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stronger proof of this point than I have quoted . It is in an original letter written to my honoured fa , ther , by Mr . Pearsal , a Calvinistic minister , and dated from his
residence , at Taunton , June 1 , 1757 . The King of Prussia , on May 6 , in that year , had fought the battle of Prague , against 100 . 000 Austrians , with an army of
Prussians nearly as large . * This battle , which began about nine in the morning , continued , including the pursuit , till eight in the evening , and was one of the most murderous of the century . The Austrians lost 24 , 000 men . of which
5 , 000 were made prisoners . The loss of the Prussians amounted to 38 , 000 . After the defeat , nearly 50 , 000 Austrians took shelter in Prague . In four days the whole city was surrounded with lines and intrenchments—and the King
flattered himself , that as Prague was very populous , the addition , to the inhabitants , of so numerous a garrison would render the reduction of the place by famine the more certain / ' ( Towers ' s Fred . i . 513 , &c . ) Such is the histo . rian ' s account of that dreadful
event and its horrible accompaniments . Let us now attend to the divine . The pious letter-writer thus breaks off from the private topics of his correspondence , and , fond of his therhe ^ refers to his Protestant-hero , forgetting that kfc had never named him .
a should think myself deficient , if I did not congratulate you and all well-wishers to the Protestant interest , upon the gloiteus victory obtained in Bohertri * . This is the Lord ' s doings , » fld marvellous in our eyes . Well !
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so far the Monarch of the Universe has employed him for good } and may he still , if it be his pleasure ; but let us never consider
any man but in subserviency to the Divine Being . This gentleman ' s furniture is great , hut Tie is hut a babe , if left in the exercise of his abilities ! how soon may he be nonplust ! how soon may a ^ elllaid scheme prove abortive through , some intervening unforeseen
accident ! The malice , the ignorance , the oversight , the indolence , the death of one person may ruia all ? But especially we may find it so , if his breath be stopped , and all his thoughts perish with him !
We are pleasing oursittes with the situation of this great man while Prague is shut in and so great a booty is enclosed , ' but it is too much to hope that they will fall into his hand . Indeed the
last victory exceeded our hopes and there is nothing too great for a God to do ; but alas , ljear we are not prepared for such a mercy / But this we see by present and
former operations of Providence , that when God ' s time comes and his will determines , and his word
pronounces the decree ^ enemies the strongest shall melt away , anct the most numerous armies shall be as withered leaves m winter at the foot of the oak . Let us then pray and wait . " " Though only the sentence winch I have distinguished by italics was
necessary to my purpose , 1 have quoted the whole paragraph , which happily expresses some very just sentiments , lest f should do any injustice to the writer . Hie had not long to wait for farther intel - ligence , though the great booty with wtoich he would have re-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 549, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/25/
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