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SERM.
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FALLÌWG
SHORT
bF
HEAVEN.
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complacency
in his
person
;
a
sort
of
human delight
in
afellow-
creature
that
had several excellent properties
though
the
love
of
God,,
and powerful
religion
were
wanting.
If
I read
a
book
that
has
much
good
sense in
it,
and where the reasonings are
well
connected,
I
can-
not but
have
a
delight in reading, though the
subject
itself
may be trifling,
or the
theme disagreeable.
If I
hear
an
oration
well
composed, with many ingenioü's
turns
of thought
and pathetic expressions
:
and
all
these
pronounced
with the
various decencies
of
speech
and
gesture,
I take pleasure
in
the performance, and
may
love the
orator, though
he
insist
upon
sentiments qúite
contrary
to
my own.
So
I may
be
pleased
with
the
learned
conversation
of
a knowing and
well-
tempered
man, and
love him
so
far,
though
he
may
be my
enemy,
and
perhaps,
in
his
heart,
an enemy to
God
too
;
for
such
was
this young man, an
idolater
of
gold,
and there-
fore an enemy to God,
Jam.
iv.
4.
concerning
whom
it
is
written,
that
Jesus
loved him.
3.
Some
natural
good
wishes
for
his
welfare
are
im-
plied
in
this
love.
There
is
in
every
wise
and
good
man,
a hearty desire
of
the happiness
of
his fellow
-
creatures,
he
loves
them
all in this sense,
even the foolish
and the
wicked.
Human nature
that
has
any goodness
in
it,
is
ready
to
wish well
to
any
person,
though
be be
an
utter
stranger, and unknown
;
especially
if
he
has
sonne
agree-
able qualities.
There
may
be
an
innocent inclination
to
see all
men happy,
though
we
know
this shall
not
be
brought
to
pass; for the
word
of God
declares
that
most
part of
men walk in
the
broad
-way,
and
shall go
down
to
hell.
You
know.
how
passionately
St.
Paul
longed
for
the salvation
of
all his
countrymen the Jews. This
is
called
a love
of
benevolence
and it
is
evident
by
the
following
particulars,
that
the
Lord
expressed this
good-
towards the young
man
in my
text.
4.
A
conferring
of
actual
benefit
or
kindness,
is
im-
plied
in
the
love
of
Christ towards
this
youth
;
for he
stood
still
and
entertained
him
with
friendly
discourse:
He
endeavoured
by
proper
methods to convince
him of
sin;
he gave him
direction what
he should
do
to
obtain
treasure
in
heaven
;
he called him to be his
disciple
and
follower; and
gave him a
promise
of
everlasting
riches,
if
he would have
complied
with his
proposal
:
this
is
called
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