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MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATION^
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tir ^ ly yours . I pray you , salute for rhe , most respectfully , the Veens , the Guenelbns , and all friends , and assure them that they have been my best physicians , as their good wishes have done for me more than all other remedies . Make my most respectful
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Close of a Sermon , on a late HI elancJwly Occasion . Jeremiah ix . 23 , 24 . — " Thus saith the Lord , let not the wise man glory in his wisdom , neither let the mighty mao glory in his mig * ht , let not the rich inaa glory in
his riches : hut let him that gloneth glory in this , that he understandeth and knoweth me , that I am the Lord which exercise layings kind ness , judgment and rig-hteousij $ the earth , for in these things I delight , s $ ith the Lord . ''
r . iTflE preacher , having endeavoured JL to illustrate the folly , ingratitude aficb iniquity of an over-weening confidence in those qualifications and gifts of Providence mentioned in the tdxt , namely , riches , strength * worldly attftd religious wisdom : together with
name other external advantages and accomplishments which may be iueluded in them ; as beauty and wit , gracefulness of manners , or eloquence oft speech * which are too * often the sttbfecta af vain-glorious boasting ; the fatal effects that must ensue from such
& conduct , both here and hereafter - and the duty of referring every thing to Gody from whom we have received alf our talents and capacities of enjoymonty who hath conferred these favow » upon us with the most gracious
intentions , who hath manifested his divine power , wisdom and goodness , the exercise of his " loving-kindness , justice and righteousness , " in the works of nature * providence and grace ; and who will hereafter more fully display the effects > of these excellencies and
perfections , in the face of an assembled universe—thus proceeds : The importance of the disposition which we have been recommending , and the salutary consequences of fulfilling * the duties enforced upon us by the admonition of the inspired pi-ophet , are brought into full view before w , ii * contemplating the recent , aftiio
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remembrance to your excellentwife . A <} ieu > aiid , that I may , remai p i $ good heart , continue your kiad r ^ gards to your most obliged an 4 a # 3 ctioaate J-LOCK ^
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tive and awful event , which hath taken place in our land . The death of a young person of either sex * but lately in the full possession of health and activity , is at all times a subject of surprise , of melancholy and of ve
gret : but , the death of a female , m such crrcum ^ fances , a female of such exalted rank and dignified prospects , affects not only the pious and attentive , but even the careless nnd inconsiderate , with thoughtfujness and
dismay . The good aian is awe-str ^ fc at this signal visitation of the Most High y and the wicked stands aghast ! not knowing how soon his day may come . But , if her moral character , was as exalted , considering her . 3 g £ and experience , as her iianl $ ij | thfe
scale of society , owr regret uppn tft £$ occasion wilt be prodigiously increased ; and pur affliction justly acquire . t ] bn& nature of deep and poignant anguish , ! And , that her moral character w # & thus excellent apd exemplary , I agr sume as a fact , because , loiig before her last illness , it waa a matter of
public notoriety 9 which no one e . vcr called in question , which no one ev ^ r pretended to controvert . The fojlieft and vices , of the great , it is . impossible to conceal : calumny and ^ nvyr ^ r # ever on the watch to discover ^ ^ nil , rumour , with her hundred tppgu ^ j ^ ta
proclaim them , if , therefore , tjipre had been any spot or stain Ja th& _ general character arid conduct of tjbje . deceased Princess , we must have been acquainted with it . Bwt her ^ $ bfr stands acquitted , and may I not 9 & ¥ unrivalled ? I do not say unriiVaJl ^ a , as a female , but a $ a feraale it } no , exalted a station . I shall not irjsi&t , in
tins view , on th < e fulfilment of heir , filial duties * in circun ^ tjtanccs . of , e ^ tireme turmoil and difficultys nor on her cxpmpl ^ ry conduct asa wife ; a . relative to the fir ^ t fanr ^ Iy ^ the Kin | f-
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164 Clotse of a ffovnyi rQ * * M H ^ Jm < fo * l > $ QtMftuw *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/12/
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