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r REVIEW- ' " Still plea$ed to praise, yet not afraid to blame."—.Popk.
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Art . h—* Sermons far the Use of ' ft * ¦ milies . By Edmund Butcher . Vol . HI . 8 vo . pp . 478 . 13 * . Sherwood and Co . 1819 . THE first Volume of tzhfcse Sermons appeared before the Monthly Repository was instituted ; the Second came under our Review in Vol . I . . pp . 644—547 . $ * he remarks which were
there made , perhaps somewhat censoriously , " b y way of pty&i&ta ,. Ao not apply to this Third Volume , in whfch the preacher states Ms opinions explicitly and defends them with zsal , jafcthtmgh With tns characteristic toodesty and candour . In the Preface ' ; he
explains , under a sense of uutjr , " the present state of his religious inquiries /* aad inserts with this view an extract from Ms Sermon preached before the Western Unitarian Society , ; ia . 1809 , ( quoted M <* n . Repos . IV . < 679- *» .-6820 describing his progress and final settlement in proper Unitarianism . Qhc of the Seitoons in the Volume also is
of the same purport . This , Christian faithfulness , may not increase the author ' s popularity , but it must raize fti $ character in the estimation of such as value integrity of mind and moral courage ; and in the retrospect it will always afford satisfaction to his own
conscience . The following are the Titles of the Sermons in the present Volume : — I . Where is God ? II . God and the World proposed to the Choice of Mankind . III . On the Cheauered
Nature of Human Life , and the Glory reserved for the Truly Sincere . IV . The Benefit of Afflictions . V . God , our Refuge , in all Cases . VI . On Hope . ylL Mercy and Truth conspicuous in all the Divine Proceedings . VIII . The importance of a Due Regulation of the Thoughts . IX . On we Nature tod Duty 6 f Prayer . X . One Grand Condition < rf 4 jhe F&rfAveness Of stow XI . Samson ' s Rildle . £ { I . Moral and Religious Freedom . X / H . ChriBtifenity a Deliverance frbm » m and Deafcfc . XIV . The R ^ soltttfoa !* Paul , a * id how it is to be imitated $ ; us . XV . A Birth-Day Sermon . x vl . Life , a Pilgrimage . XVII . Au-
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tumnal Thoughts and Reflections . XVIII . Oh the Duties of Husbands and Wives . XSC . Oa the Duties of Parents and CMldren . XX . On the TZntifes of Servants and Meters . XXI David ' s Charge to Solomon . XXII . Unitarianism described . XXIII . The
Great Object Of Christ's Mission . X 3 GLV . The Ghrisfeaa ^ JLov ^ to an Unseen Master . XXV . Sermon & > r a New Year . XXVI . The Conditions © f iP ^ rdon to Siimers . XXVH . * tfhe Origin and Obligations © f the Christian Name . XXVIII . 1 fhe Vanity of Human Greatness , and the Uncertainty of all Human Expeetatiotis .
Notwithstanding the preacher ^ explicitness with regard to his opM 6 ns > on ev ^ y ^ t occasion , the Sermons -are not commonly doctrinal . As the titles wouid lead the reader to expecty they
are distinguishGKl by variety . There is a happy mixture ef de \ o « . t reflection , moral sentimeait , spiritual e&pe&e&ce , and Christian duly . On every tojSc , the author ' s ambition seems to be not
so much to obtain the praise of a profound reasoner or a superior writer , ^ s to occupy the station of usefulness . In the true sense of the word , he is an Evangelical preacher , for he always argues on Oiristian principles , aad exhorts from Christism motives , a » d
thus infuses into the Sermons no small portion of fervour . The stjfle is Simjfrie and familiar ; the sentences short , and sometimes striking . Scripture language is largely used and freely accommodated . Colloquial phrases and familiar images occur ,- which a very refined taste may disrelish ; but w ^ know not whether . , the c ^ mpositi ^ a will not on this account be more acto
ceptable u ^ whote w « # ^ - rity of readers . And no one cao m $ to be pleaeed ^ vith the entire exemp tion of the Seormoiis from all p ^ acte and affectation : the preacher s ^ ldajsfi appears in . them in . kis own person ,
thoiigh whenever thpy direct cateation to himself he . is eeen in , the delightful character of a sincere and pious Christian , and a liberal ; ingenuous , humble ami good man . Ser . I ., on 2 Kings ii . 14 , eatitled ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/35/
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