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shall for once suppose to be tnfe Spanish kingdom , that ehoserr herit ^ fe which th £ Father of families has so wonderfully placed under your care , by means of so many prodigies , ( as you know ) and of whicu thefrjuits should correspond to his paternal ; Jpve .
The sentence which is pronounced is against the wicked husbandmen , not against the righteous—it is fearful to the bad , but consoling to the goodit confounds the qareiess labourer , but iti your Majesty it ought solely to prodace the effect of an exquisite Christian vigilance , which is necessary for the better discharge of your duties . Jesus Christ ourJLord , who adopted it , and the church which promulgates it to us , expect this good from it . f He will miserably destroy those wicked men , and will let out his
vineyard Unto other husbandmen / ' From this sentence there is . no appeal ; the Lord haa said it , and it shall be fulfilled . The husbandman who neglect 3 the culture of mV tod , or the king who governs not bis , kingdom with equity , alike subject themselves to be despoiled of them . Terrible
anathema ! such that even the Jews who heard it uttered , ( saith the Evangelist , ) cried out * " God foH > id / ' But , in respect to ourselves , can such evil befail us ? No ; trusting in the rectitude of jroiir Majesty , I hope it cannot ; yet it is needful to fear it , lest the evil should befal us .
From not doing this , Belshazzar lost his kingdom , his life and his soul , although a holy Daniel at his side had timeously predicted the ruin of his throne . § aul lost the sceptre , his life , and his soul , for his mal-administra tiott , notwithstanding the prayers and mediaifiQn of so gj ^ at a prophet as Samuel . , Rehobo ^ m ^^\ v his kingdom foil in pieces , tmd pass into other hands , in punishment ; of his caprice , mid because he despised -the counsel off the ancients . * Ahat > experienced even a more unfortunate lot for his
perverse conduct , though the great prophet lElias had so often forewarned him . The Romans lost the Spanish dominions , the Goths saw them pass H , * ¦ ... 1 , ' ' ' * ' ' ' ' " _ t \ ' l " ¦ ' ' ^ fi he forsook the counsel which the old men gave Win . "—2 Chron . x . 8 .
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imderAe Moorish 5 ^) ke ^ » our days th ^ whole of Eurr ^ lJO " Bui whither am I wandering ?_ Your Majesty is an eye-wUnesg—is l ^ e vvho has most nearly felt this ^ testimony of the certain truth , this evidence of tM infallibility of the sentence which Jesus Christ , " through the Evange list , ^ this 4 ^ -y lays before us . Your
remembrance of it , and meditations upon it , ensure your v own felicity said the happiness of the whple nation . The Father of all sees that it is impossible for you personally to assist in all the parts of this great vineyar&ru-sees the indispensable necessity you lie under
to avail yourself of the aid of labourers in its culture ; but if you seek , O King /! to secure your own and our happiness , —if you seek to shun the fulfilment of this dreadful denunciation , —you must watch without ceasing , and apply it to the husbandmen to whom you entrust the cultivation : when they do not fulfil
their obligations , " destroy the wicked meji . " To persuad < e you , Sire * to adopt this vigilance will fopn the subject of my di ^ pourse . ¦ ., . Nothing c ^ n ^ e mox ^ e . worthy of , your cwe-r To explain it with the utility L ( lesire to yonr great soi ^ l , and to the whole nation , I stand in need of the Divine assistance— -Ave
Mfiria . " He will miserably destroy those wicked men , and will let out his vineyard . unto other husbandmen /* , First . What life , what efficacy is in the word of God ! The Apostle
Paul hath well explained this ,. where he says , €€ The : wprd of God is quick and powerful , and sharper than any two-edged swo | xi f piercwg . even , to , ' the dividing ot the soul and sip ^ rit , aiwl of the jointsand is dis
. marrow ^ a ^^ a - cerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart // * Tfoifc ineffable quality , " which may be considered as existing in eyery word which the Almighty addresses to his creatureid , " pi ^ rncularlv
applies to the terrible sentence which he this day pronounces against the wicked husbandmen of the vineyard : " He will miserably destroy those wicked men / ' No oi ^ e ea » weditate on this denunciation attentively , without experiencing the most salutary effects . It is sufficient to reform the * Heb . iv . 12 .
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382 Ferdinand the Seventh * Sermon .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/2/
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