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We -dft , - * a * f * ll ^ gains much-to his hypothesis lg&hpw-% gjm # m p ^ -exb te ^ ^ Bo ^ has been a prevailing Heathen and even << confused" Jewish notion , or that he establishes a reputation for metaphysics byt arguing ^ that we are alf at this moment in a state of
pre-existence , with respect to the life " to coitte — -we ate certainly now in a pre ^ existent state j and , for aught we can tell , we may have been in a state of being * prior to this . " P . 141 . The latter part of this Sermon is upon the example 6 i Christ , and Dr .
Bruce endeiavdiirs to shew that \ % is peculiarlyjjdwerfui upon the Arian schemed 3 $ r . Iiardner ( ubi sup . ) objects to this scheme that it fails remarkably in this very particular , and his view of the subject is to us far more satisfactory than our present author ' s .
We quote one passage in which we are glad to see that t ) r . Bruce av 6 ws himself an Unitarian in his worship : € Wherefore Gad hatli highly exalted him , and given him a name that is above every-name , ' ^ ^ Therefore ; ' that is > in consequence of his humility and
resignat ion , in relinquishing his former glory , and not considering it as a matter of right , hut of flavour ; and as a reward for his obedience io God , arid the important service hs had dqne to man , the Almighty exalted him , even above'his fonfter state
of glory , and assigned him a yet more elevated rank in the spiritual world ; * that , at ( or in ) the name of Jesus , every knee should bow in heayeh and on earth and uncle . r the earth >'* that is , that all cfeaitures should db him reverence .
It is not meant literally , as some understand it , that we should , on every occasion , bow the head or bend the knee , at the name of Jestis in particular , and not of Christ or Messiah ; for this would be a very perplexing , impracticable and
useless injunction : besides , that Jesus is not his distinguishing appellation , being only the Greek for , Joshua . But it is implied , that he should receive honour and reverence from all mankind . With
respect to the degree and mode of this reverence , there is a Variety of opinions among divines : sojne a ^ e wery scrupulous of exceeding in this i ' espe ^ t , auicl carefully avoid it , even in their SyhiMs" Others thi # I £ thai aW M t ^ i-e is & cfcSgiiee : df external vehet-atioiiiiufe to superior ^ e , f * hk or merit , ammig ouj ; sejv ( es - $ nd tK ^ dSetbonsfttatforis ^ it y $ rf a ^ OrdhMto the just pretehsioii ^ of itie Mdividull j so our
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glorified Redeemer is , entitled to muclt h | gh | er Ae $ * ee $ dif venerati on , and mpre solemn demonstrations of reyereji ^ e thaji vtiy otner creature . Of these dli ^}| ie ^
some feel no scruple ^ in oflTering a degree ; of worship , of a nature , however , subordinate to that paid to Ms Fathesr , while the ^ large majority of Christiaiis seem inclined to make no distinction at all .
Among these sentiments each individual will make a selection , according to his own feelings an 4 convictions . | or my own jjart , I am persuaded , that direct worship , adoration , confessibu and sup * plication , should be confined to the Almighty . Any transfer of these to an
inferior being , I conceive to-be absolutely forbidden by the Supreme Being himself ; and * in his own case expressly rejected and disclaimed by our blessed Lord We are not , therefore , to address our prayers , in any case , to Christ , but to the Almighty , through him as Mediator . I
Would say with the angel in the Revelations , ( Revelation , J when John fell down before him , * See thou do it not ; he is thy fellow-servaiit ,- ^ worship God ; ' and with our Lord himself , * Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God , and him only shalt thou serve / "—Pp . 142—144 , fFo be concluded in the next Nnmber . )
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Art . III . — The Country Minister . ( Part Second \) A Poem , in Three Cantos , with other Poems . By the Rev- J . Bretteil . 12 mo , Pp .-181 . Whittakers .
THE readers of Mr . BrettelHs former poems will receive with pleasure the announcement of the little volume before us . They will again be delighted with nature , simplicitv , and all the melody of verse .
" My object , in this poem / ' saya the author , ( Pref . p . 6 , ) ** ' has been , to describe the retired and domestic life of a Country Minister ; pos $ essing from nature an imaginative and sanguine temperament oi mind , but , from the melancholy impression left by
the misfortunes of early life , and from the gloomy influence of secluded habits , as well as adverse circumstances , at a later period , inclined to pensive and querulous musings . " The
description of a course of domestic enjoyment uninterrupted by disappointment and care and sorrow , might have been more attractive to the reader , as well as more pleasing t 6 the writer ; but it ia sometimes , even in . o ' u £ hc > urs of literary . amusement , " better i # go to the house of mourning , thiyi to go
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Eeview . ' ~ -Jirettells Country Minister . 2 ff
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1825, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2535/page/35/
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