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      *¦ - . ¦ . 1 . ¦> ' % . . » ¦ * of a continued series of testmionies direct e d to the saine end . ** The credibility of the evangelical

      writers , " Mr . Walker , observes , " makes such an appeal to the human heart * as is hardly possible to be resisted by any honest mind . That they could mean to deceive , i < out of all the course of . human , nature . Deceive

      commit to record falsehoods of the most serious character ! and to . what end ? why , truly , to piopagate the most exalted , the worthiest sentiments of God , to extricate man from the bondage of the most abject and debasing superstitions ., and commit to Him the ' purest

      arid most benevolent morals ; yet with no other expectation to ^ themselves than ingratitude from jnan , all that the malice of interested policy and established corruption could . meditate * calumny , ignominy , persecution and death * Such zeal for the honour of Go ^ and such abstract benevolence to ' man , united

      with deliberate imposture , with the most daring assumptions of the . divine presence and action , and with not one consoling promise to themselves , is a phenomenon in the history of human nature , which has never been exhibited to our world , nor ever will . " Pp . At 5-

      The design of the second discourse , on the subject of the divine testimonies in favour of Jesus , is to strengthen the impres - sion frorri them , by an appeal to the prophecies of the Old Testament , to the miracles which the

      power of God enabled Jesus , to perform , to the raising him from the dead , and to the unequalled excellence of his doctrine , and the adaptation of his life and character lo his doctrines as an

      exainplar to man , dignified yet in . vituigy simple and practical in all its display . It is evident from . the mention of those topics , that .-this discourse exhibits in a small compass , a summary of the evidences of Christ ' s divine mission .

      Our limits will not allow us to * quote the just and strong re . marks * with which it abounds .

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      r •• / Having enumerated the wonderful traits in the character of je-: sus , as drawn by the evangelists . Mr . W . observes ,

      *• Th \ cproduction of such a character , is as proper a miracle as any one of those prodigies which are recorded in the New Testament It is a miracle , which asks no aid of human testimony ; we have it every hour before our eyes , we hold it in our hands ;—the New

      Testament is that miracle ; nor Jew , nor Jieathen Were equal to the conception of such a character and history , as ^ tha t volume records ; they could issue from no wisdom but that of God . " Pp . 40 , 41 .

      The discourse on the enlargement of the heart breathes a spirit of rational , warm and elevated devotion . r Fewj ** says our author , < c are so happy in this world as to attain to an absolute enlargement , a perfect freedom , so as to meet with no let , no

      obstruction , in their way ' towards heaven : yet every renewed and well disposed mind tastes something of it ; and the-very lowest degree of it argues the n . bj > le capacity of the mind ; its native superiority to its Enemies ; aii 4 with the concurrence of the good spirit of God ,

      promises Increasing" freedoni ; is the foundation . of a temper , that shall more and more ! prevail towards God and goodness ; and is always accompanied with a de . sire after a still more perfect enlargement , The very desire , is the food of its virtuous powers ; its humble , but earnest prayer to the God of grace fixes this God in its heart , and renders

      him more and more the pleasing meat of his soul ; this presence perfects , tho affections , shuts , out corrupting :, vitiating lusts , familiarizes jit to every good thought , and insensibly fashions ^ and moulds the whole man into the divine Pp .

      resj ^^ larice . ' / 71 ^ 73 . 1 . / Jlt ^ iiji sermon o » the parental ch $ fai 0 fit of Gpd , our author ' s stat ^ ifteiit of the defe c ts of pagan theology merits atfeptipn * . fiea

      «< There is « a . sense in w ^ ich - thens acknowledged G 6 d in ' flie character of a father ; inasmuch as they acknowledged him to be the creator of all thingj £ ' . ffixt . , th

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      386 ttcvitrv . —Sernidns by &rorge > ' WiAker .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 386, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/34/