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liands , well executed , and according to their taste : wjienever ye 60 this , " ye are sure of their approbation , and future encouragement . The translation which we u $ e , -was made in the dLtant reign of James the first * James was deeply tinctured with the superstition of the age ; and in the former part of his life a great believer in the absurd and groundless doctrine of witchcraft The translators could not be ignorant of this , and , it is much lo be feared , it h : rd an
undue mfluerce upon their minds ; for they must either have entertained similar ridiculous opinions , and so have disingenuously given a sense in harmony wifh their mistaken ideas upon the subject , rather than with tkfe Hebrew ; or they must have introduced the terms * familiar spirit , witch and wizzard , * with a view to flatter the idle notions of
royalty- The king , it is said , lived long enough to see his error , and to retract those opinions , which he found on farther examination to be without foundation either in scripture or common sense . But unfortunately the translation w ^ s finished , and a copy of it read in every church in England ; and thus Mie poor and uninformed were and are
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A Tribute to the I ^ Tem o ry of the late venerable THEOPHILUS LIIsTDSET . l / wdsey , of manners mi ) d , of sou ] serene , And purest virtue , leaves this earthly scene ; And pious friendship claims the parting tear From all who lov'd and honour ed him whilst here .
With firm integrity and ardent zeal , In genVous labours for man ' s highest weal , I iis day was spent , ancj when his vig o rous pow ' rs \ Beclin'd , how tranquil were his cv ' ning
hours' ! ' While sweet reflection cheered his guileless breast , Night came , he cioVd his eyes and slink to rest !
Well done , good servant of a Master kind ! Sleep now in peace , and in the morningfind From Him who plac'd thee here and called thee hence , ? or all thy toife , a g lorious recom pence * .
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to this day misled by expressions unwarranted by the Hebrew ^ and" calculated t > nly to keep alive * the embers of that consuming fire , which jwas lighted by the torch of superstition , and raged
most furiously during th ? long night of catholic darkness , —or to feed the easily vitiated fancies of those , who delightJn the mysterious , the marvellous , and the . incomprehensible . "
1 he true meaning of the Hebrew words is then ascertained in a clear and decisive manner . "The whola art of witchcraft is shewn to be an imposture . The devil is not permitted to have any share in transact ions , which ari . se out of wickedness and the love of gain . The
sermon merits attention . It does the preacher great credit , and we must lament , that his parish gave him such just grounds for the very proper reprimands he has bestowed on their ignorance ? and superstition . . F .
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FASHION . O Dca * namqae tuihi nee quae sis diccre rfromp - turn ett ; Et tiquei essc Dea . ni . . OVID . goddess for swell we enn no cvthf r rail ' hat sovereign powtu * which domineers o ' er all .
From fairy mansions when to Smiling earth , Came fickle Fashion , fancy \ s darling child , Vainly she boasted a relcstial birth , In syren song ' , bewitching as ' twas wild .
By T » is urest in various purflcd robe , Be&pangl ' tl o ' er witfo gems like morn * ing * dew , She wingM her way around the pensile globe , And , like a meteor , the phantom flew . Magic his sceptre to her hand conVey'd , Than MaiVs son ' s Caducous q ( tnorc power i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1808, page 609, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2398/page/33/
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