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    t he persons to whose service the following essay is devoted , and with whom chiefly I expect any good reception ; and with them I leave it , waiting for the blessing of heaven , to which I recommend it and them . "

    The friend , who preached Mr . Bennet ' s funeral sermon , por traying his devotional spirit , adds , " I have reason to sa }^ kis Christian Oratory / wherein you may observe much

    of the noble breathings or a pious soul winging for heaven , was only a transcript of his own , and the rules there laid clown were copied from his practice , " After Mr . Bennet t s death / Dr . Latham , of Sunderland , published , from the author ' s manuscripts , The second Part of the Christian Oratory ; or , the Extraordinary Devotions of the Closet displayed ; ' * 1728 . The discourses , which form this volume are , I . Of fastings . II . Of thanksgivings . HI . Of ejaculatory prayer . IV . Of joining in public prayer . y V . Of the unity of the church . VI . Of the exaltation of Christ . VII . Of receiving evil as well as good at the hand of God . VIII . Of charity . And the xiii . chap , of the ist Epistle to the Corinthians , paraphrased in blank verse by another hand . The two first discourses only had been

    coinpletely prepared for publication . They corresponded to the plan of devotion , which the author himself observed ; tor he kept days of fastings and thanksgivings , usually every month , and sometimes more frequently . At the conclusion of these solemnities , the Editor tells us , Mr . Bennet makes , sometimes , in his diary , these reflections : " No comforts like those of religion . I find it a great deal better to have my mind warmed and enlivened by serious prayer , than by any other means /'

    The two following discourses were annexed , because they had some affinity with the preceding subjects ; and were full of the same spirit of piety . The other sermons were added , because the Editor judged , that they well deserved to see the light . The " Christian Oratory" has many good quotations from modern authors , says Dr . Doddridge ; but it would have been an improvement of the work , if some of the specimens had been omitted , and the plan had been fully completed in a single volume . " * It has passed through various editions ; particularly the first part ; of which a large impression , sole * at a very reduced price , was printed at the expense of a society

    * Preaching Lectures , MS .

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    Memoirs of the Rev . Benjamin Bennet . 457

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1807, page 457, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2384/page/5/