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"v '" - i m" ' aTmmama in i u.. ' j : '. .." ' - ' ' ' i - ! ' '
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vi U :' ! j a'dowid- until arrearages are paid. ;
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Vive noiiee'to that elfcU prior to the conimeueeitjen! of
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;vxtept those of. events wuoact
.ViuitmirrW ions .
T3to!tou.sjy, to secure antaua,
a !! r,-..n:-;av s rejuiariv jiiavte
Any rersoa crderm? 10 'crics, r.p.J a'rj ?hf? mr-Vis-
.bVAXi.r:. .shall have he :,aixie for. j . ,
'rnseaients'oet io pauo'e wituttie oojcets. or
sd on the u.-uii termsi
Adv.TUseaientsnot roeo;:
le lie. ou'.erjwill beinser;;
ilTroai 'the Gonel: Witness
uc'ttaken lijs translation with the intention cf
conUeninin the beptuagtnt whic!i he had alrea
dy revised
version had
ongioal pur
n Kariskitior
not the aso
U the cause
the iiiin oil
useDl'thie C
Iniost
m'hHcarlUT vtvas. That if that
been transmitted to posterity in its
ity, he should never have attempted
front the Hebrew, but as this was
he deemed it highly advantageous
of truth that a faiilifui transcriot of
the Spirit should be made (or the
lristirft)-church. liamasius who at
tins periou ws;lhop at Uoine. seeais to have
very liable 16 mjsconstr'tction. nnd w
have an' oaiside nnd apjaraisee of ev
ouence ol thdsethnt Know not all ih
eiieumanccf. Ah-r have not th
f
a c h
the' only person who was capable o
pprcjajtin the. value oi Jerome's iindertaLing,
y uiiu i it vvj wursti-iy patioiiiAwi:;
.Vf'.cntll ! Jerome. tan not so properly be term
ed a translator as a reviser of the Soriptutes.
He. carefully .'compared the Italic version with
the Hebrew of the Old Testament atidlhe Greek
of tne iS'ew, & corrected it in such places as were
w not the fac's ! O, t hereil
orient of tr.rtn !
verseoeis ol r.ianv so q
)AY, AUGUST 11, 1S;S.
WHOLE! No. 182.
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-J..'JtB
ch will
I, Xm the
ssJi and
fisiotr oi
To rectify these different itfeas toj humble the
one elassaijc! to V.valttfie cthir, it is jmcessarv to
ouuv mi ti in lutir irue do i t ui
vinee tlietn, that diversity 4f cond
ikv ; to eort-
condition, vvhicJi
their ou n duaies, but Gc.-d mala th iheh by! his ( Cod has been olessed io establish' arnon-fhem,
iuw ii.;u prov oeiire : atK u ..h-aieth !j
try bis servants m this k'jr:d. Iso won
se;;!ionce thducht of ptmin Marv! av
now liable was the blessed uram to ccr
re
!rti:"'i?svi- i
tbose tiiat kne
vain is the jail
11. Thepe
tney require of you cujtirV-cti'-'SS arid
biiUics, to ict you know that the are resolved
never to bo r'tSf-d with voo. If Johub?t- fj-t-
X
eating and dridiking, they sjy, 'be.holilfa uluti.o-
nous person and a wtne-bibber, a luenufcf j ob:i-:
cans and sinners.' II voa sr eak fair alid ideas-
i i
un.o.t to is perfectly consiVentVu It b? .equality that the
tr ir Jo--; jph vA'h condition of ijhe Srsi inclujles nothing,
ay ; ttr.d i-utt f tyours their ideals cf sMlfprt ftfrence; ' and,
sure; by that there is nothing in; the J.W conation' of th
I I ' t I f - - t i . I.
ia?t. n nicn denrives tfdin olUhetr ri-al dirrritv.
or deb ises their iiueiliirencidlfornH'd ift the irri
t . - . t . - . : i t
feat, that j ar-s ol Uod
n'ilonti' whomil-'rovideup? hasiiry u vq3 ai !y di-
world 1 Xhfy werH, buMey are now no rnorclj
" jlti conclusion, derive jiom the truths yoti have!
heard, vigilance. TnsteajU of ingeniously flat
tering yourselves with thfp vain glory of being
elevated above your neighbor; or oft su fie ring
your ninds to sink underlie puerile inortiSca" 1
tion of being inferior to him ; incessantly enquire
what is t.he viitue cf yot r s'alion, the duty of
your Tank, and use your utmost industry to fill
it worthily Practise tiii virtue, fulfil these en
g.tgt Hii i.ts, and make it your glyry to submit
vourst lvei the auihorily and power of God.
diiiirhr.r.'ie ycur d
it wi t
ence, generosity, and magn-aDimitv j
ibority to command supjects ; juhjcclt u ho C'Wy,
and on whom God hU imhoied cbldiettce as'u
a....; - . . i ".' il , J. ,
uutv me ncu. wno rr e a rm-t anu tie ncor v. so
Lu.v.i.:ii ",1V"1 ..vu.j.. j. . muuuesuv erroneous, tie seems to Dave macle mohr i t-,r i n ,n.rn,o i . 1 n , 'i , . -
Seven! translations ef the be ri tires were no change meyfortne sake ofn.rf,and in j biers; if you spvak more freely, thougf in a ne-t rtduceto their n,tu,ali 'uualiJv, and to insider
extant nrevtous.to tae age ct Jerome; : i be au- ail cases; sacrificed elegance to simplicity. Ev- cessarv rase thee will she msiY-ii! ! IfUn-. ivi. .,!:., . '.,.,,i.. ;.r "1..
.hors.cfthc&.had uniformly translated "the Old! ery thing like Ornament was rejected without to the poor as 'long is you" have it, yo5 will be j ' Let us t'-eu eti'er trio te nllu-'r ' 4te uv'cA
lestament from the Septuagtnt. They were led! hesitation, at thf same time the gross barbarisms blamed for-ceasing when vou have no Jore. In ! .a.im.i,. ,.,.V J,!h ..i.L- ,!,JJ.L
vsiimoved by tht
and
ntcessi-
viJed the blif ins of this life ip'rineds, who coal- j let your hearts bealwav
1 . I y . ! I 5 l ! .' f . ' " - j. .". . .' - i
lua.m.anu io wnom v.p'j nitts?eu nai given an- iy oltno wretched. iNyer omit an opportuni
ty jof doing good, and be ii society, a: general re
so'nrce, a 'universal refuge; '.' I
iFro.n these. truths, strife to derive motives of
zeiil and ferixztr. It is trfortifying to be trodden,
under loot by oir cnoals. And to be in' stations ve-
. ' 'r ... .
jo this step from the tact that they were ignorant of the Italic wore avoided,
lithe Hebrew. Hence they faithfully copied!? He commended his revision w;
the various fcrrors and interpolations which ivereh' Samuel and Kiigs. These were
wiiu ins, general introduction addressed to t'aul
foaad in the: Greek- These early Latin tjan
iations werej all distinguished by a literal qdbe-i' and Enstcchiui This was succeeded by Job
ranee to thejSeptuagint, so much so, that the la.o- j and thti Proplietia which vere -completed 'in the
gaage was (bften barbarous. Among these! ver 1 year ZO'o. jNctlfar from this time he revised the
sions one wjliich yras 'listinguished by the name I book efPs- jthooigh this is rvo longer extent.
of the Italia"1 had obtained the most general acf f r romthe fact tht the Italic ers:onofthe Psalms
cptance irqm us
learlv las can
'I't 1 . - tt , ..it A H M i
a word, wnatever you do, be sure by so ne it will First, that although the vvis Ann mention her
, t . I I r I . . . I ' . . . . . . . ' C: ' " .
in tne oooivs ot i be condemned :i and do or not do. sreakt or be si-1 r.U- itvn difr..r... nt,e ..o Jk ini.ir.e il rTn'
! ' I -"' VV.I.l.l.l.(.i.j,vtViJ.JIlV.IHVO till. 1 1
I .. . I I . I I . I . ' . . . . " . . . ...
ieni, you snail ceriainiy uisjiiease, anu
caper i.ie censure oi ine worm. j nc comprebeiuisifH ery IhintJ, t Rl nia
1 here iSjatpong men.se great a dontrane-j ihle diin renee ih the ccnditlitiins of
ty ol judgment, oispdsiticns, and interests, that Accordingly, it is an: incoiibhtable
tht
can nev
ver es- i der th fent ra! nn'irn kf rrh. hifnd r.nar. vc 'ilnnic
:es any sen
na nhind.
. ..... U ' '.I. .
iverj agree among themselves, and if iv hat he says of. the 'rich and jl-, iny be'said of
;... . l . 1 1 . .1. i -t j : . .. i
. u-a Dieuse jone. i ue retiwui ue inereny uisiui
.. . V 1
ed. You willldisplfase this man's
as-j the nobleman 'and the!
! , . . .
it una
r
As
-works wereiexccu
third century.
sioa is now extant. Various fragments of it have
tier, Fob'iliUs
piv bt1u, of
f I .1 - 1 I
y be sii id tne
S. enemy. CV 1 nm t u ri-;itf
stmpucity anu iaiiniair.ess. ..au song lormeu a part ot tr.e daily cilices ot the pleasing himself. It: you are of cue party, you the servant, the noblenijtn an.iH.he- pi
t now be ascertained ' these j church, it cbntiaued to maintain its grp.un'd and j otfend the other And hbw can vou sefve'all in- together: the Lord is the vMicr o)
ea aooui me oeinnmg o u as never f aperceueu oy tiie revision oi je.ro:ne, j iere.-ts at once ! i odoso, you must al t
however ben collected and published bv S.ibd-
nd Mlanchini. iJNro attempt
sec-m's to have been tnide to purify .the text of the
;,: from I its inherent errors or from those
v.n:ch had gradually crept into it in consequencp
of the mistakes of copyists until the time of Jd
r'ome. ' .This father who flourished in the latter
part of the fourth century, was' one of thebest
biblical scholars of anctentjtimts, not excepting
even OrigenU Having ascer ained'that the conj
inon conies 'of ihc -Jt dic " version which Avert-
enefaliv througnout the .Latin Gh.urches.
widely in many jiustances from
1
i departs
niu ue;
th-Ir parent
ws to compare the books of. the old Testa riierit
with the revised ccoyof the.Septuagint extant if
In consetiuence of uu? i
few churches' in Gaul.
o entire copy ct tne Hal to. ver- it we? .excejl its, use n a
I he took of Lzra was revised anu published in
394. The live books of MosYs were not comple
ted until about the year 40o. These were fol
low ec')y Joshua!, Judges, llufh, and last of all, by
the Lameniations cf Jeri jniah; I he only speci
mens cf Jerome s eartiest labors in correcting
the Italic by thejSeptuagint now extant, are the
books of Job and the Psalms.- This list was
introduced" into the public offices ofthe Church
es of France and is known by the name of the
Galiic Psalter, j This Gallic Psalter is suppos
ed by in any to have been the basis of the version
which is now found in the Episcopal Common
Prayer bock. ! . '
tne master
master and
. hi at ,"; e7
then -all?
ry;uneq ial among our tqtiyjs ; but this economy
wi;i quickly vanish. - 7i fashion cf this world
wijlj presently pass away,ind we shall soon en
jer that blessed state, in iwhich all Ijdistinctions'
W;I be abolished. . IVlayal w ho compose this
assembly, masters and servjnts, rich and poor,be
rielj in irrace, and acknowledge ourselves equal
in U'SSence, in privileges, rind ia destination;' and
nri We all participate in jhcaversiy ghry jGcd
grjmt if, for his -mercysaset' Amen! Sau r-n's
bard ons.
nee both j and so'of the rest.
speak and be silent, ;ar.d" verity contruietions. j It is no? unlikely, however.iat Solomon,wVfn
and be. in. 'many-places at once, 'and Be for all he spoke cf the ridi ami the 'or'.'hald a nirtieu-
men's wjy, and of Hirberrsmind. Fori my part, j lor design in choosing this i'jnd of diversity of
1 mean to see tne world a little better agreed, a- condition, to i ustrate his nip.-inino- id nrtf-rence
I i ' - ------ - r-- "O
orn selves
the Hexapialcf Oritrein.
TtlK U1P0S3I3ILITV OF PLEASING ALL
I 'MEN .. ;"'),'.
i ibors in :his .version, he was naturally led tj, f! Abridged, from Baxter's Works, for the Sunday
appreciate lie hnpoijuhce of'lhe inspied -i-L-f! ; .Sclicol Journal. - .
brew.eri-rini: Unfortunately however he ha J II ' 1. Remember; what a multitude you have to
but a very imperfect acquaiutince withMhe lani- j please ; and-when yon have pleased some, how
frnn hence ail tns tuorts only produced a
'translation of atranslation. - He might bring th
tfvt hi! L- triinn neenrate coincidence with ' the
Septua jint, and the question wojild still rectir j-
epesthe septaagint present us with a faithful re
presentation ot the ideas embodied in the orrga
nal ianuage ot the inspired writers it wafi
not not!: twenty vears alter tno iirst essay thait
Jerome itiviii retired from Rome to Palestine!
was enab!ed;to settle this question. ; -Irir Pales
tine he availed himself !of the aid of a Jew l
the Ilebrew as thoroughly as the facilities
in-h'is'reae h' "riermitted. It is a singular fact that
- l
this- Jew, although he received a very ample
compensation lro;n Jerome, ventured to visit; hii
patient and hoonoas pupil and
1 1 o ; i 3 only by nizht
best.
of the
violent prejudices q 'ni
conSfqj3ence
countrymen airainst nhe followers cf the Nzaj
rene.i " By tlie-help of another Jew, Jerome fif
nauyroaie himself master ofthe Libucal Caai
vdaic ot Ezra and Daniel. ' After having con
q aered "the difficulties which lay in the w-ay; o
nis object, he proceeded to the execution oi vnis
srreat work, a work 'which will ever render his
name dear to the lovers of biblical interpretatio
Sjln his 'writings' still extant, he informs us tha
. ne was impelled te undertake the task by ihefoJ
Uwiot considerations, viz': He had ascertained
jtlhr there were important difierences between
j the Septuagint (and consequently the Latin vei
!sj'on) an J the Hebrew .text i Hence he inferred
thk the S?ptuagint. had been adulterated, anjl
that though the version in the Hexapla, though
much nearer to the Hebrew tlian the comnioa
on?, was far from "being exact, and that it wap
much safer for Christians to go hick to the foun-
airi head, theoriginal textjthan attempt to slakji
tlivirihibt for the waters cf life from impure ri
vulets. He cherfshed the hope that 'a correcjt
translation iritcrLatin would gradually supp'arA
the numerous imperfect ones which were extant
No soo.ier horever was it ascertained that he
was engaged in" this laudable enterprise, than a
tremendous clamour was1 raised against hina
ffom eury quarter. He notices the censure
.which were poured in upon him from ever
side.' Some through envy, asserted that he ya
busy in adulterating' the .scriptures'. Other
-i.i-i fT....,!....,! lU.t U Cnnhmitlnt Hf1 lift
cd by divine inspiration, regarded any attempt to
' 'show its defects as utterly impious. Some whj
were less rigorous did not object to his translat
ion provided it should not be publicly used 'ia
the Churches, because as it would impair th?
authority of the! Septuagint, which was- used
throughout the Eastern Cburcb, a schism bel
tween the east and the west j must be the result.
This nas the opinion of Augustine, who having
found fault with Jerome for making a translation
dirTerent fromthe Septuagint, on examination
allowed that it might be advantageously used in
'private, but affirmed that it ought not to be read
in the Churches lest it. should be a stumbling
block to Christians. Jerome often complains of
the ingratitudebf the age in iwhich he lived, be
cause the professed Xriends of divine truth, inj
stead of properfy'appreciatiog his laborious ant
bonest laborers; represented the result of all hi
toils as a crime; 1 He declares that he bad notunj
mo'ng themselves, before I make it mvfambition
to please them. . I
13. Godliness, virtue, and honesty th
-11 I i k r-
wnl not please tpe world, and tnerelore you can
not hope to please them. Gdd and they are not
pleased with the 'same ways: and which do you
think should first be pleased ? '1 'he holiiest saint's
or apostles too Id never please !he world; no, nor
Jesus Christ himself.-1
14, They are; not pleased with GodmimselT
yea, none doth displease so many and so much
as He. And can you do more tlian God
to please. them. They are ' daily djspleased
with his providence. One would have rdin, when
another would have none; one party is uispleas
ed, because another isipleased and exalted.
' I". How cini ycu please pen that ran not
please themselves; fneir own desire arid ciioice
will please them put a! a little while. ' Like chil
dren they are soo'n weary of that which !they cri
ed for; they must needs have it, and when they
have ir, it is naughtj and cast away ; ;hey are
pleased neither wth itj, nor without it. Canyon
please sucli self dlspleasers 1 (
10. How canyop pkase all others, :v hen you
cannot please vou self? If you fVar God,;and feel
the burden of your sin,s;and have life enough to
be sensible of your diseases, I dare say tlhere are
.i "iii-i . r
none in trie wonujso aispieasing to yout as you
are to yourself You carry that about tou, and
feel thatj wilhm vou, which displeases vbu more
than all the enemies you have in the world.
Finally, seeing it is impossible to rleaselall men
remember that the! pit asiiig of God is yo'ur busi
ness in the, world, 'and that in pleasinq Jiim your
.i do well or ill ; and yet none are more souls may1 have safety, i rest, and lull content.
nsaringthan these that least understand j though all the world should be disnleaied with
you. :. A-'; - !
to every ether. Althcuirh can
ceive that there ever! was a ij eriod
which t!ie love of riches did fjAcihate
From tUe Northern Watchman
i :
LORD WILL PROVIDE.
"JF-HOVAU J1RLH. THE
w Tiiis is the name whlcis A braiiam gave to the
place wherj he evinced his- faith, in his readiness
to vtfer up his son Issac, bufwhere God provided
another lamb, for a burnt lolierinir. s This name
hardly per-' lS efiua'y -applicable to rnnlny other plates and oc
bf tim- in I C:'sii'n?' n connexion :vitU which God has'mani
S. u.. '. .r ! fasted liis provident care. : And the words of
mankindas it does in this aire! ytt.it is very cHe
ib!e, that in Solomon's tirnr.fbs in ours, nefn
many more; will be still unpleased, and how
many displeased when you have; done your
2. Reme;hber;that all men are so selfish, that
ilheir expectations will be higher thanyou areable
to gratify. Nlany nnd many a time when I have
(had an hour! or a day to spend, a multitude have
Sever expected that I should have spent it witii
them. When 1 visit onr-, there are ten ohended
that I am not visiting them at the sarne hour. If
you have any office to give, or benefit to confer,
whii-h only one can have, every one thinks him
self the fittest, .
1 3. You have abundance to plearre that are so
ignorant. unreasdnable,and weak, that they take
ive his lnstfucLj your greatest virtues tor your lauits.anu Know not
He was led to this piari lit whrn you
bom in cons
the things they censure. - -
4. Yau will have many factious zealots to
please, who, being strangers to the loVe of Chris
tianity, holincs?,; and unity, are ruled by the
interest of an opinion or sect. .These will never
be pleased with jyou, unlt-ss you will be one of
their side or party. As in civil so iri ecclesiasti
cal wars-, the firebrands cannnot endure the pea-
ceable. ' i , . 1 .. ; ' ;
5. You will have rigorous, captious, unchari
table, nnd unrighteous men to please, who will
"make a man an offender for a word." They
are glad when they can find any matter, to re
proach you: and if once ttiey meet with it, (true
orfalsei) they will never forget it, but dwell as
the fly on the ulcerated place. ,
6. You will have passionate persons to please,
whose judgments! are blinded, and are not capa
ble of being pleased. Like the sick and sore, that
are hurt with every touch ; and at last, says Sen-
- r. i tint i-n:i tniirdpn thpm
eca v. llu.me very tum-c iw mu ........
the eves cf
credi-
f
ncnes
made the grand difference amhng mch- Strictly
speaking, there are now, onlvifwo conditions of
ni:iriL-l rl ( thnt rt t'hi rih nnH-Hr.-it i-fh n.-inlh
ti - i i -t u i !f,.. t , . ', f ) nv times has this truth been i mistrnfpn in tbf
vnicnseem ,ti " " r - . : -
history oi tne Uhurcnf
Abraham, "following this- name, viz., "In the
mount cf the Lord it shall jbe seen," are a confir
mation ofthe import cf tliename. . God will be
seen, his arm w ill be revealed in the mount w here
his, cause or his people need his help. ! How ma-
From the Presbyterian.
THE EQUALITY; OF AfANKlXD.
The rich 'and I the poor meet togetber, and
the Lord is the Maker of themj all
Pit 0 VERB 3,
xxii. 2. ! j I 1 -
Amontr the various dispensations of Provi
dence, w hich regard mankind, one -of te most
advantageous in thie original design oftria Crea
tor, and at thejsame time, one of the rndst, fata
through our abuse ot it. is the diversity? ol our
conditions: How could men have formed one
social body, if all conditions had been el oal ?
Had all possessed the same ranic, the sa:ne opa
e same power, how could they ijave re-(
jne another from the inconveniences!
I Riches decide all, yea those qualities
.1 i
to nave no concern with tlietn, 1 mfap mental
quanncations. rind; put thj.-j art oj massing
money, and you will thereby itlnd thait of uniting
in yonrown person, all the ad vantages of which
mankind entertain the highest sidejis. How mean
do ever your birth mayj have j.enjypu will pos
sess the art of concealing it, acd you may form
nn ulii'ince witb the'! most ijjustnpus families;
how small soever your knowledge tniay be, you
may pass for a superioj: genius, capable cf deci
ding questions the most intricate, p'oints the'tnost
abtruse: and what is still mare deplorable, you
may purchase with Silver atd gold, a kind of
honor and virtue, while vou remain the most a-
When man had apostatjzedmnd all the hope.3
of a rational and immortal existence were appa
rently blasted beyond recjovery, then theiLord
provided,' or rather had fi pm eternity provided a
L mb for a burnt-cfferingl . Then- the promise,
shone out upon the darkness, the bow appeared
in the cloud, "the seed of tne woman shall bruise
10
bandoned cf mankind1: at leas
attract that respect which is d
honor and virtue.
Let us discover, if it be nosffble, the most mis-
erable man in this assembly
ji your money will.
Ue to nothing but
l. 1
it us dissipate the
carwness mat covers ntm, ietius raise him Irom
that kind of grave, in'which lis indigence, and
meanness conceal him.
Thi.-jjma:i, unknown o
mankind : this man who seem.- scarcely formed
bythe Creator, into an inleliigjnt existence!; this
man has, however, the greatesind most gloirious.
privileges. This man being reconciled to jGod,
by religion, has a fight to aspiie to the most noble
and sublime cbjects of it. Hej jia's a right to ele
vate 'his God, in ardent'i prayer -and- without the
hazard of .being taxed with varjHy, he may assure
himself that God,: the great i$od, encircled in
n
hi
. Whjn the earth was fi;ed with violence, and
nil flesh ha!d corrupted hi Way, and the deluge
(was gathering in the clouds, and the fountains of
jhe great deep, ready to eugulph theworld, God
roviaeu, in the mount hq Was preparing to be
een. An Ark was building in which the Church
ould hndsafety. . . i . ;
When the people of God were crushed by
Egyptian bondage, and thb edict had'gone forth.
vvhicp tnreatened the cxtrmmrtionof the race,
tjlie Lord provided. Andhhe appointed "instru
ment of his deliverance urjs exposed in an ark of
Hnlirushes, among the flags in the River. Nile.-
Me'fe again the -Lord .provided by bringing Pha
rcah'? daughter to the place and exciting her in
terest in the babe. " ' - !
j "Vhtn Israel Came to the banks of the Red Sea
u.itn impassable mountains on either hand.a sea
; llefore them, and their. enemies behind them, the
L.ord provided. . -1 he sea opened "to make a pas-
ground.
, . .f5 .. ff r In the days of the ludcsi when the peon!
lory, and surromded ' with Ihe praises cf the t r' -r i' r " e . I n "V v-
i o.' a . : 1 1 i i ti i- .l U -.GotJih.au gone far astray, especialy when
dessed, will beheld him. hea. his prayer, and F : 1 a9 .l- r r ini- n J
,i . . ,,,, i ' '- priesthood mthe-famiy of Mi had become xrr
-'rant his request. I his rnanjhas a ngtif to say ' 1 , , A f , . 3.
' . . . - 1 - . .it .. J 1 v pnrrnr. pi1 'nnd find w ahmif en r(r t
to himself, the attention-that th Lord of nature
gives to the government of thjd universe, to the
wants of mankind, to the inntiierable company
ot angels, and to his own ifelid
orq
th.
vent thjs adorable Beine. from
fro n occupying Himself aboi
I children, my fimny, my hous
I substance, and my salvation.
t J : i .. -
Whither art thou going, irrcl
ty, does not pre
ittending to trie:
my person, my
my health, my
man-1 thou wjho
ry to each other. The governor is necea
is
very
the people, the people are necessary to the
ct.,, nh.Wrt them, when dssnleasedness; nor: wise statesman are necessary to a
1 f,i tn rtiorw n nnvCf r ill ijillorv IS OeCeS!
their disease, mai aoiueiu m wicm, . u fcv v r--;-'" j - 1
r j 5 ! a wise statesman. A sense ot this nece
f odllfind thnt censoriousness is a very the strongest bond 01 union, anu mis 11 i?
common vice "and that the most unfit are readiest j intlinrsne to assist another, in hopes of
,n l.hme Few are at your elbow, and none m lngasistan.ce m his turn
your heart, aud therefore they know not the cir
cumstances and' Reasons of all that you do, nor
hear what you have to say for yourself; and yet
those will presume to censure you, who would
have cleared lyou, if they had but heard you
sneak. - , ,
S You live among tallers and tale-carriers,
who would please others by accusing you. Who
is it that hath" ears that hath not such vermin as
these earwigs busy at, them except here ana
!e cf
the
d become xrreat-
Jy cprrupted,:and God wa about to cut pff that
.Jh ot the iamily of Aaijon, for their sacrilege,
liord provided, and it - is recorded that Samuel'
j mihisHered before the Lord! being u child, girded
j wit ha' linen ephod.- . . . , ; '
S(Jit will be loiind, by those who attentively
examine the history of the-Churcli jn all ages,
that in her extremity, the Lord has provided.
There has always been some promise, some bow
of hjope, some lamb in the mqunt, some Moses in
the ark.of bulrushes, some path through the Red
oul, sea. qr some Samuel to minister before the Lord.
anq; these have, been provided just at the time
w hen they were needed. And so it always will
be, till the Church rises from her militant to her
umphant t-ae. Let the people of God then
irn t.i fri'??in him fni- t o i-s cfill Thr--' Tt.
bsity is! who are continually' perplpxeij. m finding out reSi, th'e Lord will proyide. and in the mount the
r which
receiv-
lence. th
lieved one anothfir from the inconveniences 'j congratuhitest thyself ' becausejthy ." fields bi
which would ha -e continually atiendedkach of! forth' plentifully," and iwho slyest to thy s
them - variety of conditions renders men riecessa-j 'boul! thou hast much oods pfttd up fo? many
' 1 . i .... - . . .. 1. . . t - . .l : . .1 1 - 11
jsa ry to yms, nae uune ease, cai, ur.inK, ana ne- nier
I "over- ry ?" To death! : Where arelhou goini, poor
:po.wer- maul thou who art.toihng through al l.'nguish- ftr
sary to j ig life, whobeggestthy brerj f'ilom door to dear, ! le
I . ( V . : ; a r.. K Id I 1 r mnrf
- i i : ic a a n rrr r (nnnipnsnCfi lllcv air Willis nn,uujuaiuur,
there an upngmmau, "'rr"rf..7:Z " "Z" .kn- vile mortal on whom
But. if this diversity oe connected wath the
highest utility to mankind, in the origi-ial de
sign cff the Creator, it is become we must 'allow,
productive of fata i evils, through our abuse of it.
On the one hand, they whose condition is the
most brilliant, are dazzled w ith their own briight
ness ; they study the! articles which elevatejs them
above their fellow-creatures, and they choose to
be ignorant of every thing that put them on a
level with them; they persuade themselves that
nooie
UiU dill Hriipn fllVBV such backbiting tongues,
And when these are near men, and you far ofT. it
is easy for them to contrive the most odious rep
resentations of the most.laudable person s actions
in the world, i- . , . . - , .
j .You have men of great mutability to please,
that'one hour may be ready to worship you as
r0ds, and the next to stone you, or account you
as devils, as they did in the Cause of Paul, and
ChristVrnselfi 'What a weathercock is the mind .
ol man! especially of the vulgar and the tempo-.
nZ10S Every mau living will unavoidably be en
gaged by God himself in some duties which are
they proudly tread, and on whom they scarcely
deigntocasla haughty eye. Hence, provoking
arrogance, cruel reserve,, and hence tyranny and
despotism. On the other hand, they who are pla
ced in the inferior stations, prostrate their imag
majions before these beings.-vhom they forget,
while they respect the Tank which the supreme
Governor ofthe world has given to their supe
riors, to maintain a sense of their own digqity.
Hence come soft compliances, base submissions
ot reason and conscience, slavery the most wil
i: rM .kloM rt tKo hlrh demands of these phan-
toms of grandeur, these imaginary gou.
means of procuring bread to eat, and raiment to Lord will be seen."
put on, always an object of charity of some, and j j - . "- - . : -'. . '
the hrd heartedntss of others,?" To death"! j- From a Sermon by the Uev. J. King' England.
hitner goest thou, ncilemanjl.thoii who deck- j. - 1
,,,, -, 1 1 j i , . THE LAST HOURS. OF THE CELEBRATED COM
est thyself with borrowed plumef, who puitest the . ! i . -
renown of thy ancestors into tile list of thy Yir-.j ' - i- mfxtator scott.
tuenndwho thinkest thyself formed of an earth 1 ' I 'proceed to the closing Iscene of this valua
more refined than that ofthe rest of mankind ? ! ble life. Gradual declension of health had for
Todeathl Whither gpest thou, peasant I thou j some time been apparent ; "but the 'formidable
who deridest the folly of a Peer, and at the same ; stroke of disease which 'wai the precurser and
time valuest thyself on something equally ab-j harbinger of death, took jplace at Newland,
sard? To death ! Whither, !soldier ! art thou in the abede of one oF hisl earliest and most
marching, thou who talk est of jibthtng but glory sincere friends.! T'ure was what may, in a : re
and heroism.and who amid raan voicesound'ing ; rv proper sense, be callep his death-bed:! for
in mine ears, ana incessantly crying, " icemem-) tnere ne most iutiy reauzea tne prospect ol aisso
ber thou art mortal fare dreaming of, -I know ! lution, and most earnestly labored to inculcate
not what, immortality ? lo 'death I Whiiher
art thou going, merchant 1 tho-J who breathest
nothing but the increaseof thy fortune, and who
juduest ofthe happiness or misery of thy days,
not by thine acquisition of knowledge, and thy
practice of virtue, but by the t?.lin or the loss of
thy wealth I To death I Whither are we all
going, my dear Jiearer ? To death I Do I
exceed the truth, my brethren ? Does death re
gard titles, dignities or riches? Where is Al
exander ? Where is Ca?sar ? Where are all they;
whose names struck terror thru2rh the Whole
.- - . I
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the great duty of diligent preparation for eternity
on all who" came within the reach of his voice.
None, I trust, who saw add heard j him there
will ever forget the solemn sight, or cease to
cherish and improve the earjnest and affectionate
instructions vhich, as from the margin of tho
grave. he pressed upon their attention ,
,A very few of the excellent! things which he
then spoke, I will now repeat. I have been
thinking (said he to one) how I could express to
you the sense I have of God's great goodness
to me, and this text of Scripture, I believe will-