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with as much temper and settledness of reason , with as much discretion and preparedness , as thou wouldst to the communion : After some several days meditation invite him mildly and affably , into some retired place ; and then let it be put to the trial whether thy life or his must answer the injury . Oh thou holy Christian
religion ! whence is it that thy children have sucked this inhuman , poisonous blood , these raging , fiery spirits ? For if we shall
enquire of the heathen , they will say , They have not learned ( his from us : or of the Mahometans , they will answer , We are not guilty of it . Blesssed God ! that it should
become a most sure , settled course for a man to run into danger and disgrace with the world , if be shall dare to perform a commandment of Christ , which is as necessary for him to do , if he have any hopes of attaining heaven , as meat and drink is for the maintaining of life ! That ever it should enter
into Christian hearts to walk so curiously and exactly contrary unto the ways of God ! That whereas he sees himself every day and hour almost , contemned and despised by thee , who art his servant , his creature upon whom he might , without all possible imputation of unrighteousness , pour down all the vials of his wrath
and indignation , yet he notwithstanding is patient and long-suffering towards thee , hoping that his long-suffering may lead thee to repentance , and beseeching thee daily by his ministers to be reconciled unto him ; and yet thou , on the other side , for a distempered , passionate speech , or less , should take upon thee to send thy neighbour ' s soul , or thine own , or
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likely both , clogged and oppressed with all your sins unrepented o { ( for how can repentance possibly consist with such a resolution ?) before the tribunal-seat of God
to expect your final sentence ; utterly depriving thyself of all the blessed means , which God has contrived for thy salvation , and putting thyself in such an estate , that it shall not be in God's power almost , to do thee any good .
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On Citarity-Boarding-Schools . Norwich , Oct . 25 , 1814 . Sir , I agree with your correspond . ent N . [ IX . 542 ] that " one of the most important subjects of human attention is ( he means of promoting 71
the true welfare of the poor . No observation therefore ( however trifling it may appear ) can be uninteresting to the philanthropist , who considers the effect which early habits of regularity produce upon the human mind . — "The friend of
order has made half his way to virtue , " is the maxim ofacele . brated moralist , and in the humble dwellings of the indigewt so intimate is the union between
neatness and right conduct that the character of a female is determined by the general appearance of her habitation and her family . Where are the habits of activity and the love of order most
likely to be acquired ? is the present question . This leads me to express my farther agreement with your correspondent in preferring those charity-schools which add to other branches of instruction
the domestic business , so necessary to qualify poor girls for becoming valuable servants , for this is their usual destination . Reading , wri-
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686 On Charity-Boar ding-Schools .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 686, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/26/
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