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    ^ n ^^ m ^^^ W ^ es ^ l ^ nAj O . uiiU , pfW ^ bjfe ^ * & , M $ 2 Fh m , MR'JraJws ^ : 8 ^ ftr / # %$ > ww ^ A ^ sf ^ f >? . > $ i ?*»? # f . to escape ljptnGroa : where then can , % ¥$ A * fe « feP ^ ^ ljer < > ¦ ?^ i ; V lvinc i ip ^ rcvf . Jljf jna certpui sense tm ; s n ^ ay

    taj ^ fjeeqjecl ^ scaping from < q » od , it is to spelter ' qurselyes ,. from the terrors of our 3 ^ A 5 ft M . PM ^ f tnc protection of our Fa-Vfver ;\ u % appeal from the God of terror to ; j ( g ^ v | od . ' o'f R ^ f > from the God of vengfaiic ^ to the-God of mercy . X i&fzx rV > u -all thjit has been said , t& ^ tfoe ^ principal or only end that the cya ^ gekcal , orator ought to have in vjew , i * to instil the love of God into jf his

    tfifj ! h € ^ r t ^ . > hearers . It may indeed be ni general proper to attain this end-by-motives of fear . " 1 imo ? JJci i $ iijjjni ( fjlectiojiis ejus" says the sacred iex , t * , i rj ^ Ecciesias ^ icus , — The fear of Q . q 4 is a preparatory disposition to love H ^ nr Ttie greater number of coinmenl ^ itQrs in deed explain this to mean

    fll ^ l fear ; but it in ay with propriety be ekiejade ^ f $ o servil e fear also , \ vhen the latter ' ootiducts to love , as I have alreiKiv erKieavoured to shew . first

    - . bu pppse now the object of a im ^ ston iy y scTmpn should be to alarm toe jstudljfQrs ' . \> y .. ' ? description of the intisii ^ ijuj es | s and eternal duration of futur ^ punis ^ ipcn ( s ; . terror b ' eing once raiSjedJp every bosom , it ought to be , ^ i ^ Unia te ^ , that trfc only wav to escape tlv ^^ e ^ rftu qncl bound less abyss of m'iseiry anci torment , is an | unnbie applic ^ o ^ i tp I } iyine mercy to shield us frpm . ' plijC ' ine justice . The belter to impress tlieiwinds the congregation , itve j ^ ea ^ ViQr may represent on one hiin 4 tbe ? i \ vfiil tribunal of offended l > y » ty surrouiuled tiy the ministers' of

    Kis avpngmg wrath , aird on the other a ^ U \ rouc of grace on which is seated a compassionate and forgiving God , who -ftpejis wjdc his arms to embrace all who \\\ l \ Juive recourse' to his mercy—that rysii ^ na ^ it Being whom the greatest of tf \ i ^ ; t po «) , o ] Jc , preachers deftnes as the 1 '; it |) cr i > f merCJes ancL C * oc \ of ci \ I coiisQjation / Oh f ; what T a spacious , what ^ L ^ ifalicJ f lis hcre disi ^ yed to tlie u < eac »« ei : on \ vinch to exert his , fjp ' fefr fli 4 ^' ' ^' t hhrt but use ihe r ? L .- ^ c it ? r ^ s '' tl » c ' apb » a r ? . We s ? - ' rurtc ^^ Wifcy ** ' tf ^ fe ' aiitiiJatfed iiiiafte ^ rtnioP / lSjriSfifii' -fo ^ &H ^ t ffe Nc ^

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    TOwAi ' eHt , ' : foHn tfyiAfeitfi ^ oti « fr ikri pAWr mimpii&im J . ' 'ifc njk&m of ' neWHst ^ rfe ' ' 6 * 'Ci c ^ o' PS sdtt ^ ti ft ' tt ^ Wi- &ifelbffig'i « rt ? ii ( r ? : ^ - T / i auhpici « p , e- ^ ftJfWii | h " | i ' IheiiL h ^ W iH ' sdHcHM ^ ttr ' the TWcsJviV- ^ ° t- , fe ^ $ & *? S ^ * 'l ^ tifi ^ H oVer hifJs arid riWmnai n ^^ 'bfrmliiric steeps and treating on thtifnV ; ' arid liaving found it , lie places it on lns

    shoulders to secure it from the atfaofcs of tlie wild beasts . In another we hehold a kind and tender father highlfy insulted and offended b y Kis son , who , after having forsaken him and spent all his wealth in riot and dissipation , when forced by necessity he returns home , he is embraced and received bv

    his forgiving parent with every demonstration of affection . Who is tbh Father but the . Redeemer' of thje world , the Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth ? who the $ tfaycd , sheep , the prq / ligal son'f : biit the ' man yyno abandons Jerusalem far Babvloti , the

    deserter from the ' noty ' kr afiny Of tfye ' jiist to the infamoiis sqtra'dtbiVof tfie wicked . Notwithstanding- lie ft& oiitraged and offended his ; . ' Odtf » . fet but the s , inner have recorirse to nis cjlerneiiicy ; a * H he demands 'is '" im ' 4 itr ^ tt b ^" arrt ! contrite heart . Let hiVn only ebtifeiss ^ 'Fiftheir

    I have stnn ' cj against heaVeri dntf faefqfe thee , and I am fto tiiorc "vcbttliy { to ft& called thy sbil ^ tWS alorie $ r . cquisrte to obtain toi&Wette&d . Tfte ^ ayioti ^ of the ^ vbrt ' d KSP ^ sS ^ ia us ^ VT tt t ) V * e pen ofthe'EVatr ^ TOt flLtikf ^ . ¦ : Jt 15 ^ nlAhvtBc ^ ji&etcy df Odd innst be infinite tcm-ard ^^ rr ^ fjers , ' siric 6 npthing lcs ^ cou M' rria ^ e ftirii receive Hie enminaj wRH ^ ar ^ ess ^ s , '? # fta Md -evinced his natreel'by insert aiid dtsobetlfehce . Do earthly moiV ^ ifBIti fchusjadrfitt tb their favour a . vassarl \ Vno r > a 5 n 6 t orfly fir tft }

    been ini ^ rate 1 ' b rebellions ? ' 'h * o , their cleineficy ; ' ix $ - Jrrnitetf > s trreir existence * is fifiite ; thc niiercV bf Sijid ' is boundless , becuusp iiiid . bqm ^ rs in ^ finite , ' . _ . : ¦ ¦ * ¦

    15 y t'Jicse and s » miTaV representations , the * -minds of the atiditbrs tnivW cjo \ nted above the ? servile drea ^ of' pa-* ri $ hiiwnt'tb cdtifi (} £ n o : rn the Yfti frre jiicrcv ; and ohe stpp-ii vilorth waUtlu ^ to-Uiid th ^ iYi to that liwkM'tf » re ttfc are d ( i « telA ^ t ^ ey-SUtitiia - &t 4 m' ^\^ gfaid-atfoiVift totiWal AWff ^ sV ^ fW'AfoW ; beiVitt' ^ iiVihtc Wl fllat : fe *« i §^ iif / r ^ b ^' nibrctniT " ar i ^ fW » ' briwWg ^ BiJe ^; ; t hcTtifrf « ^« ifl * MdJ ^ tfn f 19 W $ s ^ ' ^ fArBwrthM ^^ ft ' ttr tar ^ v'Ww ^*^'

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 706, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/14/