Excerpt from A Discourse Delivered at the Ordination of the Rev. David D. Field, to the Pastoral Care of the Church and Society in Haddam, April 11, 1804 Gracious affeetions are holy, and have God for their objeft. Thole who exercife them, entertainjult and honorable views of the divine charae'ter. They confider'the molt-high as a'being infinitely perfeet and exalted, and rejoice in all the difplays, of his perfec tions. The excellencies of his nature, and the won: ders of his works, -his greatnefs, condefcenfion and love, appear to them exceedingly glorious and amia ble, and they defire that they may appear to others in the, fame light, and be approved and admired by all intelligent creatures. The foundation of an holy a'r dor, that his prailes lhould be celebrated and his name every where glorified, ts laid, in this glorious andjufli view of his charaeter and perfeetions. His own glory is his highefi and ultimate end in all his conduel, and in proportion as his creatures are enlightened in their underfiandings and alliniilated to him, in holy views and exercifes, they difcover the propriety andjuflice that this lbould be their greatefi concern. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.