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liiou wilt Jje hurled to the dismal abodes of e ^ rla&ng despair . "—f > « 50 . ' But ' this is feeble , compared with ike following address to an ' * ungodly sinner ? £ words which could not be associated , with propriety , under any system but Calvirusinj in SSermon 111 * , entitled , " The Christian V Desire of Heaven : "—
an enemy , is anxious to preserve them > she flutters Over her nest , " thus exciting them to fly by her example ; but the nestlings atte net sufficiently fledged for flight . What tli en will she do ? wfH she forsake her helpless brood , and leave them all exposed to the merciless foe ? No , finding that they cannot by their own strength avoid the danger which threatens them ,
" Ungodly sinner , if you die in your present state , when absent from the body vou will be present tvith the devil and innumerable fallen spirits in the world of endless winery . Thoughtless sinner , did von see how near death is to you , aud how thin is the partition betiveen death mid
hell , how would yeni tremble !—how terrible to die in jour sins / and sink into everlasting- darkness * You xuay now indeed enjoy health and vigour ; and anticipating many years in this world , nothing that we can say concerning death and eternal misery alarms you ; but vour days
upon earth may be fewer than you expect ytwrs ;—yes , to-inorrow , © r before tomorrow , death's cold hand may press hard upon you , your eoutitettaiice may be distorted , your pulse irregular , and hobror STARING FROM YOUR EYES , TERRIFY THOSE about you ; sad state , ynable to live , and most reluctant to die . Your friends may crowd around your bed and weep bitterly , but alas ! they will not be able to afford
you the least relief ; your unwilling soul at length may W forced out of hex « earthly tiouse , ' then tuith a riisnial groan she it ill kave the wurtd , to guoan in hell fob ever . "—Pp . 71 , 72 . Enough of this outrageous ram ] fit ! only for Bedlam or the Court of
Inquisition . We gladly turn to the following amplification of a pleasing ' mage of Scripture * occurring in Sermon VIII ., entitled , ** The Redeemer * tynpathy , " from Isa . bciii . g : — > ¦ "'Ye -have seen ( said Ood to tt * e cbiU < ton of Israel ) how I bare you on aagtes ITffi atld brought you tint q myself / ttoe Lord ^ portion w Ui * people , Jac © b J » the lot of his inheritatice . He fauad J f UUlna ^ sart land , aadiathe waste howinS WlWeraes ^ Ae ^ led li iui > ito > Mt , \ he ^ ostructed- him , ;\* kept . Jbim ^ s tb ^ ap ^ le aiaesfc ^ " ^* « # « stirjFeth up be $ il ^ 7 ? teretll ^ » c *^*^« W » g » * i « W »< l » W » StSL k 1 V * P « » taW ^ *«*»> bwmk > h ^^? tJb ; *® l * & *** Of ^ JUw < X * l * mtdHk liitfSt ^^ f ^ W ** - >^* & ^ m » £ fi& % <* rSi " ^ ^ e *^***^**? * mmSiSl ^ l ^^ ^^*^^ ^^ ^ ds **^ IhS ^ ES / f ^ y ^^? cy cfa ea ^^^ . p ^ Bdisiii ^ /^^ WlMi ^ . « aes . Are in xtoi ^ H » fni » V 1
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she takes them upon her wide-sjfrread wings and b * iars them away to some place of safety . Thus the Almighty secures his people from the cruel . designs of all their potent and inveterate adversaries . O ye persecuted and tempted saints , fear not ! While the eternal God can a fiord you support and protection , you shall not perish . He will * bear you as on eagles wings' to the world of perfect and everlasting felict \ y "—Pp . " -203 , 204 ,
In Sermon IIJ ., " The Christian ' s Desire of Heaven , " is some appearance of argument in favour of an intermediate state of conscious existence
between death and the resurrection ; arid this is 'afiriost the only passage * ve have ohserved in which there is ariy argument : the preacher has stated pretty strongly and tolerably well the scriptural proofs in favour of the . popular scheme . He concludes with -.
repelhng the Interpretation put by the MateriaHsts oti our Lord's address tb the penitent malefactor ; and finishe » wuh * this burst of fanaticism and intolerance , which , we are happy to remark , is not countenanced by any similar passage in the volume : —
, . * -r . — -in tbis way is Scripture tortured and distorted , with a view tb make buniari souls sleep . Owe wonders that the wrath oj : Gpd . slejcps- — that . it is not roused to resent such daring insolence in presumptuous man . "—P . 59 . ,
Apostropjbe is a favourite figure wi ^* the preacher of tjie Tabernacle—^ -ttiere is something Iudigr 9 us in the following use of itj S . III . p . 73 : :-f * Preciqtis Bible V I Iqvc thce ,, because from tbee I tiave received directtooi ^ ia " many dilficulti <; s > &c . &c . TABdEB ^ ACJUJE ^ / ibve tMee , * because ' within ^ tbf e it have often iwijjDye 4 * t ^ e A presence of , my mudvlo&fd iSavtdur ; ber < j £ mvo I - beheld bu
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Hyatts Sermons at the Tabernacle . 6 IS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/49/
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