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spa ^ edi laadevettiodehighl ^ ijevv arfled ; independent * of any ^ coaditions . 3 Bat if it should not he tfcedot of the guilty son to seei iwad o \ yii « tlie > moral > beauty of this transacti on * ftlie chaneebf which lot is as erne to x > ne thousand ; he must
be doomed . to eufifer all * titletorment whieh the irinijueaa inflict * n&twitl * - standing themutilatioii of his wife or son , - ¦¦• - ' - ' * vt ' - ? *• • • * / " ' ' ¦ ' J " ' ¦ ¦ Under thfe statement of the allegory , in ivhat light cshould > itie ^ view
the king's chapiter ?• <« Certainly we should consider > him * as insane , or as a wicked and fbricm'jtyvitti *; Mr . Er skine nmy wdUibe * shocked at such a picture ; but so *' strong are his prejudices , that afi / jatonfemfeiit of some sorjt he must hase- < v No ' substitute will
answer his purpose , i The king-himself must be tke ^ 4 etliB > and tniust ihanifest - * f a &e ] f-sacrlfieing berievoieace ? ( p . 143 ) . . WKat jeflfefct , now wouid a belief in the despotic character o £ the king ; have upon tile guilty son I Woald he attempt to moility a personage of liis fierce' wxath ^ a ^ d violent justiee ^
and capricious huinours by repentaace and g * ood . worka ? Nt > > but he * woiaid soon fiqd out thajt . liie traie * way to ingratiate himself i with a capricious tyrant is by flattery . jBy the same art only c © ukt hei hope to gain . dver
his mother or fbarotji ^ r ; ^ esp « mally if he bad . bgeat 4 o fortunate as to learn , that the remotejejhancevof theirtfavmir is . hot clogged by any troublesome conditions , t > ei « g&ineither promoted nor prevented by his ^ ood or evil works . If by JbisL flatteries he , could
persuade himself that hfe had beepnojB a farourito with iajiyof . them , Wfaitla he not riot in a ^ ifiah ^ oy ? And would he hti ^ e aoyigreit objwtion to lrepeat his tr ^ nsgressioa , ' vvviren fe made sure of his pite-etcjtioq . uteyj th ^ kiji ^ , and the powerful Intfer ^ stiirfTbis another 6 r brotherhul iljhi { tfrHMj r ) ti 3 pilt ) l ' 'f /
: t o ^ v In ; $ hia fdnnof ^ hfe ^ Uegory , it Uliis ^ Mates ajt > d ejfcpO ^ s -jabiariy of the Cal * vinistic itfeaa ^ ft ijfcli ^ ^ on ^ oeienfcl ; but in tlwe i&rsjt ^ liQif ^ fMuMR ^ W be mo ^ ldedy ji ^ su ^^ atf orm mtojte pose them # 11 ^ HhouW httvfejivte lqo ^ ti a v < iio ^* flnd ictiili thU
dren ^ Jn ^ iiMcg ^ jr i « ue <^ undfced ahd tUo f * s «* H l ivMiMNi ^ te f * MwJ ' ^ Ityi , i W ^ fc Wfc ^ IfcD Ue ^ P 4 Ced , 4 / bM
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invest ^ ^ ith Uhe -highest prtvilegfe , that' the \ vife ^! s ^^ -i ^ d ^ i ^ d ^ such astonishiHg- ? i pity in oto' ckse ; should feel none at ^ kli lit near a ' tJhdtP
sand similar casearj Want of powfel * should not b ^ assigned as the e ^ ilse why they refuse tlieir aid . but ' Wjfffiif inclination ^ fortke all % oiy i ^ iMUlSiot be perfect , unless the vvife or eldest son , though distinct persons , be of
one substance with the king . Being thus of one substance , the king should himself , in one sense , &fe * obligM ^ to ^ suffer , Kke the rfdty 3 of ilie * Patripassians ; and for the same reason , the *
transgression should be as much against their dignity and authority , as * against those of the king , yet neither ^ of them should have the satisfaction of seeing any innocent person ' s eyes pulled tout £ o sdotli ' . their' isense of wrath or justice . The satfrifice of one of them , at the same time that it
should relieve the King from , the misery of a portion of his immenset wrath s ^ et , as being the sufferin | p of part of his own substance , should be more costly to Mm , and give hiin more pain than the sins of all Ms subjects ,
andy after all , the dffect of this mostly sacrifice skould be scarcely perceptiMe It should farther be supposed , that the king , with His wife and council , had decreed th ^ l ^ ckedness of all his soma before f 5 ttiet > w « &re' > Mdrii ^! and their mth iii
certain pojnishinent ^ a t ftin g exception . : iAAothe >^ at ur e of thp > alle-i gory sUould l > e ^ * hat iwhe ^ i' the king should c ^ iarge . his son « with this 6 ri ^ i * nal siil , he must , by the same act , expose hi 3 . own ! iojustice and tyrario ^
Tbl > insert where halt the particulars vvtdch might he added , wotdd' rerider it ^ afiBdriBjeampIicated and eolbatcra ^^ iagi fallegory , than ewe * rktB ' &tetit intiti the : head of an IadinniBr ^ Dttjn ^ v / t ^ Sa Mr , Erskuie ^ s scheme ) kctf . atonfe tnent ia free from mosjt of ttlieae | nise ^ rable conceits ; a $ iih ^^ ttpjJD « iSfe 8 [ ; thd t
the (> ne God and-Father-jotraU ! wlib iB above all * , did hat ^^ fdadalwia © a ina ^ L hood , vyfaich api |||^ # ii ^^ ( Jbuoatv and ato « ied * ioii ] lth ^ fijco 0 af : ibr the reins vof t » , ftvy ? J * ian . 'It ^ bo ^ Ud te ob&l ^ d ^ ^ © I 4 fei ^ i # ctrirter ^ xpr ^ l ^ i | B ^^
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" on the Internal Evv&enee ^ f " J ReQeal&i Religion . 53
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vol . xViVi . " " x
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1823, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1782/page/25/
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