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* nti * fi /? t * & $ # th e ? * of ¦*• | prfft $ 9 t Jf $ ^ * t ? * W » elected to preach bffoj $ Q ^ jrl ^ at Oxfordf op th # moi >|^ ty / $ s > t . Hi § sermon was in ^ ejf ^ n qe oj ; .. t }} $ rpyal cause , * m 4 \ yas so ac ^ eptabM , tP * hp * fcpn ^ rch tliat b ^ ord ered it to ^
printed § wfricj ) , Aipvvevejv it ap-Pf ^ rs pot tq baye bfeenjULQ ti l after ^ illingv ^ rortti ^ de ^ th : ^ pd this is the only sermon pf our author ' s which w $$ > publi ^ p 4 before the Rsptpratipn ; i $ is , the fijst of the
JJine whi ^ b are given * in his Works . Qn ^ atdinfei ^ at tkh distance , of tim $ > we Q ^ sef V $ ex pressions aiid PfcSf 3 g £ & whic | i &r £ scarcely $ om * pi ^ ible w \ h English jibjerjy i fc ^ it we also observe with satisfaction
th $ . r ! there ar ^ no Ravish professioos to ple $ s «? the court , and uq defiances and insults to irritate f-igp people ; iq both parties the preacfcweir ^ aw great faults , aad he denou nces then ? on each side with
$ bold and nearly an impartial yoipe . . W ^ do npt , regard tjbis as the b $$ p pi Qfailiixigw&nh ' s serinons ; ijjjr is l % ere perhaps more than one
ip jthe collection w 1 ) igh w ^ e sUould ppint out as § . fair ^ peqin ^ en of his J al ^ nt as a reasoner and foi $ ability as ^ w | -ite ^ He was top argumentative / qc the pulpit- Whea he approaches nearest , tp the
character of tt pulpijtroraior ^ hi $ decjam ^ tiort ^ s Jiieayy ^ resembling , like ^ jri ^ to ^' s wi | , ikxe garpbols of Leviathan , and hi ^ appeals to the conscience ;;^ o ( feard and coarse-% > rai ^ oCjh . ls besf : p ^ $ ^ ges sure diic
rented against Qalvj ^ i&i points ofltb ^ trii ^ , b « t j ^ ere a ^ e others , a ^ foosC ^ in style , * i m * j h « m&h ^ r aadiaijism , and one at l ^ ast which ? OL . IX * 2 E
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contains , almost a floman Catholic statement of the doctrine of the presence of Christ in the sacrament of the supper , J But , it must be remembered that
none of his sermons were published by himself , and tbat > with the exception of the first , they did not appear till many years after his death , and were then printed by an unknown editor , from , manuscripts , perhaps transcripts , also unknowiu §
Whilst the nation was in a religious ferment , and it was yet undecided whether the episcopal or presbyterian party should prevail , Chilling worth wrote a paper , on " The Apostolicall Institution of Episcopacy , " remarkable for its clearness and moderation : in which
J This passage is , one would hope , for the credit of Chilling worth , an interpolation of his editor , or some officious transcriber : It is in that part of the third sermon ( the conclusion ) which , ia entitled , *< An Application to the Com-11
munion , and is as follows : " Why art thauy ( saith God by the psalmist ) that tcckesl my word into thy moutk , when thoit hatest to be reformed t And if thAt be so great a crime for a man only to talk of God , to make mention of his name , when the heart is unclean
and unreformed , with how much greater reason may Christ aiiy , What art them that takest me into thy mouth $ What , art thoa that dare 3 t devour -my fesh j an 4 suck my blood , that darcst £ »• corporate my flesh and blood into thysttfS 9 &c . Sermons , appended to Works , loth ed , p * 39 . It be to
^ wdiild unj dismiss tfu * criticism on Chjllingwrorth ^ sermoiia without referring to one passage ia them , which is as eloquent a ^ any that was ever written : it exemplifies , and
rerV strikingly , several of tte uobicp Unites of Thctqr * P- The auWeet of . the pJrtmage is duelling CJhullngwcirt ^ himself wa ^ jp lei ^ ed with ibis b ^ t ot eloquence , for it appears in two uf the strftldn * . & ttl . p- * & , # lld $ )?!• P . 77- - " - ' ¦* ---: r-- ¦ ;
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Brief Mtmmr of Mr . CWtingwartb * S 09
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/9/
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