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      vexation of spirit * , or with Addison ' s Cato , k q Lucius , I am sick of this bad world . " But I correct myself . Though such melancholy apprehensions may sometimes arise in a man ' s

      mind * and cast a gloom over it , yet it is extremely wrong to give way to them , or to suffer one ' s self to be influenced by them ; as they must necessarily have a tendency to check that spirit of general and ardent benevolence

      that a Christian ought to cherish . Such thoughts when indulged imply ingratitude to God , who is infinitely wise and good ; and are injurious to mankind , as they hinder a man from taking a

      sufficiently strong interest in their concerns , so as to act fyis part in society with vigour and alacrity . The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD ; he does not grieve willingly nor afflict the children of men . The means of happiness , at least of content and

      resignation , are in every mans power . Life accompanied with an ordinary share of health , and any tolerable means of subsistence , is a great and singular blessing , particularly to those who do not think it probable that there is anystate of conscious existence

      between death and the resurrection . Life is the accepted tirnd arjil the day of salvationj- ;—the time for securing the divine favour , being useful to mankind , overcomingvicious propensities , and layingm a stock of virtue and piety ,, which may stand us in stead hereafter . p $ al . cxv . 17 , 18 , "The dead praise not the LORD , . neither any that go down into

      si-• » ccles . i . 14 . f 2 Cor . vL £ , VOL . VI .

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      lence . But we will bless the LORD , from this time forth and for evermore . Praise the LORD . ** Ps . cv . 3 . u Glory ye in his holy name : let the heart of them

      rejoice that seek the LORD / ' Phil iv . 4 ? . " Rejoice in the LORD alway : and again I say , rejoice /' These are noble ar , d cheerful

      sentiments . They check the risings of chagrin and discontent , and spread a sacred serenity over the mind . The true Christian mediurra is , —n ' ot to be worldlyminded , nor over fond of life ;

      rior yet wantonly and ungratefully to despise its proper business , —nor even its sober satisfactions and innocent enjoyments . Intellectual and moral pleasures afford still Tiigher sources of delight ; and devotional feeling completes the pitch of human felicity * Phil . i . 21 . " For to me to live is Christ , and to die is gam /* says Paul , with exact propriety . A * rood man ought always to be ready to depart , and yet willing to wait the divine call .

      Father of Christ ! to thy sure hand , My health , my-breath , I-trust ; And my iiesh wails but thy command To drop into the dust . ' Psal . xxili . 1 ' xxiiL 23 to 26 . ' 1 Pet . l . 3 to 5 . Philadelphia , 25 th Oct . 1808 .

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      Historical Account of ths ^ Dissenting Congregation > Barnstaple , by Mr . Badcock ; ivub ' Pcti-ticulfirs of Mr . Badcocky by Mr . Manning . Exeter , March 27 , 1811 , Sir ,

      In the Supplement to the last Vol . of the Repository , ( p , 621— - 6 ^ 2 , ) Dr . Touknin obliged your readers with an amusing extract from the Historical Account ctf O rv

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      Wntorical Account of the Dissenting Congregation , Barnstapie . 201

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1811, page 201, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2415/page/9/