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    * t e object , it will not fail to produce a happy effect within our own bosoms . It is pleasing to consider ourselves as mutually dch ?* r s and creditors both to the . G > * ek and the J 3 arbariany both to the mvise and the unwise . It is flattering to contemplate the world as a regular body ,

    axid all its inhabitants as Members one of another , it is delightful to be superior to every malignant passion , and to be alive only to the feeiings of unlimited good ^ wilL Universal benevolence is the chaiacter of the supreme Being ; and wJUh the children of peace he will be present , the children cf peace he will always bless . "

    The conclusion of his second sermon 0 H the revelation , contains an excellent lesson to religious parii-zans ^ of every denomination . " Therefore , my beloved Lrethren , as we h + < ve been c . lied under Hbertyy let us not use on liberty as an Occasion to the flesh , but by lo < ve serve one another * Tho-e who in past times , were

    inclined to bite , and devour one another , often found to- their confusion , that fcliey were devoured one of anJhcr ^ Let ¦ cs . therefore , esteem ~ as a friend and a brother every honest man , by whatever relig ious denomination he may be distingu ished ; whether he worship at the churc h ° r the meeting-house , the

    mass-Eouse oc the synagogue ; whether he use a prescribed or a discretional form © £ prayer ; whether he prefer an episcopal , a presbyterian , or an independent , or any other form of church government . In the most corrupted relioious coaimunities , numbers are to be

    found , who aie ornaments to their own , and would be an honour to any profession ; the purest and best are disgraced by unworthy members . Then let us not judge of others by the narrow model of our own creed , but love all who love God , and desire by a patient continuance in well-doing to lay hold on eternal life . As we are blest with

    the enjoyment of civil and religious liberty , let us manifest our gratitude to the protecting magistrate by a regular and examplary conduct , by an active discharge of qur respective duties , and by an animated -zieal for the public good . JLet us be at \ peace with each other , and with all mankind , and toe God of loirs and fierce will be iv ) th us . ** "

    Mr . Wood ' s views of the impropnocty of any further application , ou the part of the Dissenters , for the repeal

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    of the Corporation and Test Acts at $ thus expressed ,- in . his sermon on the death ofDr . Priestley : On the subject of a religious test ,

    as a condition of admissipn to a civij office , he spoke and wrote with considerable warmth , ancl not entirely without asperity . He felt it to be a reflection on himself and his brethren , » $ less unjust , than degrading and severe . But his warmth was the effervescence

    of a noble mind , excited for a moment by a generous impatience under unmeritqd suspicion and distrust , which soon cooled down to the mild temperature of Christian benevolence . And after an interval of fourteen years , there is , I trust , no intelligent Dissenter who

    does not think on the subject with tranquil indifference . We had misconceived the prevailing spirit of the times . We judged that what did not openly appear , had ceased to exist . We were disappointed of our expectation ; but our disappointment has not diminished our affection to our native land . We

    are still sensible of her invaluable blessings . We do not quarrel with the greafc and substantial good which she offers to us in common with all her other children , because she adds to it a trifling inconvenience , and has given us a slight

    affront . We shall , I sincerely hope , ne ~ ver again repeat our request . If a free communication of every ' secular advantage should be offered to us b y a confiding country , it will be received by us with a dignified complacence , and a cordial return of beneficent kindness .

    But we should forget what is due to ourselves , were we to discover any anxious solicitude , and to sue a fourth time for what , weighed in opposition to our legal rights , is less than the small dust of the balance . We value our constitutional government , as it is

    composed of an Hereditary king , an iudcpendant house of JLcwrds , and an elective house of commons , con . jbting of members chosen for a limited time , to rer present the general body of the . people . In common with all our countrymen * we resolve to defend it with all our

    force against the hostile attack of every invader ; we esteem it our duty to do all in pur power , to transmit it in itc true puriJg ) and full vigour to the latest posterity *^ In the sermon on the New Century , Mr .. W . aficr cnu . ucjrating , . the . gr ^

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    400 Additions &nd Corrections in former Obituarits *

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    Rev . W . Wood .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 400, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/48/