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structures of which the very fragments are the adndiration ~ of modern nations 5 for the most exquisite productions of painting and sculpture ; for its various schools of philosophy ; and in a word , for all that was elegant and admirable , in every branch of science and art and literature . "
Mr . Wardlaw's ideas of the missionary qualifications , to which we have no objection whatever , are perhaps more exalted than those of the generality of his brethren : " It is desirable , for reasons various
and cogent , that the missionary should be n man of general knowledge and of a cultivated mind , capable of observing and reporting oa 4 hese as well as on more sacred subjects , and of promoting the temporal as well as the spiritual interests of men "—P . 2 ;
** Olympian Jove , the father of gods and men , the foulest and most infamous of the whole fabled / rater * nity" ( p . 6 , ) is sin expression , we coiiccive , not justifiable by the ordinary rules of syntax , though it may . find a precedent in Milton ' s poetic flight , the fairest of her daughters , Eve . '
< c If we believe the glory <> f his own name to have been the Jirst end of creation , tfrte presents , amongst others , a most shitfsfactory evidence , that the unnumbered iuris and systems , with which we are surrounded , do not shine : and roll in an unpeopled vacancy , but declare the glory of God to countless multitudes of
intelligent and admiring * and adoring * spectators . " The notion in the beginning of this sentence , is countenanced indeed by the language of the Assembly ' s
Catechism , perhaps a remnant of Mr . W . ' s Burgher education , but is unauthorized by Scripture rightly explained , 6 t by any reasonable deductions from the works of creation . In the latter
fiart of the sentence ,, ( but more fully , p . 27 ^ " There is an interest felt in heaven about the progress of the gospel on earth , " &c . ) the preacher ' s mind evidently recura to the famous discovery of another of the fraternity £ XU . 423 ] about the religion of the celestial regions : and in the following sentence he condescends to favour us
^ rith otfr n discovery ( tvfc presume ) ri&p&tfrtg the fletHfer world . " In h * ll , tKfc krioivle < tee of God hafc h&ti 16 * 1 . mvih knou * hhti , ; ma their fciiowl ^ is tfe ^ ir teMr ^^ Tfie ^ he jsJcfiQtfiL ana there He is hated with
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all the rancour of malignant despair In no form is he worshiped in hqll . " So that we could have dispensed with the information in the next paragraph , " There is no idolatry in hell . * The poet has well observed , " The proper study of mankind is man ^ and to no class of persons is the maxim more applicable than the Christian preacher .
We are presented ( p . 8 , ) with a sentiment by which we recommend the preacher to measure the orthodox system : — u Their number is a lie against his unity ; their corporeal nature is a lie
against his pure invisible spirituality ; their confined and local residence , a lie against his omnipresence and irnnieiteity ; their limited and subdivided departments of operation , a lie against his universal proprietorship and dominion . **
The preacher seems to be ignorant from his observations on the source of sin , ( p . 130 and his criticism upon Eph . iv . 17 , 18 , of the fact , that Ka ^ icc g ( heart , ) and its corresponding words *
generally denoted ia the Ancient Metaphysic , the intellect ; ( See Mark xi . 23 ; Johnxiu 40 ; Rom . x . 9 ; and many other placesj ) while the bowels were considered as the seat of appetite and affection . ( CoL Hi . 12 . )
Mr . Wardlaw makes his " beseeching appeal" ( p . } 8 ) to those who have " known the only true God , and Jesus Christ whom he lias sent . ' * To know God in the language of the u Evangelical" party , # e are aware , implies that : iriysteridus faith to which fe \ v UtiitarUns tirfll lay claim * It would be furious if the
preacher , by this Scriptural description , which we are unable to reconcile with orthodoxy in any shape , should refer exclusively to the abettors of his own system . The follov ? ing sentence , more liberal by far than the sentiments of many Galviriists , We quote with pteastire :
a If , indeed , the Bible condemned men for their ignorance of what they never had opportunity to know ; for rejecting a revelation of winch they never heard ; tor disobeying a l&w which was never promulgated to them , or for failirig * to receive a weisaf 6 of gracci which never saluted theh * ears : there would be , solid
ground ' for objection ^ and * to vindicate ^ the ways of $ od to men / wo 11 let be pot only a difficult , but a vain anft J » opeW »* attorn Pt . But it is not so . "—1 \ 20 .
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642 Review . —Wardlaw ' s Sermon before the Missionary Society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/42/
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