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    fceen wars fpr balance of power , dominion of the s § a or extent of territory ^ for religious < establi £ h * inents , forms of ppil polity , qr the succession of royal houses , all * just jand necessary wars ; ' * $ p declared by the governors pf can * - tending states , so commended to heaven ) by the priests of rival churches . Yet as thes < i \ yars haye been ahnost exclusively between Christian powers , e ^ ch appealing to " the bible land the sword , '' if

    the thpse pf the vanquished armies . This brings me frapje frocn a , a ^ gres ^ ipn tp which the subject sa easily iayit ^ fl .,

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    them already jn their birth ; he saw of the travkfl oTMs soul , a ^ a wis saffifiea ; He bckcldthe ward of Gdd going fortli ^ conquering , and to conquer ; subdu ^ ig tq the obe ^ encc o £ his la ^ ffi . mda fr ers of the world i carrying light lfitoKn ^ regions of darkn ^ , and mildnesB > i ^ tfee habitatton&of drueky . ^ fPp .- fljJIteJr

    Let your i ? eaders imw connect / the first with the last quotation from this passage , and they wiU : have a juaSi ^ laiid el oquent descri fw tion of the advancing reign ' - of the Messiah , tilt the kingdoms of this world ' become the kingdoms of aur <

    Lord an ( f of ms Christ . Itet them afterwards replace the middle quotation , and decide on the alleged incongruity , and whether the whole passage does not sound as if the joyftil nates from ** did ^ sweet harp of prophecy' * had been reversed , and the kingdom

    of Christ had become a kingdom pf this world . I own thfit ^;^ ni better plpaaed w ^ th £ he l ftpgji ^ g ^ which Milton gives to Jf ^ sitsi om Satan ' s urging him to the pursuit ^^ artiai ' g lory . ' r ; ' ' ^ ' \ « Tp yfam o » i $ » yiojlir an ^ rer ^ tj ^ gf

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    table survivors Wtyb ripjjter equally ready f ^ i £ onrnejct ^ fith ^ fclbl ^ ami th ^ St vdrdi ' To this may p ^ rliips be ^ ittsHy attribittipcii tHa ^ i ^^ W g i ^ l oncern \ Vith whidfi ^ v ^ V ^ ligi <> us pfersohs behold . th £ Wogress ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/3/