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    vi ( c and ungrateful creature , therefore [ % w not worthy to be called thy son , but to be treated as a vile a > id rebellious slave . Tims the path is clearly marked out by which the missionary may leail men from servile to filial fear ; aud it

    likewise appears that both servile and filial fe ^ v ennes that sentence , of Scripture , * jtirnqr L )? i iiiitijim dilectionis ejus . " . Thjp consciousness of descrying punishnie ' pt shews us tli ^ neQes ^ ityofimpformg mercy ; and as ... ih \ s attribute of the

    Supreme Beiu , g . js perfectly amiable , tbe transition tp / loy , c . is , natural aud eas \\; It ji ^ aj ^ inj ^ eed ' be proper * and i t is uecjUje ^ iUy . requisite ^ to iinpress . the simicr ^ UU . Jjie . fcazaj : 4 he incurs of eternal pera ; l ( ua and " thexlread of evetto t fas

    l ^ iu . ^ rttyzn -j ^ ut ought not to bc , ) pft ouade / : . the dominion of terror , ^^• l ^ c ^ i ^ e ; fove is a , more noble princ ^ e ^ pf ^ c ^ ii ^ n , nipre s ^ itecl to human n ^ uje ^ ' and uu > rcj efAcaeious to direct hint , jfttfyp rgtaq of virtue , and because u fl ^ ua ^ i jned tjerr ^ r © ve rw ^ e ^ ms-th e soul arKrwea ^ iis / Qt ^ r in ^ Uaatians to obedi e nce ; faf fa *^ ^ Wgt 1 it xnay restrain oh

    a jpai * ( frofl > ,. th ^ : foauqissioq sin , Merits \ ] frc s \ ve Cstness that i-ucites to good wp ^ s :. jt ^ uay deler ps Crom evU , hut it . willrnjot render us \ irtuows . The business pf iW preacher is to recall simpers ta God ; but he wJio represents

    tlte Almighty armed with vengeance ,, i ^ mpre lively to drive the crinunai to deyj ^ ir than to reclaim him . It is easy ^ o perceive that a conversion effected by love will not only be sincere biit-perjnajnent . Ck > d when considered as a master supremely merciful and ^ Wiga ^ iit ^ is an attractive object , a fo

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    against itself ^ IJxweriepce M confirms this c ^ ij ? i 6 n : r tT > e v ^ ry tev&itf ' Pffl& M > rr . BGnCicAnge ^ icn , trt an accttum : wilich ^ epvibitshed opJ ^ fij ^ iif ^ fifA i t ties ' pf iour celebrated ffigatc ; af * $ SfiSfti seprate , Fr . Joseph de SaikV"Befi&V >^ chap . x . relates that ttiiimRiili cU&y &l * throughout thq principalityoilGdmi ^ iiik the rema . tatio ^ n of a most eiif&niPe ^ rieH

    understanding , not only aniongst-iffi ^ ignorant but amongst learned trieri y tihxj was frequently consulted iyhdn ady doubts were entertained in 4 spfriitrai affairs . An a [ X ) stpIic minister b ^ loi ^ - ing to the fratenvity- of Ksceraan ^ dli , ; complained to him of the ver ^ Jfft ^ J d go < xi his sermons eftected , soficftttt ^ His

    advice and instructions how ive . hiig&t render them more useful ; to thfe ' fe- ^ quest the holy man made thie folhiw ^ fg reply , ( I quote the exadt words of iHc writer ) c < that he should endeavotir t 6 * inculcate the infinite mercy of trojd more tUan he had hitherto daitey and that he woufd assuredly reap that harvest of souls he desired . " flie writer

    thus proceeds : " the . event justified the advice ; the missionary adopteif th ^ counsel of his brother , and returt ^ d after some years to Alontserra * tei ftay ^ . ing converted innumerable souls , dud raisins ; many to a steadfast afiid chc ^ rjtll

    hope that were before in luirni n ^ tit danger of despair , b y reading to , ibfetit the short compendious treatise iiVV ^ ers « at the end of San I ^ emto ' s ^ vvbHc ^ The account concludes tlVus : '

    Joseph had a special grace p > y , lils discourses and writings to infi ^ e ' ho ^ fe into the heart and inspjre ' it \\ till cmi ~ fidence in Ih ' c Divine hicrcy , ^ ' i ^ he pn ^ per and disviuetive character of mind in this admirable e exiled a * lie ,

    was a profoundly footed , persuasion of the mercy and clemeripy <> i the Supreme Being . This formed the prominent , feature of all his discourses and conversations : by inspiring others with tht same sentiments , he accom p lished the most extraordinary conversions of s ? u ~

    nejs who were reputed absolutely uicorrigible . The method t ^ e pursued was to introduce his opihions casually by way of conversation , as M . ^ Vng ^ Hf f 1 , was assured bv . th . " monks $ lus cp ^ - veiit who had witnessed many | 6 f j ttoi cases The ch |^ . p ^ S > h ^ : ;^ flitf hply f ^ W was ** mt ^ p fc coi viAcjJ of the necewty . pf WP ^ im ^ sin , ^ wuh the h ° w ? m ^^ J * & * mtiAite lafercjf / p ^ Opi ( U ^ Jie W < $ Jo sa # . £ e ^ .. sp ^ uual . Q wMXpTi . p np ( fa

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 707, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/15/