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GLEANINGS ; OR, SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING.
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3 p * £ ' \ ' Gleanings .
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tf The infidelity £ bat pervades France is the-natural effect of the long scontinued ^ xcrfioj ^ of their . apostate : qkurch and staje to deprive the common people of the Holy _ . Scriptures , which , , wfcre wiU ) cs ? ies a ^ aiiist their usurpations , quid without which iiieri become brutes b > ' being . tmgaarded against the sudden and secret
impulses of spiritual eiR * niiei 3 /\ viVich know ho \ £ to take advantage of every sudden ocbasioo ' of feaT ., passion or lust , to stiiietKe kaowted ^ e of ^ ood and evi l in manbut witlyout this infidelity aud the occasional demoniacal phrenzies of some of them ( to which Infidels arc always liable ) they 'wowId not have been' proper instruments ki . God ' s hand for a retribution in blood
\ q their more bloody deceivers , of whom the prophet has declared " they have shed i-he blood of saints and prophets , and thou ( O God ) hast given them blood to drink , for they are worthy . thus the very worst of , meh a » d even demons are- made instruments of God ' s justice aud providence to fulfil his word .
** France was certainly the eminent tenth part " of the" Roman empire , and the crown of France has offered mo re support % 6 tlifc- ahti-christian Pontifex of Rome , titan afcry other of the ten horns of the Beast » so that when the city of Rome wfts deprived of that support , the prophecy pf » U > hn was certainly fulfilled / that a tenth part of the city fetl . itk a great
earthquake or < TBIO" [ AO £ - the popular commotion which preceded tUe event , in which were to be slain ** the names of men seven VhollSaiHLM The . names of men could not be slain , otherwise than by a civil Heath , by a law to extinguish human titles , of which before the-time of accomplishment our' Kii fc ltsh translators of the
apocalypse ceiikf fern * no conception , nor coul < t they make any sense of the passage ; which difficulty induced them to curtail it , and to onafit tiie expression tjiai the names of l » eu were slain , though all tbe Greek copied tiavc it : and as set-en thousand is * prophetic number of perfection , it means *? total extinction of all titles , Which
suddewly and wonderfully happened in tin tumiente nation , more remarkably attached Jor . ftges to titles , vanity and arbitrary po ^ er , than any otlfer nation 6 n earth ; arid thi £ wonderful prophetic mark is s 5 strong-Jy irupiresstd upon the nation at present , f *«* f they will not even allow the ordinary titte of Monsieur ^ to be t | sed amonj ^ them . t » rei ihat the of
^ It nttrknble army the fVetteU ewiigrants , consisting chiefly of imfcMity a « d titled men , w exactly g fevea tho ^ and ei ^ ht hu ndrecf , « o that if that itfmy should be cut off ( and it seem ^^ trt : present in de ^ lbrable danger ) the rruiuOer & ]* & wumeient to afford « jven a literal tic « - A ^ ahrpl ^ bnient ^ « nd tb leav ^ a remnant to be atfrighted and give glory to the < 3 od of
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heaven , according to the express terms ' of the prophecy . But the civil death or total extinction pf all titles by law , is aiujKy sudicient tq provft the jMOphetic mark upon tju ^ t nation ^ and to euable us to judge by
the context of the prophecy ( see . 11 th chapter ) in what an ' awful period of time we stand at present . Excuse these reLftarks tbe accidental mention of our mutual friend the Marquis of Bellegarde insensibl y led ' me to them , and as I have a real
satisfaction in being aware of the thncs , I naturally wish my friends to partake of it . Be pleased to present my respectful compliments to your mother and the ladies . I remain with cpreat esteem , Dear Sir , Youf humble Servant , G . S .
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No . CCLVni . Saint Thomas d , Recket . Gen * asc , of Canlerburj ' , says , that two volumes of miracles , performed bv the dead archbishop , were extant
at Christ Church , hi Canterbur ) -, when he wrote , and affirms , that they equalled all those in the gospel . In proof of which he tells us , triat not only diseases of ¦' $ !! kinds w ^ ere healed by the inrocadoh of his name , but members cut off and eyes pulled out ( genifalibus abscissas et cculis effosis ) were restored to trie bodies from which they
had beer * separated-, anct the dead were ^ raised to' life . —To wMcji Matthew Paris add $ , that he also restored life to de ^ ad birds and joth ^ ranimals . Th is * 1 presume , he did at idle times for his amusement . —3 ! is blood was accounted
a sovereign remedy for all diseases , and formed dae ' of the most lucrative articles of traffic to themonks of Can * terbur ^ .- —The archbishop of Sens , in a letter to the pope , delivered to
posterity by Roger de Hoveden , told his holiness Vecy gravelyt that the wax * fights which were > p laced about the corpse of BeckeV , beioTe his iitterrnent , happening to go oiat in the ni ^ ht , he rose up and lighted them again himself
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No . CCLIX , Short arid Long 'Pxdyers . Tn the reign of AbcrtiHah the Third , surnamed M ^ emotinn , ^ ag dad was affficted with a great drought . The caliph enjoined a public penance , and went himself in precession , at th ^ to
head of His Mussulnian Subjects , perfpTin , in the nei g hbouring p lains ^ the prayers "prescribed ] \ yj t-ehgion on such occasions . The ceremony ^*
Gleanings ; Or, Selections And Reflections Made In A Course Of General Reading.
GLEANINGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1816, page 338, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2453/page/30/
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