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btst also theologically unjust ^ for is there a ruling Providence upon the sea , and none upon the land ? did the atheistical regicides of France , actually as well by profession , ( their profession , I mean , as commented on in English pulpits , ) banish the Almighty from their dominions ! and is a victory a token of the Divine favour , and a defeat none of the Divine displeasure ?
2 . They unite in extolling the spirit of war , and in praising that warrior ' s sworcl the most which " returns least empty from the blood of the slain , " and in complaining almost of Providence for suffering our British hero to fall in battle , forgetting that God is the God of peace , " that " a meek and cjuiet spirit is in his sight of great price / ' and that he has ordained that ^ he that useth the sword shall perish by the sword /'
3 . They conspire most indecently in praising the virtue and piety of Lord Nelson ;—indecently ( for I cannot be more particular ) both with regard to themselves as the ministers of religion , and to the subject of their eulogium , whose best friends caimot wish to provoke a strict scrutiny into his character , as a
domestic man , or as the guardian of British faith and honour ! 4 . They aJJ as \ i by piytual consent , pass over most courteously our national crimes ^ thus falsifying the declaration of God himself , that " when his judgments are in the earth the inhabitants thereof will learn righteousness . "
Sir , I have done . If any of my strictures are too bold , you &re at liberty to expunge them . In some future Jester I intend to animadvert upon a popujar tnict by on e of our Right Revprend Fathers ixx Gpd , wherein I will attempt to be not improperly political or personal . ' * I am , Sir , Your ' s as before , London * Feb . 21 , 1806 / Gogmagog ,
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MR * PALMER ^ REPLY TO MR . RICHARDS . To the Editor of the Monthly Rspasitory . Sir , I am really ashamed to trouble you or your readers any far * ther with my errors and blunders f * but as your accurate corr respondent / Mr . Richards ^ charges me with an additional one in my correction of a fojrmer , I must desire him , and any one else who thinks it worth while , to look at my list of Errata again ? and he will find that I had expressed a doubt whether ttye Evai } $ first mentioned as Dr . Evans's / iz £ / ier , ( if he were not t > is
grandfather ) were of the same family . Mr . R . has confirmed this suspicion , and I was glad of his information concerning Dr . ? JEvans ' s grandfather , of whom I humbly confess my ignorance .
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Mr . Palmer ' s Eeply to Mr . Richards . 129
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 129, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/17/
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