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Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached at the Stone Chapel in Boston, September
Contending fe ls, who had lol'c all afl'eelion for each other, had neglected the belt virtues of life, and had built their hopes of glory on zeal and contention. Still the melancholy proofs Offuch conduet have not prevented the belief, that no thing could-be more benevolent than the charac ter of Jefus Chrifl. Every thing kind flowed from his lips. 'he was born in'humble life, and never rofe in his diflzine'tions beyond what hum ble life could fuggef'c and comprehend. Affec tion was recommended in every difcourfe; points never debated with paflion the hiftory Of his religion, fo Ofl'enfive to his countrymen, intimat ed in parables; and every idea of limited defign excluded from his heart. Is it not time to re cur tothe infiru&ions of this wife friend of man kind, and to accept them uncorrupted by tradia tions, creeds or. Councils? Should a preacher appear in this afi'embly, of venerable piety, Of Iimple manners, and with all the marks of hum ble birth, and declare, as the introduction to his religious fervice', a zeal for the mof'c important moral truths, and declare that by their fruits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.