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Ana ! Ib ~ + ffl * r &wHMibr- qf ^ vrgs the Wrd + amililmMhmmcteK of Ms Reign * considered separately . A Sermon pfeewhed at tk& Octagon Chapel , JVormicfc , vn Wednesday * February 16 , / 1820 i By Thomas Madge . 8 ro- ppi . 40 , Norwich , printed and soM by Staeey , and sold by Hunter and Eaton , London ,
MR . MADGE'S te ± t prepares the reader for a very ' different sermon from the g £ Aet& ] ity off those that have been published on the King ' s death . It is 1 Sam , xi . 3 : " Talk no
more so exceeding proudly , let not arroganey come out of your mouth , for the Lord is a God" of knowledge , and by him actions aire weighed / ' The sermon opens witB . an appropriate and exceedingl y interesting description of the mortality which has lately prevailed in the Royal Family . The first victim
was the Princess Charlotte , and a new and cordial tribute of respect is here paid to her memory . AJust eulogium is passed upon the late Duke Cjf Kent . The preacher then comes to '' tile
immediate occasion of the discourse , the decease of our late venerable Sovereign ; " venerable" Che says , p . 8 ) : " for his age ,, venerable for Ms sufferings ^ venerable for his p ifetg ^ , and venerable for the plain , honest Kiiglish simplicity of his personal character . " lie dis » -
claims the affectation of what is called loyalty ; and reasons that public characters are public property , and' that whea they have ceased ' to be ,. the public conduct of the Great is a fit subject for examination and discussion . He allows great merit to the late Kins : for tHe
morality of His . Court , for his domestic virtues , ^ nd for his liberality with regard to differences of religious opinion ; ut
» he boldly condemns the p rincipal public measures ,, foreign and internal , ° f the ; reigri , and * in t ^ iqllawing ahimated language sums up his review of I *
Though , therefore , I can honestly ? ff . ° ^ the personal , character of . our iate Sovereign , ia , t&m ^ of fcifcji , l ^ pect a « d veneration v ^ ^ Kejft rtecWiSn ® to b&SM ^ . pMw *^ , an ^ njfaem-^ T ^ T ** » t ^ k 0 k ^ it ^ the exjio ^ tor of tW i ^ PnCt ca mtii-tltfo infc . the ETwLi *** fyitfrifetm atpJltioitwlk&i * s mteiy . pusaett eutrfeto ^ att ^ ng' xte ** -l canhot em&ifo myaMAm ofrhtoooto * Cl ttom Ws priw ^ t ^ o his public sta *
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nonxJ- ~ £ cawm e # lL that rzigfra gtorUrm reign tf ^^^^ ft p ^ ofe uxkickhas fyeen spent in . zpvgin ^ war against th ^ . merfy and independence of tSose ,: ttfio hatC as much rigffc to fa pee and independent as ourselves . ^<^ ii ^ wem ^ lt ^ feiiii 6 * --
splendidvictorfes , Vf sea andbtflkndMtat to what have tht > se victories ted ? ffycm cannot say that they have le # Ofr Hie greater prosperity , , and happiness of our country—if yqu cannot say that they have contributed tfugKtf t& out nation ^ faith and national integrity—if you can point to no other insults bur Ikdy alliances , and armed associations , and added
taxation , and wide-spreading paupeHem , and fresh enactknents against the right of petition ^ and the freedom op the press —theny I say , hearken ? to the words of my text ;— < Talk no more so exceeding pro&dly , let not arroganey eorhe out of your mouthy for the Lord f ia a ? Qod of
knowledge , and by him actions are weighted . ' Not that I would deny or conceal the fact ,, that some acts of the late reign ara of a redeeming quality ^ and deserve to be styled glorious . The &bo < - lition of the slave-trade is one : the repeal
of " several persecuting statutes , on account of religion , is another . But , in looking back \ upon the measures pursued uttdfe £ the lkte reign , these instanced of justiee and humanity , of sound and Hfcera ^ peMcy , come to us vHth a ffagrarice and at fVesh ^
ness resembling that which tMe traveller feels on beholding 4 the green oasis in the midst' of the desert * like starsr in a moonless night , they shine upon xis with a tranquil and heavenly radiance / ** But with the' past we have now nothing to do * , except to borrow from it wisdbm for the future . If I hiad' it in
my power to adaress tfte iie * r nionarcb , I would" say to tiiin , tet" the cortduct of your illustrious , father ^ ih ; the private relaitiotts of life ; be ybiii- eketn ^ lfer stwd guide ; but be aditionisived by the errors of hisr public administratiori . Ti ^ yi the effect of conciliation ; ai ^ d ctalcessiott , rather tlbtan that of force and coercion . It is of
more bentting ; tl ^ e character a gpod and . ge ^ erQl > ls J ^ ii ^ gj ^ r-it better accords witn thej ^ liug ^ , ^ j ^ . bra ^ e and loy ^ people : Think of m § high trust wljicti Is committed . to you—think of the . &wfm res ^ onsimpy : which awaits yoTOt ^ t ^ ay fbr tire ^| j 5 % of ( Hid upoti ; y , d ^ % ||| vours to prontdtfe the happihessdr j ^ ur peojple ;> afei ^ may he croWn ydW cfTOrtsi
with ' success . ' *^—Pp . 27- ^ 29 v The Breacher then concludes with a patriotic-benediction ; , .. Me considenMf . Madge , entfoio&tk ^ r eat ixraise for having ^ . TOua ^ d ^ ired to
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/ e ^ t ? iotf ^ - ^» % ^ anttfie , Gfatmefiev of fhe Third . MJ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 167, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/39/
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