FOR THE GIRLS' CHARITY SCHOOL, FITZROY CHAPEL. Prov. iv. 1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend Mark, x. 13, 14. 16. And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them 358 Col. iii. 12, 13. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another SERMON I. ON TOLERATION. ST. MATTHEW, v. 45. That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. It is not uncommon for the apostles to restrain with considerations of this nature the angry and vindictive passions of mankind. You would exterminate, they say, and root out those who offend you, but look to the ways of the Almighty, and observe the patient forbearance by which they are marked - the bow of his wrath is not always bent, nor is he constantly scattering his judgments among the sons of men; - he maketh the sun to rise among the evil, and the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and the unjust. Now if this argument of divine forbearance be calculated to teach men forbearance in cases where they themselves have been injured, it must necessarily, and with much greater force, inculcate the same turn of mind towards that class of injuries by which we conceive the interests of religion only to be affected. If the consideration of God's merciful forbearance make us forgive errors in practice, it should make us forgive errors in religion, and if it make us placable, it should make us tolerant; for I may say as the Apostle says, "If God |