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fttait-i—I Cannot do nK ^ -e- ^ l labour constantly ^ 1 watch incessantly , to ascertain iviidt is just , ancj . to act as behpve ^^ me ;^ but , ^ unfortunate man ! an unseen hand , fe man-enemy , sows disc <* rdp tod rendera my exertions useless / ' —Whata misfortune 1 " I am not to blame / ' says another magistrate ~ " I execute what the King commands and the laws prescribe - — I study to decide eorrectly- —I endeavour to avoid
injuring' true ; ' merit ; but , unhappy man 1 the rtian-enewy , the hidden hand , oversets and rums all my labours "What grief ! I hear the veteran and meritorious generate of the army declare , ¦ " We do < all in our p 6 iver for the felicity of our soldiers , —we are clamorous in their ^ behalf , — - we strive
that they may want for nothing , —we solicit tin equitable distribution of ranks and rewards , and make representations € through every channel * for the foette * organization 4 rf the army , —
but , miserable men ! the man-enerfty frustrates our ideas , lenders our plans ineffectual , ami subjects us all to the greatest wants » > iTftus , Site , do many of the labourers wtoom you have appointed to cultivate tliis great vineyard excuse thetoselves . «> hm .
Bat to whom pertains this hidden hand ? Who can be the rnan-enemy who tenders vain the healing intentions of your Majesty and the labours of your husbandmen ? Ah , Sire ! be on the alert , he is not far distant who
ifc gttilty of all this evil—he walks in the midst of us—we may easily And him if we seek him with care . Already I behold him—I shall declare who he is ; but no , in this place the sinner may not be named . I shall give his marks without naming him . 'The
manenemy is he who seeks not peace * — -he who fattens Upon diseord , —he who amuses himself by lookiilg upon Spaniards disunited and quarrelling , —he who shews himself insensible of the declaration Of the SaMdkr ,. that ft
kingdom divided inteWiaily cannot stand , —he who d < $ pls 0 d t ^ pntye * of the same Divine M ^ st ^ r , WWW supplicates the Eternal Father that ail may be united by the bonda of love , aip fthe ties of mature unite the father and the
aon , ~ he who values not the zeal and industry with which the Apodtte JPalil strove to im £ tfeB 3 this most important truth upori the hearts of Christian ^ He is piH ^ erly Wi hMlcM ^ t , a A * i ! tt
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beast s thctt ought tb be tra&fafoed to the woojds and tliickets ^ Where hei nitiy herd with his fellows - . {? ; i : ^ " ¦ ; The man-enemy ia , also- he wfea shouting : aloud , Long liv ' e' FerllinaiMi , the couiitiy ^ ami reB ^ on >; 6 itroduce himself into the government ovettUi ^ all order by his dfesimulation , gratifying hfe own ravening ambition with employments , salaries , and honoura , ftt the expense of the innocent and sirffering nation . This enemy is easily
recognized * ' Let ydtir Majesty observe those who present themselves imt 6 you , even although fhey come with plans and projects of economy in favour of the nation ;~>—look lipdn theif hands as they retire ; and If flesh stick to the nails , (^ that is , " if they hold 4
any employment or £ iac <* tmdei ^ o ^ vei ^ iment , &c . &o ., ) doubt m& but they belong to him whom we deek , *^* that they are of those whb do much evil , —of those who faav £ g ^ veii occasi oa to the new proverb * which even the children in the streefsrre ^ ea ^ ta wit > hong tide Ferdinand ^ let « te g-o and rob **
In the last place , this man ^ enemy i » he who tenders useless or torpid the wise and just determinations of your Majeaty , and deprives the greater part of the nation of the good it should derive fr 6 m them . To what fatal co ^^
sequences do not these disorders lead ? The ministers of the altar feel them , your soldiers lament them , and they furnish the enemies of the throne with grounds icfi censuring , and reasons for slandering it . In fine , Sire , this manenemy is , as Saint Augustine says , the
devil clothed in fleshy and so iubtte is he , that he insinuates himself into your very cabinet , scatters discbrtt even there , and banishes from y&u those two angels whom God placed by yout
side for companions , counsellors and comforters , ( you will understand that I mean the two PHnces f you * broi . ther » ) and thus deprived of their support , the devil , the world , and the flesh , can more easily assail you . l ^ ow , 0 k % , yk } vi ^ l ^^ ^ d ¦ ? . M- > I « ' •¦» ' "I " * ' ¦ ' *» " ' ( ' * 'it "i" "' . ?'^! "? "" 1 itt £ p » tffch , 4 g riv <* Fem * mto ? ip > fa $ » ¦ ¦ !
mMWdatutoi ** ' . - ¦' ¦• ; " « - <^ tii » -. ? D&ti ® k » lM > acknowWdgcA ^ te ^ tegiti ^ mate by Che > lhw Cones ^ Mnd VtetitAm * PtiblOy oeelai ^ d by the Goi ^» ( fUegitlnHltey aiid who i * supposed to b 6 Uie « ofl « tf GVdt&y *^ PW tti * ^ the # feace .
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Fi&dimhd the 8 e # ctotk tx Sermon . 380
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 385, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/5/
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