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parake * of pe < u » e as those who aire pur-« ugrc ^ parses which directly tend , t& violate it , and , in their di a lect , those aJTCJ the j » en ofjp&af&e whpt-. yig& a fcmn * submission to all the inipositkms o £ authority » or wfea obsequiously follcw in the tram of a Tiding faction at the
expense of afe ^^ W ^ upriHcip l ^ . . and sacrificing th ^ pi * t ? U < 2 gopd /* - Alter four years' inaprisonme ^ in the Tower , Melville w ^ s released at the intercession of the Duke <| e Bouillon , and appointed Professor in the Protestant UiHver&ity of Sedan , where he ended his days < m earth in 1622 . As a ju £ t spaqimen of this Dwk , - we extract pait of the animated character of Melvijle , which concludes it : 46 Melville possessed great intrepidity , invincible fortitude , and unextinguishabte ardour of mind . His spirit was
independent , la&k $ & $ , « n < jL incapable < rf being tamed by threats or violence ; but he was , at the same time , open , candid , generous , affectionate , faithful . The whole tenour of his life shews that his
mmi w&s deeply impressed tvith a sense of religion , and that he felt passionately attached to civil liberty . The spirit of hi * piety was strikingly contrasted with that compound of indifference and selfiafanftas which is so often lauded under
the nfunea of moderation and charity . — Tfce g * e $ ter part of hie writings consists of Latin poems . But his reputation does not rest on his writings , it is founded on the active services which he performed fct hip cduintry , on his successful exertions in behalf of its literature , and his
activity in rearing and defending that ecclesiastical policy by which it has long been distingtuiBhed . —To it Scotland was Indebted for that public spirit which has resisted manifold disadvantages in her political situation and . institutions ;
disadvantages which otherwise mm \ have w&duced , fear to « p ^ e # f s ^? f gr , fmA made hej £ t ^ he Instrument of en 8 || wdn ^ the nation &fify . ? vhich ^ e , * became allied by the um ^ n of the crowns . " Afi / fam jaotorious that now the S ^ t ) el ? L ctevgy # re Bltle less subaervient .: ttm / tteAftiWhu it is u ^ cumbent in
on tte fmiid& of ff ^ edom England to prevent tb& OtheryviBC meltable consequenjce by tending tiiieir assiatanee to remedy $ & political defects in *| ie eon ^ titutio ^ i of Scotland ^ and espe
c'iftlly bv Myifforototy euppoiting h 6 rd AncW ^ ald Jfcjamiltoti ^ efforts to pro-< W& % jr « f ^ rw > Qf the Scotch bocoughe . The JL ^ guagfe of * lu 3 hook is in ^ e ^ ertl puTe T th ^ i ^ h not quite free
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ft * un Se ^ iieisi ws . . ^ If ^ w re will follow the wanrior intotiie retreats of peace , we W 9 y iind fekn displaying aS ti ^ gentler and more amiable feature * of humafi native ; and we will be confident that bye was incapable of wanton and uiMantanly cruelty . The " ygj $ >
should evidently have been either ** shsdl" or tf < may / This mistake is frequent in almost every Scottish writer . We wish that cwstoin woy&& authorize us m introducing , as Jftr * M ? Crie often does , the verb to behme instead of the awkward ckcuxnlocutkai of to be needful . , - *
We heartily recommend the work to all who are int ^ rest ^ i iti the study of ecofcsiastieal history , thotigh we must advise tem , a& sl corrective to the preposseasion& natural to Dr .
M'Crie , the minister of a congregation of PFe&bjrterian Sec * eders , to read bIbo the History of the Church of Scotland by Dr . Cocrfc , a Eainister of thai church . We fancy too , that most of his readers will be inclined to wish that © r ^ M ^ Crle
had shortened the long antiquarian details in which he indulges . One note we must notice . " Melville proposed . to read 1 Tim . iii . 16 , 16 , thus : ' These things write I onto thee—that thou mayest know howtljiou ougbtest to behave thyself in the house of God , which is the church of the
living God . The pillar afcid ground of the truth , and great without controversy is the mystery of godliness : Gad was manifest in the flesh , &c / This reading has been adopted by several distinguished modern critics . " Who are these distinguished critics , and
what comparison will their nances bear With those of Wetstein and Griesboch ? Or why has Dr ^ MiCrie talien no notice of tl ^ e fact , that the true reading of this passage , as established by the last really distinguished critic , ^ not " Qod /* rhut' ^ fve mho was manifest in the ( flesh ^ t : ? v- ¦ , ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ,, r ' ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ , H .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/48/
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