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thousand . * Qr else , while tk ^^ tjbtfiw yet a great way off , be sei * detb an erobassage * : audrde sheth couditionaof peace , S » lil 5 ^ r | se ,-wbQ 9 pevftF be be of you ths foraaketh ttot ,- ~ i 9 not [> repa * eoV tl * at is , if called upon to fojsafcei— -ail that lie hath * he caunot . be n ^ disciple- ' ,..,..
• I donet ^ Ciq ^ rse ^ liote tbis passage as containing ; any peculiar reference ; to mem ^ i « rj 9 f the ipini ^ teiial p £ ofes $ i » p : fcirja addressed equa % io all who c 4 aim and fvisjt ta prase themselvesworthy of tfcftMitft o | i * r ^ a n « . AU Christians a »> 4 * 00 fearc ; r » ci ^ s to l ^ ear after 0 ^»^ j | ii 4 if they be tree to their
awei » tef $ 4 t ? w 4 fef ^ ift ^ s , jaaust be prepared a ** wUliog , Jf aeed be , to forsake all tiiAt iliey fe ** # op earth to biro . The pegfossioB of the Christian ministry , hov ¥€ YpT r though | doubtles 3 inclusive of tha * of Christianity , has its peculiar d ^ x ti ^ wd responsibilities , of which those ^ ho ; eagage in it are bound to form a # . it . a * v « •* estimate before
cpiwew ^ tiaas they uudrrt « 4 te them . By declining to e « ter W * iF ? f ^^|*» ioii * we caonot indeed , as mmVstizem Ipj iiaagine , escape the oblig ^ U o » jof i *^ sai ;«» g , at our Mptei ^ bid-& \ tte ^ i ^ 8 &WG ^ ayjej but if we enter i ^ , w * ^ hail 6 ud this general obligatipa sewe ^ b at 4 i ^ efent ] y i « odi ^ d— yif $ r * baU ^ il # . 4 fc # tf * ge ; . hft ^ e duties to perform and
^« r | a ^ Ip mak « , to some extent differt ^ t m ^ it ^ d fcqm # ioae which otfeer profoipiciuv uot less entitled ta the general uAino-pf ; CMstiap j would hay « required « Mfenfc t Hkqce the uecewi ^ y that we « bouid exaoiiiie qii * motive * , not ouly ^ n *^ a s ^ umipg Mad beari ^ the Christian HHH 9 ei bi * t ^ also for enterilig into the G ^ imiaft j » itiirti ^ Afi 4 here let roe of
ot » erife > tlMU tim ) , p ^ rforwance the fowneF of ibese d » t 4 f « fr ^ ujd reuder that of the Aatler coispanallrely eaay . If , io tlw firMiftatauopp ^ ft had seriously , deeply ^ ^ a 4 ^ lW : &w * s $ \ g ** ed the reasons nrhy ^ e . rtiCMiWlw ^ ajwelycftHourselvea , kf $ t te ^ ChrtotimiMt . -mm should have com * p « r « tiv « iy iitU # difficuUy in determining tl »^ reolt « 4 # iind ei ^ cieocy of our molo in
tiv ^ f < wri « ndeclakte « labo ur the gOftpel fftfcriatry . It 1 # because our . ideas o » $ b # iurmci » ttly © ct Hie « o loose and JHUd ^ wat e ^ that Hre sometime * find it diAeult ta come to a ju » t conclnsion ou tbe latter . If we thoroughly understood what Cbristiattity diwanda of is * * ad Why we should fmbrftce , it , we » bowW
be greatly a ** isted in determiuing whe ther we ought or ovglit not u » become profcasioR ^ l i teadiem < of Chjri » tiaui $ y Should we , for InataDce ^ . know so very little of tte comiMft dutie * of oar i « U ^ gion as to suppose ( which 1 fear many
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da ) that ( xtivf the uiinisterial profession we should be exeiupt from tfte obli ^ iatioa to a */ rfc % virtuosi * and retigio «§ p ^ act | ce , and might traxij 6 gre « 3 spiBe > at 1 $ *** * of the la ws of God moj-e «; ctirely tl > aii if w *> vverem it , it k obviouMU ^ we ^ iwj ^ foiiuaa estimate of t ) ie duties of tlw ^ t
pr ^ fessip > o ^ at ]» ocie 4 flo * * $ ti >* $ ti&' * # ? ! # vereT-r ( HM > ,- fttx ao . rfar ^ 8 / tho ^ e duties ^ rj ? considered iiUhenwelve ^ top ^| e ^; S ^ fap a ^ they , are , viewed iu coa ^ arisou ' with ; the duties of , ^ hejr ^ ChrisUau , j ^ jQ ? fes ^ ions . If our estimate of the geaerat obligations of Ghristianity is jniperiectj . of
our . estimate of the obh ^ aticms Christian miuUter ^ , which include these , with others li ^ , addition , must obvipnsly , be still more so . . If we ; regard as pecujliar to ChrUtian ministerg , duties whlt 4 i all Christians are equally ^ ound to perform , it is evident that , we shall regard ; the miuUtry xjjf the , gospe ] as nopre ardupus , ; i ^ cQuaparispn with other Christian professions , than it re ^ Uy ia . \ h $ i us thoroughty Miaderstapd our duty as ChrisUans ^ auq we shall take a mptpe conjp reheo si vevi ^ wpf our duty as Ghristiau miuisters , ^ efj . us . thoroughly understand our 4 ^ pY ^ G w&fa
tiaus , and lye shail pe ^ bap ^ ^ oil ^ i ^^ additional duties iucuinbeut upqtn uf m Christiao ministers are not s <* fprmicia ^ e as we might , b ave previously , c ppce 5 i ^^ There , are some excellent , . abseryatipna illustrative of this xemark in a passage , which you will find in . ** Law ' s gek | puf . Call to a Devout . and Holy liijfe ^* % work which , with some abatement . fpr what we must deem erroneous doctrine ,
and for views of Christian morality op * casionally more ascetic and austere tt ] fan our great legislator appears to me tp have inculcated , I regard as truly admirable , both for . matter and style , aud beg leave earnestly to recommend to your atte ntive and judicious perusal . * ' Fui ^ un , " aaya this excellent writer , " has had a learned education , and taken hia degrees ia t )^ e
university ; he came from thence that he might be free fr ^ om any rules of life . He takes no employment unou hi * n , nor ( en- ? tets into any busineaa , because he things that every employmeut or business ^ a ] J » people to the careful performance 3 mn 4 discharge of itu dutiea . When he is grave , he will tell you that he did not enter into holy orders * because he look *
Upon it to be a state tbat requires great holiuess oi life , and that it does not sui hi ^ temper to be so good . He wiU ^ ell you thfttlie n ^« riuteod ft to marry , fee ^ cause h ^ cai > # ot oblige hiuuwlf to ob # enre that reguliMrMy of life an 4 good |^ ejniKrlf » ur wbich htf regard ? n « | hd duty oi thooo that are at the head of a family . Ful-
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Intelligence . —Dr . flutton's Address . 809
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 809, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/65/
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