as we shew forth the So true is the account intimated in the words of the institution, Do this in remembrance of me: Which imply, as we have shewn, more than preserving the memory of a dead benefactor; they imply, the continuing to receive his benefaction; which is conveyed to us, from time to time, and as often Lord's death till he come. given of this sacred Rite in the ARTICLES of our Church, That it is not only the badge or TOKEN of a Christian man's profession, but rather a certain and sure witness and effectual sign of Grace, and God's good-will towards us; by which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also STRENGTHEN and confirm our faith in him*. All this duly considered, we shall, I hope, be enabled to regain a proper veneration for this holy Mystery; which hath of late been so fatally impaired, as by other liberties, so principally by the prostitution of it to CIVIL PURPOSES; Not a prostitution by the LEGISLATURE; but by those licentious men, who, contenting themselves with the observance of the form and letter, neglect the end and spirit of the Law. An account of the following short Treatise will be found in Bishop HURD's Life of the Author, Vol. i. pp. 108-110, of this Edition; where he speaks of Bishop WARBURTON is his character of a Divine. 357 DIRECTIONS FOR THE STUDY OF THEOLOGY. THE PART THE FIRST. Husbandman, before he commits the go good seed to the ground, tills it with repeated labour. The mind, as the soil, over-run with idle trash, where the vilest weeds of literature are mistaken for its flowers and fruit, requires the same kind of culture it is to be well cleared before you can, with any reasonable hopes, intrust the great and useful Truths of Religion to the rankness of its bosom. SECT. I. To give it this preparation, therefore, I would first of all recommend to the young student the daily and long continued use of Locke on Human Understanding, The Institutions of Quintilian. The one will teach him to think justly; and the other, to express his thoughts with correctness and elegance; without which qualities, Science is but |