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PART I.
Religious, Moral, and Preceptive.
ON the Goodness of the Deity.......Johnson.
The Wisdom of God in the Works of Creation.
Page
1
Maty. 7
.Cappe. 10
On the Omniscience of the Deity
Reflections on the Magnificence of the Universe.
Enfield. 12
..Alison
On the superior Excellence of the Christian Re-
ligion
The Humanity of modern Times derived from
Christianity
.............
16
Bishop Porteus. 22
Bishop Watson.
An Address to Deists
The Equanimity of a true Christian......Kirwan.
The Consolation to be derived from Christianity.
Bishop O'Beirne.
25
29
30
The Deathbed Comfort of a Christian..... Logan. 35
Character of Jesus Christ.........Bishop Porteus. 36
The Character of Jesus contrasted with that of
The Divine Origin of the Christian Religion in-
ferred from the Conduct of Christ and the
The Credulity of Deists..
On the practical Principle of Religion.
VOL. I.
Miss H. Moore. 61
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The happy Effects of general Piety......Johnson.
Worldly Zeal contrasted with Religious.
66
Bishop Horne.
..Bacon.
70
73
75
81
83
86
...Irving. 88
Of Superstition.......
Of the natural Attributes of the Deity. Paley.
The Strangeness of a Divine Manifestation, no
Argument against its Occurrence..Bp. Watson.
Danger of deferring Repentance
On the Creation of the World......
The fatherly Goodness of God....
..Blair.
92
On the Instability of earthly Things......Hervey. 90
The World and the Gospel contrasted...Kirwan.
The worldly minded Man...........Miss H. More.
On Resignation to the Will of Providence.
95
Miss Talbot. 98
On the Perversion of Talents......... Anonymous. 100
Trivial Deviations the Precursors of more impor-
tant ones......
Boyle. 101
On the too eager Pursuit of worldly Things.
Bishop Porteus. 103
Of Self-Deception, and the Danger of it..Johnson. 105
Reflections on Evening and on Autumn...Alison. 110
Reflections on the Return of Spring.......Alison. 116
The Congregation of the Wicked sufficient to
constitute Hell
..Irving. 118
The Advantages of early Piety...... Tillotson. 120
The Faculties of Human Nature, and their Per-
version
Wilberforce. 121
The Danger of Sins of Omission... Miss H. More. 122
On the Power of Conscience to punish Vice.
Bishop Horne. 124
The Littleness and Insecurity of our World.
Chalmers. 126
On the Fear of Death....... ..........Johnson. 129
The Mutability of Human Life..............Logan. 132
The Necessity of Purity of Manners..Bp. Porteus. 133
The Infamy of Slander
... Sterne, 136
On the Origin and Prevalence of Calumny..Sterne. 138
The Subject continued.......
On a future State
..................
Of Truth....
On the Fleetness of Life
Insufficiency of earthly Possessions
On Prayer.............
On Pride....
..Johnson. 142
Rennell. 146
Bacon. 147
Blair. 150
Irving. 152
.Kirke White. 154
Anonymous. 158
Utility to Man of the Power of Habit.
Bishop Horsley. 160
W. Adams. 162
Character of Christian Charity
The Advantage of acquiring Knowledge...Alison. 168
The proper Use of Knowledge.....
..Alison. 171
The Advantage to Youth from the Society of
old Age...
Hewlett. 175
The mere Profession of Christianity not suffi-
Reliance on the Deity the best Source of Pati-
ence and Fortitude.....
.....Sterne. 186
The Wisdom of persevering in our active Duties.
Sir Henry Wellwood. 190
PART II.
Tales, Allegories, &c.
MORAL AND SERIOUS.
THE Hermit of the Athyras.....
Margaret .........
........Kirke White. 193
...Anonymous. 200
The Vision of Theodore............ ....Johnson. 204
Superstition and Religion............Mrs. Carter. 221
Knowledge not necessarily productive of Happi-
ness........
...........Goldsmith. 228
The handsome and the deformed Leg...Franklin. 288
The Wonders of the Microscope...........................Addison. 291
The History of Abouzaid, the Son of Morad.
The Trial of Melancholy.
Rosine....
Johnson. 296
..Kirke White. 301
Anonymous. 308
The Danger of Indulgence of the Imagination.
Miss Talbot. 323
Asem, an Eastern Tale; or, The Wisdom of
Providence in the moral Government of the
Happiness. An Allegory
E. Moore. 366
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The enchanted Glasses................................... Miss Talbot. 370
Truth not to be told at all Times; or, The Moral
Enchanter
Anonymous. 372
T. Warton. 377
Hacho, King of Lapland; or, The Danger of
Luxury.....