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      ire c ^ Ucd 4 w * kh ? y will Yreceive ; prompt # ## 11 a ^ ge ^ ejful support . Tlie OVi - tari ^ ti * ai" ^ a . wealthy booV ; and . ' if ,- qt ^ evefji siK ? hr occasion , a smp . ll number (^ y of those who -are able would jin-r ftiedv ately ; subscribe , each , his guinea ^ ^ ftiosj , importantobject would be easily obtained . Your ' s respectfully , A CONSTANT READER .

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      MSeme Observations on the Scr ? nons qf issionaries . Translated from the . Spanish of P . Fcyjoo , a Monk and Public IVritcr to the King of Spain , in the last Xlcntury . ( Concluded from p . 639 . ) FlND I have imperceptibly as-Isumed the style of the pulpit , no

      \ vhcre more superfluous than in a letter addressed to a preacher : all I intended was simply te propose the subject , . leaving to you , who . are so well accustomed to . he ministry , , to chase the means ofpersu <^ $ io :,. JYou may perhaps apprehend , that by not . denouncing the threats of God ' s anger against

      sinners , your sermons will be but ofl ^ ttle use . If ; js this ea ? that in reali ^ induces , so miyny zealous missionaries to insist so , frcqucxfjily on the torments aad terrors of- ' hell . I shall not deny th $ s < utility of these linages if properly

      introduced ; however , ty . e sentiment , o £ , lqj ? e to God ^ h ^ s xi ^^ . ooly . a superior value ^ 4 4 ^ ity T ^ r ^ c ^} kiQ any ineentv , - , d ^ irom ; « fjr ,, fos I before . ty # tea > , hxLt it ^ WPW af P " ^ cowiitercd

      , that fae i ^^ rcs ^ i ^ ns jn ^ ide , \) y love $ n 4 ^ soidare m ^ jrelasting fep ^ tflose pf . fear . ,. T ^ xe ^ qn is that love . ^ ing s \ yeet , gentle and pleasing , the p ^ art finds itself at cas . e ^ and . far from re ]^ el-^ ^ g # opens to receive and cherish it : ^ jfefUL Pn t | iejporitr ^ rj % is severe , violent i # d tdjs ^ greeab ] e , the heart therefore TSJecii * i ; it a ^ , muc h as : possible , tove vft ^ ^ pis , ffar ; oppresses ^ love is enjoyed , ; fef ? i $ suffered j love bemg always an frctfiof \ fr& wiH , is likewise , pftea the O ^ 3 ^ c 5 > f it , that is , the will loves with - a * H ^ th $£ ^ a £ tpf reflected love ; but fear i ^ iftv ^ iaJ ^ y-a n irksome . gwekt wherqver 1 ^ -g ^ ij ^ s rafd q ^ i 33 ion ^ a * w ] . is received touch in the same manner as we grant ^^ Tk ^ l gi ^ g ^ t (* af v , eaje u ^ who , forpes ' us ^^ PW t&e 4 oo r swor 4 > ij % nar > 4 ^ ys & ? e-

      rff ^* l !>^ y ^ PP ' y all o pq ^ pr to , expel vt !«^ i ^^^ ^ d frequer > Uy SMQlr ^ " H ^ * 91 f *» ic } p >^ r ^ d % ( horr ^{ q d 5 > c-]* m ^ p fttHysiqvt W ^ diev ^ ^ ^ ryigj ' ^ wi ^ rpriiimpje ^ . ^ y ^ lUjw ^ l ^ iy

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      toe existeoce of God , or strip , the soul ( if Its hn ^ iortatit ^ ^ AftttieWfWsW tKpe misgiiidedmen pfdceetflrc ^ i cft ^ tii templating ' the Peity a ^ W Irtfexdritt ^? judge father than it rnerbftul Tit&pt £ and to s ^ ke off the < l t&& iHipftp&h this idea , they use eA'ery elfi / rtwd ^ HicfE themselves into the l > elieTi ^ th cr ihit

      there is no Go *\ to . punish ihetn , ^ t thkt all they have to apprehttrd isj'ioihi ^ slight and temporary chafeti ^ emexit , fctf example , some worldl y misfbrttitiK But what do they gain by thiy ndrsuasion ? they are ejcactl y in the sittra tipnofa criminal , who , flying ftcMi justice , flings himself down a bredteiice ,

      and to avoid a probable puhfehmertti embraces certain death : thby seek to avoid Divine justice by the ^ most tremendous of all precipices , that of irhpiety : yet even those who deny tHe existence of God , when they wcroW dethrone the awful Judge who will

      pronounce sentence on their iniquity , do not so much flatter themselves that they can fly from Divine justice , $ ' $ that Divine justice will fly from therft . Other unbelievers who assert i ^ fo ^ oul to be mortal , think by this fne ^ s to escape from God and eternal TSitsery : one party seek to arfrjirrilkte 3 iffife Deitv , the other to ' annihiXire HH 6

      h&selves , hoping their ^ 6 n ! s \ yiIFb ^ fiife . when their bodies return to duslt : ' - B ^ t schemes are impJout , B ^ tfiS fiVs ^ s mueh more hbrrible ^ n 3 % r 7 f 8 TOlbd ' € 5 ! y false : it is therefore pVotia ^ tf ^ l ^ e supporters or" this ojjrniotr fiiti ^ e * ' ^ Becn fewer in nufabtt , ; te 1 cSuS ^ ^ fl ^^« proclaims thei e ^ isrenbeflBf Us MUUelnn so ] oud a tone , 'tMaft ^ t s %£ Jrf ¥ rmp ^? 1 Be any intellectuat , d&ttliks cSK ^ % > great as to resist it ^ ^ rfiWe ^ ibfil "' ' l ^ he majbriiy ; W ; ihBdfeli-Jhrlffft *^ this cause as 'dc ^ s ^ rate , ' ^^^ i $ m&d theraselves with ih " e ' h&cdhdf' i&rfy : freed aUke froth * the h ' djies aWd feffw a future life , they leer ^ Aih ^ y ^ vo enjoy the present , and give a loose to all their dispr-dciTy passions . But there is as / xriuch inadverterice a ? y ^ 235 ^ X . ' tliis . attempt to esddpe ^ from ^ Bf > 5 # jf the terror of Diviiiejtirtiftc ^ fliifelswem to ^ iVim it , ( and T a ^ AbWlc ^ f ^ fWey areriiht to fly fr 6 iri itS fa £ rrrtfii * ie * flt $ . oW

      wlwi € ? iml ^ al but wo % ««?) yek fa tW fty" iVotn 3 asri ^ Wil ^ ot ftq ^ GW / r ) o ^ h tftis ^ sWfe ?^ O avoid justice th % ; rriCftiTiftf t ? m \ he jf 3 ^ pi ^ # cup « f ^ ^ igft §« fay e ^^^ r ^ l ttef ^

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/13/