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vSu ^' flit tfEs ' lihat ' fce is ^ ccmacieiitioiis in U& ^ c ^ dft ^ ' > M ' 4 ii therefore conten t WRJ ¥ ? tife irf ^ t i ^ te , ' inipertiuent , &ud <* ar&l £ sfc fifeV Behas no religion , » o Sjef * 6 iio * nv ntfr pfeienfces to j > iety ; he lives by « o rules ,: afid t " hmk « all is very well , b'&cause he fe neither a priest , nor a fathers nor aeuardian , nor ha * any
employment or family to look after . But , Folvius , y \> u are a rational creature , and as such ate as much obliged to live actJdr ^ Rng to reason anif order , as a priest i& bbliged to attend at the altar , or a gu&rdian to be faithful to his trust . If to do
vjo ^ Tive contrary reasouy you not cotnfmt a &trialP fcriine , you do not break a ^ inairtttist ; b ^ yotf break the law of ^ o ^ t * nature , yob tebel against Ood who % We yotf that h ^ stu > re p arid o * a » k ^ amongat Inbs ^ wfcfl nl fclitf Gtod of reason and order add
m fcutftsh as apd ^ tate ^ deserters . l'h $ ugh j ^ u h ave no employment , yet , ^ s you £ f $ baptiz ed iota' the profession Of 0 hrist ' s religion , yon are as raueh pbliged t 6 Xxve according ^ to the holiness of tne Christ ! an spirit , as any man is oT ^ H ^ ed to- be h ^ neit and faithful in his c&llVag . ' » cfNor ibktt mnst think himself ^ i ^ fi s ^ fi ^ dn * the exactness of piety and he h&&
nifcM ^ tjf ^ e < wftse ^ ' chosen to be # Jfe # b < l Independent in the world ; fdr 'tpe ^ fieceissidesof 'ia reasonable and holy Sfc ^ trot fottti ^ ed in the several con - iSftlpysand employments of this life-, but fa $ e TOiflutabTe nattire of God , and the ' natufre ! 6 f man . A tnan is uot to be
reasonable and holy because he is a priest bir'the fathet df a family ; but be is to be a \> ious priest and a good-father , because ^ iety and goodness are the laws of hnman n ^ ti ^ e . ' Could- any- man please God Ivitliout IMng according to reasofr and 64-der , there would be nothing displeasing !^ OBcl in : an ufl e driest or - a reprobate abu
; fettfeV . He , therefore ^ that se s his reasoW , * s tike Mm that abuses the priest * 1 ifiio ^ ahd he that neglects the holiness o ^' th ^ Gh . risfiah life , i » as the man that disregards the moajfc iofiportant trust . ^ ¦ THeS'e are ej ^ cellertt t » einarks , at orfce jremindibg tts of tlm comprehensiveness 6 F otr ministerial obligations , which
Tiliist of course iiMude aU our general Christian duties , aa well as those which are peculiarly professional * and at the arinie time leading ut » to regard these latter as lea » formidable in the comparison % y ^ tovih ^ that ' even if we could liberate out-selvefl from cheii ^ by far the largest
pOrtk > c of the weight of-ttaty would still Vetnairi , neVer ^ to he thrown off : Much has been said , and truly ^ said , of the awful weight of responsibility which the Christian minister voluntarily incurs j
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tout neve * , Jet It fe § forgptten ,, my ; fi ; ie ; nds , haw much of this he incurs &itQply as 4 Christian , how much of it he ^^ j ^ y : ^ o means free himself from , so long . ^ he letauis ^ la any place or station , his adherence to the religioo of the gospel . I do not hesitate , indeed , to say , that no
One who felt as he ought his obligations as a Christian man , would regar < i those which the ministry imposes , provided ne possessed the necessary taleut ? and gua-Ii 6 ca ^ oi ) 5 for discharging , them , >^ s ^ at > y great extent additionally l ^ urdeu-Some . 'Vo the true , Christian ? o ^ £ tye contrary , if xtulp qualified ^ \ s ^ ou ^ d W } &k that the ministerial office , ought" £% ) s&fc 1
peculiarly dehgbtful one . If ^ 1 ^ , kiMgdona were within us , ? ' could w ^ tfc | i }| & . Jt possible not * to feel , an earoept aiixiety to extend its iunuence on e ^ ery sit | e ? If we bt disciples of Christ J » y ^ r ) r truth , shall we not be iimpelled by the stroBgest convictions of the underetaudiog , and the best feelings of the heart , ' ,- ' to ^ put
forth every ^ fifort to , mal ^ e others ao , both to labour in the harvest our « e ; ive ^ , and to pray to the Ix > rd of |^ % harvest " to send forth other i aboiji ! er « into his harvest '' ' ? There are peculiar qiwli ^ qations , I admit , whicli ^ e ~ m ^ tamb
profession absolutely ; requires * aivyf material deneiency hi which wght $ &- ) $$ - cate to us that o ^ X ^ jc ^ mm ^^ n ) ight > FObably be better sery ? 4 ? by ^ vp » oin © ottor Christian 4 ^] S m- -Q ^ ris ^ ir ^ , I sayj for there is no hon ^ t ^ lUng which may not . *» & msb& * . «<) & « & ! «* e
made a Ghlr |^ tla ^! o , ne , tcY ^| ^ € J | 1 , m ^ ^ bserve for the ^ uco ^ tr ^ geiniettt of ^ uge amongst youfc ift w ^^ f % ^ - | a ^ r 9 dl <> may have fornwd a Jaw e ^ t ^ atf ( ^ tlieir owiv ^ ualificfttiops , and n ^ yffel . in clined to htBitate at * Uiue * MiMtjfotit litnesa for that pr < rfpswou , wh ^ ch vi lhieai ' presence here proves them to have ^
hpsen-r-far the eiicoura « e * a € ut > X » ay , ^|* e honest bin hucable ,, ni ^ ied can ^ ida ^ for thv & *^ fyfrmM ^» ri ^ enter op ; bis M ^ tRfM'W 9 ^ ii ^ oami ^ f ^ « ervice ! ijib » t f ^ avsd ^^ tw sUoujitJ , se , rve h \* ki unpro ^ ta ^ Jtyv aiwd occttpy . jti&f jf ^ p of abler men ^ allow nae & o ^ rvo ^ , t ^ t tj ^ t ^ e-, bM wot kywyMm ? fSJftatfnv « d when eiBployujtein Jtj abucfjai ^ may » c ^ t be fomwj fcp ^ y true-Jb <* artv ( ltvfoowrer i . vv / io ., wltfe , . * cowpo ^ atjj ^* - tion of kiK » pledge and aUUty , «^ twj a honest and an ardent zeaVfor th ^; 4 w ^ sio ' n of ouie and vital r ^ Hffiox ) in the
w © rt ^* , If y « u » wish ¦ ¦ W to «» erye Cnrrst iu the Chriatian uolniatry ^ if tlw player of yo » r heart »»<* that his Hingdpni jenay oom ^/? aud th ^ t yo « L may bp >; l Ww ^ yer humbly , instrumental in extending it )
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810 fnt&lUgeme ^ &r HuttonU Address .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 810, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/66/
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