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not be usrCROWtfED , for he will receive from God and from man the vast dominion of the uncivilized world , where he will set up the standard of truth for all natio ? is and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earths * The sentiments of the writer of this
curious pamphlet seem to be , that the revolutionary war , was on the part of France , a war of sa ^ cred liberty and justice ; that the coalesced powers were the ic abomination of desolation ; " that Buonaparte is the " little horn * destined to sit upon the ancient throne , and to hold the iron
sceptre ; and that he quenched the spirit of liberty and threw down its temple , and carried on the war no longer for liberty , but to establish his power and to make peace ^ Th ose who like myself , understand nothing of the mod © of explaining the prophecies yet to be fulfilled , must allow , how * ever sceptical , that the writer of the above extracts , has at least made a very fortunate guess . D . E .
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On the Title Reverend . Sir , In the present very liberal and free-thinking state of the public mind we are not perhaps to be surprised at the indignation which is felt b y some men when the ministers of dissenting congregations
assume to themselves a distinction and a consequence which raises ttiem abeve the level of a society of which , in truth , they are no other than ordinary members . rj-ii •* inere seems to be ; i doubt of the propriety of their affixing to their ftames the title of reverend * for no
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other reason than because it ig their business to address a congregation of Christians upon subjects of morality and religion .
It is probable that in the early ages of the Christian church the preachers were not known by any title distinct from other men ; they were contented with blending with the multitude , and being known amongst them only as helpers of their devotion and their joy * But the simplicity of new establishments generally changes into some degree of ceremony and form as well in relieious as in civil
governments . The religious hierarchy first gave birth to the titles of a Christian ministry . Assuming to themselves distinct offices , and enjoying certain religious and civil privileges , which had till that time been shared by the priests of heathen deities , it became necessary to designate the ministers by appropriate titles , a . nd to mark by those titles the elevation to which they were respectively raised . The first titles of Christian
ministers implied the services in which they were engaged . They were the servants of the church . And , when the superstitious devotion of mankind had thrown the wealth of nations at th » ir feer ,
they still affectod to retain ( tie titles of servitude ; and h * who stood highest in the scale of eminence styled himself i 4 The servant of the servants of God . " Most of the names still preserved i ?> our established church are indicative ot servitude , while they in tact are used as titles of distinction , and convey to ihe mind of the people a fueling of respect and veneration . In every established church some appellatives an cmployed to distinguish the ministers
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On the Title Reverend . 53 §
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 539, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/15/
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