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      any class of public servants are proprietors . They are salaried * by the state ! for the * performance of certain duties . Judges are

      jpnzd for the distribution of justice ; kings for the execution of the laws ; soldiers , where there is a mercenary army , for public defence ; and priests , where there is an established religion , for public instruction . The mode of

      their payment is indifferent to the question . It is generally in rude ages by land , and in cultivated periods by money . But a

      • "Hs son ton salaries , ou meridians , ouvoleurs . " They are either salaried , ** heggar ^ o * . robbers ^ ¦¦ . was . the expression of M . Mirabcau , respecting th % | uri « sthaod »

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      territorial pension is no more pro ^ perfy than a pecuniary one . ' * In one short concluding paragraph , Dr . Clarke applies his curious discourse to the Fast-day . The blind attachment of his .

      countrymen to the present obscure and corrupt version of the prophetic books of scripture is , he thinks * a species of idolatry if not of hypocrisy ; and he is of

      opinion that to amend our ways in this particular is the surest safeguard against " the modern Assyrian , the rod of God ' s anger /'

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      68 S ? Review . —Kentish ' s Sermon , at Dudley *

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      Art ,. VII ~—The Simplicity of the Christian Doctrine : a Sermon , preached at Dudley \ July 19 , 1808 , before the Unitarian Tract Society . By John Kentish . 12 mo . pp . 37 . Is * Belcher and Son ^ Birmingham ^ The Birmingham or Warwick- gospel , are brought not merely sliire Tract Society , differs from to preserve it entire , but to aim tlie other Unitarian Book Socie- at its universal diffusion ; and ties in two particulars ; it circu- lastly , suggests some of the best lates only tracts or pamphlets , means for the accomplishment of ^ tnd a less annual subscription this object . constitutes a member . This is Gladly should we make extracts the first sermon preached on its from this excellent discourse , if t > ehalf , which has been laid be- we were able to give them a placfc fore the public , and is we trust in the present number . One onl y * art earnest of a succession of relating to the Unitarian Fund , equally able defences and urgent can we insert— our readers will recommendations of the Unitarian we trust themselves peruse , and doctrine . promote the circulation of the With his accustomedperspicui- discourse . ty and ability , Mr . Kentish from " * rejoice that an attempt is making I Cor . i . 22 , 23 , 24 , shews that * o convey more effectually the glad tid . * - i » I ^ i ^ ii ings of his I Christ ' s | religion to the poor , the simplicity of the Christian by means of popular preachmg : and Revelation , is presumptive of its you wfll join , I am persuaded , your truth and excellence and favoura- wishes and prayers with mine that the ble to hs efficacy ; inquires whe- " \ easures employed may be wisely adapt-^ t _ . . i " \ . * . i ed to the great importance of the end . ther , and to what extent , the po- May x tak * the lnferty of recOmmendpular system of faith is character- ing that one of these" measures be the isred by simplicity ; represents education of young men of piety and tathe peculiar obligations under ] f » ™» f * P $ t ™ f *> the nature * f » -i ui _ l ^ . t " Service in inbt ^ h t bey are engaged £ which persons who embrace what nn * n ™ they conceive to be the simple

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 682, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/46/