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deplorably ignorant , and not a little ridiculous in his selection of objects of abuse ; he attributes , for instance , every folly , vice and crime to the following * ' heroes of former ages , "—* Solon—Neru—Plato—Stilpo — Vespasian — Zeno — Faitstus — Cicero — Cnto —
Seneca— Ltecien ( Lucian ); and to the names c for more modern times , ' of 4 Shaftesbury , Humc ^ &c . ( pp . 91 , 92 . ) Does this Catholic Priest really believe Shaftes - bury and Hume to have been the most immoral of mankind ? Does
h * credit the monkish fables about Dr . Faustus ? Outdoing the monks of the dark ages in ignorance , does he consider Faustus as a Greek or Roman hero ? Whom
does he mean by * the impious Boyle ? ' p . IS- Is it our English philosopher and Christian , of that name , or is it Mr . Gandolphy ' s way of writing the name of Bayle , the author of the Historical Die * tion&ry ?'
We might fill a sheet with the blunders , we would hope not wilful and malignant , of this redoubtable Defender of the Faith ; but we are tired with the disgusting employment , and shall only point
out one more piece of ignorance or notable artifice which disgraces his volume . \ In his sermon on the Divinity of Christ , he confounds that tenet with the Divinity of the Christian Religion , and considers 4 Socinians' and Infidels as
identical ; he confidently ascribes the disbelief of Christ ' s personal divinity to * pride / * impiety * and ' unchastify' ( pp . 123 and 135 ) ;
and associating Socinus and Voltaire , Bolingbroke and Hume , he asks , * Have they not been inifemous in their lives , and the apologists for vice ? ' p . 123 * Does
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this hardy calumniator know any thing of the doctrine or history of the Polish Reformer ? We acquit him of all such knowledge , and are disposed to believe that he threw out his slander in the
dark , trusting to the kindred ignorance and credulity of his auditors and readers . In England , happily , Mr . Gan * dolphy ' s sermon ^ are out of their proper meridian : to produce the
effect contemplated by the preacher , they should be backed by the Inquisition . The Catholics are , we think , peculiarly unfortunate in such a champion at such a moment ; if indeed , we do not err in
imagining that they will own him in that character . They ought to know that the bigotry of wellmeaning Protestants is the obstacle in their way to liberty , and that
by their own bigotry they will dispirit their friends and encourage their enemies , and fix this impediment , immoveably , which would toon melt away of itself .
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Art . IV . The Christian Character Exemplified \ in a Discourse occasioned by the Death of Mrs . Hannah Lihdsey , and delivered at Essex Street Chapel , Jan . 46 , 1812 . By Thomas Belsharn . , Svo . pp . 35 . Johnson ajid Co .
After some spirited remarks up . on the character of Dorcas , de . scribed in the text , Acts ix . 36 , Mr . Belsham proceeds to delineate the varied excellencies of
Mrs-Lindsey ; which he does with the pencil of one who knew her intimately and respected her highl y * Had we not already been favoured with a full account of this distinguished friend of truth from the pen of another confidential acquaint .
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184 Mr . Belsham s Funeral Sermon for Mrs . Lindsey
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 184, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/48/
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