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    16 i tiqui re n pbri What parti c u 1 ar reasons our Lord ' s thanksgiving on this oVcaiion Is fburided ; By babes . we are evidently to understand such itaen as * tlte - ' " apostles" arid first disciples : "

    these were likely to be free frorr ^ all die [ irejtfdice 5 dfthe wise and learned , tfftd therefore ' * v ^ pufd nece ^ san }^ be rnbre open to instruction , and less in ifariger of mixing arty thing foreign knd corrupt with the Christian doctrine . It was essential , tod , that the

    person ^ whom our Saviour chose for the purpose of diffusing his gospel ' ^ tbiild attend him constantly during % hfe time of his ministry . Besides , ' llftere is scarcely air' argutnent for * Christianity which xtoes not receive laiJdijtiohal strength from the consideration orihexxieatiness of the

    ih-^ itrdtnents b y which it was established in the world . - * - * * * i V But there is reason to think j" says t ^^ preAc b ^ r , «* that wbAt I havehj ^ hevto Iq ^ isted upon , .. is pot all that our Lord had } p view ia tlje words I am considering . "By the wise and the jttiideqt , he meaot il 6 € ^ liiere ^ y such as possessed the" wisdom ** b ti& learnim ^ ^^^ times , but also t ^ ie iiien ^ W ^'^ re ^ tifoud alnd coiaedited on

    that accovi&X , ttfa < uudfcr the influence of ^^ tfcid s ^ t-i < 5 e s \ t ttich are someti rnes united to f rvrlt and learning . By babes ^ on the con - —tnitry , * itr , isrrrvident , th < v 1 > he wc ^ ui not - iiiaonrtiljwes&m de * tHiit # f * f tfe « . wi ^ dQia ^ of ^ tli ia world , , V « tal $ otfee io # eU , tb / e modest . + p ( & ? tafraW ^ ^ f * , >* . ? W& did not mqan

    ^ ppe ( or i $ ^ OT ^ pc £ , ^ ty t tru ^ ^ riov ^ le ^ g ^ or e Weik ty % Jpy . p d i ^ d gpe ^ , . It WQ ^ W rh ?! ^ rW . * lWra ^ f ?? '^ eason f We to suppose this , Jsutlns intention wa ^ to ^ expfeU a ^ pir ^ tfe ^ enfce oi hones ty aiiAsfcnmdity ^ ritfto u ^ teaffii ^ L ' ^ ferfrn inV " ^^ hmiioiieity i andl Ain ^ lj ?| ty /* ««» ; o tnur . i ) ' ) jjoo ^ ff n '* " ' . » ,-i <* In < tUw 5 tra ^ i < WKiof bis ^ omnoent-, Dr .

    . iPriceapp ^ ds icsr-Alalti xviii .. i * Q 3 , , ' ^ tE ctttcpViy « bo-CQUrveruxi , ami become y ^ UttfetiriiiWltefe * to ^ Thft Ak of . nfchp afete aiftij tieeCtil ^ d ^ owiMr ^ iiia ^ adaiftir ^ bTy c ^ ul ^ e ( t 4 o ^ Kua « c tinm Utnth -aof the gospel , . 3 p& . Jtot jectMEameBflAUt ' s

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    H ^ ifeti ^ i ^ f ^ I * v « teyftate ^ 1 r 2 g % fer 1 feftces t ^« fst » m ^ h ^» «^ kit W £ ttl nfeaci'ftr : ^ - f ' £ l ) nnt " ** riJ > - ™* -ivr F- riwxusp-tj& ^ yuri-siis tlzwo-i d * ** ?\ pJ& * £ PB ?» te ^ &H ^ W 3 t joined : to , t % Xif $ es ^ fa fi 9 ^ j £ ^ feA S * We ma % fehi ^ m in reject of W 9 fe ^»

    and lowliness , andtcacha ^^ ne ^ , ^ jja yet men in understandii ^ O ^ r * v ^' ua * knowing and learned in the iiigliest 4 cgjee , and , at the same time , hupabl ^ ! wg | j candid , and void of guile andpr ^ jid }^ ^

    Such was Dr . Price himself ! * ; lMc codld Wish this discourse'tcptefepetttedly and attentively peinaied by ^ ewefy minister of religion , evet ^ i § tlide # ^ ifid every private Christian . , 1 ' - ~ - TLrc next in prder ( from \ Qoignth . xiii . 11 . ** When X r was : a ckild ,

    &cc" ) is . on the * ' analogy between our present state and a state 9 _ f ^ ildhdba . " For exa m ple ^ v . " Our present exVstence coi » pa * ed \* fth our future , is a childhood in respect «^ it *» duration , of improvement , and - bf power

    and dignity : it answers al ^ tal&eidejrof a childhood , as it is an introcJuefcioQ to , and a state oC education for , aoOtljer a ^ id a higher state . Ma . a ' $ existence i f ] g » ogressive . This life educates us for another

    by means of the instruction and the hab ^» which are tlje necessary eense . querjce , to all of pas sing through the present ^ oj-jd . As children are trained up by re ^ ftraiHt

    and correction , the tendency x > f wl » ich they do not , see , and vhich tBetefore tWey are apt to think Irard and severej / so it'U with us as probationers and candid ^ es for eternity . This account of huintfn life , leads tis to reflect on the ' wisdom of *'' C 3 k > d , in ordering the scenes oi our txistemte It should teach us patience under the ,

    trials of life , and reconcile iis to all present difficulties . And hence we should' be rendered earnest in our endeavours * to make this life what it is designed ,-r-a preparation for a better life . v Lasi { y ^ ., ^ re should bless God for giving us our present existence—the first step ( so We may n >§ ke it , through God ' s belp ) o / an endifess

    ptogr ' ess in dignity and happing ' ^ ' . ' This is 1 nd ^ d , ° ^ xs t { te preatlfer , •* a transporting prospect . HUit -re ^ iftn * ber ; brethren , tH % t the ^ more trans ^ dr 1 * ng it U , tjhe more ^ a ^ ming i ^ th « ^ H ^ a \ n > that , like the prosp ^ ct ^ ^ r ^ nt « d ^ A > ^ eaes , on . mount Pisga . br , of ottieioadr erf ^ BaaHmri , 4 * && < fr of ](> Mng ^ Ga&s ^ i ^ dWa *^ in

    giving ue ° MJ&&t 4 imf * toi& \ P > ifo # *< l > unsp ^ aka ^ lck i j ^ *^ f ^ g ^^ A , m ^ y possibly be W $ &TV # & . y ' ttolft > clond over 3 { jis S ^^ fe £ pro * R | i | iaJIT ^ loss of those thoughts V ^^^ m yS ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 44, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/44/