Mr . Walker says , u J have observed in all minds of a low form , and who aspire not to . an elevated morality , a prurient inclination to debase themselves , and trample on human Wtare , as incapable of one offering that
can be . acceptable to the majesty of heaven . " Pi 345 . " By Self-deceit , '* in the discourses on that subject 9 o ti author says , ** I understand , ever vtay iuwhich we arc
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/39/
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