and see what comparison the extemporaneous effu- sions will bear with our pre-composed forms. Having done this for one Sabbath, proceed to do it for a year ; and then, after a similar examination, compare them again : were this done, (and done it ought to be in order to form a correct judgment on the case,) methinks there is scarcely a man in the kingdom that would not fall down on his knees, and bless God for the Liturgy of the Established Church.
All that is wanting is, an heart suited to the Liturgy, and cast as it were into that mould. It may with truth be said of us, " They have well said all that they have spoken : O that there were in them such an heart ! " Let us only suppose that on any par- ticular occasion there were in all of us such a state of mind as the Liturgy is suited to express ; what glorious worship would ours be ! and how certainly would God delight to hear and bless us ! We will not say that he would come down and fill the house with his visible glory, as he did in the days of Moses and of Solomon ; but we will say, that he would come down and fill our souls with such a sense of his presence and love, as would transform us into his blessed image, and constitute a very heaven upon earth. Let each of us, then, adopt the wish in our text, and say, " O that there may be in me such an heart ! " Let us cultivate the moderation and candour which are there exhibited ; divesting our- selves of all prejudice against religion, and receiving with impartial readiness the whole counsel of our God. More particularly, whenever we come up to the house of God, let us seek those very dispositions in the use of the Liturgy, which our Reformers ex- ercised in the framing of it. Let us bring with us into the presence of our God that spirituality of mind that shall fit us for communion with him, and that purity of heart which is the commencement of the divine image on the soul. Let us study, whenever we join in the different parts of this Liturgy, to get our hearts suitably impressed with the work in which we are engaged ; that our confessions may be humble,