Transcribed from the 1832 J. G. & F. Rivington edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE UNDER DIVINE VISITATIONS. * * * * * BY THE REV. NEWTON SMART, M.A. OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD. * * * * * “WHEN THY JUDGMENTS ARE IN THE EARTH, THE INHABITANTS OF THE WORLD WILL LEARN RIGHTEOUSNESS.” * * * * * LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. G. & F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL’S CHURCH-YARD, AND WATERLOO-PLACE: AND SOLD BY J. HATCHARD & SON, PICCADILLY; PARKER, & TALBOYS, OXFORD; ANDREWS, DURHAM; CHARNLEY, NEWCASTLE; RENNEY, SUNDERLAND; AND OTHER BOOKSELLERS. * * * * * 1832. * * * * * LONDON: PRINTED BY GILBERT & RIVINGTON, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE. * * * * * TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF ONE OF THE KINDEST AND BEST OF MOTHERS, WHO RECEIVED HER CHILDREN AS A GIFT THAT COMETH OF THE LORD, AND PRAYED AND LABOURED, WITH EARNEST AND FAITHFUL DILIGENCE, TO BRING THEM UP IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED WITH THE DEEPEST FEELINGS OF FILIAL LOVE, GRATITUDE, AND VENERATION. “THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED.” THE DUTY OF A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, &c. _Isaiah_ x. 3. “WHAT WILL YE DO IN THE DAY OF VISITATION AND IN THE DESOLATION WHICH SHALL COME FROM FAR? TO WHOM WILL YE FLEE FOR HELP?”