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REVIEW. ' e€> Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame. 1 '—Pope *
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\ rt . I . —Sermons on Various Subjects . By the Rev . T . N . Toller . " To which is prefixed a Memoir of the Author . By Robert Hall , M . A . London . Published by Holdsworth . 1824 . 8 vo . Pp . 331 . WE have often wished to sec a posthumous volume of the sermons of many an individual , who attained considerable reputation , for his services in . the pulpit : and we particularly hail the appearance of
these discourses by the late Mr . Toller . It adds to € he value of " the publication of the compositions before us , that they hare been taken , with no very studious discrimination , " from upwards of three thousand manuscripts : " on this account , they are the more welcome , as memorials of the preaching of the author 5 " and for our being pleased with the comparative absence of care in selecting" them ,
there exists another most important reason , to which we shall advert , before we finish the present article of
review . The First and Second Sermons have for their subject , The Omnipotent God the Joy of the Church ; the text being- Ephes . Ill- 20 , 21 : " Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think , according to the power that worketh in us , unto him be glory in the church , by Christ Jesus , throughout all ages , world without end . Amen . " We recognize Mr . Toller ' s style in the introductory sentences :
This is what is called a doxology , or ascription of praise , at the close of < tHie of the richest and most comprehensive prayers that was [ were ] ever formed or offered . And a striking instance it is , how easily God can turn a prison into a spiritual palace , and give liberty of soul under the confinement of the body . From an illustration of the context , the preacher advances , to offer some thoughts on the Divine Omnipotence , to remark that this great perfection ( God is employed j \ pr his church and people , to shew , in what particular ways it may he expected so to exert
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itself—v . g \ in a way of providential seasonable interposition , and for the purpose of spiritual improvement and usefulness , — -and to elucidate the strong expressions the apostle nses in his representation of the omnipotence of the Supreme Being-, when it is thus manifested . Mr . T . closes his
discourse by asking , If there be an Omnipotent God , What is every thing that can be mentioned , compared with the " one touching point" — Is this God against me or for me ? The suitableness of the largest prayrers , is also suggested \ and the importance of waiting for God , in the way of duty .
As the foregoing sermon treated of the Divine Omnipotence , and of the variety and unbounded extent of its application in behalf ^ of humble and holy souls , the object of the remaining discourse , on the same passage ,
is to prove that this attribute of ( rod must be matter of joy to his church and people . Here Mr . T . points put who they are that reasonably indulge such joy :
" a question occurs—TVho are the church and people of God ? Because these terms have been most miserably understood in the world , and men have sheltered the most abominable vices and
hateful characters under them . Sometimes they call a large , venerable building a church , and think the better of themselves because they attend worship within its walls . Thus the Jews trusted to their magnificent temple , and boasted of it as the temple of the Lord . But God dwelleth not in temples made with hands : is not attached to consecrated .
stones , to altar-pieces and pictures ; is not pleased with organs , and fine singing , and costly vestments ; nor approves a person at all the more for worshiping there , than under a tree or 111 a barn And so miserably were the Jews mistaken in lhat point , that God suffered their temple , magnificent as it was , and
built by his express order , to be razed to the very foundation . Others call particular communities of professing Christians , churches ; such as the Church of England , the Church of Rome , the Church of Scotland , the Church ov Geneva , and congregational churches among Dissenters . But any or all of these are no farther the church arid people of God >
Review. ' E€≫ Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame. 1 '—Pope *
REVIEW . ' e € > Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . '—Pope *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1824, page 289, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2524/page/33/
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