ABSTRACT
In general Jeremiah Joyce maintained a very low political profile for the rest of his life. On two occasions he published sermons with political and social implications. These two sermons show that Joyce was concerned to present himself and his Unitarian perspective as respectable. The sermon, whose publishing details read 'Published at the desire of several persons who heard it', was a patriotic exhortation to join and support the Volunteer system then being promoted by Addington's ministry in response to the threat of invasion from France. Joyce introduced a minor radical edge to the sermon through his combination of the theme of the hard-won rights of juries reflecting his own political history, but the major thrust of the sermon was a patriotic call to Englishmen. The utilitarian idea of quantitative benefits to the whole and the Unitarian emphasis on piety are combined in Joyce's Sermon through his emphasis on benevolence.
