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A compressed View of the Religious Principles and Prac-
tices of the Age; or, a Trial of the Chief Spirits
that are in the World, by the Standard of
the Scriptures; attempted

IN

EIGHT SERMONS

PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

IN THE YEAR MDCCCXIX,

AT THE

LECTURE

FOUNDED BY

THE LATE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, M. A.

CANON OF SALISBURY.

BY

HECTOR DAVIES MORGAN, M. A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE; MINISTER OF CASTLE HEDINGHAM,
ESSEX; AND CHAPLAIN TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LORD KENYON.

OXFORD,

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS FOR THE AUTHOR.

SOLD BY J. PARKER, OXFORD; AND MESSRS. RIVINGTON, ST.
PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, AND WATERLOO PLACE, LONDON.

shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction.

Inferences from the varieties of opinion concerning

the person of Christ, and from the language applied to

him by the Apostles and Evangelists.-Doctrines of the

Unitarians, as explained by Belsham, Estlin, Carpenter,

and the Editors of the "Improved Version," compared

with the Scriptures. 1. The Unity of God. 2. The

Person of Christ; the Incarnation and miraculous con-

ception. 3. The Office of Christ. 4. The Atonement.

5. The Intercession of Christ. 6. The nature and of-

fice of the Holy Spirit. 7. Original Sin. 8. Inspira-
tion of the Scriptures. 9. Eternity of punishment: the
Devil: the holy Angels. 10. Summary of Scriptural
doctrines. 11. Summary of Unitarian Doctrines.

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God. Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all

the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you

overseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath

purchased with his own blood. For I know this, that

after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among

you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves

shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away

disciples after them.

Expedience of a right interpretation of the Scrip-

tures, and the offence of perverting them.-Calvinistic

doctrines, as explained by Williams, Scott, Vaughan,

and Simeon, compared with the Scriptures. I. Origi

nal Sin. II. Free Will. III. Grace. 1. What Cal-

vinists do not hold concerning grace. 2. Grace a living

principle, of indispensable necessity, conferred by an

act of sovereignty. 3. Special grace. 4. Conversion.

5. Regeneration. 6. Indefectible grace and final per-

severance. 7. Grace, in what sense irresistible. 8. Grace

how sensible. Experiences. IV. Justification by grace.

1. Justification a sovereign act of God. 2. Justification

by faith without works. 3. The faith which justifies.

4. Primary and final justification. V. General and par-

ticular redemption. 1. Dr. Williams's view of Predes-

tination without Reprobation. 2. Mr. Vaughan's De-

fence and Maintenance of the Doctrine of Reprobation.

-Texts opposed to Calvinistic doctrines.-Important

concessions of Calvinists. Note on their practical

preaching.

"We require nothing of our opponents beyond a fair
"discrimination. Let them state the censurable tenets, bring
"clear evidence against the accused; and, having proved
"them guilty, proceed to pass sentence upon them: but
surely it is not candid to conclude under one general sen-
"tence so large and multifarious a body of men as are now

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For there must be also heresies among you, that they which

are approved may be made manifest among you.

The violation of Christian unity foretold.-The prin-

ciples of Nonconformists, as explained by Winter, Con-

der, Bass, Fielding, and in the "Life of a Dissenting

"Minister," compared with the Scriptures. 1. The

right of private judgment and unlimited inquiry in reli-

gion. 2. National establishments for religion. 3. The
nature of ecclesiastical unity. 4. Ministerial authority.
5. Misapprehension of Matt. xx. 25-28. 6. Aposto-
lical succession. 7. Orders of ministry. 8. Election
of Ministers, and right of the people in the administra-
tion of ecclesiastical affairs.-Independence of the pri-
mitive Churches, and voluntary nature of Christian
communion. 9. Baptism. 10. Confirmation. II. The

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