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S ^ es tJ ^ dlip ^ ^ f ^« , |^ y | a foundation for that sacred admiration of his character which cannot be long cherished without terminating in love to him ; and that , by the representa tions which it exhibits of the Divine
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stancpng . 111 pc ^ Q ^ ao ^^ i ^ tins remark I would observe , and the obser vation is by no means unimportant , that when strong religious feehngs are excited by mysterious doctrines that
have no necessary relation to practice , there is danger lest thjei cpnceiai ^ q £ morality should be regarded as unii | teresting and of small comparativp value . And that this is not an imaginary danger seems sufficiently proved by fact . To the great majority of Calviniatic professors the moral part
of religion dpes not appear to present a subject of interesting reflection . And the preacher , yfcp should make jit ^ primary business to illustrate ; and enforce that bright assemble , of Virtues which constitutes the Christian
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/9/
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