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Aut . V . —A Lecture , delivered at the Rhhop-street School-room , Vortsea ; November 3 rd , 1825 ; occasioned hi / some Allusions made in Clarencestreet Chapel to other Places of Worship , in the Address there given , at the Previous Montlilt / Missionary Prayer Meeting-. IViik
an Appendix of Letters relative to Missionary Occurrences . By John Brent . Printed by D . B . Price , Portsmouth ; sold by D . Eaton , London . 8 vo . Pp . 36 . I . ? . AN honest protest against bigotry The Lecturer was present , at a iDcetin ^ ' in which a Reverend speaker
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denounced certain congregations in the neighbourhood as destitute of the gospel . He addressed a letter of complaint to the orator , and received aiv apology , and afterwards made the affair a topic of pulpit-discourse .
The Lecture contains some good thoughts on gospel-preaching . Aj r . Brent observes that "thereis a preaching of the gospel by doing- as well as speaking , " , and , in this ' connexion , introduces the following anecdotes ai Mr . ( afterwards Dr . ) Wren :
" In the teaching or preaching the pure gospel by doing , theie were acu done by Mr . Thomas Wren ( afterwards Dr . Wren ) , minister of High-street chapel which threw all the others far into the shade . During that unjust , cruel , and murderous war waged by this country
agamst the American provinces , the late of war ( as is usual ) threw many Americans into this country as prisoners ( then called rebels ) , and whose lives were spared , most likely , only from the fear of retaliation . There is always misery enough attending on the condition of prisoners of war , but generally most so
in civil wars . Yet Dr . Wieu , regardless of the frowns of power , and the side looks and sneers of churchmen and professors of other seers , entered the prison doors , comforted , cheered and assisted those sufferers , opened channels of conrmunication for them with their friends , and did them many kind offices ; for which I believe it was that he was
honoured with , and received rrom America , the title of Doctor . But I never heard of one of the other ministers so preaching the pure gospel . " There was another instance of his preaching well . At a time when , from real or imaginary grievances , an enraged
regiment of Highlanders took military possession of the town , suspended the authorities , and their officers sought their own safety by secreting themselves ; amidst the alarm and terror that existed , Mr . Wren first and alone centered
their ranks , amidst their chat ged guns and brandished . swords , soothed their minds , calmed their passions , and brought them to attend to reason , and paved the way lor adjustment . Yet this man , forsooth , is glanced at as not preaching the pure gospel . "—Pp . 24—26 .
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Art . VI . —A Sermon on the Spirituality of the Kingdom of Christ . By Kdward ' Whitiield . I 2 mo . pp . -1 Ilininster , printed by J . Moore ; sold by Fox and Co ., London . l ^ > 1 C ^ a- * J »
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240 Review . — Brent ' s Lecture . — Whufieitvs Sermon
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duct by a lively sense of shame , and by an eager desire of the approbation- of the wise and good : his heart assures him , that he admires and loves integrity and truth , and tliat he despises and detests every thing that is opposed to them : nor
can he be mistaken in believing , what his hourly experience teaches him , that he is capable of veneratiug and adoring ^ the great Author and Governor of Nature , in
his works and in his Providences . —And in all this is there nothing good?—Is it all bestial , all devilish ?—Must it not excite our wonder , f * s well as onr compassion , to behold , as we have frequent
opportunities of doing , a man of qualities truly estimable , truly amiable , both of mind and of heart , earnestly contending , from an erroneous , because too literal a construction of certain assertions of the inspired writers , that his nature , in spite of all the fair appearances we have
mentioned , is , to use the coarse language of the sect , one mans of corruption , rotten to thevery core . —A religionist of this gloomy complexion will strenuously maintain , that he is himself'incapable of every virtuous sentiment , and a slave to every degrading propensity ; though he feels at the moment , the loveliest charities alive and active in his bosom ; though he knows he should be always ready to devote his time , his talents , and his property , to any promising scheme of benevolence ; though he is sure he would rather die a thousand deaths , than be guilty of a single action of dishonour . ' * —
Pp . 26—28 . Such sermons as this are valuable , not only in so far as they expose prevailing errors and follies , but likewise as being proofs of the inutility mid vanity of Articles " for avoiding of Diversities of Opinions , and for the establishing of Consent touching True Religion .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1826, page 240, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2547/page/52/
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