PRINCIPALLY DESIGNED

TO ILLUSTRATE AND TO ENFORCE

CHRISTIAN MORALITY.

BY

The Rev. THOMAS GISBORNE, M. A.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES,

IN THE STRAND.

1809.

TO

WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Esq.

MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF YORK,

AS A SLIGHT MEMORIAL OF LONG AND AFFECTIONATE FRIENDSHIP;

AND AS AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE

PURE MORALITY,
THE FRUIT OF SCRIPTURAL FAITH,

THAT MORALITY WHICH

IN PUBLIC LIFE AND IN PRIVATE,

IT HAS BEEN HIS HABITUAL

AND EARNEST DESIRE
TO PRACTICE AND TO DIFFUSE ;