A NOMINAL FAITH. 383 usefully, and every passion being under the controul of God, may eventually be made the instrument ofgood. And who does not remember instances in which the frequently repeated bounty was the unprompted feeling of a large, compassionate, and liberal heart, of a heart tender and kind, though yet ,un- sanctified by religion ? Yet, who would restrain the right ac. Lion ? .Who would forbid the gentle deed of charity ? Who would wish to aggra- vate his, perhaps, already awful account, by withholding his -hand ? Who would willingly .add this omission of what is right to his aggregate sum of what is wrong ? Who would not even hope that it may prove a leading step to what is better ? Who would not hope that, as good principles naturally tend to good actions.; yet, though it is reversing the usual order, for the stream to lead back to the fountain, who knows but the re- petition of good, actions may not only
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