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Occasional sermons preached before the university of Oxford
Occasional sermons preached before the university of Oxford Author:John Burton Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: t pofe but in this fyftematical .way : £ colfe cl.ion of general principles digefted in order is of great ufe to the Learner; by this directory he is led on t... more »o draw various conclusions and in proportion to the extent of thefe his knowledge is encreafed. What is here remarked concerning Sciences in general I more especially apply to the ftudy of Divinity; withal exprefling my Sincere wifh that fome competent provision was made for the- jfrubfick instruction of our Youth in this moft important branch preparatory to. the paftoral Office For it is obfervablc that, amidft the variety of Academical' institutions, this one thing moft needful is ftill wanting. I cannot omit mentioning it in this place; but, having treated it at large in another .f-worky to this I refer the Reader for more fa- tisfaclion. " In the mean while it may with rea fon be afked why Divinity may not be f T. Append, ad Sam. p. 95 Sx. fyftematicallyCommon Law ? The Vinerian Profef- for has fhewn us a laudable Example : he goes through bis Syftem or regular Courfe of inftrudKons every year with much credit to himfelf, and edification of his Scholars: his Analyfis and Syn- opfis are received with general approbation. I cannot fee why the ftudy of Divinity may not be conducted in the feme manner and with like Succefs. The importance of the Subject does certainly deferve not'lefs attention: yea rather, in proportion to its fuperior dignity, ftands entitled to fuperior encouragement. I am perfuaded that fuch a Scheme of publick inftruclion would be of great uie to our young Students in Divinity: the want of it is furely a material defideratum in the courfe of their Education. I wifh that the eon- fequences of this were duly confidered, and I fhduld then hope that, if any publick-fpirited virtue fubfifts amo...« less