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Review . ( O -f * Fo&& Edinburgh and London Chapel-pening- Sermons . 625
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tiler , '" the preacher concludes with an exhortation to consistency and firmness in the profession of the truth , to zeal for its diffusion , and to conformity with its dictates . He says ,, as truly as eloquently ^ ¦
" Distraction and depression are the natural results of the notions of a plurality of divine persons , $ nd of tlie vindictiveness of divine justice . TJiey hide the truth s and , of course , obstruct and
weaken , it not destroy , the feelings of gious gratitude which would spring up in its light . Ahpve heaven bends ia benignant loveliness ; and below , earth smiles in grateful ana responsive , fruitfulness , like God and tlie heart of man : but the
interposing cloud that veils the glories of the one , casts a broader and deeper circle of gloom upon the other . From you that cloud has passed away . Sodn rifay U in all regions , that to Him whose right tfiiie ^ are , the prayers , and thanksgivings , and
hearts , of his children may be restored The services f ^ r which this building is destined are not those of vain forms , or slavish' feelings , or sectarian' narrowness . It is the worship of the-Father , 'in spirit and in truth / that we would cultivate
riot only ; nfcre , but in our bosoms , our homes , oiirlivSer ^* : •"" We revere him in all the spirituality of his nature , the immensity of i& presence , thfepaternity oFjhis charactei > > Tfe umVe ^ is his temple ; the dome of keaveitfits 16 fty ? rbof ; the
plain of earth its wide basis ; siip ,, moon and stars its glittering ornaments ; ev ^ ry contrite heart : an altar , evfery upright man a priest ; and obedience and sincerity the incense that shall ascend to his palace and his throne , and draw down his gracious benediction / % r-Pp . 25 , 26 .
The Evening Sermon at Edinburgh is an argument ^ frohi 1 John ? Iv ; 11 , for the trutli of Wnitariainfem ^ s a benevolent system , Illti ^ trating the love of God , and thua ^ producing * love to man . Mr * Fox here assumes the
doctrine of ilaiversal re ^ toratidi ^ , The " Connexion between t ) lvine imdkI Human Pjtildnttiropy ^^ s shewn by the following observations : 1 . The mere exhibition of exC&Henfce disposes the observer to imitation . 2 . The
imitation of God is & Oiiri ^ tian diity # 3 . Tlie conditiptltOJi which God blesses each , is solicHtide for tHe" weltbeing of the wlibH ¦ * 4 , The usual expression of divine love is the relation of
Paveii ^ t ^ t «| , (< ittd to all , which implies our licUerrial ^ relation to one another . 5 , The <^ PNt of God ' s love in the gospel is 0 excite , enlarge and strengthen
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this * mutual ajQfe ^ oii ,, & If God , the pum arid tefi ^ e Spi ^ tg loves maxi ,, much more should we , brethren ia infirmity and sins , love eawh otfc ^ 7 . € rod s love haia endowed us Wifli a cojemon nature , dfeduc ^ d u& ff () ra a cditifooii 6 ^ in , mi it i designs ftr Us uiuuiuieiy
a common aestiny ofp w ^ in , m mmiM MMm ^^ t the £ Mi $ is im l ? yu « ^ W& Miwi of Pinsbury ijmtan Chapel , stands at the beginning . It is a concise / perspicuous a ^ manly declaration of Unitarianism , and an impressive description of the moral uses of a
Christian House of Ei % ei ^^ ^ tribute of gratitude wt& ir ^ ffep | s paid iwti *^ ^^^ aind VMlir , tWe 3 R » i 5 d # pastors M-i $ cortgrtgatfoii ^ bd the AdS ^ ss % tp ^ nates with : ai short , appropriate ^ tfijT solemn invocatioii of the Divine
blessing , V - . . ; . ,, ; , } XnW ; The Se ? oiop on the opening of the Chapel ^ from Roofi . TjiL 9 ^ has for its oyect to vindicate tlie Unitarian
system by demonstrating that its spirit is precisely the spirit of the g ^ ea . I ^ h ^ pFeafch ^ r selects for instances the s ^ vem toptes oFpi&jlrrjfyith ; We ' $ i £ andrliber ^ ityt ^ oUnes ^ i p&if&tithwjffi * and hope . ¦
Some excellent observations are ^ de ipp . IJfc-iJ ) - upcmi iith , whiqh JV ^ r * Fpk , tre ^ its ^ pQt as tl | g befief of a ^ string , of propositions , but as ~
confidence in a faithful or benignant God /* The preacher sums up the subject of discourse , and exhibits a glowing practical illustration of it , in the fob lowiftg * ^ 3 lage :
** We are strong in the plain and Ute ^ ral declarations of the New Testament ; bat we Hr ^ yet stronger in the satnenessr of the * general impression made by Ohriistianity and Unitaiiamsm as to the moral Qualities with ! which these declarations
are associated in the teacher a mindy ahd which they are designed to produce ia the cdnvett * I'Meinachinery as the same ; theobject tjie saime : our system has- the spirit of Christ , and is his , and' Christianity is Unit ^ rianism , And were it
needful to illustrate this practically , not hard would be the task ; for mea who have had an abiding and universal sense of the-J > ivine presence , who liave shewn that G 6 d vva ^ in all their thoughts , and who seem to have made the very state of consciousness an actr of adoration : » iriei ^ \ vha with filial confidence could cast themselves on his protection , aud obey the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 625, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/49/
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