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merely forming ^ fr « right system af / aifb * there would i > e nothing unreasonable in this cotidiict . Btit if reiigfrftft knowledge b * - ^ othethhig ' more than a were m « tle > ^ f speculation ; if it be only # o fat v * ltt * bf # as it serves to direct us in the government
of our actious ; then it is plain , that 4 o exclusive atteirion to speculative reading , can by no means JuiSwcr all the puVf >** s <* s of an instrumental duty . Such a practice may make us learned tfceologiafis orbigoted zealots ; but it cannot make us * good mcn . *' - * -Pp . ' 7 . ' 9 .
* ¦ ¦ # # ¦ •?¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦' ¦* " It is highly desirable , in a moral point of view , not only that our understandings should be convinced of the great " truths of religion , but , that our hearts also » should be impressed with the ft'eYtngs whicl * they are fitted to inspire . For t £ iis reas on , devotzonal rettd i n &r should fovB * a . part in the religious exercise I atb recatnniending . It is not sufficient for the piir- ^ poses of morality , that we merely a ^ lp ^ vK * -
« . .- JHky t , ledge , by the cold assent of our understandings , the bein ;; and perfectioas § f God . Before sticti coYitIc ^ HO ^ cfttt \ ' % && any influence oo out' conduct , It Jto « $ t % e attended with all those feeiSn ^ © f f&e * Y which the i ^ ea of such a Being Mtwtft ** iiatiiraHy excite . We lEaOjJft realfewr ^ Hw existence to our min ^ b by * &a * habiflial setts e cif hi * presence / I ^ Bich wiii c * me > vtifcat all times , to stand i « awe of him « &k |
sin . not . We must form « it |» Q our hearts that warm admiration ^ f t ^ sp cba - raeter , which will incite to itnitat , ioi |; | # ^ ardent It > ve of hh » , which wiijt ti ^ i |^^| evjery earthly affection ; th » t iiy e ^^ i « S 6 ^ of gratitude , which will aq < l' i ^ W- ijiSifr "" obedience and cUeerfulnesiS to oat * qbmission / 9 10 , > 1 .
" The third species of religious resu ^ eg , to which as ftn instrumental duty we sliouldjgj | ve atteiidaoce , is praciic ^ M ^ f » £ ^ ui £ . Jn this cl ^ s fe are incfu !
poiuting 9 ut tbe foUy ' and &wp& ! & of \ Hioe , and Jyy shewing how we way ttttatn toe one and avoid the other . "WTtkout the constant study of these important Objects , whicii i $ only * to be pi ^ Tsue ^ ^ by ifnfe aid , of practi ca l rea ^ ih ^ , w ^ « ^ pot ferm thoie just . * to , nfa jNflf - ^ Wtim *> $ & . concerning them , which are oeceaiaT / to mftuence 9 « r cua < luct , 13 . _ ! .
Oimhs ^ m ^ m ^ mr fJmv ^* , that it ts " the grout and importrait ol ^« ct wbic b alWt Society tuts in view , sa&i « ttte in * d ^ ed is t be ficW , Afid trrg ^ it tile Cfdl for it VM * Mrt i * M * ' 41 .
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Art . V . — lleligious ' Heading recomtijtgndcdas an Instrumental Duty . A I b ^ rigon . preached at the Unitarian t ^ iapel , Musley Street , Manchester , an ' Xb ^ rsjay jfan . 2 , 181 < 7 J - For | 3 ^ e Ben ^ pt of the Lancashire and . ^ j ^ esh ir ^ U uUaria n Book au Tract Society . " . JBy Wiiliaui Jevons . IVlancbeater ^ priated . Stild , in London , | by Longcnan & Co . and by Eaton . Svo . pp ^ 24 .
TEpROM . 1 Tim . iv . part of ver . 13 , Jfe ^* give atteodance to readiag , " JVIr . Jeyons exhorts C / hristians at large tofv-dferate : some of their tirne and thoughts to religious reading in gen&r&i : He properly observes , in a ncirt ^' -i u 6 , " that ¦** the preferable
interpretation" of his text restricts it ' s mfrariing ta * ^ t \ ys public ^ eatling of tte Scriptor ^ in ufat synagogue . ' * Faking tfefe passage . Aiovteev ^ r in . the spirit of thu ^ dntiJiwent- ^ which it eonveys . an 4
itnderstatKlin $ * teppreligioia reading * f all r ^|^* ti ^ vp kich relates to the duty of liisgt ^ r , Ghn « rtdere < 4 as a Tnoral a » d accdMfrtt&ie agfent , " he recommends this t ^ re < i ^ - very : sensi bly and forcibly . With this view , he divides such
reading i ^^ JjreQ kiT \ ds ; speculative , der voA ^ fia l ^ n ^ * pra , c ;( ica , I ,- —uncler wliicji sews&yi ^ ea 434 we shall prod ace a specun < 5 a of « h i * reasoning : . •^ K ^ litftelf ^ rekcring i > f the speculative Jtife ^ W ^ tlia ^ iivfei cfe tareatfi of all > tti # J doe * trWtft ^ of ^ renglliti « , ^^ rreeOTting the being ff
MwK ^ ttibttt ^ s O 6 d / t-M ^ esijni *> f tfiiati ?* - « gWte ^^ e ^ " ^* rtl ^>^ ^ rotn ^^ nnd means * of futierW ' sittVatiptt . ^ K « ght Wutmients oil tfedftt * i # Aen ^ l > u » subjects are efi ^ ntial a « OMftrtfctftfofW !« drobligations . * ? ^ . Sj ^ firlkti ^* riding s ^ outd « , therefore , J < # f ^ le l ^ i ^ aVe a * tiare of or attvirtiou a « pa # ^" oW ^ Awtranient » f duties . It- « iay > td
not , *« r ^ ye +, fte * needtet ^ ^ Kli ^ tifshr yoir Jrt ^ hiir tftffbiiiAf fe ^ to ^ tt ^* o « fr ^ t ^ o large a share . Instances are rant rivre ^ -o # : persons devoting their attention ejeclulively to speculative religion ; who , § & » .. i : oirdtngly 9 give attendance to no redi ^ oms r ^ wttBg but that of tbe controversial kind . Did tbe wtoU * of h ^ tean dtifey ctfMfrft in
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 304, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/48/
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