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OBEDIENCE THE PATH TO RELIGIOUS

KNOWLEDGE.

A

SERMON,

PREACHED BEFORE

THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD,

AT SAINT MARY'S,

On Sunday, January 28, 1810.

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Ὁ δὲ λόγος καὶ ἡ διδαχὴ μὴ ποτε οὐκ ἐν ἅπασιν ἰσχύῃ, ἀλλὰ δέῃ προδιειργάσθαι τοῖς ἔθεσε τὴν τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ ψυχὴν πρὸς τὸ καλῶς χαίρειν καὶ μισεῖν, ὥσπερ γῆν τὴν θρέψασαν τὸ σπέρμα. Οὐ γὰρ ἂν ἀκέσειε λόγου ἀποτρέποντος, οὐδ ̓ ἂν συνείη ὁ κατὰ πάθος ζῶν.

Arist. Ethic. Nicom. lib. x. cap. 9.

VOL. I.

SIXTH EDITION.

A

SERMON,

&c.

JOHN, vii. 16, 17.

Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

THAT the operations of the understanding are influenced by the affections, is a truth very generally acknowledged; but few perhaps are sufficiently aware of the real extent of this influence in theological studies.

To awaken our attention to this point, our Saviour teaches us in the text, that a right disposition of heart is essential to the attainment of every just sentiment in religion, that obedience is the path to knowledge, that a correct judgment must flow from the fear and reverence of God, that if any one would enter upon a

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