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    had offered him no insult , but said he was commanded by Christian charity to do it . " Cannot you , Christian bretherne and sisterne , bear with , me , who , for the just zeal of the glory of my God

    and Christ , being blasphemed by an arrogant , ignorant , obstinately-blinded Arian—if I did spit on him ? If my fact seem to them that judge not M things according to the spirit of God , uncharitable , yet let them know tliat God . who is charity ,

    alloweth the same . Speak ye that have tongues to praise and confess God against these Arians ; suffer them not to pass unpointed at , refrayne not to spit at such inordinate swyne , as are not ashamed to tred under their feet the precioiiS Godhed of our Saviour Jesus Christ . " Philpofs slpolosry .

    The conduct of Archdeacon John Philpot and Dr . John Pye Smith may be fairly compared together , in their treatment of those they are pleased to esteem heretics : we are obliged ,

    however , to grant , ( considering the different manners of the times , ) that the outrage of the Archdeacon was less gross than that of Dr . Smith , for it did not affect the moral character of

    hns opponent , lhe Apology of the Archdeacon was also more manly , for he did not deny that he had insulted his antagonist after he had spit upon nun . Dr . Smith has , in a subsequent

    letter , expressed his contrition for the language he has used ; ( see his letter , dated Dec . 16 ;) but the manner in which he has done so , is more remarkable for its ingenuity than its sincerity , for in the course of the few lines in

    which he expresses his sorrow , he has contrived to repeat his offence twice : " My language appears to me not too strong for the justice of the case . I expressed those feelings which extreme misrepresentation could scarcely fail to excite , but I wish I had

    repressed them , nut because I consider them not merited , but because they are harsh and irritating , and I fear they violate the precept to instruct with meekness those who oppose themselves to the truth . "

    The Doctor here seems to feel little regard for the character of M . Cheneviere , but is greatly concerned lest his own character for Christian meekness

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    should suffer . He reminds me of what the French Republicans said of Lord Malmsbury , when he was sent to Paris to negotiate— s € he was so skilled in the wily arts of diplomacy , that be

    could laugh with one side of his face , and cry with the other at the same time . " Thus Dr . Smith presents to M . Chenevi&re on one side the appearance of meekness and conciliation

    while with the other he is preparing to give a deadly stab to his reputation . From such Christian meekness as this , and from such Christian charity as that of Archdeacon Philpot , most fervently do I pray , Good Lord , deliver us !

    ROBERT BAKEWELL , June 13 , 1825 . P . S . Since I sent the letter of June 4 th to the Monthly Repository , I have been informed by the Rev . George Rooke , Vicar of Yardley

    Hastings , Northamptonshire , and late Chaplain to the English Church in Geneva , that he has recently been shewn my first letter in the Monthly Repository containing- the conversation between himself and M . Malan , of Geneva , in which the latter

    gentleman declared , that " he was quite certain of his own salvation , and he believed every true Christian ought to have this assurance . ' * Mr . Rooke says that I have given a very correct account of the conversation , and that

    the dialogue is a close translation of what was said by both parties in the French language . I think it proper to state this , as Dr . S . has chosen to express some doubts respecting the

    correctness of my report of that conversation . Allow me to add , that Mr . Rooke resided the greater part of seven years in Geneva , and saw much of the state of society in that city . From his situation as chaplain , he

    was intimately acquainted with almost all the respectable English families residing in Geneva , and hence he had also an opportunity of knowing their sentiments of the Genevese people . He was on friendly terms both with M . Malan and the pastors of the

    Genevese Church . No Englishman has had such ample means of ascertaining correctly the present state ot morals in Geneva , and it maybe satisfactory to many of your readers to

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    334 Mosaic Mission .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1825, page 334, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2537/page/14/