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REVIEW. c * Still pleased to, praise, yet not afraid to blame,'*— Pope
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Atit . I . — Practical Sermons . By Abraham Rees , D . D . F . R . S . &c , Editor of the Cyclopaedia . Vols . III . and IV . £ 1 . 4 s . Pp . 560 and 550 . Longman and Co ., and Hunter , 1821 .
DR . REES is not more remarkable for his gigantic scientific labours , than for his maintaining for more than half a century his popularity as a preacher amongst the Protestant Dissenters . The bare statement of this
fact cannot but excite curiosity with regard to his pulpit compositions , which , allowing for the influence of character , person , voice arid uianner , must have contributed in no small
degree to the effect . The venerable preacher who has so long occupied an eminent ministerial station , connects the age of Chandler and Foster with our own ; and his Sermons partake of the excellencies of those and other
celebrated divines of the last century , while they are in some degree accommodated to the altered taste and habits of the present times . They are in truth specimens of the bejst style of sennort 3 that for the last seventy or eighty years has been acceptable to the
. hnglish Presbyterians . They are not moral essays or controversial lectures : they are scriptural and evangelical dis-i courses , simple and unpretending in their plan , embracing the more general views of divine truth , of a moderate
and catholic spirit , adapted to all classes of hearers , but supposing a certain degree of information and refinement , even in their tenour , sparing of figures , elegant by being perspicuous and eloquent by being impressive .
In 18 U , Dr . Rees published the two first volumes , * a second edition of ^ y hich was soon called for . Both editions are ^ it appears , disposed of , and thus encouraged , the author dedicates t <> the congregation of the Old Jewry Chapel these two additional volumes , " as his lust public tribute of gratitude > * Price £ 1 . Is .
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affection and best wishes . " We bor ^ our willing , though humble testimony , to the merits of the two first volumes , [ Mon . Repos . VII . 1 O 4—107 , ] and we are prompted no less by a sense of duty to our readers , than by the feelings
of private friendship , to recommend to public attention the two volumes recently published . The following are the contents of the volumes : Vol . III . Serin- I , The Connexion between Just Sentiments
of Moral and Religious Truth , and its practical Influence . Dan . xii . 10 . JI , The Origin and pernicious Influence of an Evil Heart of Unbelief . Heb . iii . 12 . III . A Caution against Infidelity .
Prov . xix . 27 . IV . The Expectation of a Future State , as a Principle of Conduct , founded on the most satisfactory Evidence . Luke xvL 31 . V . The peculiar Excellence of Christianity . Matt . xi . 11 . VI The Guilt and
Danger of despising Christ . I * uke x . 16-VII . The Prevalence and Subsistence of Christianity urged in Proof of its Divine Origin . Acts v . 38 , 39 . VIII . Our Saviour ' s Victory over the World instructive and encouraging . John xvi . 33 , IX . Reflections on the Close of
our Saviour ' s Life . John xvn . 1 . X . The Belief and Profession , of Christianity vindicated from Reproach . Rom . x . 11 . XI . The Reasonableness and Utility of the Exercise of Private Judgment in the Province of Religion . Rom . xiv . 6 . XII . The Conduct of the Beraeans stated and
recommended . Acts xvii . 11 . XIII . The Insufficiency of . the Form , without the Power , of Godliness . 2 Tim . iii . 5 . XIV . The Inutiiity of Religion , an unfounded Apology for the neglect of it .
Deut . xxxii . 47- XV . The Folly of making a Mock at Sin . Prov . xiv . 9 . XVI- Difficulties in the Contemplation of the Moral Providence of God , stated and resolved . Eceles . ix . 2 . XVII .
God an impartial Sovereign and Judge . Rom . ii . 11 . XVIII . Reflections tending to produce Fortitude and Resignation in a Season of Trial , 1 Pet . i . 6 . XIX . The Evils of Life directed an ^ overru-
Review. C * Still Pleased To, Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame,'*— Pope
REVIEW . c Still pleased to , praise , yet not afraid to blame , ' *— Pope
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/33/
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