of a people." "I am the Lord thy God," faith the Almighty, "which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldft go. O that thou wouldst hearken to my commandments! Then fhould thy peace be as the river, and thy feed should be multiplied as the fand; thy fons fhould be as plants grown up in their youth; thy garners fhould be full, affording all manner of store, and there fhould be no complaining in thy streets. Happy is the people that is in fuch a cafe; yea, happy is that people whofe God is the Lord." THE END, CIRCUMSTANCES OF MAN. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE SOCIETY IN SCOTLAND FOR PROPAGATING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING IN THE HIGH CHURCH OF EDINBURGH, Thursday, June 5. 1788. BY THE REV. JOHN KEMP, ONE OF THE MINISTERS OF EDINBURGH, AND A DIRECTOR OF THE SOCIETY. To which are added FACTS SERVING TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTER OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS LATE EARL OF KINNOULL. EDINBURGH: AT THE Apollo Piefs, BY MARTIN AND M'DOWALL. EDINBURGH, JUNE 5. 1788. At a General Meeting of the Society in Scotland for propagating Chriftian Knowledge, RESOLVED, THAT HAT the Thanks of the Society be given to the Reverend Mr John Kemp, for his excellent Sermon preached this day before them, and that he be requested to allow the fame to be printed for the benefit of the Society. JA. BONAR, Clk. |