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    array s but by regarding Scripture as . a grand and connected whole , and interpreting it , in unison with the nature of things , and " the analogy of the faith . " Our Lord frequently appeals to the natural and unbiassed

    judgment of his auditors . ' * It is the spirit that quickeneth . " " The flesh , " or letter , in many cases , profiteth nothing . The vsords that I speak unto you , they are spirit , and they are life / ' The Athanasian " tingles in

    men ' s ears , * There are three that bear record , '" &c . The Romanist , " This is my body . " The Aritinoroian , "We are justified by faith , without the works of the law . " But the true Scripturist knows how to

    combat the errors grafted on these passages . I know it will be said the cases are not equal : with the advocates of eternal punishments this may be true , but its opponents think one as unreasonable as the others .

    Moreover , we must carefully guard in these inquiries against rashness and presumption . " The clown" would , indeed , be truly ridiculous , who should affect to decide upon the mysteries of finance , the qualifications of statesinen > judges or senators , the policy of colonial government , or the

    balance of power ; but surely he may apprehend and value the leading principles of a well-regulated political constitution , the blessings of civil and religious liberty , of the freedom of the press , the trial by jury , and the superiority of his own condition to that of the boors of the north , or the

    slaves of the south . Not to know and duly appreciate these advantages , would betray a brutish insensibility to his best interests and concerns . Nor is there the smallest analogy between humble and cautious , inquiries into the future state of man , and u the surmises which we

    form about the inhabitants of the cefbrm about the inhabitants of the celestial bodies . " Indeed , this is the first time , notwithstanding we live in am age so fruitful of new inventions and discoveries , I ever heard that * ' intelligent philosophers" ever formed upon this subject any surmises at all : this would be to " out " -HerscheI

    Herschel ! But then , on the other hand , that man ' s mind must be strangely constituted * whether peasant or philosopher , who , witnessing the

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    immense diffusion of life in the system around him , could for a moment sop . pose that those immense globes which float over our heads , were nothing but huge masses of inert matter , and destitute of their proper inhabitants .

    It is allowed * that as discussions on some controverted points never succeed hi the parlour , ( unless at a chosen conference , for many a man may trust his pen when he cannot trust his tongue , and the wisest in ardent debate often sa \ very foolish things , ) often miss

    so they , unless in very good hands , of giving satisfaction in the pulpit : nor is this , in general , the proper place for them . But to object to fair discussipn from the press , is to revert to barbarism . Once conclude that " argument is good for nothing , "

    in any case , ( for even incomprehensible things may be proved such , ) we must shut up our books , put out our lights , and sound " the curfew . " T h * next step will probably be to send for the constable , to establish the

    inquisition , and to enforce the " Ultima ratio regum . " But , let us continue to say , while we guard against a dictatorial and disputative spirit , " Is not the arrow beyond thee ? If ye will inquire , inquire yef return , come " AN OCCASIONAL READER .

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    296 Character of Dr . Jonathan Mayhew .

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    Character of Dr . Jonathan Mayiiew ; by Mr . John Adams , Ex-President of the United States . [ The Americans are already industrious in gathering" all the existing * memorials

    of their Revolution , so momentous in its consequences . The venerable John Adams , late President of the United States , has communicated several letters on this subject to Niles * s Weekly Register- from one of which , dated Quinct / ,

    February 13 , 1818 , and inserted in the Register , Vol . XIV . pp . 17 , &c , we extract the following * character . The reader must bear in mind , that the standard of intellectual excellence is 1101 yet so high in the United States as in Grea * Britain . En . l

    " A NOTHER ge"tlcman , who _ £ jL had great influence in the commencement of tl > e Revolution , was Dr . Jonathan Mayhew , a descendant of the ancient governor of Martha ' s Vineyard . This divine had raised a great reputation both in JE urope and America , by the p ublics-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1819, page 296, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1772/page/16/