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Jfuslrcl were my-griefs , and all was free To love , to liberty and thee , A bigot pass ed , whose every feature ^ Declar ed the rancour of his nature , > A frowning , scowling , bitter creature ; 3 His brow , not gentle Love could clear , But dark anathema sal there .
He looked to tieav ' n , but ' twas to see A furious God who hated me . j Then turned precipitate away , As if it ' twere hell itself to stay With one who could not think that God Delighted in his creature ' s blood , And had elected him thi'ou&ra favour .
And reprobated me for ever . A bigot , Sir , —but let him rest , Wrapt in the gloom that suits him best ; And ( us ' twill serve the point as well ) , Figure him by a parallel .
Geneva , that with fire and faggot Burnt poor Servetus for a magg'ot ; Paris , or Lisbon , or Madrid , " ^ Whore you and I should risque a head > 'Midst holy wars , for holy bread , y Will furnish you with instances Enough to let you know who ' tis .
But why for samples should I roam When we may find them nearer home ? And need not move a step beyond us , To see poor dismals in the jaundice : That jaundice of theology , Which gives to objects its own dye ; And makes tlietn-think that God loves
none But those whom they have fix'd upon : — Men who have squared their lives and notions By Calvin ' s laws Aid institutions . Place me amongst the sons of thunder , Who roar to make the vulgar wonder ; And stare , and stamp , and damn in
nonsense , To wake the devil in the conscience ; Or those soft sons of consolation , Who whine out tidings of salvation ,
And lull their auditors asleep , Ity telling- them that grace is cheap , And may be had without much trouble , For works are till an empty bubble : But splendid sins are best to cover A heart , by nature , foul all over .
Place me with men ecclesiastic , Wfio Co the churcli , for living * fast stick , And think us fools who will not eat The ready cookM and carved meat , Which Queen Eliza , that she bishop , Took so much pains to dress and dish up .
Place me with those who cover sin In any of the brethren ^ But think damnation is the due Of every fault in me or you . Place me with churchmen or fanatics . Or the fu . ll flock of wild erratics ,
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Whose fiery and eccentric fancies Lead them religious morice-daaces . With any or with all these fix me , Though impudence and nonsense vex me , Yet still I hope to keep my temper , The man , the Christian , idem semper . Kor ever swerve in truth or love , Nor in the serpent lose the dove , Nor fear to say to this or th" other , I ' m Dr . Priestley ' s friend and brother . CHARISTIDES .
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Account of JBridel " s new Translation of the Book of Job . ( From CAroniqne Rligiense , Paris , SO Novembrev 1818 . Vol . L pp . 428—426 . ) The book of Job , recently translated by M . J . L . Bridel , professor of Oriental languages , and of the interpretation of the Sacred Writings , in the Academy of Lausanne , in 8 vo . Paris , 1816 . BRIDEL'S translation of the M . book of Job is preceded by a long and learned introduction , devoted to the examination of some
subjects , which appear to him calculated to facilitate the comprehension of that book . The subject of the book , to which book he gives the name of poem , because the greater part is written in verse , is the first object of his attention .
The author thus expresses himself in page 8 : "If there be a God , whence arises the moral and physical disorder which we perceive in the world ? What is the cause and the
end of those afflictions to which the virtuous are exposed in this world , whilst the wicked prosper and live happily ? This is the problem , the resolution of which has in former times occupied so many wise men Neither reason nor philosophy
furnished them the means of resolvingit , and with those unfaithful guides , they wandered in an endless labyrinth . It was necessary that revelation should come to lift up the veil which hid the truth from our eyes . " This problem is the subject treated of in the book of Job . He then
examines whether Job be an historical personage ; lie believes that he is , and his conclusion seems to rest on solid reasons . He does not imagine this poem was spoken impromptu . He is convinced that we hfive it as originally composed . The cooclt in which it was written
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Aaceunt of BrideVs new Translation of the BooJt of Job . 4 £ S
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1819, page 423, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1774/page/23/
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