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l&fi ,:J are ciljil4t.edjidawaipjoft ' j SIR, tj'fvf EN boaft otiWt realon,Van8 Plheir - roQrKcpnduythey are, ftame ahdjj contraditlion to reafon;; it fecras "to be thro " w'iafei v tjU&ari; them : , Indeed, fp , Jittlc, or To: wrorig, is the uic thev roake ot ir, that it wouii.Heraily' for vtHeir re putatioTC7ifthevd nonel-: But though tne many fbarcely ufe it at all, arid. none fo rnnch as they! ought; yet every mgn thinks h0 doe's,- and"-rifcve"r wants forriethmg which he calls reafon, lor the Juf4 tification of his folly or ivickednefs Prejudice or ailjori, leps' intpXit room, takes its; name 3 and under the appearance of reafon, , does things; which reafon; "abhors: And thus reafon, as well a$ religion, is forced to furnifh its enemies 'ivith' arms again ft if felf, and tEe aoufex)? 11 .is woric ana , rnprq , oapgerpus "than the ablolute want xf It ; as aj ideot is 1 efs terrible aiidlels odious rthah a" knave and; as avharmlefs "Pagan is a much more amiable cha- raeter t nan an outrageous pcrie-j xuimg oieoi. tag tnai as no xxcu gion at all is j better tnan a. .rnif chievous Religion ; that ii to! jay, an ion that oTomoti ntbn.to liurtbne anptlier; To the abTence or inactivity qi tne xacuities, iSvDetter than the quicknefs of faculties wickedly applied. t , . b , 3 Of all the" many falfe lights that miflead men from , their reafon, prejudice is one of the fofernofl ana molt lucceisiui; ana tnoqgn In their, natures oflnmre. dejJriifc no, ivfo thingsre rnprej pppfite tive of tech other,, than jreaXpnand prejudice" are; yet they are often made to pafs for each, other :. , And as . fome men will giye you very dbd reafons for their beinffJn the ?'.v-iv - r-V... v .1'- . wronrr tnemietves; mere are. uioie too, who. will give you as good, why others' fhould .not be in the right ; that is, the prejudices of icfme would . bp thought wildom, and' the ' wifdom ,6f dthers.is .mif called prejudice.' The wor ft things that tmen' dp, called by a good name, pais ior ine usu, anu uic beft, blackened ,by an iJL name, pais for the worft Such is the force f of, prejudice in. the world, and fp fuccefsf upy ;j4pes this foe; to rdfon ape reafon ! ; ' ' -prejupjee it an ohllinate and un r'eafonable attachment to an .opi nion, fupported pnlj by a, wilful nc(s t6' maintain it, whether fc-, gar ding men or things it Jinks tile good, with the bad, and the, bad with the good, and hates or loves by the lump. Thus if a man is called a, faint, his worll aclions are fainted iyith him ; and his very ig norance and cruelty, and even his" dirtinefs and his dreams, are made f icred ahd meritorious; as may be feeri at large intheRomifti Legends, where the 'principal qualification for faintlhip feems to have confided in fl ark raving rnadnefs, : and in an implacableahd bloody fury towards . all fenfe and fobriety. And thus, even with us, if a man, paffes for a good man, his bad deeds -are often thought good ones", by thofe that think him fo, and only becaufe do they -think him fo. , On the other fide, if a man is called an Athicft, the odium" of that name, where it is believed true, is made a blot upon his , beft actions nd greateft virtue, and to defeat them as well as foil them, V For my own part, I cannot think there arc 'Uch men as Atheiflsj but if there yere, I cannot think that truth ahd iohriety in an . Atheiftr are worfe han in another man. That black is not white, and that two and two make four; is as true out Tof1 the mruth tf Atheift, as, out of the 1VX 4nouth pf an' apoftlev A frii JJIt viven ev an Atnein to a oecffar. is men maac upon iazm uw ecmic ater aimsinan a naupenny;ffivcn llinan, wno oeing aicu y lurocw by a beiieven; rana mesgooanenie jpnem yy netnCT.cna y? of an Atheift: h preferable to the Ibe amfember?' tpldtherri, ? No, niiftakes of ai good Ghriflian: -iln jlgetlemen,: ?uPlfiW6;;.'ydu fee ihrirt. whatever reouted Atheiitsf I Jo well, or fpeak truly,, is rrfore I to be imitated and credited;! than IK wnat tne greateivpeiicvcrs ao wicr. edly, or fay.falfely; and evert in the bufinefs of hearing teftiniony, or makin? a report,- in which cafes the credit and: reputation of the I hwitneis gives ipme weignt, or.none? j to whatl he lays ; i more recarct is to I be' had to the word of an uhbe-1 1ievr who has no intereft on either ll ftde; than to the word of a believer who has. f " : bo that as no man is to De be- f . -. . . ll lieved an Atheift, Unlefs he be evidently proved orie; which, 11 wEere he himfelf 'denies it, can be II done by fj&a dnly the good or bad iAt!ilV'iirArIa-i vitith . rAl rimy ' -1 h m 11 I ;ri.t ir. ihii.hinArti; l though the fih bf a faint is more 1 finful than that bf 'a Pagan As it lefk foithenamef him that com- is therefore thte blackeft and moft Oliver Cromwel, pn the coni; auaireomannu riie w gMagcanwaws again yjour cir barbarbus; villaftiy to charge1 any trarjr, is fcar.ee ever mentibhed but: ings.iUberfies and ngrsi?yoUjhave man with Atheifra, who ris no withdeteftation, or thought bf but fcrandfing hpf iky; waited-peaceab y; thougHihpa-. Atheift4; tt is thb greateft fotlv to aV a monfter; thpugKit is certaip; rbcket$ ? - Repubhcanseawake, the tic&tly JbiLthe day 61 youi'm- '.k;a,iU4-,Krt'v;i,iit that k nwrt . 'AiAl thti htinAr'Atfc day ltrnorc imnortant than any day tutk)riat deHverarfce;ii . mit them Of 'thai truth is lefs or by either of the otherHwo. f'.Hc haddU WopublicaniUiv or ayes JHet open ;he day.to redeemyour v.uW w ill ffnnd at laft as rod a riht ,to CreatiiLfbriyerJ: vYour candidate ,w a tried felves irprri .-jercat and little tyrants. flameof him that peaks it. Pre udice has long- taught men, ii . ,frt iTiinl- otherwife: and1 to confider, not; Wh wastdtfhfaidr but who were the meri thatfatd orj did it. A happy expedient, l muw own, : . . ' ' . ,-. V - ' ft t 111 to acquire dominion, and f to ex- manKina iffnorani'ana oiic, as 11 iheir teachers and ffoVernors do eneral v keeD them And there- fore.lin moft jairts? of the wbHd,:Jcrimirtais and the higheft ufurp truth is ;a capital crime; and -the Pppe ind Mahomet, the Alcoran aiidhe; Mafs-bobkrand the like fonnrta" HuritK 1 a r?rtmritnt f aflif- tance off fire and Word, Ire fufE- a Wbu nrb itAv-m all II true Catholicks and' Muflelmen. But we live in a land of liberty ; and have; I hbpe, well-nigh wiped off the fcandal of being led or ani- mated py none ana names, as were reafon being irfother men's keep- "fome fa wnbt. their cbnditioh,. and Others wanted courage or power to mend W. u B lit with - Liber ty light nas lprujig in, ana we nave got rm of the terror and delu lion occa- iiohei ny folemrt riarhie'sV '-a fort of ! bugbears that frighten only in the dark: We uave lcarneu uiai wc 41 c: ia m Ufe rt our' own inderftanclings, as they ae whole underftandirigs are no better than ours ; and that there is no merit in founds, nor in thofe aftibns Vhieb a wicked mari raay brattife as well as a goodman -'vi. . . : i . ....? . - r.L ..r ; Li.-JL. ' proi the are greateft that natural, complexion or. reji- gious opinions, could any way at feef the difcovery. of foflils and cocklelhels, or the irnprovement of muftardand pickles? But . I dare lay, it is only a up ry ran ea to onng a jearned body into contempt, tlat thev rrfisfpd admittance to one Plii- lofonher. becaufe he held' bet?-1 1 fodox religious tenets', arid another! pccauic o nis xorejgn xxjracuo; mem; and co-operated with other to be here rnuch the mbrd unhappy pfcred Bheo clm fdefpotimi exllibit: artitrrt clouded dtfpla df saufes; ItoWaras Tteepinthern in of ;tth'e two. Who has ?tbd us, tp jhebtempeftapatf feafdiberty; wiicloni Jqtegri,;bSeijevo ; mir 'ut (T0nrn v'titrnori nnnn lltfons, whni 1 tftmK are allowea iuarcujiuf(y lutfi. (wc;du;ijic wuu ; i. ai fiaiiiciju, -which ougnr' to i;pondage. I hey were decoyed or ll what oon can oniy ten, tnanms-ii w,ls',i:wHMU ".'m-ihow .v fl . :" 11 C"C r "vwMC7iii wuriou3r wunwut departing iroui: nis ui4 ious,' anupamouaic:, as ouneives. Wl, ."J1"", 1 "ti;'1?' i.vf V vmjv iy;t wc.,uiuuuuu jpuiiiiy , racier.": ' ! ' J jWhereasahat often pleafes God, tibns,' your Hghma I True" learning;' Snd prejudices jwhicfe hated by ban; artdi'that adthe mah ; yho predicted this ;efii.mintJoi.:- i, :? . bannot fubfift tbgeitnerf and fhere whicji is really aibleflingirs often Ives "to re jeiyef tfie teftinipny; bf . Areform ofthcrepxefentation; ; for e; thoughin focieties'b pedants, thought a eurfe; and therefore your'rcfffecl. arid cemdfience, , the a redafclion of the ftanditftnihfar) I ittle-ellV is to be found buipre fome wickedly think the judgment withholdingof which may. leatf you forcevia prbgreilive redemntibn of judices, bitternefs, ignorant due to others for thtngltpjthefad eataftropheof feeing your the fpiablib ebtr and5 aJ totjilvabo that in focieticf of gentlemeri, fayou So wickedly do men idifTer ;pire in ja conVulfion. . k 1 ipraeci',-'1 peMoia's,;' "arid finecuresi ' formed for the promoting of know- ibitheit (entiments arid affeftions ! i; fjowever you mayebe agitated on iupon1, which the mOnerC " , ledee' and liberty of erwuiry i -Tliev who call the misfortunes of thefubjeclof religion reftaffured tiori; jcs arid?thries; iafW'-alb'n-: I E A 1 I I I I IIP W Itfllll a.kBU.te 111 ! B . 'ft LAB a. A L 1.W B.A.4 W ft il A U. B. VA' M - - - - w F I I -V m -u- B, Bl B M B V t UI U LA l. U. . , ince utterly incomjitent wnn tipner gupgmcnis upon inem, ao uwi uu. ai-ui iu ucjjcumi any aut-ijuaic, io accouium u;,roiguiy narrow fpirit of prejudice, there Ipjaimjenouffh own, though not ij auminntration i ox government ior talk ot a national regeneration; , - yet fobnd;-thftarices.': "bf vthe nniwrthafcitbe)i-wifh- -for judg-jitbe profperity bf ' Zion. YoufWiH nd- if that energy.atid vitfts ( -. Who would: imagine, Hinents V'upqn. others, or are' gladjfnot'Jike the people or iyigfand; II are .wmung - in the cpmm.iinity at; it wereiruf, it jtoldjiiftify-ip i 'have a mole on my upper lip; ana I arabi iv it U'Icarce creaibie, but that wc fee 'it'hbW v1olrintiyj I futiy:, the face of feaibn an'd often gets the better of II, in in UU WC , IUO W UCJ C ICdlUIi feem$ to be -ftrongeft and molt ob. yipus. 1 inaa racmion a rcmarK aoie one. Alexander and'Caefar are never merittPried but with applaufe, or thought bt'but as amiable charac hers; and the true patterns of ...!'..- t l .-i - . 1 . princes ana neroes, tnougn it is certain there never lived more wicked men; they turned the world upfide down', andufurpea its MJmrm t ia rV rrm rF h human 'racft Here is fafct , - plain undeniable hft; againftrei.! judice and opinion. : Ipart of the niilhief that, wastctenen Britain as they -hid td .the globe 10 i neither are power; they paved tneir way -tb If Jr'H-y-V"?.-wuyic riivl U,-'F'IU41 vitiicuiiw s. aaiohs bf'anl .Sonjtniri: Vitb' : dekd " bodies, and' Jeno places with the jjr;nce of theofweP and ruled it vvitn .mortrquityJanaiLuciii jcucnuw jyuyt, "? WU1US Uf hlnft. He JdHnhtlefr nl difcoverer of a ftan dard of weitthi ufurp.eAbutalittleonendtfaoughl wicked enough, realty an innoceht man compared to ; thera Nor was . 1 1 u . l . :f & i J 1 1 hefs is mo'ft magnified, and leaft icicutc,: wucic.iiic icuci wilmu- excuied. ana where the blackeitj crs are admired and extolled t There is yet one fcfFcfl bi preju-- dicejnqre iriipioiisthan all the reft; I mean, the darincr nrefumntion of thole meh ho wantorilyjapply thel u?mnf : eitA-hthH and I of calling thofe thing! 'judgments, which are not fb. Ptohably bo- thing ever, ycfe happened ta oiie man, .but has happened; to another iianq ajainercni;i ne ivricca xivc with as fcw; agonies as do the righ- WhOi 1 thinK, ?are i allowed death, is , one; that death 'rhieh is J corniupnVtoall men ? 1 -Aid as. to J I the different and difaftrbus .mariners. iiyi ying ; ii.av.c.uuc aic anuiwuiu taniu tprti feftr meni?- :, 1 - . . 1 :Vrlow foblifh. and ihfolerit are wei When we are angry! unreasonably angry with one anbther we pre- fumptuoufly think jtbat God, the gppaanot au-wiie vroa,- is-iotoo; llbywhich1 te .)rofarielyT'Tirggelt,: jhatOie is a Being as weak; ridicu- j iri.. i J rr when they happen. ! What can we fay off uch an Antichnltian opint as this?! r i ' i ancfone of the Fathers wrote a bbbk y ne at an peiow xncirif in .pans aim ii"vvu uyvuj4vuwm-Mi vw . ii n wi & . 'jwu h-w-ijv courage. What therefore is thei? t Dehed up; butour candidate II to ahe -political BlK(hiPfcidi IL.anf. f iftu m;ffhtv anV? "nn in ft nif. Ilis lettcrton. rretident ot the fhi-! eternat adieutitottiie1 4feeaoni- you ,and; peftilettce pbilorf-and reianie or ipint m tne peppi , re, .wlibeafts: and' accident fbp 1 e(p j n a ti avouI d yhichiadei oyedas manygbod menas evil coSihue till , a brifisnwttnA by the the inovements offtie4ekel?utfc ;When theheathens. weretipper- Majeft y, and.tlie titled ilays which whatVemains hut to:awaiv-iri deep noft. ahey1. charged the' Chriftians jCpmppfe-.a-iuxuripus cquiti : The and ahqujl'illeflcr; the mbjpit withrbeing the caufe of all the evils tjiariot wheels air falvat jbn are far jri which- the natiorY?!. hberh' vla 1 and misfortunes that befel the Ro ditterent : tront the ehariot wheels laterf hnal ly to terminate in rt hat; ab- inaan Erhpire-fuchi as inundations;' khich are to befolledfYOdtlie fblumanar'chy, tvhichaecbiiSj rilkVues. i earthquakes, and the like ftreetstbf theFederat1 xfty wttit toa'brbfourid and Vefebfatcci ' jf tcrpmve tnaian tiio tnmg. naajiiucny. - - t-;- beeri ifrom - tbteljnningl jam 1 wnpeycrraa&cs inc hk uur roay-beleticed; if Che has irttf lefemamftilfc i'.l 7.: "From O-atioa oo tfec.,Extentand Ff:' .".'....-. 1 :'.'4?' .7'"ciri TOUTlJCAL UELUSrO; if Evening ffecedwge,.tht $ jwtlic' jCe'fc Mintefaentt $citfigeti,'ttw, ' ,'. , . i : ' ' ' ;. . . - . ' ' U . IT ABkABAM BISHOP. ; Moil of the delufions iwhich I have named td .jrou will be prac-' tifed on you at ih approaching Pre-: fidential election, and then demfiori ever bufy and inventive will affume pew and potent forms proportioned to the iinmenfe iniportanee of fbat I bccafion; Some candidates UVbej voJution atcnievea f ; uia tneereat; M?ui,!TO i0" irt .order tol nin,thejoyfujirbof p bin.will jouryrtfok doers' beT pauioanau Jiajn(riJt yrau9ns oriLtorjrour . U pendulum y not the authoj -oil tne jettej, to Mazzei. , r eaerauus rtr4 rrt oni iw"rr communications revcrenuy 01 uie gooai fpoken reverentlyiot te.chriltiani retigibn, ansa's foryearported! at his oltihixpbtiei a teaeheb'f the goipert a man ot unvieuioapieui moralityboth in thepry anpr)iiElice;4 amiable WPrtvate lite: holdme the fecond office in you jvernment by the fria- fuffrages:ofte pebpfe.. The ihgnibus diico veer bl a4 per- fett rftarraVfci bf eiraritf -rnea-'l hrfJtK mit cars has jiuaitu ji itjWCiiidUYUZcijj wuu j country :. j tKribWih 1 energy pt the .people, our ngbts .'.' 51"- -"' t -' - uld ieyiye 0r til they ftipuld ex- pw: in' conybifioit.rand -Jierein hetipredicled this verydayji . Our fpirit has declined; grof abufes iwvcucpt hi, wcihycs yuwcnui ianftbcatrcV tnbnarehi'c?, f BrtUnntc nrhnrt thmtliirh a nun II urr lr rrt WitfA'tihwMtftp xnAff cal fociety, who in all his 'J never merited prpafebuf ecKs to them has lpokerr I tor IhCiyctkert; :' P tm $ r a. court convened oniy tor-the?pUYS v, accurately the power pote, at! earregi iteitnahe Hoyai It oraemiibp, tie yenturfejptb jij?f diet; j ediciS4i. nxli fi : w .ytt iituai, uiiv,i uiv i' t.v-i n uuiu wv "ll.. ici Ai4 iui; nit i;ia vv-Hiu- WCH - ractionvut oy a due. exertion otfE" ine inuencevQtr the Crown ' II tlXltr rllnHlllfftlrtll rirhf- AlaX IF nnnhli In. W. J . . j.. ft. . ' ." ( expect that examples of piety, lfiues Qrace, anjet Itreams ot ialvation, are to flow from his moft-facred loiidsoi" tlorriefltcian c xinaiiy;. epioiicans, oe urougf twjueh rtheylwtMi ere!?oppoiea to ybS, jinayj iay , weate -calle le- :iphr for Swc are'TOany tear hot iberi ficr . You ali-thefeiiigd0iM ' -$6rld in confideiationbf biiir'liab liriffibn ; thodgti -thef Imaiayv iifbllow us;; ana;ye fhantbeJfed ddr: ted-ibe iioiiheiiru- -nefttsldeltideoU SJflfular as it triayvfeerfl4l though yu? 4ave ' been, xaile4 iinfidels; yet yoliliive tdVcombai'lyilerns deftfti6liveUo reltgion; tHmjgh.? ypuhae b!een frallK tacbbirtS iyet bSi baveto cbnterin for that ecjual ratidriafiee- dQm,.w.hich no jacbirieVer fought; thbugh ydu haveJoeen tcalledjjih f ernalf yet ybu; have , erreniiei -to fiehtV. which, the ancient -church . had;.: you haveVtbcontehdwiih principairtier and powerrs,-ahdjtne rjuleri.bf !ihe darknefssof-t his'roirPd, i-nouftn a government; vwnicn,ypu eqUally obtamedwandu , cnuiewui "u''r .w lU&$yflftfx paf tsjn-tt. you mat ihobt- 5ufv ,ii in any ; mfprewqi- ' deiuuon ; has twroaghc,pCTi, sii XviVft-i '5 ' I -iBT!SJ?lXrv'iVf! j$dt frm1 Vs ii ; vGt&t&ftt&tehiw r yi-ii nivji. fciaaw c SSiaocr. theteftabHAmerfiof this fpoje'tfyffenof brrup-. tion ,llv hich has defceiidedto in its full force, the delberationtJ,'tff', empfetd5'm? mpK ; . Aiuniicu owiirci -ougnr' ic ... - . i - , . -. . poweri; but it is the caprnte the pride aTCdthe:-fbl;bfi4ieee tive power, wrich ve; too fre- quenily influenced j aixd-pySriled the volitions of the gi(ta)iody; in isdn dLMiowfcawu nuin, airuift 1 1 (lpoh ; parliamentary, .record, ; that I large,; which .wilKm" time thcite: to the adoption ot 4uch means;-as arc? rieceffaryita effeclaie thrsrend,' ioriuwpiuiwioru ' , v 4 lefs of GodilL v .- : nowli: v i i fc . . ; .. " - ' . . -" - ..-4. . 5f
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