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In Wa ^ itygalid ^ t history , : itife 4 to » tWS ^ in ^ txrpbs ^ te ttovfr pheft&tefit theste hitfrM practices were in All theiisitidns of ^ tttj ^ uity . Arid if Wfe dtfthe nearer homet \ re shall find that 6 ur neighbours the Gaiils Were hi "bfd thnes
exceediftgjly ^ difcrfced thistgic , divination and idolatry , in tfieir most disg-iisting Fdrhis . til this t ^ trrttry , Wiim \ vcJt-e sacrificed fdr tfie etipttis purpose of diviiiatifrtj , arid the omens were obtained frjr the tntonuer in which the blood fldW £ d frotli their woattds , at > d from
the syfctiptbfcbs which were dbservable ib the palpitation of the limbs * It ea ^ s tff national affliction , at tit extradrdftiarJr tfaiigfer , they istrcfVe to avert the divide Wrath , by the slaughter ievfen dif their wives and fchiHrfcn . t
Pltf t £ rdh relates , that ah Oracle tfecommended the sacrifice of a virgin ttnitii-Ally ti > Juno , in ordered induce her to fct o £ the tUgifig ; ibf ; a peiltiieuce which it was fh 6 tight Wife had sfeht . J
The 'practice &t ofrefing hamnn sacHficies "\ vtpf hdWfeVfer , wore firequent to Pttttnida / ktid ' tttteAlted With cihciiiTistart ^ s df . ^ at ^ r b ^ fb ^ Hty thaih "itt &fcy other cdUfttfy . It id related thkt a cbtony c # Htifebiclfti's ^ ttted at Cartli ^ ge , st ^ iflceatb'Ssiturti , lapdri thieir ^ MVal tti e ^ e , thie sbns bf'their tn' 6 st aiid
^ tfsftifeht biti ^ hS ) that ^ ft ^ rwatds th ^ y''b bttgbt tti ^ fchildteti of the poO i \ artd bttfl thtrti tip for the purpose 6 f fyciifiee . Two toMiJTred sons of the Ability , tbg ^ th ^ f Wilfli thWfe hundred other petsfotts , Wfere tjffi&fed / up atiaire tinrte . The ti ^ Unteta ^ e ^ oi these
barl ) iai-6 t » s tifes aye presented by Biondo ^ tis $ fctili ] 8 » btit ttre plsii ^ culars are t 6 o Aisfiistin ^ t 6 be tfe ! 6 ited . § Tftie arinkiiig the ~ VUw& of ^ nitt ^ ls ^^ ^ r so a ^ ototrt <> nJpt ^ ticfe ^ mo ^ gthe k ^ cfertfts tterttfe ' Ibttod Wa ^ ^ ortsideired
to be 4 ti ^(^ JitdWe libation to the ^ W ^ i ^ of frerttes , t > t to thc&e who tod bf eA / ddtt ^ fd ibr ' ttkeik * W ^ KIcte-e ^ ploits . Thtjy ^ ere rdtatehed ' ^ tid tidd rtehed , it Vats Hibught , by the stekWi $ of slati ^ htfe <« a fthimiJ ^* Sibendiiig frdifi the atta * s . |) W * fat foric ?^ does ^ the kritfWledgfe of these
# Dttxlorue Sreuhis , -Lib . t . a « rti ^ l ? rat > o , I . 303 . f Farlfter oa the Worship of Hunnan Spirits , p . ' 107 . t Ibid . p . 44 t . § Broitbrus Strcutij& , lib . kx . Farmer ,
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fects give to the tetigu&ge © f DaVjd , Whim warning hf » countrymen fi % tn imbibing such unworthy notions « f J ^ h 6 V 8 fch «^ " I Will take » d btiltoek out &t thy ho » sc , iH ^ r he-goats oUt 0 f thy folds . Will J eat the flesh of feiilli , 6 r drink the blood Hf goats ? Vt * Tlie eating of raw flesh , mt off while tlie creature was still living , was an ancient rite of idolatry .
When it was customary % & deify the souls of de ^ d men , 4 t becarn ^ e a pi * actiec to worship them at tteeir tombt . C lerhetis Ale ^ andrfnus informs ^ t *^ ft the places of sepulture which the
Hefcthens worshiped , were too numerous to be ^ oiitited . The y paid dinne honours not ^> nly to the body Hud tt > the ashes of dece&sted men , but to their coffim . Plutsireh relates , tlw * the Athenians received the coffin * $ f
Theseus , iiot onl ) with a solemn procession , but also tvith saerrSces . ^ t-After the recital of such % et * , we ctttiftc > t be surprised to find that the fuftkihah bf the gr ^ at men of antiquity WSte always acoompamed by att& *^ f
superstition , and often fe y dmls © f crii ^ rty . At the funeral < bf PHtmekw , ib « r hdrscs and two farourit ^ dogs , b ^ ei ^ tes twelve tf&pttves from Troy , w ^ r ^ e th row n upon the ^ yre . J Tlvfe combats of the Gladiators at Rome
were often a payt of the funeral rites ; and the blood spilt in them was * de-^ igned to appeese the m ^ nes <> f tlic 4 ead . § It will bts recoHecled ttiat tl * e catttiv ^ s which were sen t to the funeral
of Jutiius Brutus > in stead <> fbeing slain , we * i * e ordered to fight with TnunJerotrs Wfeap ^ ns doritig the cerem ony . IPo this dmgusting ^ atfctagtie of absirrrJHty kttd barb ^ Hy , I shall otily crdd , Urtit
* Psahft 1 . vemes 9 » ndl « 3 v f Plntar ^ hi Tliesfen ^ , p . 17 . J u Four sprightly coursers , with 4 u iit&ilty g ^ roan , Pour forth thttlr Kv £ af mw } on the f » yye are thrown .
Of nine I « rg < e dogs , domestic at JiicJbaard , iBa . ll two ., selected to attend their Lord . Then last of all , a « 8 horrible to tell , Sad sacrifice ! T ^ fel Ve Il ' rojaiti captives MI . On these the r&rge'Of fitte tictprfawsyffey 5 , Invoh ^» s land joirtis th * t * r in tfile « mnmon hlaze . ^
Homer's Iliad , B . xxiii . Unemo ^ moi § Farmer on the Wi ^ hip " oT tfartum Spirits , p . 437 .
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On iftiy 6 tier& PmMtihc * of Stupentiiticnt . m \
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/23/
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