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    Constantino was the head by whose power and help the church was supported , 10 . Our Saviour Christ is the tiue Ganimedes , the Son of the Great King , the fairest among the sons of ; men , the wisdom and counsel of the Father , in whom God delighted and was Well pleased , who , by the power and on the wings of his Divinity , was caught up to heaven , where he is pouring out his prayers and merits before God for us ; &nd like Aquarius ( to which Ganimedes was converted ) is pouring down the plentiful showers of his grace upon us . 1 J . Vespasian set up the image of Jupiter , and Ganimedes caught by the eagle , in the Temple of Peace ; so the image of God and heavenly raptures are found in that soul wherein is the peace of

    . 12 . As the eagle carried Ganimedes , so Moses comparelh God to an eagle , who carried the , Israelites on his wings through the desert . And St . Ambrose saith that Christ is the eagle who hath caught man from the jaws of hell , and hath carried him up to heaven . I remain , Sir , your willing servant , Sept . 22 , 1805 . " Gwilym Dyfed .

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    ESSAY ON DIVINE WISDOM , Read before a Literary Society . ( By the Rev . R . B . *) Questions . — " Does not the idea of wisdom involve the notion of a connection between means and ends ? " and if it does , " Must we not Infer thence the existence of such a connection independent on the divine will ?"

    It will not be necessary long to detain your attention , gentlemen ^ in examining the first of the two questions here submitted to your consideration . The true answer to it will be evident , if the word " wisdom" be but properly defined . What else is understood by wisdom but the discernment and option of the fittest means to obtain a chosen end ? If ends could be attained without means , or if all means were equally conducive to brincr about the end proposed , is it not plain , there

    could be no room for the exercise of wisdom ? This then clearly shews that the idea of wisdom does actually involve the notion of a connection between means and ends—a connection , of course , not arising ; from the will of the agent , who .,

    perceiving the fitness or the means , has recourse to their instrumentality , but originating from the nature ^ of the means used , and of the end to be produced . Otherwise , the agent would be at liberty to effect the end without the vise of the means ., * The " Dialogue on a Reflection of Dr . Jortin ' s" ( sec Monthly Repository , Vol . I . p . 14 J is from the same fen *—Editor .

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    14 &ssay on JDivine Wisdom ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1807, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2376/page/14/