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his faults to goodnes ? . As he is weak , he will turn his heart to compassion and to mercy towards the more weak . Wheti he strays from peace and truth , when he offends equity and justice ; the consequences of his error shall gently lead him back , and meliorate
him . " The Father of the universe heard her , well pleased , and formed man , a creature faulty and weak , but in his very offences a disciple of Mercy , the son of a loving spirit , which never deserts him , and ever ennobles him .
Remember thy origin , man , when them art unjust , and hard towards others ; Mercy alone has chosen thee . Low and compassion alone , have offered thee the maternal bosom . 4 . Sammael .
When God had created man , and put on the perishable dust the crown of his image , he shewed him to the angels and all his
creatures . The heavenly host saluted him with reverence , as their younger brother , and served him with joy at the paradisiacal festival .
One of them alone , the haughty Sammaely scorned him , and would not serve him . ** I was not " said he , " created from the dust , but was formed of light . The fiery stream which flows around the throne gave me being , not the crumbling dust of the earth /'
And behold , the stream of light which dwelt in him departed from him ; the splendour of the garment which adorned him , melted away like snow . The proudest of the angels appeared now the meanest among them ; for the power had abandoned him which was not his own .
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Filled with anger , he silently left the heavenly host , and threatened revenge oh innocent man . " Since through you I am made miserable , " said he , I will in
return effect your destruction . " He had heard of the command , which forbade him the enjoyment of the fruit of the pernicious tree , and resolved to seduce him , iti
his own splendid angelic figure * But the snow melted away , with which he attempted to make himself a garment ; and as he went the way of the seducer , he could not appear otherwise than in the form of the serpent . And of the
splendid seraph nought remained but gaudy colours . Eve saw him ^ admired him , and was seduced by him . She ate death from the tree , and gave it to her husband ; misery and disease spread themselves over the families of the
earth . The Father of men appeared , and judged the seduced with mercy ; but he punished severely the seducing serpent , and cursed it as the most detested
reptile of the earth . u As it was thy joy / ' said he to Sammael , " to create misery , so shall the joy of malevolence be thy wretched portion . " He banishedJiim from the
host of the blessed , and instead or his former blissful occupation in heaven , Sammael became nowthe abhorred angel of death , 5 . The Bird of immortal Truth . In the midst of Paradise stood
two wondrous trees ; the tree of knowledge , and the tree of life , Man was allowed to eat of this , but was forbade to taste of that , on account of his infancy . The Phoenix , alone , then the king of the feathered race , built his nest in these branches , and ate of their immortal , divine fruit .
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Leaves of 4 ntiquity : from tht German of Herder . 2 o 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/27/
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