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    blessings of peace . I will only add my earnest wish , that you may obtain all the success which your peaceable conduct and regard to the public good , I doubt not will merit . The following is , we believe * a complete catalogue of Mr . Wood ' s

    publins : j . The reciprocal duties of a Christian Minister and his Hearers . A Sermon preached before the Society of Protestant Dissenters at Mill-hill Chapel , in Leeds , May 30 , 1773 ; on occasion of his undertaking the pastoral office among them .

    % . Sermons on Social . Life , ( iz in number , ) 1775 . 3 . The Christian Duty of cultivating a soirit of Universal Benevolence amidst

    the present unhappy national hostiikies . A Sermon , preached July 4 , 1781 , at Bradford in Yorkshire ; before an assembly of Diss ' entirfg Ministers , and published at their request .

    4 . Two Sermons preached at Mill-hill Chapel , Leeds , on the celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Happy Revolution , 1788 . 5 . A Sermon , preached Sept . 7 , 1 794

    on occasion of the death of the Rev . W . Turner , more than 30 years minister of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters , in Westgate , Wakefield ; and published at their request . To which are added , Memoirs of Mr . Turner ' s

    Uifc and Writings . 6 . A Sermon , preached to a society of Protestant Dissenters , in the city of York , on Wednesday , Dec 31 , 1800 , immediately after the interment of the Rev . Newcome Cappe ; with an Appendix , containing Brief Memoirs of his Life .

    7 . A Sermon , preached at Mill-hill Chapel , in Leeds , on the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century , published at the request of the congregation . 8 . A Serrnony preached at Mill-hill Chapel , in Leeds , on the late day of Thanksgiving for the Restoration of Peace , published at the request of the

    congregation . 9 . A Sermon , preached April 22 , 1804 , at Mill-hill Chapel , Leeds , on tl ^ c death of the Her . Dr . Priestley * formerly minister of that Chapel ; published at the request of t-hc congregation .

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    10 . A Sermon , preached at Birmifrg * ham , June 9 , 1805 , at tfcfe Old Meet ing-house in the morning , and at the New Meeting house in the afternoon , in aid of a Collection for the Protestant Dissenting Charity-school , supported by their joint contributions . Sold at Birmingham , for the benefit of the charity .

    11 . Forms ? of Prayer for the use of the Protestant Dissenting congregation at Mill-hill Chapel , in JLeeds . Chiefly compiled from other Ikurgies * As we are persuaded that many of our readers will be pleased to see th * remarks on the publications of Mr , Wood , contained in the Memoirs and

    Obituary , ( before referred , to , } illustrated by specimens of his sentiments and style , we subjoin a few extracts * In tke Sermon on Universal Benevolence are some striking passages , which , if they had fallen under the notice of the

    amiable and spirited author of the History of the Abolition of the Slave-trade ' , would have certainly secured for our excellent friend a place among the forerunners in this great causs in his 3 d . chapter .

    The following passage , ( p . 15—26 ) is particularly striking . " The God who made the world and all things therein , hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on the face of the earth , and hath determined the bounds of their habitation . And can

    we suppose that the difference in situation which is entirely owing to his appointment , will justify a mutual jealousy and dislike ? What are the distinctions of European , Asian , African , or American , when set in competition with the feelings df universal humanity ? Is our goodwill to be bounded by rivers , mountains and seas ? Would a man have beexf entitled to our

    benevokace , if he had been born on this side a small navigable strait , and may we regard him as an enemf because his parents happened to jrcw de on the other ? Is a whole race of men to be made slaves at pleasure , because they have a black complexion and woolly hair ?

    May the banks bf the Ganges be lawfully made the scene of continual rapine merely because their inhabitants are peaceable and rich ? Is it a good reason tor depriving a people of their country , that they prefer hunting to agriculture , and had rather roam at large in a forest ,

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    S 9 S Additions iznd Corrections in f&tmtr Obituaries .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 398, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/46/