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^ Usfcourses are as follows : No . I . On the usefulness of the Scriptures . II . The Name , " Lord of Hosts , " Explained and Improved . III . The Mercy of God to Sinners . IV . Every thing Received from
God . V . The Object of the Gospel History . VI . In three parts . The Doctrine of the New Testa , ment concerning the Unity of God , and the Character of Jesus Christ . VII . Christ Raised up to Bless Mankind . VIII . Christ
our Heavenly Teacher . IX . Christ ' s Promise to those that come to him . X . The Devotedness of Christ to the Glory of God . XI . The Meekness and Gentleness of Christ . XII . Christ ' s Prayers and Tears considered . XIII .
Christ the Prince of Peace . XIV . Abraham a Blessing . XV . The Repentance of Manasseh . XVI . On Aggravating our Afflictions . XVII . Children blessings , XVIII , David ' s Prayer for Solomon . XIX . A Dissent from the Church of
England Vindicated . The lid , the Vth , and the Vlth of these Discourses , were printed separately , and have been published
some years , but , as the excellent author observes , ii the peculiar nature and importance of the subjects'' on which they treat , may well warrant their insertion in the
present Volume : in this more permanent form they will be more fikely to meet the eye of posterity , than if they had been left among the mass of single sermons , which however excellent , frequently
excite only a temporary and circumscribed notice * We should gladly indulge ourselves , dkt tbe review department of our miscellany occupy a larger space , with considerable extracts from this serious and useful volums , in which the
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acumen and diligence of the scholar , and the piety of the Christian , aro so happily united . As it is , we must set limits to our inclination , rnd content ourselves with the following paragraphs : — The third discourse , The Mercy of God to Sinners , is thus concluded :
" The ways of God are not as our ways , nor his thoughts as our thoughts : but as the heavens are high aboye the earth , so are his ways above our ways , and his thoughts above our thoughts . His mercy is great above the heavens . He freely pardoneth sin . He forgiveth
our innumerable offences . He earnestly desireth the conversion of tbe sinner ; he soliciteth our repentance , and beseecheth us to be recdnciled . He hath pursued various measures for the recovery and salvation of mankind . He hath sent Christ Jesus to accomplish his merciful purposes , and spared
not his beloved Son , but gave him up to ie redeem us from all iniquity , * and to bring us within the exercise of his forgiving mercy . How excellent is this lovingkiudnes * ! How precious arc the thoughts of God towards us ! Reflecting upon this mercy can you otherwise than admire it ? Admirinsr
Jt , do you not feel a strong impulse to extol and praise it ? It is surely the burden of your grateful song's , the theme to which you tune your noblest anthems . Let us call upon one another it > magnify tbe mercy of
God . Let every power within awake to celebrate that glorious name , * The Lord , the Lord God , merciful and gracious , long suffering , abundant in goodness and truth , forgiving iniquity , transgression and sin / "
As a fair specimen of the naaru ner in which Dr . T . treats doc * trinal subjects ^ we offer tbe following passage from Sermon X . the title of which is , ' * The Devoted ness of Christ to the Glory of God . "
" From this subject , it is said , " we learn to form just and correct sen | i ~ ments of the character and dignity of Jesus Christ . —Those sentiments , it will be allowed , must be true and accurate ,
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Review . —Dr . Toulmin ' s Sermons . ' 237
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 237, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/37/
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