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mcnt his hand would tremble and his tool fall to the ground , when called to perform this act of viola , lion .
The chain of argument relative to vicarious and human sacrifice , is equally fallacious . —" The heathens use sacrifice respect the institution of vicarious and human
sacrifice ; this could not be by chance , therefore it is a vestige of Christianity , "—This mode of reasoning way be thus illustrated . — The worshippersof Moloch thought him an implacable being , requiring human and vicarious sacrifice
they , therefore , sacrificed their dearest relations , the infants of their bosoms , the pride and beauty of youth , the tenderest ties of nature , given for their protection , are violated : —this simple argument of the antiquity of idolatry , is sufficient to shew that human
and vicarious sacrifice is no vestige of Christianity . The same mode of reasoning may also be applied to the tradition of an incarnate Vishnos .
The reader of * . these Researches is no doubt struck most forcibly ivith the dreadful account given of the worship of the God , Juggernaut , and still more awful
account of the inquisition of Goa ; and the question naturally arises to every reflecting mind , which is the greatest evil , the idolatrous worship of this heathen god , or the institution of corrupted
Christianity , as represented by the Doctor , in its present state in Goa ? One is shocked and disgusted at the narration of the worship at Juggernaut , and if there is any consolation arising , while we per-Use the hideous account of the
sacrifices made at their annual festival , it is , that the sacrifices are voluntary , but in the account
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given us of the Inquisition , w £ find its victims are the victims of force , seized unsuspectingly for holding opinions which have arisen , perhaps , from the writings of Christians themselves for mere mmtal errors , immured in dungeons , and undergoing every species of torture , which depraved imagination can invent till death , or burning at an auto da fe , shall release them from their miseries ; this is more dreadful than " the
voluntary sacrifices made annually at Juggernant . When we consider this pile of Christian corruption was not erected at once , but by one abuse after another , in successive gradation , and is the work of ages , it carries with it a sufficient caution
and admonition to prevent the recommendation of perpetuating any error in religious worship and ceremony . Another reflection that presented itself on reading this awful account , was , how dreadful is it , that the blood and treasure of our country should be wasted , and its —
, / w — force directed in support of such institutions as the Inquisition at Goa , existing in Spain and Portugal ; but as this will lead me into the extensive field of political
controversy , I shall conclude with the hope that Dr . Buchanan will revise this part of his Christian Researches , before another edition is called for—assuring the Dr . that the propagation of Christian truth is my only motive for offering these remarks .
I remain , Yours , &c . RICHARD FLOWER .
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31 $ * An Indian Speech .
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Ah Indian Speech . Sir , March 20 , 18 * 8 . The enclosed Speech as pub-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/32/
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