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tempt ation , we should suffer the leaven oi iniquity to Work till it produce such a change in our tempers and dispopMflQ i ^ ^ s to pn danger our confusion , disgrace , and punishment in this world , arid ' the xbote fearful ^ ve ' ngeanc ^ 'W tht worl d whi ^ h isto £ 6 tne . >
"But dispose us not tb congratulate ourselves on our innocence , because we may have done , nothing which is amenable to earthly jttclge ^ and cbtirts . When we ; look intb our ofw * i hearts , cMr consciences , alas , too faithfully adiyrpmsh us , that the judge who knoweth all things hath many , charges against us , of ho trifling or inconsiderable nature , l ^ eacl us by thy
goodness tb sincere repentance and a thorough reformation ; left , however specious our characters may appear in the eyes of our fellow-creatures , it should turn out to fee more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah , —^ lest these wretched victims of human policy should , at the final tribunal , be less severely punished
than we ; " Charge us not , O God * * we 1 > eseech Thee , with presumption / SF we venture to ttiake these poor men the subj ect of our earnest prfayer . Thou alone kpowest the heart , and canst alone determine our
comparative guilt . We presume not to say , that the worse , " n many respects , considering our , several advantages , may not be praying for the better . \ Ve sincerely wish that these miserable persons mfcy riot be totally rejected of Thee ; but that after having satisfied the vengeance of human laws ^ they may still find favour in thy sight . We rejoice in the thought , that they , as well as all thy other works , ere in the hands of infinite goodness and mercy ; and we humbly trust that that mercy which has been manifested to the world in so signal a manner by our . Lord Jesus Christ , will not suffer the sentences of these courts below to frustrate the purposes of sovereign grace ; but that thou wilt , finally , dp with these thy unhappy creatures wnat is wisest anil best even for themselves * *< We commit oTirs ^ lres to thy continued care and keeping , for this day and the remaining part of our lives . We esteem ourselves safe under thy protection , and happy in thy favour and friendship ; and to thee , the God and Father of Jesus ^ the messenger of . favour and love , we ascribe everlasting praises . " Aw * *
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ON 1 ? R / ACTICAL CHRISTIANITY .
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To th ^ E ditor of the Monthly Repository .
Salop , Nov . 3 d , 1810 . ¦¦ 'SiV ' ¦ - ; : ¦ I am one of those who frorfr motivesy which I trdst all got > d met * will approve are anxiousl y desirous of the wide and rapid
spread of what we Unitarians deetn the true doctrines of the gospel * firmly believing it to fye thd onfy me ^ ans of checking and ultimately subverting' the destructive tide of vaiii selfish luxury in the higher , and of profligacy in the lower ^ lafescs , which I fear all
who look with observing eyes on thecoftduct and manners of tooth , mufet plainly perceiVe to havfc becfh gain frig ground "i n this ctiu n - try Tor half k century , and with
accelerated progress daring the last twenty years . Many causes have doubtless combined to produce this deplorable effect , but
chiefly I will venture to assert , the three following . The preaching of the Methodists ^ \ vhich has taught men to rely for acceptance with God upon something entirely unconnected with , their otvn ex .
ertions , the most popular amongst them countenancing and encouraging vice by frequently declare ing from their pulpits , that t " rr 6 y are themselves the vilest of sin - ners . The vast increase of
manufactories ^ almost uninter * rupted continuance of war , in ' the latter period , which to the few
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On Practical Christianity . 57 ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 579, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/7/
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