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    versity oFopvnion which prevails among aW ^ ots . of y ^^ sti ^ fi ^ . reg ^ irdwi ^ . th ^ Smpofi ; u ^ 4 ec « l ^» 4 ing ff the Scripture , 'his dj ^ ersjty of opinion , no doubt , is peirnakted by « , I& 33 videace for good purposes : aaxpng others Ur may be interred % 9 f preserve , these hoiy records pure a * ij 4 UQcorrppted . t . 3 Che experience of eighteen centuries dearly shews bp , w

    apA n * en axe to ingraft upon them ideas and i interpretations foreign to . the proper ^ JLgnilication of the original language : l&ufc twe may also perceive thatiri conser quence o £ the strjet criticism to whicjh utey have been , constantly objected , th ^ y a re p ^ eser ^ ed tQ us in ,, a state of j * urity which no other , records qf the

    spoie standing can boast , of . . Kven if < & $ intention could be traced by our Jjrni t ^ d faculties in this dispensation of jPnQvidence , the existence of diversity ^> f upiniou being apparent , it must be aJlovved to-. Ve the , irnperative duty of -ajt Christianteachers to promote unijkrmtiy ; and if they . act from no motive

    but a Jove of truth s it is impossible , i $ iey > fw \ do . any harm * Indeed it is onJy by bringing all men to agree on % h& proper interpretation of Scripture , that the necessity for doctrinal preaching ca ^ be superseded- Until that happy pepiqd a ^ yive , our Saviour as well as

    all his aposUes clearly point out tQ , us both hy precept and example , the duty of controverting generally-received opinions , when they are in opposition to jthe promotion of true Christianity . < f Yfi have heard that it hath been said

    £ y them qf old , "— - — " But / say unto ^ on ^ , V- | t —» -th > s surely is controversial poaching , and the authority is un-4 ovibUid , . y'li i ^ trwe Xbat doctrinal preaching , lite ^ every talpnt entrusted to vis , may ie abused ; but the proper vse of it must Jbe left entirely to the discretion

    4 n . djucjgment of the individual who is called upon tp exercise it , J , t will ppt ^ osjy ver the purposes either of reli gion © r ^ mpirality ( if t&e ^ e be , a di ^ UrvQtion ) , tp ^ Mppresa it al togejtyer . Jipiay . ^ e done in . a ma ^ inex . the rwc ^ t conciiiiipn g ^ tke mofB ^ jnter ^ Uug , the most

    cp » vjncing . By ^ aps ; oi } t , the most - elevated devotjpn tP ,. God pn ^ y be excited ; the rnbst , eaV ^ g h te ^ . e ^ benevt ) - ^ lenpe | o maA may fawpiiQfrjfyi * to the WWi p lif ^ d ^ struc ^ n of £ y > r £ Irritable ^^ d te ^ efjg ^ uJl . feeJing , ^ n ^ a ^ } 6 \§ , of ^ Wif ^ . be Cultivated , which will ^ ru pii | ou ^ l y ^ reject all secxyidarv obj ^ ts tf ^^ j ^ auou ox pk w $ > * vnite 4 » e

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    mind is engaged in her cause alone : ail which beneficial consequences operating upon the minds 6 T men may , and ultimately must produce , effects of the highest importance to the present as \ veJl as the future happiness of the human

    race-Let Christians , therefore , stud y to cultivate the proper manner of discussing among themselves opinions upon which they * ' agree to differ ; ' * but let them not hurt the cause of truth by refusing their countenance to her vindication in every instance wljere they shall think she has suffered injury- N . B .

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    Jmr , Temple , Jan . , 181 7-^ l ^ HE following curious mor $ eau of JL pulpit eloquence may probably furnisn amusement to some of your readers . It is extracted from a small publication bearing the title of * ' Sermon preached in St . Giles Kirk , at Edinburgh , cprnmonly called Poc £ «

    manty Preaching , by Mr . JamesRoMr , sometime Minister of Strowan . " The tract is published without dat £ , but its contents appear to determine the time of i | is delivery from the puTpit . Jp be the year l 643 , when the sojenin league and covenant was framed ^ t Edinburgh by the persuasion ( aceonling to Hume ) of Sir Henry Vane , one of the commissioners from the English

    Parliament , then at open war with the misguided Charles . The text is from Jer- xxx . 17 , ** For I will restore health unto thee , and I Will lieal thee of thy wounds , s . aith the Lord ; because they called thee ^ n

    outcast , saying , this is Zion ,, whom no man seeketK after . " . The preacher thus opens and anatomises his subject . " I need not trouble , you much 1 $ y telling you wha ^ is meant ^ y ZiQn here ^ ye all ken it is the poor KirV Jbf Scotland : rbr the Kirk of Scotland

    is wounded in her h ^ ad , in her hanufs , ( n her heart and in her feet . First , in her head , in the ^ overnmi ^ ni ; ^ 4 ly » * her hands , In the discipHrie ; 3 dly , in he ^ f heart , as in the , doctrine ;

    4 thly , in her feet , as in the wd p sMj * . " Tjne fix ^ t c ^ f these general divbio ^ s was naturally susceptible ^ - of g ' ubdfivis ? 6 h , ind ' the " preacher displayed much , quaint ingenuity fn poinnrji ^ oift in wha ^ F p ? ts the Kirk hid beett affected iri each of her five sen 36 s , paTticularly iii that of hearing , « t ^ y

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    Curious Mor ^ eau Pulpit Kloquence . gg

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 99, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/35/