3481

ON SOME OF THE

DOCTRINES AND DUTIES

OF THE

CHRISTIAN RELIGION,

ADDRESSED PARTICULARLY TO

POLITICAL ECONOMISTS AND GUARDIANS OF
THE POOR.

BY

THE REV. THOMAS JEE, A.M.,

VICAR OF THAXTED, ESSEX.

Σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέρας τρεῖς, προσμένουσι μοι,
καὶ ουκ ἔχουσι τί φάγωσι και απολῦσαι αυτους νήστεις ου θέλω, μήποτε
εκλυθῶσιν ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ.—MATTHEW ΧΤ. 32.

"So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the
sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no com-
forter; and on the side of their oppressors there was POWER, but they had no
comforter."-ECCLESIASTES iv. 1.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE;
AND SOLD BY

L. AND G. SEELEY, FLEET STREET, LONDON; HENRY GUY,
CHELMSFORD; AND ALL OTHER BOOKSELLERS.

M.DCCC.XXXVI.

SHACKELL, PRINTER, ISLINGTON.

To understand rightly "the signs of the times," we must refer to the records of Sacred History; and to know what is true in religion, we must consult the Oracles of God.

By adopting "the spirit of the age," there is reason to fear we shall depart from the truth of the Gospel, and stand opposed to the Divine authority of revealed religion.

It is evident, that if the principles of what is called Political Economy be acted on with unmitigated severity towards the poor, they will be totally subversive of true Christian charity, and of that "faith which worketh by love."