The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, DD, Vol 2 of 6 Containing, Besides His Sermons, and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Several From His Manuscripts Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D.D, Vol. 2 of 6: Containing, Besides His Sermons, and Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, Several Additional Pieces, Selected From His Manuscripts

TO descend from such parents as yours, is no common favour of Heaven; nor is it the blessing of every descendant to inherit the natural virtues of his progenitors yet I know that you esteem your happiness incomplete, without the imitation of their heavenly graces, and the attainment of their sublimest hopes.

Forgive me, dear Sir, if I take the liberty to say, it is with a sort of fond pleasure that I have beheld your victories over the most dangerous scenes and temptations of youth; and every step in your progress towards perfect triumph, is an addition to my joy. The world and the church hold their eyes fixed upon you, while God and angels, and, perhaps, the souls of your sacred ancestors, look down from on high to observe your conduct. Never was there a more proper time to awaken your zeal for the religion of Christ, than in a day of spreading infidelity and heathenism; nor can there be a fitter season to exert your utmost efforts for the support of serious piety, than in an age of numerous and growing iniquities. Your just sense of religious liberty will shine in its fairest glory, while you stand as a barrier against the fearful inroads of a wild and unbounded licentiousness. Nor can your attachment to the cause and interest of the Protestant Dissenters appear with more honour, than while they are.t defamed and scorned by the proud and the profane, and While their own imprudent contests stand in need of your candour and charity.

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