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      nvay find an admirable one , ready to their hands , in old Alexander Ross ' s * Mystagogus Poeticus ; or , the Muses * Interpreter / ' the sixth edition of which , corrected and enlarged , was published in 1676 . It contains abundance of what may be callea Skeletons of Sermons , some of which are what some people would call highly evangelical . One of the shortest of Alexander Ross ' s Skeletons of Sermons of the above

      description I beg leave here to subjoin , by way of sample . If your readers should wish to see more of them , they may be accoxn-r modated at a short notice * [ Text . ] Ganimedes— He was the king of Troy ' s son , wtio , v / tiifst'he was hunting , was caught up to heaven by an eagle , Jupiter ' s bird ; and because of his extraordinary beauty , Jupiter made him his cupbearer / ' - The Interpreter [ or Skeleton of a Sermonl .

      1 . . Wheii ^ Cranimedes was caught up to heaven ^ he let fall , his pipe , on which he was playing to his sheep ; so , whilst we are carried up by divine raptures and contemplations , we must fling ; , away all earthly delights . , . ^ . v 2 . Whilst 6 animedes was piping on his cane ^ and keeping of % is father ' s sheep , then was he caught up to heavyn . God , is never better pleased with us ., than when we are most faitKft ^ i arid dij . igtjnt in our calling ; not the sad and melancholy , but the cheerful piind , is fittest fo * God and heavenly raptures . ---n 3 . Gnrinnedes ( Tccvvvlou pj& ~ v ) is one that delights ifi tffvitie

      fetinsel or tvisdom ; and wisdom is the true beauty of the itmidj wheifeiA God take * pleasure * it t ^^ hiW ^ hv . ;^ 4 . Every eagle is not Jupiter ' s bird , as Lilian ^^ erifethj tftit that only which abstains from flesh and raj > itoe ^> aHd ^ thdUw ste-tTu * bird that caught up Ganiipedes ; so fleshly minds-amd ) fhough ^ t ^ ' feet upon rapine and carnal pleasures , are not fit to aiecve ! God ^ dirf *« safi * y the soul up to heave n , r ; c ^ o / ^ > i > r > rit vd 51 The quick-sighted eagle is divine contemplation ^ ^ ditation , by which Ganimedes , the soul , is caug hf ^ g tojjhf ^ av ^ n ,. c ( i 1 ([ A 6 . When , by holy raptures , we are c ^ q ilid ^ p | , t | 9 l # ? as ^ n itfy $ best nectar we can pour out to God is thip . te ^ jN o f ^ p ^ niaHC ^ ^^{ gi ^

      a broken heart . . . . , r ; - _; , ,. _ ' - ^ \ U , u , W ( U 7 . Ganunedes was caught up by one eagle only : Tjut , iF we , 6 aY » t ' ' 11 a . « iJ •'•' l 'il'JT ^ W Jb . 'U HIJ ' JO . Vl UJk F -Jit-.-the tru ^ inward beauty ot the mind , we shall be cayjLh t w ^ iia t £ e an ; by lemons of WreTs , tc > nieet the Lord , dhd sB aft ^ r eve ^ rve \ hil at hi * table in the kin ^ om or li eaveM " " * " }" » <\><" ^ ^^ 1 ififi ? ¦ 8 . I ivish that the ¦ Rartan Eagle would ixdt ^ ellgli * so ' rfiuelrtV ? ^? pme and human flesh as hef ^ otlv ^ but ^^ H ^^ riAVrfriH ta ^ fca ^^ KF up to heaven , that isf to « hefr &mlc ! s $ & ' k } igrfity } th& ^ &fyVIF ' a . m ritinated parts , of the empire . i : ^ f l ;> ' ^ \ t : »/ ir M . * vyr ' ,- > r > ' \\) 9 * As the eagle caught up ) CSsmirnetlkfe , ' do-th' ^ wiTfyg ^ I of * ii gtihV eagle weire given to the womai ) , ) 2 tev , xiii td '^ arry'h&tit . fxiini thi $ * ¦ & $ & $ gon ^ pcrsc ; cuUo ( n . . pCbe-gf ca fe ^^ Wr ^ a ^ ftb ^ Itarntui ^ m ^ iue ^ tahereof

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      Allegorical Interpretations of Scripture . 13

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1807, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2376/page/13/