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fiJeratlon, and unrighteous pra(5lice are ufed to blind us, we 

 lliall be fully convinced by the evidence vouchfafed us of 

 the truth of chriftianity. 



I HAVE given minutely the fchemes of thefe two fcrmons, 

 becaufe perhaps there is not any where to be found a more com- 

 plete contrail of habits and difpolitions exemplified in two com- 

 pofitions of the fame fort and on the fame fubjedl. The Bifhop 

 of Rochefter, a man of elegant literature, of much knowledge of 

 the world, and of political habits and aflbciations, confiders his 

 fubje<5l with refined ingenuity and pra6lical addrefs, difplaying 

 an extenfive acquaintance with human manners, and a perfedl 

 infight into the prejudices of the heart. Clarke, whofe habits 

 were originally formed to academic ftudies, and who through 

 his life continued a man of fcientific refearch, fleadily pur- 

 fucs his train of important demonftration, without any en- 

 deavovir to find out novel topics, or any deference to pre- 

 conceived notions, with little light from experience, and little 

 attention to pradlice. It is not unpleafant to obferve Clarke 

 glancing with a carelefs and hafly view at fome of the prin- 

 cipal topics on which Atterbury fo largely dilates. Suppofing 

 the meflage in the text conveyed to the wicked, " as foon as 

 " the prefent terrible apprehcnfions were ceafed," fays Clarke, 

 " it is exti^emely probable they would find fome way or 

 " other to afcribe it all to the delufion of fancy and imagi- 

 " nation, and that their old vitious habits and defires and be- 

 " loved fins would again by degrees prevail over them." Thefe 



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