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Excerpt from A Discourse on the Love of Our Country: Delivered on Nov. 4, 1789, at the Meeting-House in the Old Jewry, to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain; With an Appendix, Containing the Report of the Committee of the Society A ts, the anfwer from the Chairman was, that it was neitber rea/'onalle nor foriptural to make tbem 'known; ufing our Saviour's words, 1 have yet many things to fay unto you, hit ye cannot bear them now; and added (after having heard the further fenti ments Of the refpe tive Delegates from the inde pendents and anabaptists) that if tbat were all they were tloen met for, be would not give tba nip of a jtmw for the RE peal. After which a Mr. T - n, a neighbouring Minifter, rofe up and faid. 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.… (más)
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Psalm cxxii. 2d, and following verses.
Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem, whither the tribes go up; the tribes of the Lord unto the testimony of Israel. To give thanks to the name of the Lord, for there sit the thrones of judgment; the throne of the House of David. Pray for the peace of JERUSALEM. They shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions sake I will now say peace be within thee. Because of the House of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
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Since the former Editions of the following Discourse, many animadversions upon it have been published.
Preface to the fourth edition.
This year France has been celebrating the bicentenary of the Revolution, an event which created a gulf in her history between the Ancien Régime and Modern France.
Introduction (1989).
In these words the Psalmist expresses, in strong and beautiful, his love of his country, and the reasons on which he founded it; and my present design is, to take occasion from them to explain the duty we owe to our country, and the nature, foundation, and proper expressions of that love to it which we ought to cultivate.
A discourse, &c. (2nd ed., 1789).
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Restore to mankind their rights; and consent to the correction of abuses, before they and you are destroyed together.
Excerpt from A Discourse on the Love of Our Country: Delivered on Nov. 4, 1789, at the Meeting-House in the Old Jewry, to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain; With an Appendix, Containing the Report of the Committee of the Society A ts, the anfwer from the Chairman was, that it was neitber rea/'onalle nor foriptural to make tbem 'known; ufing our Saviour's words, 1 have yet many things to fay unto you, hit ye cannot bear them now; and added (after having heard the further fenti ments Of the refpe tive Delegates from the inde pendents and anabaptists) that if tbat were all they were tloen met for, be would not give tba nip of a jtmw for the RE peal. After which a Mr. T - n, a neighbouring Minifter, rofe up and faid. 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.