poivniY.
I'tvri u tuio uuiiiocr of Motu-ij j
Juhi pnLuti'ted. 1
MVSIC BV II. K. Hlblior.
I.
She sung ot l.ovc—wLlU’ «Vr htr h re
Tli’ rosy rays of -\i-niii};’ ' II, \
As it'to willi thi’ir nu/t fire
The soul witlilii tlivit tn iiiljlinij slicll.
TLc s:uae rich lig-'it liuii.rj o’l-r iicr clicck,
Ami pliivM armiml tlioic lips, thut suiij;
And »poki', as flowers woiiKl sin" and s[n ak
Ii‘ Lotc coukl lend their l.juvts a tyn;i-u€.
11.
But soon t'.ic \Vcst no Inn.'^cr buniM,
K.icli rohV ray from lu avt ii withdrew;
And, when tj yaze aj^a n 1 lurnM,
Tlie Uiihi»tr« l’s forin seem’d fitdir.g too.
As il' lur li^'h' anil Itciivcn’d were one,
'J'hc jjlury i.ll liad left that frame ;
And frotn her {.dininKrin}^ lips tiie tone.
An fi'.oni u partinif si)int, came.
III.
Who CTcr !o>’c!, hut hud the tlionf;-hl
'l l'.ut h'. and all he luvM inuijt part *
TilJM v>illi this fi-ar, ! flew and cauyht,
'J'hal f ulintf imai;e to my heart—
And cried, “ Oh Love ! iy thi:i thy doom ?
Oh light of youth’s rcsjjkndent (i;iy ’
Must yc llicn lose-your tfoldcn hlooiii,
And thus hkc sunshine, die aw2>y P’*
VAUIin'Y.
All pleasure consists in Viiricty.
KiioM Till; iilam; book o?. a small cullkui^u.
Tlir. ART OF SrF.M.lXG.
I have hrt;ij iViun iiiy youth that nicl-
aticholy to other jicopic-—a j)ro-
I'osscil joker, r-roiii tiic period that, as
a Ijoy, 1 hid flie IJihlc bolon^in:; to a
Baptist *Mcetiiiar, which stood in our
}»Iay-;roijiul, to the iiirxprcssihle con
st! riiution of th(i preacher—up to niy
iast IVeak wliioh 1 uni now ^oinc; to re-
I have literally' ti'eatcd “life as a
jest.” 1 was on a visit to a friend in
the country, a major Holdsworili, when,
to amuse, nui;—I’qi an elderly gentie-
iTian and have an utter abomination to
cards—a whist party was made up, to
which were asked the Miss Pennieivs ;
—a trio of the most intolerant, immacu-
lale, viMej;ar-f;)/>ed virjrins, whom I iiave
cv(!r cncouiitcred in my earthly pil>;riu>
a£;e. It was on my retiu'u from C'jurs-
in”;, while this Ireat was in ra;it:)tion,
that I spied an odd-looking, thive-cor-
norotl note lyint!; luisealed on a work
table. With uiiarcoiintahle curiosity I
Opeiu (1 it. It ran ths;s :—
“M'hk Miss l^i nmcks fkkl kx-
TIIEAMLV S0I5KV THKV CANNOT HAVC
TUE n.KAsruK OK WAIT'MNf} 0\ xMuS.
ifoMJSWORTM AS THEY AIIE VCKY I>-
rivFiMiENT.” In a closer imitation of
their own haiid. I added th! wf»rd
“ siTLi.riis”—rofi'ldcd the note and re
placed it on tiie tai)l('. “Well, this is
the most singular thini^ that ever h.i])-
jiein'd to me,” saitl the Major, as I en
tered the dininir room. “ Ivead this
i!\(V)mprelie!isilj!e nolc. 'I'he Miss Pen-
liirks can’t driiik tea with my wife bo-
eiiusc ‘liiey are indilVerfut sj)eliers!’”
‘‘And a very sullioient leason,” said I,
“for not entei'iiii>: into society. ” “Weli,”
cried Mrs. llolrlsworth, “I always
thought there was somethin"; odd about
thosf M-iss Peiinicks. I’ve exjiectetl'
jjometlunir sirancic would hajjpen to
them.” Mrs. llnhiswortli was one of
those lon;z:-he:i(lcd, hi'j;hly o-H'ted wo
men, who foresvc evuits !,»ii2; before
they occur, and pritle 1 hoTu-eUrs on
beins; SKrpri.sci/ a) nof/iin^. Ilci- i (>]>-
utation for foresi^^ht was so llioroui^hly
established, that hi-r less I'oitiiiiate
neighbors looked up tn I cr r.s an ora
cle. When Napolron wei 1 to St. He
lena, “SjiF. had always sn>j!ecl,cd that
would be the (‘ud of j( md '‘tlu*
J’rineess Kli/ahelh’s mai'iiage she had
or»‘tnhl fur VI ai s. ”
]iy lin«'e o'clock, in tlie folh'.wi-ip; af-
tcrnonn, tlirrc wert' f.'w lu)uscs in llod-
!c;iilon, iti which the iiulefit i.'^aiilc M rs.
1 loidswoi'lh hail no! mt>n(in!;i d ~a> a |
jjrofound secret—tliat “ Ju‘ M, Jdi ” ii.id i
received sf( II A Noii; from t; .-
Pennicks! “ Wl-.at w.is it ?” c! ,1 '
a dozen go,-,s;]is w.th th.' iiir;^l imei’tiM'jl’|
earnestness. ri\.llv e\cu
my giviiii: the contt ii!>. I ncvi r ex- j
jiose niy sex. You ki;o«v I’nt nut j
s^jueamisli : but I A^///y caii:io' lirta.i i
what that I’.ule cont.ii;ir'l. " “ 1 bj'.v vfi \ 1
ii-e,)dlnl !” was rep.Mlc.l in wu iniis'
tones t!)rou2:hoi;l th'- roon,. ‘•Ihirridl”
• i'f'>umed Ml'S, lloids'vnrtli. \vit!i a miot '
diplomatic f;xpn‘s>iou (/f coiinicii: n 'c— j
“Not tliat I would injiirrMliC ,■'! i'V
nicks f(jr lln* woi hi. I’uor tinnir.’’—!
“Ah, poor tliiiit;!’’ n'-M'hoed j
romid. “Who v. ouh'. iiare snsj)c(’te(l |
it?” “Oh”—cried Mis. Ilo! l.swo! lb, '
Lriskly, tor slie fcli this was an i:iroad
on her reputatiun—“I'm !iot the least
surprised I I've long i'jrt-sri'ii ii ? MisN
Abigail’s misfortune has been k.mwnto
^.o( th.it I wci'iid in-
*• J, poo?'
no for moiflhs
tiling! Nor I,” cried fac’i jnenihcr ol
tills prcf'ious coterie, rs >.he sejiarated
to disoe;niuate this scandiilous morceitu,
in her own peculiai beat, vyith «U het
encr2;i» s.
Well—the story d>id not lose in th-c;
telling. I’eojjli; drew tiicif own con-
chisions, not, of course, the most iuvora-
ble to the Miss Pennicks—and the con-
sc(iuencc was, that these maiden kidits,
who had live(l all tlieir days in the most
unspotted innocence, found themselves,
on a sudden, avoidf.d, pointed at, and
reiected by society. Their neighbors
drew up \.-hen they passed—their hu’-
mer gossips, who would once chat with
them by the hour, contented themsidves
with a “(iood .Mcu’iiing ! Fitu- day I”
and, as Miss Charity l\;nnick observcti,
the days of Sodom and Gomorrah v. erc
come again.
'riiings grew worse nn«l worse. “Fine
Day!”, and “Good Morning!” gave
jjlace to a bow or smile, en pass(fnt—
thtur tea-parties were declined—their
visits unrcturned—and Patience Pcii-
nick declared herself “ weary of life”—
when Abigail, the ehlest sister, goaiied
to des])eration by a fixsh slight, conjur
ed a (jttonddm cronij to explain the
mystery. She \vas then given lo I'm-
derstand, with nuich cii-cumlocution,
that she and her sisters were susjjected
of courting an im[!ropcr intimacy \vith
Major Hoidsworth !”—“On whose au
thority?” screamed Charity. “On that
of his own wife,” was the reply.
After the hysterics j)ioduced by this
unexpected communication had subsi
ded, thu thfcc injured spinsters had im-
motliatc recourse to their jjiofessional
adviser. They resolved, with his con
currence, instcintly to prosecute Mrs.
Hoidsworth for defamation of character.
When “ the dread note of pnuiaration”
sounded, and Mrs. Holdsvyorth was in
formed, that her appearance in ojien
court would be requisite, tihc expressed
htr ania/.enieiit at “/Ac wurld\s wilful
miscnti.structiou ;” and admitted, fnr
the fir.st time in her life, that this she
had never anticipated :—while Major
Holdswoi th’s broad unmeaning face as
sumed a state of utter bewilderment,
when he was told he certainly had re
ceive;! criminal overtures from Miss
Abigail Pennick !
To obtain a clear insight into matters,
it was determined that an interview
should take ])lace between the bellige
rent jiarties, attended by their legal ad
visers, at which Me wr;/e should be fortli-
coming. All but the lust word Miss
Abigail admitted slie had written—but
that n'onl she stoutly disclaimed.
“Well, Madam,” said the Major’s bra-
zen-iaceil Solicitor—“that point is im
material. The chief object is attained—
for your spotless virgin charactcr is
I'laced beyond suspicion. Asalawver,
I say, take the case into court. As a
fi;end, let it slay where it is. For
whatever might be tlie opinion of the
jmy on legal matters, you would cer
tainly stand convicted as a most “ indif
ferent speller. ”
rilOM TnttONDO.N IIAPTIKT MABAZIS*.
IIISTOIMCAL ESSAY. •
Ort the Co;iuneiicenu nt of the Heforination
in I'.njfland durinc^ the Ucij;-n of Henry
yiir. A. i>. 1509—1547.
A great variety of circumstances con
curred togivc Henry that complete sove
reignty over his ministers and i>eoj)le,
and, indeed, in a considerable degree,
over Kiu’ope, which enabled him to do
almost what he pleased, and, therefore,
lo couiim'iice this great work ; although
there is no evidem-e thatiie was instiga
ted to it, by correct motives. vVmid the
most cunspicu(/us of these, were the
immense treasures left by his father, his
own personal beauty and bravery, his
independent spiiit and uncontrolable
disposition, his taste for popular anuise-
II eti!'. and sjjh.'ndour, his learning, con
sidering the ag(! in whieli he lived, aiul
the prrpetiial envy, jealousy, and rival
ry of cvntempf)ravy nmnarchs , ailded
iM wh:ch, he united in his own person
ii’.e h)iig and din-coi'.nicti'ig titles of
\ ork and Lancaster.
Atiiongthe evidences of the livine
•oiitroul over all human atfairs, there is
scarcely one more convincing, than the
important conserpiences that result iVoni
events, whieii we are r.ccuslcmed to
consider comparatively trilling. Thus
Henry's dissatisf.irlion with his lirst
wite, his admiration of Anne Bovlen,
and hi' deti'rmiuation to marry her,
were the primary cause of the reforma
tion ill >!ngland. 'J'lie King’s marriage
vrith Catharine of Arragoii was the mere
result of national policy : tired of her
person, entertaining doubts of the pro
priety of marriage with a brother's wid
ow, and beginning to feel his own pow
er, he applied for a divorre, which,
fiirm till' W()j)o'b desire to please the Km-
peror Charles, who was adverse to
Henry, was from time to time procr-as-
^inated: indeed, the military poutiirCle-
ment. i;L the port'd *i tli .' finpiicaiio’i.
vvas the prisoijtr of Chitrlej:—
ward of his mihl.'uy ex[)loils. i ho in
trepid Luther had already begun to e:c-
uose t'l'j delusion.s a;'d iniquities of tin
jiapal system, cspcc'iuly the sale (d in
dulgences, which the Dominican friars ...u.
every wl;cic: r-o.-oM.mcnJin>r, lo 1 mont!, as long as tlic.v POMCSSCCI inn i
a.'SocLxits, uoiC ot tno
niosi uppoiule prir.cii.les, and anxious!)
witcl.ed evcrv opi>ortunity oi forward-
;n>- their dilferenl views, consistently
with their dread ot oiVunding such a
master. His wives too, of whom he
l,;ul so manv, diircring in tlieir senti-
‘, either jiromoted or impeded the
Xian.l dearer I C...5C of truth. TI.e u.ajorily ot those
replenish the. exhausted treasury of the | encc
i ve, he happily succeeded j ^ver. An.^ l^.leyn, .lane ‘"
^uirit of iiKjuiry, not only particularly Cutnanne Parr.
ent, bet in Kngland, for | occasional seventy to t.ie disciples of
vio«« VvieklilVe the «tl
_,ood ; I'or although'Tindal, Joyce, and
others, fled to Antwerj), there they em-
plovcd themselves in writing English
hooks, which greatly assisted the in-
(|uiries of the people, especially Tin-
dal’s translation of the scriptures, at
which Tonstall was so alu’medj that he
bought up all the copies he could pro
cure, and burned them publicly in
Cheajiside ; thereby affording the trans
lator the moans, v/hich he much desir
ed, of printing a new and correct edi
tion. Itwas, for sometime, only allow
ed, that a copy should be charned near
the altar in the parish church, to be
occasionally consulted ; yet happily, at
length, its free circulation was permit
ted, and subsequently, a farti) r advan
tage was gained, in the suhstiUit;on of
the Knglish, instead of the Latin as the
lanu;uagi! of public worship.
That so nuicli should lu.vc been elil-ct-
ed in such a reign, may well excite our
a: tonisiiment an.l gT;^litude. its fearful
severity is al’undaiitly ottcSto^ by the
iiumi'vous exe( ulions whieh dtHfraced it,
from whieh neither the tenfhimjst ties,
witness the fate of Anne Poleyn : nor
the most distinguished services, v.it-
ness the end of Cromwell and More, nor
ti;e obscurest condition, witness that of
the unfoilunate Lambert, could shield.
It is said that not less than 72,000 suf
fered death during this reign—a sad in
dication of the state of the times ;—yet,
it is in this period that sf» much good is
done ; a striking illustration of the truth
of that remarkable scrijiture. “He mak-
eth the wrath of man to praise him, and
the remainder thereof he will constrain?”
iiartedlv examined the scriuturrs Vv iih vunvs of Luther, eliectcd m .
aUtiv.., he happiiy =-..ee.loJ juer. A«.,e IV.Kyn,
V ■ • r • ! t «„i.-1 IfiilnriV' ( :ii!iannc 1 arr. r^ven lus
m (ii.lusmg a siur
on the Cuntin
Ijich the prtv
had v/cll prepared. 'I'he object of the
Kimr’s aifection was a convert to the
great reformer’s views ; and, although
iirnry had written against him, to
W'lich he was tiie mure induced by
Luther's opposition to his,favorite .tu-
thor, 'I'homas Acpiinas ; and, notwith
standing he had thereby so increased
his reputation, as on presenting a copy
of his work to the holy father, as he
uas called, he was rewarded with the
title of “ J)efender of the Faith,” still
retained by our Kings ; yet such was
his regard for Amie, lier influence over
him, and such l;is independent spirit,
that he privately married her, Vvhich,
on the j)rospect of an increasing family,
he publicly acknowledged, and the new
queen was cro\ ned with royal slate.
Various were the expedients of the
court of Honu‘, both bcdore and after
this event, either Lo deter or punish
Henry, and secure his future obetlience.
Out'of this an’air arose the downfall
of that extraordinary, \ ain, and ambi
tious minister, Wolscy ; who, from the
humble station of a l.nitcher’s sou at
Ipswich, became an arclibishop and a
cardinal, and even aspired to the jiapa-
cv : he was not only the great*,^t luan
in England, next to* Henry, but ])os-
se.ssing an ascendancy over that mighty
monari'h, he was courte*! by all foreign
princes, who «;oi!ght his m.rster's favour,
which they all did in their turn, by the
most cosily presents, and profound
adulation. Hampton-court palace, and
that at Whitehall, remain to attest his
worldly greatness, and his pathetic dy-.
ing declaration is hajipily j^reserved, to
confirm the real worth of that greatness
in the calm and solemn hour of death,
and in the prospect of eternity : “Had
I,” said he, “but served God as diligent
ly as I have served the King, he would
not have given -me over in my gray
hairs.—But this is the just reward that
I must rcceive for my indulgent pain.?
and study, not regarding ipy service to
God, but only to my prince.”
Connected with this business, more
over, was the elevation ofCianmer, the
justly-celebrated arcbbishoj) of Canter
bury, who contributed not a little to the
progress of the glorious work. During
the King’s perplexities, before he had
courage to marry without the Poj)e^
con.sent, Cranmer, in discoursing on ids
sovereign's doubts respecting the pro-
pri«;ty of liis marriage with Catharine,
.suggested the propriety of consul'ting
the universities of Kuiope, with a view
of abiding by their decision, stating the
probability of the royal conscience be
ing satisfied, if they decided on its legal
ity ; anil the strength of his cause, if
they deteVmined agreeably to the mon
arch’s wish. This being reported to
Henry, he PXclainK'd, the divine had
the right sov/ by the ear ; admitted him
to his friendship, and soon promoted
his advancement.
One step in Henry \s separation from
the church bt Kome led to another; nor
did he stop until he had seized the reve
nues of llie various religious houses,
lir.st abolishing the smaller, next the lar
ger ; tiie tiesirableness of which may be
inferred, not only from their natiu-e,
Init their mimber ; for their were 643
monasteries, 10 colleges, L>37-t chant
ries, and 110 hospitals. For this im
piety, Henry was compared to Adrian,
ami the discijilino of a papal bull was
resorted to, but \vithout clfect. The
monarch proceeded in his corrections,
destroying the renowned shrino of
I'homas a liecket, erasing his nanu
from llie list of saints, and prohibitinc:
pilgrimages to hi,s tomb. He even made | ,
it treason not to renounce the. Pope’.s j
autliority, and directed th(' word f.) bei'"' '
blotted out in all forms in which It liad i
been useil.
Such v.cri; tlie peculiar circimistaiu'es
ol tiiis r'Mgn, such the jieouliar cliarac-
IMPOUTANCE OF THE MILITIA.
If there were no other utility to be
derived from the militia, than to enforce
the execution of the laws of the union,
when 0pj)0sed by misguided or unj)rin-
cipled combinations, instead of leaving
that task to a regular force, every pat
riot ami reflecting man must prize il as
of iiiestimable importance. What ilif-
fcrent consequences might have arisen,
had the suppression of ‘Shay’s rebel
lion,’ or the ‘whiskey insurrection,’
betMi confided to a regular force ! Such
a description of force, in all eases, as
sumes the aspect of opprc,ssive eiiorgv,
and is regarded as an instrument of goV-
ernnient, which h;is no connexion, no
sympathy, with the mass of the j-eople.
Had cithcy of these jiolitical disturban
ces been attoniptt.il to he put down by
an arm, to which such an odious and
unpopular character might have been
attached, the.se formidable insurrec
tions, which, in their result, seemed
only to strengthen ;uid confirm our ex
cellent Irame of government, might
have ended in its prostration. Put as
ihcro was a power existing among the
peojde tiiemselves, which, although dor-
n;anl, was c\apable of b(;ing rou.sed to
any degree of energy, which the gov
ernment could call forth in all the plen
itude that the crisis migiit .demand, a
resistance,^ which had probal.ly defied
the executive arm, wielding a regular
torce, and perhaps Increased in resolute
ness and exasperation, subsided in dis
may before an army of citizens, who
had sliared in all the evil.', which were
made the pretexts for tiu.'.se insm-rec-
tions, but who .stood iortii lliedelendcis
of government and law. Hail the r>"r.
ular lui'ai. lirj dispo.sal of the execu
tive been the only resource, in theso c-
mergencies, its numbers could have been
easily ascertained, anci rc si,-,lance found
ed on calculation, lint when tiie peo
ple themselves arose as t!ic iVieiuls d'
good order, and the aveng-rs of violat'd
on tin
310RAL
ter of t!ii.-i
irim.M.', ami siich tlu; amb
.raiiqiiiliity, ih; jiower arrayed
Side of govrriimenf woMld seepi
I;' !>;!ve no other limits, than tlmse
t!u^, eihciciit j»c,r'u:.ii;.,;i. And
llie -nvidui'us task ( f
'*''"'■1 :iud tiie laws had q,;,.
ti.eir sdent^ s;v.y, ilii, ov.rwlidniing
lorce, ^vh!.■n hrd iKt n so easily cndiodi-
ed, or, as it u. ie, creV.ed, dissolved at
once, an.! was j„sf in fli,MM!dti(ule. N
when
'![ pres:,ion vras
ify ol his conduct, arising from tiie cdt-,-
llicl of jiolicy and temper, with hi.-
stTongl_\ establi'Iied pi'cpidices and In^’c .
of reputation, (for he had di,.tiimniishr,] |!-'fl liehind to remind t!io van-
himsrjif by his theological writini--s,thr,{ ' “t the-r dei,;;t and sli^nv, and
both relbrmers and papists, had their l‘' ;m.i mortii.fd fedinirs
occasional triumph^. Inde, d, h.' may I^"'^‘“'^sion and coiiteiup'^.
be said to have rcpeatfdichanixed t!i(
iialional n ligion, for, altliomrri prid'ess
edly done by act ot parliane. nt, he al
ways pre\ioiisly coui|'osed and
scribeiLMi'* creed. His cori-r^rrHm-
, 5''oi.o,,r:My to try a m:m’s pati. nre,
|hcmest hay., the IJn.r cf Nears eoMs,,-
|mo^bcfe:, I.is cvor, iu a mumei;. o,-
P - om.;hh to prove it, he, m-iV. ,;,ily W-
■"‘^'1 Ir*^' >-rn-,v h:3luh'u-. ^
ON TIME.
To whatever account we turn ourt^p,,
with respect to others, the first object q,
its right envploymeni is with oursehc^.
and this not only in discharging thcsi'
exercises of piety and virtue, which
too ob\ious and loo generally acktiow.
[edged, to require to be specified
in attending to the' sacred dispositions
the mind, in order to ascertain its if ,'
character. We do not mean to imply
that we can judge of' its state by t;-,.
thoughts which are ncccssarUy sugges*^.;;
by any actual business, or any pres!,in>
object, such thoughts being the proper
demand of the occasion, and not airv cer.
tain indication of our abidintj state X'.t
habitual temper. But by walchinjth'
nature and tendency of our spontancou
thoughts, we may, in a great measure,
determine on the character of ourminds'
their voluntary thoughts and iinprompi
ed feelings, being the streams which i?..
(licate the fountain whence they flow
The heart is that perennial spring; fo.-
v. hciher grace or nature supply the cur
rent, ihe fountain is inexhaustible, h
cither case, the more abundantly it flows,
the more constantly its waste is fed bv
fuesh sup])Iies; expence, instead of ex.
hausting, augments the stream, whether
the source from earth supply worldly
thoughts, or that from above such as ire
heavenly. Thoughts determine on thr
character : as the man thinketh, so is he.
VV'hat a scene will open upon us, wlier
from our eternal state, we shall look bach
on the use we ha\c made of time ! ^Vha'
a revolution will be wrought in our opin-
ions ! What a contrast will be exhibiied,
when we shall take a clear retrospect of
all we have done, and all we ought to have
done I And shall we, then, put offthe in
spection to an uncertain period, to a pe
riod, when wc can neither repent to aiiy
purpose for what was wrong, nai’ be^-iu
to do what we shall then perceive wou'.i
have been right ? Lot these frequent mc6
itations on death, lead us to reflect what
the feelings of a dying bed will be. Le:
us think now what will then be the rc
view of riches mis-spent, of talents nc?-
lected or ])ervertcd, of influence abused,
of learning misapj)lied, of time niisfm-
ployed ! To ‘uterlaiii serious thoughts
of death now, is the most likely mcthcd
for rectifying tem])ers, for conquerir.c;
propensities, for establishing principles,
for confirming habits, of which we shiil
then feel the consequences; for relir.'
quisliing enterjirises and pursuits, for the
success of which wc may then be as mucii
afllicted, as we should now be at their
defeat.
He w ho cannot find time to consult hi?
Bible, will find, one day, that he hastinis
to be sick ; he who has no time to pray,
must find time to die. He who can find
no time to reflect, is most likely to
time to sin ; he w ho cannot find time fo;'
rcpentance, will find an eternity in which
repentance will be of no avail. Let u:-.
then, under the influence of the Di'in'^
spirit, seriously reflect, under wliat ia'i
we cam? into tho w’orld : it is appoin’
ed for alfmen once to die, and, after dcat.,
the jcno.Mi.N r.” Is it not obvious* thf-’
that the design of life is to prcpai'*: I-j
judgment; and that, in proportion as"
employ titnc well, wc ma!;.e immort-h !
happy.^
Do thyself no //(//•«?.—1’his
plain scutence comprehends all d'*'
Idljitions of the gos'iel, for wlu-n vf
jure olher.s, we deslMiy tijc heallh
peace of our ouu cic pi'i'P'
fully convinced of this t:'..tli, tlic)
he more scriipiiltnis in ;i.-‘ir dioiirv' '
words, and deeds, linow in.';. 'J''
same degree, iliat they are ki:.d aiul ' '
j iiccnt to all, they increase u\( ;r o'''!! Ij'}'
Matiy have believed with tfc Jt'"''
they ought to lovt' their uc," iIjoi>
hate th‘l!* er,emies; i)ut t!i"
mauds ns to hn'e our enemies, not s;inp.^
thaf t!i>;\ n;av be .idviiutajved. !i>it
v.'c l)(> the eliildicii ot (lod i" '
lip, and lif-’, and that we may I'l’a’''-
lilial title, by exhiluliii;:: mild!!C‘'‘>'
jier. But. \ve s'lould not only s'.ri''^'
\ent grief and compunction I'V
and C.lirl.stian ti i'almcnt jfalh
a vieahinct' ovurour tiioujnit ■> •^‘*,'’*,1,,
as shall cvcmiiate in jii-arc,
world ran neither :;;ivo nor take.
these lact,s"T)(> wcdl consid' i'i i!,
rcllect, 'ihut bis enjoyment depends d.i | ^
c.liaritalile feelintvs to all, and tlie
nu'ut of his ti-mpcr and
'i'he r:e.ve or' wiirr+^ic siriU; of •.onfU''* ' '“
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