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 MY REVEREND BRETHREN, 
 
 1 HAVE not thought it expedient to publiih 
 the following Charge, in compliance with your 
 requeft communicated to me by Dr. . Stuart l . 
 but, thjit I may not fcem to neglcdk your wiflies, 
 I have caufcd a few Copies to be printed ; one of 
 whi|^wlll be prefentcd to each of you. i 
 
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 as a compofition. Wilhing to make myfclf, pre- 
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 prcfcnt ftate of this extenfivc Diocesf, I did not 
 
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 fubjcd dcfcrved. But for the principles which 
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 attention; And I pray God that it may minif- 
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 tibn and your ulcfulnei's. 
 
 I am, my Reverend Brethren, 
 
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 CHARGE. 
 
 MY REVEREND BRETHREN, 
 
 When I look to the fmall mimbcr aflcm- 
 hlcd upon this occafion, ami confidcM- the length of 
 way which fomc of yoiu have travelled, I have 
 need of rcfledion to fatisfy me refpeding the 
 propriety of caUing you together. But reflec- 
 tion convinces me of the expediency, indeed of 
 the obligation, of adhering, in oui^ pra<^ice, to 
 thofe venerable Iiillitutions of our Church, to 
 which, among other advantages, ii^wes both the 
 excellency of its order, and the ftability of its 
 difcipline. Forms of this kind arc not empty 
 and unmeaning ceremonies; they are not the work 
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 omitted upon a former occafion this branch of my 
 : proper funaions, and Uiat I do not impofe what 
 I have not been wilHng more than to iharc with 
 you, there will be found no reluaance to the per- 
 formance of this cflential, and indifjpenlable part 
 of your duty. , - 
 
 The view that I have jufl: taken of the Coun- 
 try, and of the fituation of the Clergy, in the 
 different parts of the two Provinces, as it could 
 not but increafe the ftrong fei>fe I entertain of the 
 imperfba and very inflifficient ftate of our Efta- 
 blilhment; fo has it imprefled my mind with a re- 
 newed and lively feeling of the difficulties and dif- 
 comforts to which you are individually fubjeaed. 
 
 ' Different obftacles to the attainment of that 
 confideration in Sgcicty, to which you are juftly 
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 Miniftry, 
 
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 which I truft you have ferioufly at heart, na- 
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 which you arc refpcdivcly placed. 
 
 The iiljnbcrs of the RomiQi Church, from ^ 
 whom we muft not exped a fair and candid ex- 
 amination pf the points of difference between us, 
 confiderus as Schifmatics, vicious in belief, and 
 erroneous in pradice; endeavouring to propagate 
 Herefy, and fubvert the only tme meifv of Sal- 
 vation that is offered to mankind/ uW'ith them 
 therefore it muft always be difficult fo^ lis to ob- 
 tain that rcfpcdl and confideration, which they 
 think due to the Minil^rs of what they cfleem 
 the true and Catholic Religion. 
 
 The Proteftant Se6iarics, on the contrary, con- 
 fiderus, as they do the members of the Church 
 of Rome, as ftill the flavcs of authority, and the 
 advocates of^ corruption ; as enemies to free- 
 dom of opinion, and to Religious liberty; gq- 
 verned by puerile fuperditions, and devoted to 
 uncffential forms: Neither, therefore, can we ex- 
 pe61: from them that degree of ellimation, which 
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 ing, better information, and more unbiijiiTed judg- 
 ment, might corrc6t the opinion, and fubdue 
 the prejudices of both parties; and ihew them 
 the real excellence of the Church of England, 
 happily placed, in the true medium, between 
 extravagant, and dangerous extremes. 
 
 But induftry in enquiring^ and candor in de- 
 ciding, are qualities, unhappily, as rare, as they 
 are precious: And as it 'is impoflible to en- 
 tertain any reafonable hope of a fuddcn change 
 of opinion in our - favour, Ave have only to 
 
 confider, how, though we cannot remove the 
 
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 prejudices, we may yet foften the afperity of 
 
 thofe who are oppofed to us. 
 
 Permit me, therefore, my Reverend Brethren, 
 to obferve to you the efl'ecl: which the obfer- 
 vation and experience of thefe prejudices in the 
 minds' of others,^ ought in all reafon, to have 
 
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 ritable and liberal principl^ of thinking, and 
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 Secondly, they fliould generate that noble and 
 dignified ambition, which afpircs "to overcome 
 "evil with good ;** to difiirm enmity, by a gen- 
 tle and. conciHating demeanour, by ti corrcd: and 
 blamelefs behaviour: to enforce refpe^l .by the 
 exercife of more confpicuous prudence, mbrc en- 
 lightened piety, aiid more unwearied zeal : In a / 
 word, to add to fuperior knowledge, Ipperior 
 goodncfs; to convince by the foundrtefs of 
 your reafoning, thofe who cannot be won ; 
 and to win by the kindnefs of your deport- 
 ment, tliofe who will not be convinced^ 
 
 As in the various modifications of tl^c hu- . 
 man mind varieties of opinion will incVitably 
 arife upon every queftion that can be prOpofed 
 to the human underftanding, nothing can be 
 more palpably unreafonable and abfurd, than to ' 
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 pc'rfecute and hate each other, becaiife we dif- 
 fer, more widely than we need to do, upon 
 points, where it is fcarcely poflible that we 
 fliouldall think exaaiy ajikc ; and where it is to 
 be prefumed, or at leaft to be hoped, that we all , 
 endeavour to tliink as rightly as weVcan: As 
 from the condition of our nature, wc are all 
 liable to error, nothing can be more prcpofter- 
 ousj than to condemn men without mercy,; 
 merely becaufe wc are purfuaded that they err* 
 A" truly philofophic and well jgovcrned 
 mind, adheres to its opinions with firmnefs, be- 
 eaufi it has adopted them upon fair examin-^ 
 atior , and with proper' caution ; but adheres to 
 then L ' without obftinacy, becaufe it is nCver- 
 thelJfs confcious of fliaring this univerfal lia- 
 
 " bility to error. It is prepared to liftcn patiently, 
 and jwith candour, to all that can be adyanc-^ 
 ed in favour of an oppofite perfuafion : and 
 
 v however diftinaiy perceiving fallacy in argu- *• 
 ment, or preverfity in judgment, never loTes 
 
 'fight of Chriftian forbearance, nor treats its ad- 
 verfary with afperity or contempt. . On the 
 contrary, they who take up opinions upon 
 
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 paffion, or paflivcly fubmitting to the aiiiho- 
 rity of others, — \Vho cbufe without cnqinry, 
 and decide without knowledge; thcfc pcrfons 
 are dways moft finilly fixed in the notion of 
 their own infallibility, and moft inacccflibic ta 
 every fpecies of argument: Nothing is fo ob- 
 ftinate as ignorance. • 
 
 Upon thefe principled, in which -I am pcr- 
 Tuaded, you will petfecSlly agree with me, you 
 will found a Tyftem 6f apndu61: at onCc con- 
 filiant with jt juft attachment to Our Church, 
 and a ftcady endeavotir to maintain, in all their 
 integrity, her WorOrip and her Difcipline; and 
 with that due degree of Chriftian benevolence, 
 that liberal indulgence, and that exemplary mo- 
 dcration^ Avhich leave to others the free exer- 
 cife of their own judgment, and which may be 
 difpofed, in all things not cflcntial, to com- 
 promife even with their pi^cjudiccs. 
 
 VWjlUtever difficulties may arife iii the dif- 
 
 cBatge df your dtity, from the prefeht imper- 
 
 ifea? %:e of otir Eftablifhmcnt, on the one 
 
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 lumd, or from the variety of Religious per- 
 fuafions, and the clalliing Scds with which you 
 arc furrounded, on the other, the greatell and 
 moft formidahlc enemy tliat you have to en- 
 counter, is that daring fpirit of Infiddity, which, 
 anfuming the name, .and degrading the charac- 
 ter of PlUlofophy, arrogates to itfelf the cxclu- 
 five privilege, of enhghtening, and perfcding 
 
 the human race. 
 
 The modes of attack upon the Church of 
 England which have Been adopted, are various 
 anid oppofite; and fuch as demand the moft 
 unremitted vigilance, and the moft lleady exer- 
 tion, on the part of her defenders. You cap- 
 not therefore be too. much upon your guard 
 againft them* ' 
 
 • They who teach tliefe impofmg doannes, pof- 
 " fefs advantages which it is, in many cafes, very 
 difficult for us to countervail. They who at- 
 tack, have always the advantage of thofe who 
 defend, they who objed to any feries of ar- 
 guments, or fads, have a much eafier office than 
 they who undertake to vindicate, and fupport^ 
 
 ^ them. 
 
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 fupport 
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 ^ them. Men arc much more A-cailily induced to 
 place iinplicit confidcHice in th^ force of tlieir 
 own underilandings, to rejccl all rcllralnt x»s op- 
 preflive. to refifl: all authority as a violation of 
 natural liberty, to follow the guidance of rca- 
 fon, as the folcaybiter of right and wrong, to 
 yield to thQs4mpulies of pallion, as to the pro- 
 per fprings of adljon, bnplanted by nature hcr- 
 felf, than-— perfuaded /to admit that they are 
 weak, and blind,' and corrupted creatures, tliat 
 of themfelves they can do nothing, that due 
 fubmiflion to cliablilhed ^ authorities, and rever- 
 ence for " the Powers that be," is among their 
 primary duties, that their reafon is a very fal- 
 lible guide, that they ft^nd in need of better 
 diredion, to lead them in the paths of fecuri- 
 ty and peace, that humility, meeknefs, and long 
 fuffering, are qualities that ennoble, and exalt 
 their nature, that felf denial^ is the corner (lone 
 of the fabrick of* human virtue, aiid that their 
 only .true wifdom confifts, in reftraining the im- 
 petuofity of their paflions, and fubmitting the 
 pride of their reafon, to the Law and Will of 
 
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 jcft^ Every pcrfon knows how much more ac- 
 ceptable (with the bulk of mankind,) is flat- 
 tery, than reproof: how much more welcome 
 he who would ifoothc the vanity of the heart, 
 than he, who would corredits depravity. 
 
 Muft wc then fink under the prcfllirc of thefe 
 diflicultiesj and difcouragemcnts ? ShalJ our zeal 
 in the caufe of truth, give way to a pufillani- 
 mous defpondency ? Shall we make no ^ffort to 
 ftem the torrent which threatens to pvei^ 
 ys ?— I hope better things from you my Reverend 
 Brethren, who, I truft, are duly prepared, *Vto 
 " fight the good fight of faith.'* 
 
 The energies of aywell conftruded, and well 
 regulated mind, rife with the difficulties that 
 oppofe it. In^the condud of human affairs, the 
 brave and the generous never feel their ardour 
 more animated, or their powers more aaave^ 
 than when they are placed in fituations of 
 more than ordinary difficulty and danger: In 
 many inflances, they are known to covet fuch 
 iituations^ that they may find occafion ntor^ 
 
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 clcomc 
 heart, 
 
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 )fthcfe 
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 LiJillani- 
 ifFort to 
 rwhelm 
 evcrend 
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 • ardour 
 
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 jer: In 
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 con« 
 
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 confpicuoufly to difplay thc^ 7.cul vith which 
 tlicy arc iiifpu'cd, to carry into viXct\ loinc grca^ 
 and hiudablc undertaking, and to entitle thein- 
 , fclvcs at once to reputation and regard. In the 
 cxcrcife of your Divine Ollice, there are mo- 
 tives for exertion of infinitely greater ft)rte, 
 there arc encouragements to prefervance, of tn- 
 fmitely greater power and worth, than any that 
 can attach to merely temporal, and fecular con- 
 cerns. They who contend for the eternal in- 
 ter ejls^^i their fellow creatures, Ihould finely, 
 under the moft accumulated diilieulties, fuller 
 no abatement of then- ditlbui-; They who in 
 the conflid in which they arc engaged, can look 
 up, with lledfaft hope, to the aid of an Al- 
 mighty Power, Ihould feel, furely, no diminu- 
 ation of their confidence, or courage. Of all 
 men living, the fervants and foldiers of Jefus 
 Chrift, have moft reafon for confidence and cou- 
 rage; moft reafon for loyaky, and attaGhment 
 to their Mafter; moft reafon to be indefatigable, 
 4p fearlefs, .«> the caufe of their leltow crea- 
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 tancc and fiipport, you mull nevcrthelefs ex- 
 ert your own ilrength to tlwi utnioft ; and avail 
 yourfclves of every help, that induftry, adivity^ 
 and circumfpcdlion, can fupply, not only \ to 
 make good your defence, but to be " more than 
 " Co>iquerors " in the caufc of truth. f 
 
 As knowledge is rio Iwigcr given by immc- 
 ' diate infpiration, the defe£l mull, as far as it 
 can, be fupplied by human learning. If you 
 would confute gainfayers, if you afpire to con- 
 vince the infidel, you mud yourfclves be maf- 
 ters of your argument, " Workmen who need 
 "not be alhamed, rightly dividing the word of 
 ' « truth." ' r " ' ♦ ' - . 
 
 I need not remind you, how neceflary it is 
 that you be well acquainted with the flatc of 
 the world antecedent to the Chi:iflian Difpenf- 
 ation; that you go deeply into the hiflory of 
 the different Schools of Philofophy ; and explore 
 the different tenets whijch they held; the dif- 
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 There is nothing that Co nilkingly, and f(» 
 completely, llicws the infudicicncy of li|ii!naii 
 reafon, and the necelVity of Divine Revelation, 
 as the extravagant, and contradidory opinions, 
 entertained hy the wlfcfl and moll learned oF the 
 Heathen Sages, refpeding the Deity; and the 
 fruitlefs efforts, by whieh they attempted to 
 developc His Nature, and their own: There 
 is nothing that (liews this mort flrongly, than 
 the total ignorance upon thefe points, the 
 grofs, and barbarous fu peril it ion s^t,he Ihocking 
 and abominable corruptions,, of Ine' great malV 
 of the p>?ople, who conllituted thofe Empires, 
 which have been the wonder, and admiration 
 
 of the world. I 
 
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 To knowledge of this defcription, mud be 
 added, an intimate acquaintance, and familiar 
 converfe with the Evidences of the Truth of our 
 Holy Religion. • ': ^ 
 
 To the particular fources from which this 
 neceffary knowledge is to be derived, it is nei- 
 ther neceffary, nor indeed proper, Upon the 
 prefi^t occafion> that I fliouM point your at- 
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 tcnlioti ny the judgment ««n^ 
 fomc whom I fee among yQ|», llRiglii «]Jyfelt be 
 inlhuacd: Aiul the many, admirable pubUcalion. 
 will, h the exigencies of the times have called 
 f,„li.. from the Clergy of th<* Church of Eng- 
 Tand, wuflr tc too well known, even to the 
 youfllMl among you, to need any particular 
 enumeration from me. I muft however .ndulgc 
 my own feelings, by a particular mention of 
 the acute, and perfpicious Palcy; and of the ve- 
 nerable and amiable Porteus: and by referring 
 thofe who win. for fuller information upon 
 thefe points, to ^Jatt very valuable work of 
 the%amed »"<> JMi. ^''^ of ^mcoln. 
 
 That many fefTCT fo«nd footing in this 
 
 Infant Diocefe, that itinerant Teachers of * 
 
 . very denomination have met a welcome recep. 
 
 Sion from the pco^Je. (and mo«= cfpee.ally^ 
 
 ■the Upper-Province) is. no doubt, m a grea 
 
 meafure to be afcribed to the yet infufHcient 
 
 rf of our EftabUlhment; and « the pauaty 
 
 ofWlar Minifters of our Church: but the 
 
 boldnefs with which error is propagated, and 
 
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 the rapidity with which it fprc 
 nothcr, and a mod prolific fourcci i% the 
 dical dcfc£t of knowledge in thofc fclf-appoint- 
 cd Teach<?r8,, who ovcrrvfi the Country ; 
 in the idle curiofity • aill cafy credulity, 
 thofc who hear them. 
 
 A great deal more is^ iKcclTary to the d 
 underllanding of Writings o( fo remote a da^ 
 as the Scriptures of the Okl and New Tella- 
 mcnt, than many people will readily imagine. 
 Not to fpeak o^ the neceditf of poHining the 
 learned languages, — with whkli few of thcfe 
 perfons, I believe, pretend to have any iicquain- 
 tance, — in thc^ beautifully funiile, and lucid Icf- 
 fons, even of our Saviour Hinfclf, ther^^^v arc 
 perpetual allufions to the Religion, the Laws, 
 the Hiftory, the Government, tJhe Manners, the 
 Cuftoms, the Traditions, the Cotruptions, of the 
 Jewiih Nation; to their domeftic Habits, their Cli- 
 mate, the natural Produdlions of their Country; 
 without fomc knowledge of which, the expoun- 
 der of the Gofpels will find himfelf frequently 
 perplexed. But to the undeirftanding of the E- 
 
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 fcopc of information is necef- 
 only with the Hiftory of the 
 that alfo of all the Nations 
 which the e^rly Churches were planted, that 
 the Teacher of the Chriftian RcUgion Ihould 
 be intimately acquainted. He fhould know the 
 modes of BcHci^, the fpccies of Idolatry, the na- 
 ture of the anteriour Corruptions, the charac- 
 ter of the lublequent Herefies, conneaed wit|. 
 •rfie condition of thefe Churches feyerally ; ani 
 confequently, the Errors of different dercripti- 
 ons, the Deviations from the true Faith, of 
 greater or lels obliquity, which It was the ob- 
 jea: of the refi5c6live wnters, to oppofc and 
 
 corredl. : 
 
 Without this preliminary knowledge, the 
 
 Writings of St. Paul, in particular, are in a 
 
 great degree unintelligible ; and become the 
 
 . ground, in the hands of prefumption and fanati- 
 
 cifm, of endlefs, and moll pernicious error. 
 
 Even by the confeflion of an Apoftle of our 
 
 . Lord Himfelf, there are in 'thefe Writings, 
 
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 "who arc unlearned, and unltablc, wrcft^ as 
 " they do alfo the other Scriptures, to ^hcir 
 "own deftrudion." The Apollle fpcaks of 
 what adually exifted when he wrote ; biit, it is 
 highly probable, with a prophetic allufion to 
 that future period, when, from the lapfe of 
 time, with increafihg diflicultics in the Writ- 
 iilgs thcrnfelves, and nccclVarily .with more im- 
 perfect information in thofe who fliould intcr- 
 .(jpret them, the danger of wrcfting them to de- 
 ftruCtive purpofcs, muft inevitably be incrcafed. 
 
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 Yet thcfe arc the very Writings, upon which 
 
 thie moft inexperienced, and illiterate Teachers, 
 take upon them peremptorily to decide: from 
 thefe, with a bold and unhcfitating fpirit of in- 
 terpretation, they draw the Icadiaig: Dodrincs, 
 upon which, according to them, Redemption 
 exclufively depends: upon thcfe they found 
 their infallible fyftem of faving Gofpcl ' Faith, 
 and genuine Chrillian prad-ice. The Mechanic 
 deferts his occupation, the Artificer throws a^ 
 way his tools, and fteps forth from his Ihop, 
 a fearlcfs, and as he conceives, unerring expofi- ^ 
 
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 ' tor, of that which nothing lefs than direA 
 and immediate Infpiration, can make it poffible 
 for him to underftand. He handles without 
 doubt, or caution, thofe abftru|te doarines, 
 which the learned and the wi|^^ not pre- 
 (ume to touch, but with reverfen^, and diffi- 
 dente ; he deals around his cenfures upon all • 
 regular Teachers, and* all authorized Divines ; 
 and openly claims to be the only true Ex- 
 pounder of the vital Gofpel; the only Evan- 
 gelical Preacher of the Word of Life !— Unhap- 
 pily he obtains too eafy. ctcdit: the folly, and 
 arrogance of his pretcnfions, are, if poflible, ex- 
 ceeded by the credulity, and dupery, of the 
 unhappy, and deluded people ,who attend him. 
 
 4l6w you Ihall beft withftand this increafing^ 
 * evil, how beft lecure your people againft the 
 ■ {hare that is thus fpread for them, is a quef- 
 ; tion well worthy of ferious attention. Not by 
 perfecution or oppreflion, certainly ; not by ir- 
 ritatibn and enmity ; not by unqualified con- 
 tempt^ Far other methods will become your 
 chara£ler ; and it is from far other methods; 
 that you mull ultimately hope for fuccefs. 
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 j^s mueh to be correclecl, the wilell, aiui the 
 -fafcil Avay, is,' always to hcgui, by exainhiijig, 
 and coneding ourlelves. • 
 
 Let lis therefore, in the lirll place, endea- 
 vour to difcover, how 'far the evil under our 
 confideration, may, in any degree, be attribu- 
 table to tbe condua oF the regular Clergy ; and 
 how far it may^ be ultimately eorrecled, by 
 any alteration in that condud. ^ 
 
 - Wc all know the progrels that in the times 
 
 which followed the Reformation was nvadc hy 
 
 thofe principles, and that mode of thinking, 
 
 and- aaing, which was denominated Puritanical: 
 
 Avc. know the cxeefs to which thele things were 
 
 punied, and the confec^uqjKCS by which they 
 
 were fbllowcd. We yet l^e theO: principles, 
 
 alive and adive, in l\)me parts of^hc world: 
 
 and have opportunities of obierving them at 
 
 no great diftance from us. 'Hie diigull >vhich 
 
 # they occafioned, in the minds of many^ and 
 
 the alienation froui mic piety, which followed 
 
 that diiguft, need not be pointed out to your 
 
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 ' reeolIc<^K)n. All that I am npw concoi'ncd to 
 remark to you, is, thd cflbd; that the obterva- 
 tion of that difgull produced, upon fomc, among 
 tliofe of our Clergy who adhered to a fyltem 
 v/hich they conceived to be at once more fuit- 
 ed to the Word, and Will of God, and. to the 
 prefcnt, and future happinefs, of his creatures. 
 
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 -. Defirous of receding, as ' far as they con- 
 
 vejiiently could, frbm the repulfive dodrines, 
 and tl)e rigcd difcipline of the Puritans, they 
 overlooked, or overleaped the line marked out v 
 by prudence, and propHety. They rulhed to 
 the contrary extreme. Do<El:rinal prdaching 
 fell almoft into difufc with them : and learned, 
 and logical, aad purely argumentative, moral dif- 
 quifitions, generally fuccceded. A correfponding 
 .error took place in mamiers. Liberality, de- 
 generated into laxity* Eager to retreat from 
 the four fe verity, and unbending llifFnefs, which 
 tliftinguilhed the Puritans, they, in fad, gradu-*^ 
 ally deferted to the ranks of the world. Dread- 
 ing the imputation of cant and hypocrify, they 
 ceafed almoft entirely to introduce into their 
 converfation topicks of piety, and devotion : and 
 
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 fearful of being thought awkward iiieumbianca 
 upon fociety, or of being ihunncd as rigorous ccn- 
 fors of gaiety, they imperceptibly tiicUed them* 
 , felves down into the common mafs ; and were 
 cafdy led not greatly to difcountenance the idea, , 
 that whatever rnpdes of life, M'hatever recrea-u^ 
 tions, amtifi^mcnts, pleafures, were allowed to o- 
 ther men, might juflly be confldered as allow- 
 able alfo to the Clergy. The fence was broken 
 down, the feparation forgotten, the diflindion 
 
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 This, my Reverend Brethren, was a fatal cr- . 
 ror. This opened the way to innumerable a- - 
 bufes, to mifchievous levities, to degrading com- 
 pliances, to general dillipation, to the lofs of 
 reverence, pf cmifidence, of elleem. 
 
 The opportunity was not ncgle6led, by the ad- 
 verfaries of the Elfabliilunent. Labourers of va- 
 rious denominations, foon ftepped into the har- 
 ' veft ; which the regular, » and domellic fervants, 
 of the Gf eat Mafter, had thus, in many places, 
 thrown open for their reception: fomc, no . 
 doubt, fmcere' enthufiafts, fome intcrefted pre* 
 
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 V tenders, fome xlefigniiig hypocrites. Here you 
 "^fiad " zeal without knowledge,'* there acutencls 
 vvithout honefty. fhp Hieep of Chriil were di- 
 vided between bUnd guides, who led t hem into 
 ll ' wide and endlels wanderings from the • fc)ld j 
 
 ^^^^ ahd^rtful diflemWers, who had no other objed, 
 'but to enrich thcmfiilves by ilia ring the fleece. 
 While the true Shepherds too often ilunibered 
 at their polls; or were dcter|:cd^ by fallc Ibame, 
 .from evincing to the world, their ' fuperior qua- 
 • lifications, for the duties of their Oflice. 
 
 Something of the lam^^^^ngs, and of A- 
 mllar conducl", modified according to the alter- 
 atioiv of times, and circumiftances, it is to be 
 ; O^ared, iliU exifls among us. 
 
 ' The' difl;ortion which has been given tp the 
 
 fimplb graces of Golpel Truth, by the violent, 
 • and er«j[ig zeal of modern Enthufiafts ; and thc^ 
 extravagant, and outrageous mode of declama- 
 tion, which they have .dignified with the |>ame 
 ■ - of Evangehchl Preaching • their pretenfions to 
 fuperior landity, to exclufive illumination, to 
 ' deding grace, in {birie cafes to immediate in- 
 
 ^ . Ipiration, 
 
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fpiration, have created difguft, in men of fobcv 
 minds, and found underftandings, of genuine 
 humility, and unaffecled piety, which has too 
 often driv^ them, unawares, to the contrary 
 extreme. ^ . . ; , 
 
 For fear of being thought Methodiits, they - 
 have fcarcely ventured to appear Religious. 
 Shrinking from the imputation of Fanaticifm, 
 they have fometimes incurred that of ii>c)iffer- 
 encc. Obferving the mifchiefs of afcribing every 
 thing to the efficacy of Faith, they have aliho(t 
 feemed to afcribe every thing to the efficacy of 
 works. And left they fliould be thought to afled, 
 the violence and rant of the Conventicle, they have 
 funk into a: cold, and dry, and Hfclcfs, mode of 
 preaching ; neither calculated . to exite attention, 
 nor to imprefs conviction on the heart. Their 
 ' difcburfes too, correal in language, clear in ar- 
 rangement, conclufive in argument, have yet 
 been but too often little more than ingenious; 
 Eflays upon the nature of virtue, and the true 
 chara<^er of morals ; overlooking in a great mea- 
 
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 and charadcriftic Dodrines of Chrijlianity, / 
 
 Thefe, my Brethren, arc general obfervations. 
 tt is my earneft hope that they are not, and 
 never will be, juftly applicable to us. Unin- 
 fluenced by any exteriour circumftances, you will, 
 I trurt, feel it to be your duty to preach the 
 
 entire Gofpel of Jcfus Chrift : to withhold from 
 
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 the people nothing that can augment their 
 knowledge, or increafe their faith ; that can con- 
 tribute to their edification, or to their inltruc- 
 tion ill rightcoufhels. 
 
 Our Bleflcd Saviour did not conic into the 
 ivorld as a mere Lcdturer in morals. He did 
 indeed teach a more pure and perfca: morali^ 
 ty, than the world had hitherto known : He 
 made men better acquainted with the Nature 
 and Attributes of the Supreme Being : He 
 brought life and immortality to. light :— Tiiefe 
 were great and glorious difcgveries : — But this 
 was not the whole, nor the principle 6f the ad- 
 vantages derived from His appearing in the 
 flefh. Man was a fallen, a finful, a corrupti^d 
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creature. Of what avail wits it- to liiin, who 
 was the flavc of irrcgidar appetites, and iniperi* 
 OU8 paffions, to have a degree of purity and 
 fandity pointed out to his ohfervatlon, which 
 his feeble powers, and degradctl propcnfities, 
 made' it utterly impolliblc for him to attain? 
 How was he benefitted by a fupcriour . know- 
 ledge of the Attributes of Cod, when that know- 
 ledge could only fcrve to (licw hini to liiinfclf 
 as the objed of a jufl; indigiiation to the Molt 
 High? What conifort was he to derive from 
 the prbfped of an eternal exiftance, when his 
 own confcience allured him, that he was en- 
 titled only to endlcfs mifcry and ruin? 
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 No, it is not by this part of the Chriftian 
 fcheme alone, great and glorious as it is, that 
 the fmner is to be " convcrtcth from the crror 
 ** of his ways ;" that the corrupted mind ij> 
 "renewed unto Holinefs ;" that "the contrite 
 "and broken heart is bound up, and healed;" 
 that faith, and hope, fpring up in the borom ; 
 and charity, purity, and fandity, follow in the 
 condud/and pradice, and bear fr^^iit unto lilt 
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 which Icadcth to repentance ;"j^f thc^ Atonement 
 made for tlic fins of the pcni^nt, by the Blood 
 of Chrift; of the aOUlance ol;>the Holy Ghoft, 
 to guide us into^all truth, and fandify us in 
 ^eart and life; to fupport us under jdiflicultics, 
 to purify us By trials^ to ' raifc us, after kpfes 
 and errors; thefe, arj^'-the peculiar and charac- 
 teriftic doOrines . of Chriftianity ; which alone 
 can give men confidence towards God ; which, 
 through all 'ages, have been the„ comfort" of the 
 penitent, the joy of the pious, the ftrcngth of 
 the weak, the folace of the mifcrable: This is 
 the Gofpel which was preached to the poor; 
 thajt is, to the great bulk of mankind: this it 
 is, to which they will liften with eagernefs, 
 which they will follow with gladncfsi, to which 
 alone they will cleave, with the fondncfs of a 
 
 determined, and a fettled aftedion. 
 
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 Thcfe ^ Dodrincs, therefore, it will become 
 
 You to endeavour to refcue from the difgrace, 
 
 and contempt, which has been brought upon 
 
 them, by the wretched cant of illiterate Enthu- 
 
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 fiufts, and the wild raving.^ of dcfigning hypo- 
 crites. To rcfcuc them, — not hy leaving thcni 
 to cold ncglc^l, and endeavouring to Aipply 
 their place by lledtures, merely moral, which fct 
 before the pcyple, in a feries of learned argu- 
 ment, the relative and focial duties of the maui and 
 the citizen ; but by freeiTig them from tliat op- 
 proBrious mafs of errors, with which ihcy have 
 unhappily been mixed up; and bringing them, 
 in their original ftrength and i)unty, home 40 
 the underftandings, and the hearts of your 
 people. 
 
 By You, my Reverend Brethren, I cannot 
 poflibly be millaken. — By You it will not be 
 imagined, that I am depreciating the moral pre- 
 cepts of the Gofpel ; or difpenfing with the nc- 
 ceflity of good works : You will underlland 
 mc to mean, that, though deji- mud be Ihong- 
 ly, and incclfantly inculcated^ as eHential to 
 Salvation, yet, that the ckSfrims to which I 
 have alluded, muft lay the fn^m foundation of 
 tlie Chriftians faith, and hope.— Separated, nei-- 
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 coveries, and the peculiar dodrines of ChrilUanity, 
 
 have tlicir due pTacF and o^Srr thciy^ juff and 
 fit proportion, in the Difcourfcs which you ad-' 
 drefs to your people; and, unlefs my obferva- 
 tidn have greatly deceived me, one caufe, at 
 leaft, of the defertion of the Church, fo^ the 
 Conventicle, vv^ill be entirely removed. /^ 
 
 Nor will any power of argument, any force 
 of evidence, have greater probability of operat- 
 ing the converfion of the Infidel himfelf, than 
 thefe awakening and confoling Dodrines ; fo 
 fuited to our nature, fo adapted to our wants, 
 fo refrefhing to the heart, opprefled by cala- 
 mity, corroded by anxiety, or agonized by rfe- 
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 preaching will have little cHc^ : 1 mean, the 
 unfpotted purity of your omq condu^ ; tliU 
 fani^ity df your own life.— If you would fuc- 
 cefsfully preach t he Q ofpel to otlicr^, y^u irmft 
 feci its vital energy within your own hearts : 
 if you .would excite >devotion in their brealls, 
 il muft firft be kindled in your own: if you 
 wboM cflre^Vually Enforce the moral precepts, of 
 your Mafter, you mull not fail to fecojid your 
 .iinftrudlions, by the powerful influence of your 
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 .^not as^^doubting your piety, or difcretioti^s— ; 
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 fortunatfc error, by which fomc of our brethren 
 have been induced to believe, that; they were 
 recommending the Gofpel of Chrift to. .better 
 acceptation among hien, — -obtaining greater con- 
 fideration and regard to their own perfons,^ — 
 and paving the way for more effedual fuccefs 
 in their Miniftry,-— by -^breaking through, in a 
 great meafure, all thofe-diftinctions, andreftraints, 
 by which the wifdom of our anccftors had en- 
 deavoured to fet apart, and feperate the Clergy, 
 as a body disjund from the Laity, in the 
 Church ;-^to conceive, I fay, that they fhould 
 effeA this, by accommodating themfelves to the 
 general manners, and mixing, altogether, in the 
 common mo^es, and ordinary amufcments, of 
 
 If we confider, for a ^moment, the Characier, 
 2in^ Office^ oi ^ Minifler,, oi the GOSPEL of 
 JESUS CH/JJ6T, we cannot fail to be ftrick- 
 en with furprife, ar\d concern, at f^ fuperficial, 
 and fo erroneous a tonclufion !— -What, indeed, 
 is the end of your Qommiflipn?— You are plac- 
 ed^ as it were, between God, and the world ;— 
 
to call men's attention and affections from things 
 on the earth, and fix them on the things that 
 are in Heaven :— Would this bell be done, 
 by proving to every obfervcr, that earthly 
 things are the things of yomi own moll carncfl 
 purfuit ? — You are to exort them "not to love 
 " the world, neither the things that are in the 
 « world :— " would this bell be affccSled, by mani- 
 fefting to all men, that you dearly love thofc 
 things yourfelves ?— rYou are to preach repen- 
 tance, felf denial, newnefs of life, a fubjugati^ 
 on of appetite and paflion, and a flri£l regard 
 to the cultivation of the pure, and fpiritual 
 principle within :— would this be mod fUccefs- 
 fuUy performed, by indire6lly countenancing the 
 things that fhould be repented of ;^and by 
 {haring in every fenfual indulgence, which the 
 received ctiftoms of civilized fociety, do not di- 
 redly coijtdemn ?— You are to endeavour to 
 wean them from vanity and folly, from an in- 
 ordinate love of pleafure, and a too eager pur-' 
 fuit of wealth -.—would you be mofi happy in 
 this endeavour, by partaking their diflipations, 
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 niufements, by indulging an idle ambition to 
 fupport the reign of gaiety, and difRife the in- 
 fluence of mirth, on the one hand,— or, oh the 
 other, by proving that, in a perfect compre- 
 henfion of your own worldly interefts, and an 
 acute attention to their- advancement, you were 
 " not a.- whit behind the moft ehterprifing, and 
 the mofl able among them ?— No, furely.- — ^Af- 
 piring to the honour of being Minifters of the 
 Gofpel, You will forego the poor ambition of 
 being the Minifters of pleafure :—Earneftly de- 
 firing to be . men of God, you will relinquilh 
 the contemptible .vanity of being men of the 
 world.-^-If in your purfuits, your demeanour^! 
 your converfation, your felf indulgence,, your 
 am^fements, and even in your drefsj you 
 wifhed to fink the difference between yo'ur- 
 felves and other men, as an awkward, un- 
 graceful, and ufelefs (fiftindion, inimicai to eafy 
 ' gaiety, and fbcial ienjoyment,^f you afpired to 
 ^ the praife of poiTefling no lefs Of wOrldly, than 
 ' of Heavenly wifdom,— -^nd had rather be thought 
 ^teeable, and entertaining companiohs, than pi- 
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 ling to forget the diftindion, as you can be : — 
 it will feel no reludance to iliakc ofF the lit- 
 tle, remaining conftraiht;, which the refpc6l due 
 to the Clerical charader had impofcd, andj with- 
 out check oi:/ controul, to pafs on in the eager 
 and uninterrupted ptirluit of whatever may (lat- 
 ter the imagination, l9r engage the cupidity of 
 the mind. 
 
 IrTthe rnelb' time, what becomes- of the re- < 
 fponfibiUty, the awful refponfibility, of the Mi- 
 nifters of the Gofpel ?— Commiflioned for the 
 exprefs purpofe of checking the nrogrcfs of vice 
 and folly, how fliall they cfcape/ if they indi- 
 re6tly encourage their career?-;— It will not be 
 denied, that infidelity, profligacy, and diflipati- 
 on, have made,« of late, very rapid ftrides in 
 the world : and how fliall they be checked, at 
 all, if they are, in no wife, checked, by the pri- 
 vate example, as well as by the pid)lic remonf" 
 ,trances, of our Qrderf »' 
 
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 we havefome little influence ftill j--Let it therefore 
 be your care, my Reverend Brethren, by all pro- 
 per and becoming methods, to increafe, and ex- ^ 
 tend this influence : and, as one method of do- 
 ing fo, let me " earnefl:ly exhort you to diveft 
 yoUrfelves of the ambition of being thoiight . 
 men of the world: to lend yourfelyes but fel* ^ 
 dom, and with great moderation,, to purfuits 
 merely fecular; to ^enes of pleafure, and cir- 
 cles of amuiement. Let your example concur/ 
 with your difcdurfes, in recommending that fo-^ 
 briety, regularity, and fani^ity , o£ life, 'whi^h 
 become? "the Difciplcs and followers of Jef^ 
 « Chrift." -? " 
 
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 There is & certain limit, fixed, as, it were by 
 common confent, up to which the fenfuai in- 
 dulgences, the pleafures, and the gaieties of fo^ ' 
 ciety, are allowed to go,, but- which* a general 
 fenfe of decorum forbids them tp pafs. ^ith 
 all their difpblition to indtdgence, the Laity will j 
 always confider the Clerical Prpfeffion as im- « 
 pofing certain feftraints. upon You, to which ^ 
 they do not think themfelves obliged to fubmit : 
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 allow thcmfelves fome greater freedom than can 
 decently be affumed ty You ; and may there- 
 fore always exceed that degree of indulgence 
 which they obferve that .You venture to allow 
 yourfelves : If therefore they fee you go up to 
 the limit prefcribcd, thW will foon think them- 
 felvos. at liberty to pafi J it : and thus you will 
 indircfStly become the apcttors, and fofterers, of 
 every fpecies of extravagance, and diilipatiqn. 
 
 I am i aware that the prevailing opinion is a- 
 gainft me upon this fubje(51:.— But a little feri- 
 ous reflecEliori^ will convince You ^tliat I am 
 right.— ^Attempts will often be made t^ divert 
 you. from your more fcrious purpofe. Perfon^ 
 without any ill intention, perhaps with a good 
 natured intention, (though with vpi-yr^littlc re- 
 flexion) will attempt to laugh you out of what 
 they will call an irkfome formality, an^ a ufcr 
 lefs reftraint.. Liften not to fuch fuperficial ad- 
 vifers.— 'fhey are miftaken in their bbjcd : — 
 they even maftake themfelves '.r-r^or be iiillircd, 
 that if you were "to follow their rccommeKda- 
 tioiv they would themfelves, in. ,the 'x;nd, dc- 
 foife you for your' compliance. 
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 morals, however indulgent to their own follies, 
 there are few perfons ' indeed, who do not look 
 with contempt, upon a worldly minded, a yb- 
 latile, of a diffipated Clergyman. . ' . 
 
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 The duties of your profeflion^ properly pur- 
 fued, will fill up a large portioii of your time : 
 Society m^ay claim, under proper reftridions, a* 
 nother pbrtibn of it: fo^ the reft, educated as 
 You havje been. You can bo at "no lof? to find, 
 even , in privacy, innocent recreation, and ra- 
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 Thus much refpe^ing the danger againfl; 
 \irhich You fhpuld be guarded, from the i:aii- 
 lery, or the perfuafion, of injudicious, though 
 not ill meaning companions:. As to "thofe 
 " who are withoufe>"— the open* enemies, or 
 the pretended friends, (though fecfret opppfers, 
 and irialigners) of our Jlftabliftiment ; and thofe, 
 .who in private life, may thwart you in the 
 difcharge of your duty, treat you with injuf- 
 tice, or imtindnefs, refufe you the re^ed due 
 to your . Sapred Charader, and the fituatron You 
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 DivKe ' Maftcr, you may find, if not a remedy 
 for the qvil, yet at leaft a motive for l^Saring it 
 with traiiquillity. " Chanty, mcckncfs, long fuf- 
 fering, fofgi^^ncfs of injuries, Ihoulcl dilHnguilh, 
 in a particular manner, the Mihillcrs of the 
 Gofpel of Peace. That high, refentful fpirit, 
 upon which the children of this world fome- 
 times* value thcinfelves, leave to the children of 
 this world,^t IS their torment i and their dif- 
 grace. Imitate rather the condud of thofe true 
 Servant^ of God, ** of whom the world was 
 " riot worthy.**— By paffing over with magnani- 
 mous indifference, the malignant eflbrts of the 
 enemies of your ^rofefllon? by ncglcding pet- 
 ty infults ; by forgiving real hijurics; you' will 
 fecure the internal peace of your own ipinds ; 
 you will, in many cafes, obtain the refped of 
 ybur adverfaries ; and in moft, difarm them of 
 their enmity : and what is Hill niore, you will, 
 by the efficacy of your example, greatly llrength- 
 en the _ieffons br GhriJftianr CJharity which You 
 teach ; and obtain, your reward, if -not" in the 
 approbation of men, yet / certa^ily in the ap- 
 
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 example, I mull remind You of the important 
 duty of attending, in an efpecial manner, to the 
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 communicate itfelf to the family of the Clergy- 
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 in earned in the duties you inculcate, if thofe 
 
 ; - upon whom it would naturally be your firft 
 wilh to imprefs them, appear to be infcnffbleto 
 
 /' their influence?— If thofe of your own houfe- 
 
 / hold, do not benefit by your precepts, ho>»»* 
 can it be expeded that -others Ihould be more 
 fortunate, or happy ?-^Idlcnefs, frivolity, excef- 
 five gaiety, extravagance of falhion, voluntarily 
 indulged in the families, and efpecially in the 
 . neareft relatives, of a Miniilcr of the Gofpel, 
 would argue either a great want of piety, or 
 a great want of firmiicft, in the mind of the 
 Minifter himfelf; and therefor^ obftrua the fuc- 
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 bellow much care, and attention upon this 
 fubjcft. ,D0 n6t content yourfclvcs with the 
 barc^ form of rcjgular fiunily prayer, (which I. 
 truft is ncr where omitted), but take occafion 
 to expound to tliciili in an cafy and famiUar 
 inanner, felc£l pbrtiorl^ of the Sacred Scripture r 
 the important articles of our Faith; the doc- 
 trines and precepts of our Saviour. Thus Ihall 
 your Wives, your Children and your Servants, 
 not only grow in grace and wifdom, under 
 your inftruaions, butalfo materially alhft youJ 
 in the grCat work of your miniftry ; by giving 
 at once a proof, and an exempliftcation, both 
 of the fmceritt, and of the efficacy, of your 
 zeal for the Truth. 
 
 In fi«e, my Brethren, be but in earneft in 
 your defire to promote the falvation of meti, 
 by the Gofpel of Jefus Ghrift ; lay but to heart 
 the importance of your Office, the extent of 
 your duties, the momentous confequences, both 
 to yourfelves and others, annexed to the dif- 
 charge, or iveglea, pf thofe duties ;—clierifh but/ 
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 and difficulties that may furround You ; in fpitc 
 *of the efforts of profligacy, and the machina- 
 tions of infidelity ; You fliall yet, by His Grace, 
 and with His Blcffing, reap the full fruits of, 
 your faithful, and unremitted exertions. — Even 
 though You fliould go on your way, now, 
 with labour and forrow, yet, "bearing forth 
 "good feed, you fliall doubtlefs come again 
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