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    the sakte of ^ gfabiisMng pattifctilar dogmas . Certainly it is m > t the nature of etivreal or moraf preaching to be dry . The genius of the

    iiki preateher ' , Wfid iri ft * e eoUrst of lt > ng life and sfcVvice rhky f > rd * fitably treat tibtfi oti riittur&t aiio ratit > nai , on revealed ind itistii

    preacher may make it so , and would impart the same quality to any ottter subject . What cart be less dry , or more interesting than tbe moral di&Cotirses of Bourn , Fawcett and Walker ? If such

    Writings as theirs present not good models for Christian * preaching , then the idea of the inconsiderate enemy to moral discourses might be adopted , that the serimnr on the mount Was wot & Christiatt

    on . If Mr . Wright mean , that Unitarian ministers in Lancashire and Cheshire have been accustomed to preach sermonfs on rhbral duties without enforcing them by

    Christian motives * or by reference to the instructions ^ character , and example of Jesus Christ , I must take the liberty of dissenting from bitti , and of concluding ; tliat he & « ' been mishiformed : But on

    this stibjefcfe , neither a negative , nor a positive c&rt easily be proved , unless by reference to discourses before the public * Should EnfWd s Sertfions ftfr the meof

    faittilies , appear m sotafre nleaSure to fall under Mr . Wright's censure , ( though surely , they ctttitiot justly be' called dry , and though tbfe strttfvct of oner is the exattfple of Jes ^ us Chrfe ^) airtpleaftnetfds 1

    Kave irtVdoubteicIfy been ' matle * by itliiny of hrs posthiiirious tiisCout ^ es , in whi ^ h passages from the gbspel are expounded and applied , atfd by the views vrhteh he has

    given ott tnfe difffeTewt sentilfnettt ^ of Christians as relating to tHt person and Offices of their m&itiift Itffmtti no nidral of reiigrOtis td ^ pics are xmfcuitable to th ^ Christ .

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    ruled religion , on the i ^ ule of life , or on the rule of faith , dti the duties of man to himself , t 6 his neighbour , arid tb his God , on the moral sense , and oti tH ^ Opathy , or the devout affectio n ^ , and on the religious doctrifaes ftf

    the Holy Scriptures . Surely all and every one of ttteise in tfcreft connexion and tkhdericy , as rfecotniriendipd by the motiVe ^ sadd * tions and examples 6 f the gospel , may justly be styled trtily evangelical doctrine .

    For relief to hifc mind at ai season of unmerited trouble , MV . Wddd , of Leexis , published a srif&ll vc > . Iuntte of sfefr ^ ons on tfi e s 6 b 11 rf dmies " , in Which tfte wdtd'ChVi ^ t may not occiir so often afc sOitie th

    rtirght wi ^ h . Yet ^ se" urtf n 6 t leiss Christian duties , b e < ratas # ttjkt epithet is not aiwayfc jxrefljced ; But , ' wtilst probably Mh Wbfod ^ sta - ted hearers cotrtd- easily repel the charge , that his sermons in general did not contain * ' the sentiments

    and language of the gospel , * or tittrt he did not " pl ^ fce evab ^ elical righteousness on evangelical principles , " it is well ktioVtf , that both Dr . Priestley aftd himself imagfned religious controversy

    better fitted for the lertUre-roopi ot the press , than for the pulpit .

    How fir they wei'fe right of ' WWng oh this subject is not ite question ^ but that on such octasroHs , ^ s 'they thought proper they spake duty aiid hevef withheld &y * dfsgt&teed ; the rti 6 st irigehuous ahJi" piaiirie ^ t d ^ laration of their thebW ^ ical . sctitiments cannot r ^ li ^ onl ^ be' de « nied :- i : •¦ - ' ; ' < 4 / " ¦• < M Wtfett abdut' tUe ixildM' * rtii

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    Sf 50 O * & Pa * s&g& irt Mfi WfigKCi jfo&rtiai .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 250, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/30/