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    from religious virtue . If this be not xhe growth of it , our forefa - thers have struggled and bled in vain : and freedom of conscience is then an idle tale , an unmeaning sound . N .

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    Loyal Piety . Letter II . Sept . 13 , 1814 . Sir , The other discourse , of which I premised you some account * is

    & Comparatively juvenile performance of a man whose patriotism -rapidly improved into philanthropy , and who became justly venerated in his advancing years fpr high intellectual and moral attainments . The discourse has the fallowing title :

    44 Britain's Happiness , and the proper Improvement of it , represented in a Sermon , preached at Newington Green , Middlesex , on Nov . . £# , 1759 ; being the day

    appointed for a General Thanksgiving . By Richard Price . " The text is from Ps . cxlvii . 20 , ' ,. $ j&ieft the preacher considers as peculiarly applicable to Great ^ Britain at the Uate of his sermon .

    ContrastrjUg neighbouring countries , ^' . Avber- the noise and tuinult of vv ^ r fill every ear , " > vhere € 4 r ^ iitxibe ^ less innocent persons arp IjUj-yfin fcbm their hpyses and fa-Jnilie ? , and all that is dear tp

    ^ eiafi , " with his own , where they * " kqar indeed of the dreadful ca-^ mUies . ^ n d , desolations of ,-war , . tut only hear of them / ' he adds ,

    C , it not fpr the accpunts ^ ye /^ d and tl > e repoi ls cpnvtjy ^ e 4 to us , we should scarcely know . we . ^ r ^ ; € i > g ^ ged in vv ^ r . How great Ai >^ ylr ^ i * -tbw j -rHo tw jjiOMe

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    to be perverted to iJae . indufeence of a contentious and even sanguu nary spirit ? ha < d been a caution worthy of the preacher ; but jiq jealousy of his hearers upon tJbjs point appears , for he tljjjs proceeds :

    u Another part of our peculiar happiness , as a nation , is the plenty and opulence we enjpy . God has given us the appointed weeks of harvest . He has satisfied our poor with bread , and crowned our seasons with his goodness . We want nothing that can contribute

    to make us easy and happy , All the conveniences and erea the elegancies of life are poured upon us in the greatest profusion . Such plenty have we , that we help to feed and clothe othej nations . Such is our opulence , that there is not a kingdom upon earth which can in this respect be compared witii

    us . Notwithstanding all the drains of war , we feel no very sensible scarcity of any kind . Our wealth increases continually ; and it may be questioned whether any nation ever raised , with so much ease , such large expenees as have been laid out by this nation in the present war . Our commerce is extended from one end of the earth to the other .

    Our naval force is unrivalled . Our enemies dare not shew themselves before our fleets ; ,, and / we are acknowledged by all the world as the sovereigns of the sea . "" Pu . 5 , 6 .

    A gre ^ t ; paj : t of this passage conveys Jewish ratber than Christian ideas of prosperity , especially t ^ fi exuUatipn on the impcrium pete ? gi . tt is extraordinary that pious Gh ristiajns should erpploy l ^ pguage pa this subject which wig ^ t

    be expected from ope of the c ^ 7-dr * n $ f this xvoflfi , a Lord ffigh Acl ^ ni ^ al or a , tfreyiyer * Y ^ t in the case x > f Tyrus , the most analpgPMs to that of DriU ^ n whicfe the BiiJe contains , the yiqrcfahtqfihe pe ^ p k

    for 7 tyqiQL $ i $ le $ vvho w , ^ s made glorious in the midst of' the seas % , is not congratalatejgj , by thi ^ p ^ op h ^ t , o ^ ii his pr oucl rjre » emiaepce > ^ wkrnc ? d 6 ( ^ grq ^ p hjl ^ g fe * l * 0

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    614 toyal Piety .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/26/