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5 SERMONS.and unplcafing theory than perliaps we imagine.Thefriends of religion might be amazed at it.3d, Men forfake religion, becaufe their honour andworldly intereft are fo little connecSted with the profeflionof it. If the thing were efleemed honourableîf a man's reputation were firmly eftabliflied by it,it were a fure mean by which he could rife in the armyor in the ftate, he might be a hypocrite, but hawould doubtlefs be a very decent profeflbr : but nofuch profelhon is neceflary to be a general, or a ftatefman,or a judge, or a member of the: legiflative bodyof the kingdom. And as men gain little or nothing,by a rcligiouG profeflion, neither are they in dangerôf lofing any thing by the want of it. One's profanenefsbrings little difrefpecl- upon him j he is hardly.:the worfe received in any company, and it puts hinvin no danger of lofing any part of his- fortune. Lithetime of Charles I. many of our great people, we.are told, crowded to church, with a demure countenance,and a mighty ferious air : not chiefly, I fuppofe,becaufe that prince was attempting an alteratioiiofthe eftabjilhed religion ; that, indeed, alarmed thelower fort; but the great were alarmed, becaufe the-,king was revoking the grants to the tithes and churchlands which they were in polTefllon of. Hence theirzealous prcfefTicn, that they might he fuppcrted bythe clergy and the people, and Co enabled to crufh theking's m.eafures, and preferve and fecure what they;had got. While the danger lafted, their profeiTioafeemed edifying ; when the dorm was over, it relaxed,prodigioufly.I am not contending that religious profefTion oughtalwaysto be rewarded with lucrative offices, or placesof honour and trufl : but if religion is efteemed to be.of any importance, I fhould think, that when competitorsfor an office are nearly alike in virtue and ability,the decent religious man ought to be preferred.This might gently bend tl\eworld to think more fa~vourablyof religion.if
SERXIONS;Still lefs am I urging that religion ought to be inforcedby civil laws. It is of a Spiritual nature, andis beft promoted by fpiritual motives. When, in athere were laws compelling men to go tolate reign,church under fevere penalties, timorous people wouldthen profefs religion, and the aflemblies might bethronged with the poor, and even with the rich. Aremedy defperate and ineffectual ! and which couldnever have been thought of but by thofepwho wereeither ignorant of the fpirit of religion, and the facredrights of confcience, or who wanted to trample uponthe liberties of mankind, and enthral them in a dreadfulyoke of llavery. By the way, one cannot but wonder,that fome ingenious men, in the prefent age, whodifcover no liking to religious profeffion, feem to applaudthefe or the like meafures as wholefome feverities: meafures ! which, were they now to be purfued,themfelves would be the firll to feel and lamentthe rigour of them. When the ableft meh take uponthem to defend or palliate fuch abfurdities in government,they undertake a talk which no man is equal to.But as fuch laws are altogether wrong, fo in theprefent age they would be more abfurd and ineffectualthan ever. They would be directly oppofite tothe genius of the times, to the manners and fafhionsof the country : every body would diflike them, andthe general bias is fo ftrong towards iicentioufncfs andirreligion, that fuch laws would deftroy themfelves.The execution of them would be utterly impracticable.4th, The knowledge men have, or think they have,may be mentioned as a caufe ofattained in religion,their irreligion. I do not maintain it as a certainpoint, that there is more real learning, or a greaternumber of thorough inquirers, in this age than therewere in the laft. But a kind of eafy and fuperficialknowledge feems to have becom.e more general *, andmen foon co^me to think they have got enough of re-Ugious knowledge. But there is a great miltake that
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Page 21 and 22: SERMONS.f3Its religious buildings.
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Page 42 and 43: 34 SERMONS.fatlon, have a furprifin
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SERMONS,fied with difpbcing him, th
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SERMONS. 61uudd the houfe of the Lo
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SERMONS.rhis, I think, implies, tha
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aw, unfkilful, unpraclifed in ftate
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SERMONS, 67aiifwer would have been
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SERMONS. 69was received and heard,
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SERMONS. 7£for, when a mob Is once
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SERMONS. 75•tubes who had not joi
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SE'RMONSr. 75Benjamin. The king, it
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SERMONS.have I alio left you in thS
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SERMONS. 79from Relioboani :" Thy f
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SERMONSceed from nothing but vile a
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SEPvMONS. 83ly of heart, and ye fli
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SERMONS. 8;^we have been forgetful
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SERMON IV.ACHAN'S TRESPASS IN THE A
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aERMOKs. 89City once, and returned
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SERMONS.crVtreafury of the Lord , a
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SERMONS.to be chafed by a few undif
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SERMONS.^^nobles, do, and call upon
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SERMONS. 97being pure in heart, bec
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SERMONS. 99*and thus have I done. W
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SERMONS.lOIgvave-ftone ; this would
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SERMO^fS. 105celTarily, ?t leaft pr
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SERMONS. 107eyes" even " of the wif
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SERMONS.-^C^ftatefman who gave the
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-# '* SERMONS. II :laws ; I defende
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SERMOKS. 113rnies ; for the Canaani
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SERMON-S-. 115was or could well be
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'SERMON'5. 117ful combined kingdoms
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seHjMOms. 119sre firfl: over-awed b
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liERMON'S. 121derftaftding to dilco
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SERMOKS.12^fpirit, is better than h
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A \L -WjSERMONS.IZ5who would have b
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Sl-RMONSi 127pride *, at times each
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SERMONSj 129and alfo more commonly
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SERM0N5. 131great part of a neighbo
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SERMONS.I_53^}y the illicit gratifi
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what he hath done.SERMONS.if the "C
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SERMONS.13 Vtiements in the defart
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SERMONS.. 139>copard would lie down
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SERMONS,."1-41of many tedious campa
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SERMONS. 143punillied for it, and,
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SERMONS'.r43hoftages—nof foldiers
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SERMONS. 14/py conteft between Grea
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cfous ?'*The church and people of G
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of fuccefs.sfeRM0N5.l^ludeed, provi
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SttRMONs.r:_5:3ro cities, been want
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SERMONS. 15.5*oF popery too) to eil
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SERM6NS.'IJ7tiity, fo miicK rage, f
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SERMON VI.THE TASK-MASTERS..Preache
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miiiiiter's chief bufinefs to ftriv
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ffERMONS.X'6^his taik-mafler, to th
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•SERMONS.16^manner, and upon the
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SERMONS.1^7"be content to do : They
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SERMONS.l6^).it^peatedly attending
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SERMONS.I"!port himfcif and family
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SERMONS. 173fome ufe of terror, man
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with3-ERM0NS-. I7>very good crops,
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SERMONS. 177noble lords and comnion
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SERMONS. 179\vho had weapons In the
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SERMONS.ff/pt, and knew that God v/
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perience.SERMONS...Ib^'The lea-port
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This,'SERMONS-l8>and ill founded :
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SERMONS.I&7fare are we counted to y
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SERMONS. 189to pay ? Think on juili
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SERMONS.Iplyou.*' There are'many of
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£Eii:.ioNS. 193lon of my people wl
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SERMONîrpjcf his provldeatbl admim
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SERMONS. 197have yourfelves. Throug
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SERM0N5.I^pab you are at prefent. I
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s ownSERMONS.20 rand it is all befo
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SERMONS.^03It would not be a defira
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SERMONS. 205liatli a right to worfl
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feign for ever and ever. Sing tlioi
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large," a defirable retreat from al
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SERMONS.2tfin the ^'^cant territori
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SERMONS, 213'tie without form of la
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SERMONS. 215to -the end of the eart
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SJ^.RM0N5. 21,7would be nothing, we
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sER^roNS.219'-îih, and change at l
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SERMONS. 221any degree be a means t
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SERTMONS. 2125who, the moftof peifo
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SERMONS. 225-old age ; all the prof
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SERMONS. 22.7the treafure and the p
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SERMONS. 229âre at his own charges
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24SLETTERS, TRACTS, Iffc.Keafonable
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264 LETTERS, 7R.\CTS, Isfc:And yet
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Ci66 3LETTSRS, TRAt;TS, blV.little
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284 LETTERS, TRACTS, *^C,their bufi
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290 LETTERS, TRACTS, ^C.perfon ;he
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292 LETTERS, TRACTS, IfTc.crs appea
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294 LETTERS, TRACTS, iffc.and accur
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2^6LETTERS, TRACTS, esfr.We have an
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29^LETTERS, TRACTS, l^C.fefs that w
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^00LETTERS, TRACTS, lfft\the unlver
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LETTERCONTAININGREMARKS UPON A PAMP
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304 LETTERS, TRACTS, llfC.properefi
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3c6LETTERS, TRACTS, ^r.ward enough
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3IOLETTERS, TRACTS^ ^C.univerfity.
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312 LETTERS, TRACTS, yc. -bouring a
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'314 LETTERS, TRACTS, Uf^.fame, or
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3l8 LETTERS, TRACTS, Iff J.it in a
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320^LETTERS, TRACTS, b*^.Oftentimes
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328 LETTERS, TRACTS, 'd'C,appearanc
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33^LETTERS, TRACTS, b*i*.powerful i
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'•>40LETTERS^ TR.\CTS, IfC.In the
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'342 LETTERS, TRACTS, tsV.the fame
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344 LETTERS, TRACTS, iffc.worthy ge
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i34^tETTERS, TRACTS, b'c'.driven fr
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THEUNCORRUPTED INHylBITANTS OF PAIS
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350'LETTERS, TRACTS, tffr.derftandi
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35^LETTERS, TRACTS, 'd'C.They firft
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,or358 LETTERS, TRACTS, Isfc,think,
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DONALDSONIAD.J N -D "N DETECTEDOR,^
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. learuedly364 LETTERS, TRACTS, tsf
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372 LETTERS, TRACTS, lifr.AN ADDRES
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THETRIAL OF A STUDENT'IN THECOLLEGE
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2']6 LF.TTETIS, TRACTS, l?V. iboure
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378 LETTERS, TRACTS, bv.young, and
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38^3- LETTERS, TRACTS, b'c.pious En
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38'2 LETTERS^ TRACTS^ Is'C.having,
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384 LETTERS, TRACTS, ':S'c\the city
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0.86 LETTLR?, TRACTS, cfV.of the ci
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i390 LF.TT£R?, TRACTS, 'S'C.an cxp
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396 LETTrRS, TRACTS, IfV.college, t
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