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" Bitr ^ ^^^ ' ^^^ ^ Nrt i tof ffittim ! t % fris , tftrotviil I ^ a ^ He rnetapfic ^ s and allusions , will make the * W& ^ ^ ^ > ( i ^ 'l n W ^> e a llowed tlie * £ xpfes $ iori ) of what passes in this inattcf # ^ eaF clear ly . n reciprocally inspire each other
Si $ ( lecency :, tho § e especially who are ejninently fnodest , possess great infence pyer others . The man who jiteS in tfte society of persons whom he believes tp , be , virtuous , is checked ty tlits consideration , and restrained Jom Tn < fu ! ging any passion that . may feaj % \ m to tbe cpmih |§ sipn- of a particular fault ; t > eqaiise he is aware his sfcame woqld ) Ve , in proportion to th e scarcity < jf t > a 3 ' exa m pies to kee p h i m & countenance . lUet us suppose the case that t $ some means this man dishe
^ QTers t ; persons , whojrji he thought virtuous are in rea lity yiciqvis ^ characters , ftaV thev ; have yielded to the teoiiitatipfis which . assault .. njm , w . nat wiu be qj e ^ cpnsequeHce r A He will npre , gasu . y grte way to his . irregular propensities , pot only through / the itirect incentive 9 f bad exani pie , ^ ut aUo t > vA ^ e removal ^ fjtjie restrajpt w ^ i cjj | ne . supposed virtue of his com nan lORsJaii ^ ncighbours
fiad , hith ^ rfe > ; ia \ pose _ d oh his mind , rr ^ tn } ieix pe it is . plain bow mvich h ^ rm rnav \* e : prpa ^ acedby proclaiming ^ e prevalence , of any particular vice in Mown or district . However , may not Ais abuse of the pulp it be a mere
imagination of my own , raised for the sake of combating it ? Would to God it ousted only in my fancy ! I have received but too certain information of its reality , and sometimes I have witnessed it myself . I once heard a preacher of no small eminence declaim ift his discourse against a particular
? ice , whicH although frequently very pis chieyoup / was not more prevalent j $ the town where he preached , than rt * any otter place of equal size : —how-® tT , nis rnj pd inflamed with , zeal rer esented thfe eviI of such magnitude , * w he exclaimed all the inhabitants
J S ^ guilty without exception , raising to ^ V ** ^ tltniost pftch , and re-J 5 ^ Bpg tuhrfU that he might leave no ^ fOf tth ^ un iversality of the incul-JWf . Was not the effect oa his j JPftSft ^ fl sucri as T have stated , ^ ^^«^ b | 6 to the enthusiasm of thje JilBI ^ A ^ ^^''^^^ '" " p *^ "
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. 'I ^ Bpfp ^ ^ soWs , aaptker ? % ? f jWf nekri ^ % nie ^ ^ to" tfie forfeer ; -ylr nmi * by being .. more compmon , ia , perhaps , still more pernicious ;— -manypreachers in sermons they call rnoral { . anq all ought' t £ * be at thi | < iesqppt | On )^ / r equent ; lyVIntroduce invectives aOTinst
the sex , insisting oh tqe rra ^ ihty ^ of women , not reflecting that this fencourages vicious men in their ctiaiinat enterprises . . To eSta ^ ggerate the weak - ness of one party \ % ifo stfength ^ u | he audacity of the o ^ h eif i jand ; augments the evu on ; both side § j s ; pce wny . ^ tr ^ confidence of men Js increased , wpmen
are furbished with axx \ ex < qp § e for . their failings . " Vyoujd ^ it . pqi . ^' --. pniore ;^| I | - viseable tp re proved tti ^ i ^ ggr ^ ssors . than inveigh against tfieir yi 9 timC ? ^ | h ^ yjr written elsewher ^ yv ^ t I ^ ep ^ t ^|) i ; e , That whoeitfr wqyltd render aU ,,, WQvfm ^ or yearly aUfpanien chaste 9 must he ^ n . h g \ reforming atl nien . . ' ''
* . TJie . second remark I Jaave tQ ^ p ^ r on missionary ^ efrnons , . is ^ tl ^ a ^ tli ^ f call prj ; , xjiep jtQ . repent &rouj $ 4 r « f 3 of the ^ pj ^ ine justice , but rare ^ r or ye | y siighttK . excite then ? to lpve < jrocl pri &gr counter liis infinite goodness . I allo ^ r tliat God is not only supremely
Tbenevolen ^ and merciful , but , likewise jigOr rously terrible and just , but with tq | s difference , he is good from the excel-, lence of his nature , he is terrible on . account of our wickedness . I likewise allow that the fear of God is holy ; I allow there are circumstances in wnicH it is proper to give particular weight to motives derived from terror ; I aJUow
God ought to be feared as well as loved : tnere is no doubt in all this ;—• but the * question is , whether fear ^ r love is the strongest incentive ' jto . obedience \ and which of the two is mx > st agreeable to our Creator . On tills point T shall call in the ^ great authority of St . Bernard to decide . " God ,
says he , Sermon 83 , " exacis from hjs rational creature , that it should fear him as a master , honour him as p . <her , and love him as a husband . Now which of these thre ^ e species of tribute is most pleasing to him ? whiqfr mo $ t
suitable , which most worthy ? without douht it must be that of love . * ' He pursues this subject througb the w , hole discourse , extolling in the most beautiful language the ^ reat ( s ) ipejriority of lp . vQ over fear , botn as to its pleasing Qvti and ^ pin ^ usef y l tjo of \ v * selvei ? . . - ,. The divinje £ > t . Jbrancis de Salea goo ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page 637, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/9/
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