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and coqsequ < ence , decidedly -favpured ] & § gi * ' . ' ' ' " " *~ Th e pretence which Antiochus bad ^ pr $ ie cruel accusation , though not specified by Josephus , was prob a bly tjbjB fallowing : Jesus had fpretpld the ^ stfuction of Jerusalem , or uiore jaejnerallv , that of Antichrist . The no doubof the
^ elieveTs bad t ii ; uth of pur Lord ' s prediction , before they § aw pi accomplished . But it appears th ^ t Spine pf them interpreted his language w $ jh an undue . latitude , as iipiSying C ^ e destructi on by fire not g ^ lv pf Jerusalem , but aj $ o of Rprne £ w the
xp ^ her gre ^ t , cities of tjtie eixipirel " TUe SiHyV says ^ act ^ n ^ s , , " , e ? prf ssly d ^ clar < is Rome is to pens fi . Hystaspes also hag recorded his yropderful ^ r ^ pfi , in which is represented j > . " jrqutb predicting that the Roin ^ n EmDire , and even the Roman bsirne tbe
^ pi ^ d beerasedfrom \ vorld . This ipg ^ ion must iiaye be ^ n held from the ^ jgfttf ^ n > vhich Chrfet predicted tbe ipsill $ ^ he Jewjsh » We : and Ihe ^ ptu ^ l % ; cQi ^ ip | i ^ mei > t ^ f \ hfrt ey ^ nt ^ gaye Jit I ^ h j ^ p gth ^ nd prev ^ pce ; The j ^ fe k ^ n , | iQpes of sqme ^ l ^ o ^ g the Mlievj ? rs might ^ d to the pro m ulgation
of lit at Alritfpc ^ ; ^ nd thiis H gave b |^ t | i to the Villainous accysatiqn of ^ t |<> qhus , n ot qpily against liis inppc ^ nt q 9 pntryinqeii , ^ Bitit ( syexi a gai ^ t Ijjs own fetJ ) ero--Jrhe ^ i ^ g ^ dy ^ ire exhibited was acted a few years aftej-Aw ards b > I ^ ^ . fo atRpme ; apd yye ip 4 y ^ ^ gsuired , ^ b ^ t tHe . c ^ ii el acc M satiQii at iiti 9 ch 2 j . fid at Rpme originated jn
^ 1 | e '^ me ^ usi . e . The . first converts in 2 j § neral ri ^ gairded Rome as the grai ^ d S £ at pf tlia ^ t pQwer of fclarl ^ ness r \ yRj < jh ^ RC ^ ed the kin ^ dpm of light ; and ttlieyirig , froin tjfie prophecy of Daniel
^ sanctioned by Christ , that all such Pgy ^ ejr would , in ^ he end , be utterly ^^ ipoyed , fonjrjly concluded that tjbe " pVpui mistress of tjie world woujd Jn ^ rgo the fell which tfie hol y city
, ^ o signally experknqed . "Nero could not be ignorant that such ^ a ^ o ^ ipn was cben « ned by perhaps a ^ myQ ^ ity p £ tl ? e Chr ^ tians in Rorp e ^ and Imat by some of t | iem a prophecy , ^ i |) <^ tjing the cmjfla ^ r ^ tidn of tfi e ( Capital , wlas forged and circulated under fc ^ f ? 4 H ^ iy ^^^ self Qt t ^ ae H ^ t ^ 3 # M MI % ^ mttttfr f | he mo « t unparalleled malice , cruelty ana
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" revenge . Thieicity he $ pt pp- JBtre iti yaripus quajrifei > , anil pointed to the ChristiaDs as jt | ie ' perpetrators cjf | fie hprrid . d ^ ed . The accusation , he knew ,
vyouid appear plausible , as their setitinients respecting its approaching cpnjflagra f tion were notoripus . ^ nP }? ¦ & further worthy orremark , that , ! as vine , are informed by l > ipn , O a ^ sius , l $ g £ o sang an oracle on this occasion , as to
though fee h ^ d put tpje ep r ^^ d jpopi ^ Sace lhat this was an ^ ct by wbi < tfi ijtie Cbf ifsti ^ ns endeavoured to fulfil Jfc ^ ir own pre , dic ; t : ion . J . JONES .
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| 04 Extract of a private Letter from Mr * Pears " an ^ a Missionary mi India *
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Extract of a private Letter from Mr . Pearson , a Missionary in India . jSijt , Jan . 4 , 1818 .
AJVf induced , by the interesting Icontents , to send you the following extract of a letter , with the perusal of which I was lately favoured by tlie family of the writer . He is a young gentleman of the name pf Pearson , who sailed for India in August , lS » l 6 , oh a very benevoletit mission . - 'Mr .
May had been fixed at Chinsut-aji , under the direction ' of the BritisS government , to establish and supeHntehd schools for teaching th < e ^ la ' tive children their own language . TH&se schools had increased , ' iti that distri . 8 tixo 1
SO , cb p tairiing ^ WO dhildi-pn / Mf . ^ Sy wrpte to ^ En ^ land , expressing His wajlt of assistaiice , whep MK ip € i&rsph M ^ lh whose religious connexion | halletter was received , ^ f ^ lt' and yielded Ip We laudable desire of devoting BijrijseJf ? o
suGh a yailuable but arduous' puVjIuit . Instead of seeking to share in tbies |)^ ils of Tricfia , Tie has fefJ ! prptnisihj ? c 56 iilmercial prospects in lingiar > d , * id prosecute in Hindostan tBe { do rkrett ^ BSc of disinteriested bienevolenee . * ' **'
Chiijsurabt formerly ia . Dutch settlement , js oh the ^ y ^ st sidc ; of th ^ Gahges , seventeen niiles liorth of C 41 c ( if ( a . In your Vjth . Voli ( me ; p . 5 ^ 0 , K % apcount oir the method of ^ Sstrii ^< 8 h in the Malabar schools , as cpiidUfcted by the native ^ teachers . '^ ^ ^ > OTIOSUS . « CMnsurah , May ' 26 i lVn .
u I have a good piin&it " ( teabfifer )' , ' ' gjood , I trust , both in heiirt and KeA-dy a tmfiy « convert . He has / been in . JMr . M « y s « ffii « plqy three iyeaiis , and is now sitting Jb ^ y toe . i | le p ^ lls Mb , that if f I , gi ve , 1 ike ^| tenti < wp ^; < I « % Wl * f ^ Je , to ' s $ eqk fce jfan ^ HaJjfc ^ n ^ h ^ mi ^ h W&MMi ^ xnyseli to nave actually taKen the field .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/22/
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