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toipfcfcmf * d , tfnfr . n& ^ vertime ^ t'Wants it ' s pf 8 per grxfty . In order 4 hen to glorify G 6 d , \ i is necessary tKnt we Entertain worth y and honourabfe apprehensions of nim , that we express these sentfmerits by suitable acts ; and particularly by the discharge of all the duties of * private worship , tfiatwe f foy a just regard to all his institutions , that we endeavour to fead others to
glorify him , and that we exercise devoutgratftude , obedience and trust . Thus to glorify God , is the sVibfimest or all ends . He has a right to our best services , and gratitude should
bind us to honour him by benefiting bur fellow-creatures . Jesus , our great ekeraplarv has been the means of contributing in the Highest rfegree to the glory : of < jk > d ; and those who gltirify thei ^ 'Maker he will glorify .
Dr . PHee discourses " on the duty of imitating Goo ?* in the njrieteenitn sermon . His tekt , Matt , v . 48 ; ' ** IJe ye therefore perfect , &c . " is explained fas the ^ reacner thig h * t have remarketf ) by the parallel passage in Luke vi . 38 , ftot
ahd ^ oes enjoirt a visipnary , imprsrclicabie attempt . , We iihitate the Deity , wilen , like his , ofiir wilfe are directed by truth and righteousness , when we strive to do all the good in oar power , and are placable and forgiving . And it is reasonable that the * ¦¦ same moral
distirrethnms which are ^ a rifle to * God , sbotafd be * £ rule likewise to us . To imitate him , iS' our dignity not less than our duty . * It is also our happiness . If religion be considered as the imitation of the Supreme Btrng , it ' s foundations are securel y laid , and it ' s evidence is stroitg . No doubt can be entertained of it * s being both a spiritual and a rational service r and to
form just notions of God , is tpanifesily of the € rst importance . This is a sermon of much value r whatever be-thought of thoSe views of the foundation of morals which one part 4 > £ h unfolds . " ' * The twentieth and last sermon , iaf ,
* ' otl « he fut \ ire inheYkance of the ri ghceous /* from Rev . xfcu 7- " He that orercfctneth , sWll inherit aB thitigsi ^ <>*/ » ay ! s Dr . Price , * all these f
thittgs / f " that * s , all the happiness just described . " > TFhe character ^ here mentioned , is first considered , ana , secondly ^ the Howard and blessedness annexed to it . He who over cometh , acts iiirtder the
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influence of a love to truth and righteousness- ^ -f- ^ -ftorti the desire of niaintaTtiirig t ^ he prder of his fhinH , —from a sense of diity to the Gdvernor of the world , — from a regard to his own happiness , and the hope ot heavenly assistance . Mqny are the enemies ^ vhona he encounters , and the diHiculties which he surmounts :
** they liave commonly been arranged under the three beads ofibe warJd , * - * -the flesh—and the devil ; but they may with more propriety be comprehended under the two first of these heads , the devil certainly having no other power over us than is implied in the temptations of the world , and the lusts of our owi ? hearts . "
Such an one as is now represented , perseveres in his successful conflict , till death sets him free . And , iri consequence , he possesses that moral excellence which is the highest honour and dignity t ^ f a reasonable bei ng : he acquires the approbation of the Deity - — . | iU inheritance is that of a kingdom which cannot be moved ; aini he
stands in the relation of a son to th ^ t Beirig who , h ^ s all the wealth of i ^ a * ture at his disposal , and he may expect that nature will b ^ m a . de to furnish it ' s richest stores to / bless him . We hav § e ^ xperierioed high satisfap ^ tioii ih rejvi ^ wing tbese discourses of a rnan Qri \ vhose pujbjic instructions we w ^) ce accustpin . e 4 \ o attend duri og a part qf au ^ r early lives , and vvhqse sjroplicity , feryQur ^ rjd talei ^ ts me warmly admired from the moment we became , acquainted with his preaching and his writings . To the
editor we respectfully o « fer- o » r a * o knowledgoustits for bringing this volume before the world : happy shall we be if the safe of it encouri | ffe hipi to prepare ^ r * second , to consist , we Would humbly recommend , of serr rriions less \ similar to . each otiier , \ in
point of subject , reasoning a ^ id tnought , than the , comboriMQns wh ^ p | i have now passed upper , our notice Discourses , from Dr . Price ' s , pe * $ , o ^ ja some of our Lord ' s parables , and on a few of the more remarkable narratives in the Scriptures , would gjve variety tb subh a posthumous work as tjd ^ prteseht , and be exceedingly agreeabl ^
and beneficial . Mr- Morgan observes ^ in the ^ nre ^ . face , that had his uncle lived to have published these sermons himself , •* they would have undergone many
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ffiview . ' —Prices Sernums . 11 &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/51/
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