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virtue , neither hath it any particular singular object ( as other virtues have ; for example , temperance , or abstinence , winch hath to do with sensual delights and pleasures , and none else ); but when it is -determined to , and
fastens on , the object of a particular virtue , it is converted into , and incorporates with that very virtue : For example , if I do exercise this general habit of observing a mean and temper in things
that concern diet , or sensual plea * sures , it becomes abstinence ; if upon objects of terror , it becomes fortitude , or magnanimity * Just so is it with charity . For , charity is a virtue which never goes alone * and is busied in solitary
places , being reserved and excluded from the society and communion of other graces : But it is that which seasons , gives life and efficacy to , all the rest ; without which , if it were possible for me to enjoy all the graces that the bountiful hand of God ever
showered upon a reasonable creature , yet , if St . Paul speaks truth , I should be nothing worth : it is that which fulfils all the commandments . This is evident to
all that shall but slightly , ancl in haste , read over 1 Cor . xiiL beginning with verse 4 , and so onwards ; where we may behold almost all the virtues that can be
named , enwrapt in one virtue of charity and love , according to the several acts thereof , changed and transformed into so many several graces : It suffer eth long 9 and so
'tis longanimity ; It is kind and so tis courtesy ; It vaunteth not itselfy and so ' tis modesty ; It is not puffed up and so > tis humi . Hty ; It is not easily provoked , and so ' as lenity ; It thinkcth no
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extil , and so 'tis simplicity ; ltn * joiceth in the truth , and so > t \ $ verity ; It beareth alt things , and so ' tis fortitude ; It believeth all things , and so ' tis faith ; It hOm peth all things , and so Yis confidence ; It endureth all things and so 'tis patience ; It nevfr faMeth , and so 'tis perseverance .
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No . XXXV . Benevolence of God . I would to God that men would consider , what end , what project Almighty God should have in making his poor creatures believe he means well to them when there
is no such matter . Would any of you , saith our Saviour , when his son shall ask him bread give him a stone ? Or instead of a . fishy to nourish him a serpent to destroy
him ? If thenyou ^ which are tod , know how to give good gifts , if you would not have the heart to mocfc poor children after thismanner , how much rather would not
God ? For God s sake , therefore , let there be but as much sincerity , as much &ood-nature in Almighty God ( I will not say as in
yourselves , for it may be , that would be too much for you to grant , but ) as our Saviour confesseth , that there was ia the Jews , that crucified him ; and then we havs all of us right enough to his promises .
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No . XXXVI . Love of Truth . I truly for my part , though I hope very well of all such as seeking all truth find that which is necessary ; who endeavouring to free themselves from all errors , any way contrary to the purity of Christianity , yet fail of performance and remain in some ; yet if
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page 750, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/22/
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