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neither feftliev $ ynac liavo foimd thitfi God is angry j nay ^ that in things of * b 4 gi 5 efliie »^ fefimfafttj > l ii a *© experienced , and that I acknowledge his mer ^ y m £ hb paldttiai (^ - <* Qdiifi 8 ( s towapis ine j th at , above all , in regard of this calamity , I ^ qi ^ sjafei * 4 iis dmae wyi ; iio r it is be himself who comforts and upholds my spirit—being ever more iuindful q { what he shall bestow upon me than of what he shall deny me , \ l ^ st of all , ^ b ^ t I would . no £ exchange my own consciousness of vvba ^ XUaye done for ayy p > et pf theirs , however well performed , or lpse tbe r ^ p ^^ Upn pf it , which Is always so calm and delightful to me . As to bjiadness , I \ voj 4 d rather at ; last have mine , if it must be so , than either theirs , More ^ or yours * iour 3 > immersed in the lowest sense , so
blinds your minds , that you qaii see nothing sound or solid ; mine , with which yQi * reproach me , deprives things merely of their colour and surface ; but takes not from the mind's contemplation whatever is real and permanent in fchein . Besides , hdVv pi # qy things are ; there Which I should choose not to see ; haw many which 1 might bfc tinwilUog to see ; and how few remaining things are there which I cojuj ^ < 3 e § irci to aee I Neit&er am I concerned at being classed , though you fcink this a miserahle , thing , with the blind , with
the afflicted , with the soiroMffnJ , wifti the weak ; since there is a hope , that , on this account , I have a ^ nearer claim to tine mercy and protection of the sovereign Father . There is a way , aad the apostle is my authority , through weakness to the greatest strength . May I be one of the weakest , provided only in my weakness that immortal and belter vigour bft put forth with greater effect ; p ^ ovide 4 only in ray darkness th ^ light of the divine countenance does but naore brightly shine : for then I shall at once be the weakest
and the m&sfc m % My ; shall be at oaee blind and of the most piercing sight . Thus , through * this Infirriiityi should I be consummated , perfected j thuis , ' throug h , this darkness , should I be enrobed in light . And , in truth , we ivho are blitid , are ftit the last regarded by the providence of God ; who , as tire are the less ftbli ^ to ; discern a « y thing bvti himself , beholds us witlt the greater clemency add 1 benig » ityi Wioe be to him who makes a mock of us ; woe be to him who ittjuifes us ; he deserves to be devoted to the public curse . The
divine law , the divine favour , has made us not merely secure , but , as it were sacred , from tbe injuries of men ; nor would seem to have broug-ht this darkness iipoihtts so draeh by inducing a dimness of the eyes , as b y the overshadowing of heavenly \ vings ; and not ^ infrequently is wont to illumine it again , when produced t > y an inward and far surpassing light . * To tMs ,, I attribute the more than oi / dinapy civilities , attentions , and visits , of friends , of W ^ om there are some , with whom , as with true friends , I may hold the dialogue of Pyla ^ es ancl Orestes :
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Give your hand to , your iiivyd and servaot , A& 8 Sep *} < r ^ v X £ ? $ , ( J ^^ o-ft ) 8 * £ ya > Tlirow your arip about my neck and 1 will t * e vo ^ ur gqitle .. Id . tp Her . furent . _ . , __ 7 .
, * Who can read this most beautiful passage without being reminded of the closing Hues iu the noble introduction to the third book of Favadtye Lost ? So much the rather thou , celestial Light , Shine inward , and the mind through all her powers irradiate ; there plant eyca , all uii « t tiinn thence Pur ^ e and disperse , that 1 may 3 ee ftud tell Of things invisible to mortal sight .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/27/
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