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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Butler
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God Joseph Butler Author:Joseph Butler Subtitle: To Which Is Prefixed, a Preface Giving Some Account of the Character and Writings of the Author General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1820 Original Publisher: At the Clarendon Press. Subjects: Theology Religion / Christianity / Anglican Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian ... more »Theology / History Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SERMON XI. UPON THE LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR. Preached on Advent Sunday. Rom. xiii. 9. And if there he any other commandment, it is briefly compre? bended in tins faying, namely, Thoujhaft fove thy neigh tour as thyfelf. IT is commonly obferved, that there is a dif- pofition in men to complain of the vicioufnefs and corruption of the age in which they live, as greater than that of former ones ; which is ufually followed with this further obfervation, that mankind has been in that refpect: much the fame in all times. Now, not to determine whether this laft be not contradi« less