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Excerpt from Rev. Mr. Palfrey's Sermon, Preached to the Church in Brattle Square: With Notes, Historical and Biographical
His first colleague was a man, in some respects, of a different stamp. Dr. Colman was attached to the Genevan doctrine, as, with his parentage and subsequent connexions, it would have been wonderful, if he had not been. But he seemed to have outstripped his age, and to have risen almost to the ground of that venerable race of men, now nearly extinct, which, within the last half century, have borne the name of moderate Calvinists. William Cooper, on the other 'hand, loved Calvinism in all its austerity, extravagance and tumult. In the writings of Colman, the orthodox doctrines are all along implied, and, as occasion required, explicitly stated. But, in those of Cooper, they are introduced 011 system and with relish; in all their intricacy and all their repulsiveness; in season and out of season; in the dedication, the preface, the private letter, and the funeral sermon. He had less copiousness of thought than his colleague, less skill in the use of language, and far less felicity of illustration and allusion. But he wrote with method, propriety, fervour and force, and, without any extraordinary qualifications for a popular preacher, always listened to with interest; for he was familiar with the religious technicks of his school, he knew how to exhibit them with strength and all the clearness which they allowed.
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