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system of guilt and misery ; called : war ; Q ^ m ^^ A ^^ f vim $ eefc j *!!§ t ? S » * & ^ W " . V ^ 0 ^' m tg ^^ lgaji ^ fer ^ of Christen ? . I prcpunoe 'no * .- to determine : under Mrh « ty it under . any emergency > a Christian m ^ y shed his brother ' s
blood * : without ^ exoeclLtig the voice of it to cry unt <^ fceir com -: mon Father * Yet , eaftgidering either the spirit or the doctrine of our master , it is difficult to say how one of . his disciples can take into hLrJband the weapon of destruc-:
tion . This incompatibility between the-characters of Warrior aud Christian is thus described by- the late Soame Jenyns , who bad once formed part of a warimni $ try . . / fff Christian nations were nations
of , Christians , all war would be impossible and unknown amongst them , and valour could Be neither of use or estim ^ t kto , and therefo re could never have 9 . ^ ce ^ m ^ the , catalogue q £ Christian ? irtuss > being irreconcileable with alLjjs P * Wf ( gjte " '~ r f objecj " not to ' ' tte ' - 'jjH p to d ^ fippours t&stpwecl on ? the va ^ SBI , ^ ef Srfe ? && urn i ^ mm ^ i "& % & paid them Jbv those wha ^ id ^ safety and affiHeKce by the intcr # ation of tK&r BMgtrs ana stiffc ^ in ^ i ^ assfertjjflv that , active courage can nevcr % e ^ Bfctian virtue , becaQse ^ Christian ^ JffllP nothing to do with it : — . No ^ WWia
toofefhidmpattDle withthe precept tfeali with the objects of this reKgibtiiMsrhiclf ii tKe '; atta ^ Ment of t £ e fcingdoin ? % * h ^ yl bt ^ i ^^ ml ^ t fe not that sdrt of vibi ^ i ^ HfcWf ftatikdoni is to * tfe taken ; nor mgMy turbulent Spirits of heroes and , || jfcperorfi admissible into Unose - regions W / Jaeatc , suboVdination , ^^^ nguiytTr . ?! -: ; Imern , B ^ id . ^ 5-58 .
jT ^ q 4 ^ st > « ent ^ rjp % i n / , ^ k ' q ^ otatioij reminds iqip 1 of * a jpftssage i uf Sliak ^ spar ^ s ^ jt ^ i ^ yy V ; . Vffce *® ifr ^ . - ' ^ inWa . JfeS ^ PTOA ^ ng
Wftf'i » B » R ^ n . disguise ^ ^ 9 ^^ M ; ^ »*! # ? witl ^ . tbr ^ e of . ^ j ^ on aq ^ fjhjOflQpf , vr * nm : *? $$ * " ilPV atVard there are few die well tfeat
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when blood is their-irgtira *^ " He adds , what shouM &fe as ^ $ Bf-/ e # « bettH ^ en the eyts of those * % J whom nations commit the tteniei *
dous prerogative of peace Qnjk war , " Now if these men do not die well ^ it Will ; fae a black matter ' for the kirifc 1 *^ t fed ^ theia to ? ft ^ ¦ ' . ¦ •¦ £ ¦• *¦ .. : ¦ : ¦ ' < ;^^ . ;;; i
- Y e ^' notwkhs ^ dmjg tfc ^ opp o ^ siti 6 h 6 f tfie ^ gbspel precepts to fcfc 6 iridulgende of a martial spirit ^ wh ^ tt a : sc ^ he is . contiBUjalVy passing in the \ v 6 ria / craileS Ghfmibn P
On orie sidfe of-a narrow c % eSftriei /* a priest ascfen 3 s a fcfgK and g (> igeoHs altar to ^ pray- ' that the banrferf ^ bl " the great natiojti v may waves ' victocioosl . Oh the-other side of
the same channel , tfhe priest of a fival church approaches an altar * not so high , nor so richly adbrned t to importune the Almighty ia go forth with' the fleets -and armies &t
the fialvouted- hmid / l&apti ' WpZ . f > ears to dxpeet -fhW tii ^^ lh ^ r 6 f alKtlfe fe ^ I U ^ 6 f J ^ e -eiaFtti will b ^ doriie' a pmUdifih flh 6 quarrels of hid ccfhteiii ^ ous
Children * Should ibfey MpjiSen to exchiange countries , " eficK jwo $ t < Jj no doubt 1 immediately , ; e ^ ccha ^ g ^ the prayer ^ p f their devout peti ^ tions , as loyalty under existing
circumstances migfat ^ direct .. How shall a Cbrbtian > not by birth anil * nation , bu $ > by convicttoh -and clibice ^ conduct himself ^ a such' a period ? As a < 3 hr ! gtiAnf f he knows iio more distinction be *
t \ veea * O ^ Ul and Bri tain ; than P ^ i ulr ' fovLntir i ^ et ^ v ^ dt CJ reeJc and Jew . 'He-:- i ' 0 ^ t § Ure | y pwy ^ t f th e JfIghi ^ jjf ^ uife iii <^ y- |» r ^ per # ' i ^^^ ipiB ^^ - 3 Ja ^^ d rt »^ t dejig ^ t iiiS ^ r . Qr , ifjtaf . nitii ^ «» - ^ pfeM ! p ^ £$ S * . w
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 124, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/4/
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