On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
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 .
Untitled Article
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
Untitled Article
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 ^
Untitled Article
So »? e O&sier 7 $ ati 9 ft $ tQfrTtkG- $ er ? nQnsrqf d ^ ssionariesv ,.-.. T ^ f * -
-
-
Citation
-
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/
-