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THE 


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FREE    ENQUIRER. 


■ki'l     &i-.::* 


BY 


PETER  ANNETT. 


IVove  all  things, 

St.  Paul. 


ILonlron : 


PRINTEq  AND  PUBLISHED  BY  R.  CARLILE,  335,  FLEET  STRICT 


1826. 


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-Ki  Hj-jivt  /-I'jt  yd  b-M'iiffi  *ro  ho/Jit  70  .10119  ni  bab 
;*-^?  M*  i.ii>-  tf/  (\rufi-/'  /'hniiiuB  ji>ift  yd  bsbnucftnoo 
ji  ?  ii  •  > Mnrf(»ijf!/j^  iMi^ib  (!i?  o7ods  oDn^vbi;  oi  b^nim 
-ijr!^  M;^  :  ;j  pmd  ilhr  ^U  boO  to  yjnodtiiB  sdi  at 
biiri  f-j  5i^j  ?s>0  Ui3  >^=>j8^ni;7.^^^xiJ':i:bl[o  aiiow  xiabbirf 
Jisj^^-:  ilm'jffod  ^fft  oi  vi!^liu  ovhb  bii£  .liJinJ  Joo 

'i  fiiuj  tifL^ii  iu(?  -i/TfiUM  ne^  ht-jI^  ^v^M  ;floai»9i  xiBm 
baiib ?^^>ftl  fjogfisH  io i'3«Mn  j-it  oift  iA  .ashii/pni  ijjo  iira 

oilw  ^n*;  ,  .r«  oii // nwu/i  >l  oJ-lijid>  Jf  bfiij  :  insm^bu^ 
.i^T^/0l.>d  'jrril  Ohk  ibbfhif  ,Jr.^aij5>-  bns  aisnnialofl  aifi^ 
to  £tin^;/o'>  ^fjt  .(iifiTiu'y  9rft  .-^iqia^j  9/lt  lo  bay  9iiT 


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THE 

FREE  ENQUIRER. 


No.  1.]  Saturday.         [Oct.  17,  1761. 

tf  Reason's  ybr  me,  God  is  for  me  too, 

■  Chuiichili-.. 

And  no  wonder;  for  reason  is  a  divine  faculty ;  it 
is  the  divinity  (^crating  w^ithin  us ;  it  is  Ood  incar- 
nate ;  and  it  is  in  the  army  of  this  Lord  of  Hosts, 
that  we,  the  Free  Enquirers,  enter  volunteers  to  en- 
counter error  and  imposition,  wherever  they  appear.. 
The  weapons  of  this  warfare  are  not  carnal,  but  spi- 
ritual ;  and  will  prove  mighty  in  pulling  down  their 
strong  holds,  and  in  treading  Satan  under  our  feet^ 
The  light  of  the  Sun  of  Reason  shall  dispel  all  mists 
or  mysteries  that  obscure  its  rays  ;  the  darkness  of 
ignorance  shall  flee  at  its  rising.     All  doctrines  foun- 
ded in  error,  or  fraud,  or  nursed  by  fear,  shall  be 
confounded  by  that  authority  which  we  are  deter-* 
mined  to  advance  above  all  other  authorities  ;  for  it 
is  the  authority  of  God.     We  will  bring  to  light  the 
hidden  works  of  darkness,  ransack  all  nature  to  find 
out  truth,  and  drive  falsity  to  the  bottomless  pit^ 
The  whole  universe  affords  us  materials..    Our  title 
intimatesi  our  attention  of  examining  all  subjects 
which  can  be  brought  within  the  cognizance  of  hu- 
man reason;  that  alone  can  bound  our  field,  and  li-- 
mit  oiu*  inquiries.  At  the  trumpet  of  Reason,  the  dead 
shall  be  raised.    "Before  that  bar,  all  shall  come~To~" 
judgment :  and  it  shall  be  known  who  are,  and  who 
are  not  sinners  and  saints^  infidels  and  true  believers.^ 
The  veil  of  the  temple,  the  curtain,  the  covering  of 


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tl^eppjly, of  Holies,  shall  be  rent,  and  we  will  boldly., 
look  therein i     Mystery,  Bahijlon  the  great,  shall  bp; 
seaxphed :  the  mother  of  harlots  displayed,  and  ther^ 
abomination?  of  the   eart}i  exposed;  as  well  thq?e 
wl^iph  are,  had,  in  reverence,  as  those  which  , are  der ; 
te^t^ble  tp  alj^.raeh':  the  latter  discover  themselyes, 
bi^t  it  Willie^  d^r  province  to  detect  the  former^  ai^d 
drag  the  Caci^  from  his  den  to  open  day.     We  shal|i 
^j)Qu.se~  the  philosophy  founded  on  nature,  aiid  {SUgh; 
plijjosophy  will  be  found  to  be  the  basis  of  trijpjjj^f 

,  v/oli:   First  foUoifr  Nature,  and  your  judgment  fratne  -    t<i  It>n 

>r.Mj?     5y  her  just  standard,  which  is  still  the  8ame5!p£f{i  Ofli 

muV     r  Unerring:  Nature  still  divinely  bright        .    fj  /f^  ^jjOTi 

'     OtilB  clear,  unchang  d,  and  universal  light!  c    ^.„^,,.„  , ^^ 

,,>'UJV/<  ;j.n;^ni<5;<  '.•!.*  '>■-..■■■- r^,,. I. X  ,.    Po^eI'-^-'^^  -^* 

Religion,  however  rebellious  against  R^aisdni  howir 
I  ^yer  ,iintractable  it  may  have  been  madei  r shaH^bgL 
compelled  to  submit  to  the  examination  of  cona^nft^ 
sepsQ,aii4  yield  to  the  jdiyuje  authority  of  Rea^i^h.' 
Rea^qn,  which  has  hei:etofpreobeen  only  pefvaiti^^] 
speajL. what  religion  in  authority  thought  §t  jM>  s^^i^'v^l 
seems  now  to  be  esteemed  a  friendtta  retigi<3^1  -^ 
l^ast  religion  courts  her  friendship,  and  is  a^hf>^^ 
ojf  beiiig  thought  her  enemy.  All  the  efr^s  Jlte^ 
have  crept  into  Christianity  shall  flee  at  hear  pFJe^^pf<^j^ 
apd  be  silent  when  she  utters  her  voicp^  7/l^y?^^ 
s^fli,  and  by  that  alone,  it  can  be  pturgedl<i>f  tSejQ^^ 
r^iptions  which  corrupt  churches  have  ^ought^/oc^ 
s^nd  fostered .  The  tares  which  the  ei^roy  :feE^Scfl!o|it^ 
an^png  the  wheat,  in  the  nights  of  ipappsHiQa«lft4'a§[<3 
aorance,  shall  be  plucked  up.  The  loyerSipf  ^^igQflr 
wilV  em.bjrace  us,  apd'  their  works  ^hall  nieefrja firjcQ^ 
ly  jreceptipo  .> ;  Jfere  let  them  impart  ti^mr^-tl^vi^hi^ 
ai^d  ^^rp,  }ei  ^he!  diffident  propose  tii^r  ,4p^jj^4il^^ 
d^ji^bfer^,  ^eir  obj,e«ctions.  Reason  ien,?fl§ur^^a^,Ra)f 
iippel^hier  sii^iects.tcHSCrutinize  adt^i^Sri  Ailiffscllk- 
<^i^\^^^T§l  pi;cif«r/^Bd fk.'Vfful  which  reliqy^jfi^igjy^ 
^4  i^prpye,  the  ^i[iin4j;  a^  the^a^swef^  i<^^i^^0ki 

-.       ■  •  T-'  -'-■     ■^'>Jd':^''-''' :,•'-■'■         ■    ■  -'■■■-'•''  -L,- ' 


at^W  f6sip6tidents  to  enquiri^^  propdse^d,  shall  Ap^^ 
fittjd ■  Ti^eption.     But  the  prodtictions  of  erienil|e^  iH 
fr^ie  eflquiry,  of  the  disguisers  aM  suhverters  of  crutl^^ 
Will 'find  no  shelter  here,  for  the  dbminioiis  of  t'eiason ' 
CEttitioft  harbour  thenr.     Thus  we  give  the  world  fair 
wttf  ftitig  of  our  intentions  ;  let  all "  li';^pb(irites,' '  wlio 
h^te  invaHed  and  intrenched  thetnselves  ih  the  strong 
holds  bf  Zion,  fear  and  tremble.   *  We  wag6  war 
agftift^t  ecclesiastic  friaud,  priestly  avaLrice^  spiritual 
tytahtiy,  obstinate  bigotry,  Wild  superstftioh,  aiiil' 
presumptuous  enthusiasm;  and  fight  under  the  ban- 
ner of  truth.     What  if  Ephesian  Crqftsmen  bellow  ; 
the  magistrate  is  wise.    Truth  wants  no  assistance 
from  civil  authority.     Let  the  Gods  be  neuter,  and  /// 
thesword  decide,  said  Achilles.    The  spiritual  sword.  \  f 
not  the  carnal,  is  our  weapon.     Heavenly  powers 
Wgftt  ildt-  hutn^^^iCelp  ;  and  the  power  6t  iieisdn  is 
sttihi^1»6nly  power,  wftich  coht[uers  '  all  oi)})tisitidn° 
:  fvhereil  dan  e^fert  itself.  ^M**#A«iftiii;^  «»tJ)utbqffiOD 

vn<A?^4ihie3;feest^time  to  gi^e^'instruc*tion.i^  Whferf**{!S| 

s^f^fhfte  <b'e&%'^n  enqutrib^ '  Sge,'  is  the  prbp6r  Siii6 
for  th\6;'te^ets=6f  truth  to  give  and  receive  miatoMl'itf-, 
^ti>tfCliba^.  ^  Tb' the  well  indlined  it  wi^be^n  afcc^- 
M^  Gtfe?.'  The  'proposal  will  be  Well  ri^kiv^d-b*y! 
aiy>k)Ver8;ctf'i^aSQnand  virtue.  They  are  si^t^rs;  ret 
ggg^Uar  what'they  Will  t<rdivide  the^7~^uch  stiti^" 
j^@es  ^Vill^^'xercise"  and  improve  t"he '  undel^aiitf- 


of  fr^tirieaiiehtfrbtn  the  fatigues  of  business.     Thfe'hli^^ 

-  ffi^^M-  'by  being  exeriised  ill  a  prbfitkble '  tnah-^ 

nfep,3 i'^  ^*f  ged^ :  as  men  iniired  to  hard  kbour  grdW 

6«|-dfig(afct^h^¥df.     B-y  ittquiry;  trut\i  is  fbuiid  ^^ntit  ],f  ^ 

|%€k§^yfeg'it'When  kiibWri,  it^Vfll'ti^  proiiagktl^V 

'  M«flo«i^7 ' 'an?d  - 'maratai^ied .     Wh^Ve  iiedkoii^  i:^'  ■  ^^ 

hSiftufM,  t^l4*i4h($^ifii]fe  Will'b^  reVfei*^dl'    Ai^'Wffis^ 

r^ldftirt<jt*iife'«'at 'fooW  so'iibithei^  i^ll m  \  b^ '  vidioHiyi 

i««is^dtUti  *!ts'^Wer^*!^-  thei'Ofie,  'tkr^iti'^lft*'  y^\ 


8 

«3%^l«^t9«^«Jst^^y ^^@ai6B^i^>oon  whom  thBifii^df 

tection  of  their  liberties?  is  it  not  he  who^ioust^be 

t^'^i^  i!i^tttolfplk>th''  in  peacfe  ^i^dwar  V  theirfci 
%mki^^  ftilj^^i  and^iaiw?  !Ilife^omost[i«ffeetttat 
l^gid^f^  ^i^i!l^'eMyeil@n«^  Kin^,  our'ha^y>X^^^ 
tod'^^^tjr 5^ojFi^3?fiiSenat6rs >  Where ^theig^iattnd^df 
n^n^^^Siidki^'  is^^t^dukivated^:  ^xai£  produoe  -ab 
fr^ah^  ctf  ^to^^^^ki^^iJIbfefeia  the  wild^^^^a^^ds^jof ;  s»w 
petfetMQii;i  the  ^tfebrfts  of  fooHsfa  mortifida;ddn^ JigadHi 
f^mrious^^c^d^Sieensi^LSy  ismd^slavishqai^ul^sbeh^ 
^:i^iii'i;^ibnt/  ?ja   j= -tit i^/Dlji-    j£di -a^ii^ciiofl  diiw 

tbi^-^I^p«r*;"fj[fet  mt  i^^ef*  i^xsa^ei'  |>dnde«;tj|wd 
Jti%eP©flaK'thitig4  fi&ip  tems^lvie^  JSlI  whoiba^^i 
g&f^^-y^tfte'^JcMaMtdeiratlbffiaiididiscte^  ;^6wl 
M«ffi^RaPisi'i^>t9^^tQrtaitfiiDfen:^^  ' 

M^  ^^  aaid%)«^  e^<iiSill5rl€Si^<9tedvto>ir^f«rd.i9ilF& 


^ll^^i^f^^iy^l^dt>6^crt5r' wiliieiiha^erithe  obb^ 

id£»e'^ra^M@'^ad4rkLt<ageri\9^h^b,istidiIi^ 
filgtefft^tfe^cP^atiaeGid^t^siayf  d^trtyj^nfc't  i^iM 

^r/v '  ^^'Wi^di^^  addIg«rodaei^^e^Ee  i]ito>«)iicii^ 
\m^ige^\Mi  ^^v^tm  dati^riiv  <Cto»i^at3otti  fentd 

ti^th^idi^^dc^l'/^aid'^i^i^iff^mQa'iWiabtl^ 
f^^  t4^l>fii«^4^d8^itdwddel3#h9  p9c(dt&tttecfesld»i 


>--,:;^?j»- 


9fiȣitb6r  tkey  sdb  up  iaitb  t^gaiDst  coo^moa  ^^lisiCi 
p&tlQ^phy  ^^inst  iiatQre»,lftw  against  iM>Q^6ty»  and 
fdliiifiagakist  reasonable  libeity  and  conscien^ipos 
teW^tij(m;.^E  will  -allow  thajt  they  pug^t  to  f^ppc^^ 
ealcfrodaer^i i7  3;^  •-  -v--.:  -■::- ^^  •'.  .^  >^i 

!  JbW«GwBlijei£ertx)tt7  endea^Qtirs  Uiajtrx;i^ty  lesKi^s 
c^i  mm'^  ttudeistandings,  and  -  their  ,l>igotted  adli^er 
tettts^Haay ;berashli.med  to  defend:  viie^jift  thos^jj^ey 
p^nsecerat&^^fsi  and  coBdemn  ^faevvif tnesvpf  tho^ 
ibej^itB^g^nadeei  sinners.  >  O^ir  aim  is,  to  puU  pf^ 
tbe  maiiiaf  ssoictky •  from  la^lvesc  in  ^^p'&  oloath^ 
ing  ;'t<and)  'sk&w^ '  tliat  a  saint  wkhout  virtue^  i»  a  hy-  I    "^ 
pQie)|it^i4bat:absurdities  are  not;di!vine  mysteries ;  j^ 
and jthat  i^e*  professed  believer  of  s«oh»^  is  inebriateid 
with  nonsense  that  intoxicates  his  anderstanding^ 
Won^esiretdpsee^tiadseareh  put  what  is  good;  to 
tei;u]i!6iintp|  yi^a^Qii^  'and  Sally ;  to  represent  -each 
iiifit^eurrliatii^  g»r|]^  imd  cpIouss^-  judging  from  th/^ 
lag^  within^;  and  :^oin  the  nature  of  things,  sus.^fty 
pi^^l^  themselves,  or  are  represented  by  desi^^g 
Tum^i  itfi  :«hew  the;  differ^nee,  ibetween  the  one^  sU^ 
tbf^  i^lher  ;.i«pd ;  leave  Jbie  advocates,  for  error  to  de^ 
feodjilieic *p*«ms  as  well  as  they  can.     We  dp^bt 
i»ft  bni^^Mjr/tbiS'.^mploynien^  pleasing  and  easy  to 
l^^aotiwiaiketeaf ie»  iWiJi  find  themselves  suljpcted  tc^     /^ 
ali%ny^is|)itaasi])g:  sand  difficult  tas1c> :  nptwithstand}' 
i&gbth&ic  ^ainiboa^ti  that  convincing  aii^wers  tp  ,^ 
lb^ljee6b6(Ri^  ei:»)J^iu}a)ly  miide  1;^  carnal  itBa^p^ 
8g2^;M»t>ilhi^r^4!pgima8,.hav«  been:  repea  grvii^^ 

&Q3fi[{5iiTll£find.  sdl  the  helps  of  the  father^  a&d  .mpf^ 
^ra^  fuDsnd^  ^iQtig0cle$d^tic  dec^itj  the  ar^l j^r?^ 
9k»)li)  ^sen!;^iBoal4on$^   forced    interpretations,  and 
aaiilii(i(»dfis  d£jsi(positcirs»  will  be  tPP^i  w 
fiwid  iJiocmmiEicted  systems ;  and  thn$  tk^  ^di^agreei       - 
litt^tiiiaiefiiMs^Miy^  which  ^y  bii^  m^  H^eii;  s^4||¥ 
Iffliiidalipii^^jwift  be.di^Qi^^ 

ie^icd^safld^fcbec  f  Bdbel  bwld^rs  confounded  by  their      ^ 
,    dilwe3fi[^i«eift8/>  8ui4.  iuninte^^^  ,, 


^    «ffid||m9et^i»xi^aa9^Big^  M  m^j^^gmj]^^j^m 


tavihg  and  railing,  the  sure  refuge  for  those  whom 
i^ason  forsakes  ;  and  thaworld  wJIThave  an  oppor^  ^ 
tunity  to 'see  whaf  spirit  tfieyjire  of.  It  shall  be 
oar  care  to  try  all  men's  ^eeds  and  doctrines,  which 
corae  within  our  district  or  observation,  by  the  light 
of  reason ;  thalAft^  ini^>s^iid- i^rM?'  bbnoury  dr  fall 
with  contempt,  as  that  impartial  judge  shall  give 
sca^mir|^;wm3®B  ministers  we  ^profess  to  be.n  A% 
l^mi^o^eWty^pne  Wh6  medns  well,  and  desires  to 
know  what  is  right,  may  freely  appear,  and  hold  up 
hisb^eadcMik^  ?tl^«bfi£Oimtn|r )  isqidne^ 
aapfeHest^h©ait.^0SH|J««^^^^^^>%^;^^  uftJ'^^^i"'  ^6''-^^f   . 

'OS  lisffj    -vada    raJj'xi  Jo.u  fio  ve^i  ^•lowi^'-ih  .isiodw  o3  ^inab   . 
iaiB  «irf  ^^?*«l^l(^}^*Wfy^e»  OP  can  aeatroyii^^Halwoail 

•V,     I«  viriue'^B  prize —— — ,or"oL'^  ■:)vj  oi -r.i-dVu'js  enor/aiq  ' 

'  S:^T\^^M^^s§^MniM  the 

spirit  of  improvement,  and  a  taste-  for  Telegaaie, 
sg|Df|9  liflbappil^i^BlmFe?  ebttcndedrr  the  \l3itiemitot 
MlTis  wl»ft;H)»5aarititr0flut?£ki)int€r'fthe  jjegioiKs/Tii^flit^i 
^SJ^fiirsill^ga6o^/ofrsafcli©B3»ftd  fiparkdd  fcoi^age/ 
i^^  ptes^iAosTtf  iOiSplainf  mfeaniogfaiidibloseirktstraq 
^^  o*'(JUyx;aii4knairfei^  r laare^  tod  ^fretgientliy)!  di^ei J 
s^7fe2rtll|^^i»togimBrit*aya^^ 
md  pre^/iojf^ry  boiiipttSii^epi^ar.d)fdft(eiir  s^ 
^dpJteq^fc^llwerH'tjlpiifcifwllich'iT'afteT  ^^ape^fi^  famused 
t|ii^^i|;»9  i$|{tl»fjwfelfe  ipeBfwmantsey  -tliejreaderiicimf 
W3ii^i!^fef5^r  m^ '  SHigle.c  thou^V®r/'Bany  f^Way  forie 
1^3^  jpei^tios .  Of  Thijwi^  ^  Atl^nianss  werp  t  so^sensj)^^ 
bii^)^  th^'^wl  jerfj  c^iaiibeaanfcing  th^^         of  ithetiOTln 

,^^fQ^*|j5i»^>iiBt^>/^^ikJ9^^  imiabib* 

^M§  *jlr<»lt  tidikers&amiSii  tlife  itesphieifeiiwr  tehdi§H* 
f  y)«&  hi^i^fi^  ri^lfguage^  w^raJserdii^cdiiiB  i«H  .^ 


;-*?H-,. 


,-io<|cfo  na  o^mi  iimfiki'^'^pif^  bus  ;  ^oAe^^v^;ffOss^% 

j;fl:jiil.  yiij  yd  rMHt.n"^i-^.i^»  to  ^^jh^^if)  lao  luiiibff  !bmoi> 
^"Wfij  -  i'te^s  ;)^f»itf  ifitlt^^^^  as  ,:tqniGJnoD  rit'iw 

qu  blod  has  ^mmd'^je^^MQtn  Jii)i/t  ?a  iiifiw  wo«i 
Thl9* Free* '^nqwrers  are  agteea^ljr^CD^g^ifi  ^ttitf^ab^id^^ni 

taking,  by  the  very  early  offer  of,  a?fbtgf|9t^  ^fi9j«at<tmffipoi|$ 
'    dent,  to  whom,  they  think,  they  cannot  better   sbew   their  acr 

knowledgmeHfis,  than  by  an  iratn^dkitep^lMgafKi^^^  his  firsts 
'    favour^  <e8|>eci«tiy  as  the  sabject'Of  if^aor'tfotdr^l^  fttilows  their 

previous  address  to  the  pabfier--- —  »snq  g'aujuv  A      v 

A^HOUGH  wi3  ndayif-witb  soffie*ap^^rat|4S^fof  trQ^> 
coflhplimeat  the  times^webHveii^^  'for/tfe^i  gKSiv  ali^ 

parfe'of 'roanldnd'  are '  fsiiiln  biit  Kp^PM^i^^tjfq  fSftte 
Usofobleaiming  will  certa?nty3beneiil>ti:^at<^W  <|ft^ 
gpcatcst  [aJdipanta^V^w^ere''Kbefty^  <^ 
ri^t  k>f  imaHkind,  is^ ^isaintamed ;  /T«t//>J^|9ft^J[ffi^ 
fpeer ^and  iiap|]^  ccrftctry/^g^  ^0<igbH^^'^^dti8fpa»ofaj 

otoiyBfr/ tfae;tme;  oia/^iftg^to Uaa<  ffteedWBS  it^igfHfefe» 
t<&^pgeseHt  -pSttsare  r '  and  thfti  «ttte^j  to  -an  ^  bbijt jitteg 
Hiestettfti6g  etariob>eicts'0fjreto<$te?^ij^taficyiij^  Vte»IM 
HigjjnmlterB  iHfjtftia  ligtot;  ?1  'cot^^ 
J»t*f fwojeifeted  wefekjy  papery*  as '^^'H^'^^^esdXfii^ 
;td  id«nJBdt  both'  these  contrary  «i-r<irsjc|i^cmd?  tbiSft^^^ 
%agbrl^  wish'yda^ail  ti^  6Hceeiss^^iliblltte»iSte^f*t^ 
%£rytt(ir  infebtidns  ^iksay /merit.  ir^iF^b  ^fiajprfsgtrc^pre^f 
aim  J  ddi  A^vea  ^  '■  compiaientm^; '  ^tl^p  «IP^8ffl 
4im«fc^€bbsttrd;v^ls '  mwe'  piarticni^Yh^  fibrtS^^'tfi^^stfefe 

to  you,  is  brifefly  this.    A  sdl^f  p^#d©a|r#yt5JI!fMt 


/' 


-/ 


Id 

QQl^li^  1*iugtilkvdidiflot:gfe)l«rtfe?a  Ilaxi>fa^fi)ca{Tif• 
4lfG$l^la^^dmtilliap^a«i^f«mho  Bumble  correspqnBmib^ 
i^ir4^4ttbfii9^(itird»i)^^his^  thenatavemiM 

^tepeki^^iiGl^^fffifianit^easodi^  the  isfuiti^» 
at  your>;y(et^ifc«8^rnovo7qn/£  :jib  i-j  r(eij;i-^?(qq^  liorfj  oJ 
^oftiq^t^tfg^^innaolcvinfd  ap«fti)t^yif{sftl£Bf^xiBx£se 
^ttetiiaiEMai  dallefrstifasdhif^  ^f  ixi^  das^igu»lb 
1i^t!]idrd(dl»ii^  titddvniirks  i6iir:>  ^uperitmo^  ^0f& 

llfe^^'^eit^  4C$Nitidmptptlianaot«]btam>(^^pla[^se^ 

i^kis^^PSts^^^ikmm^yM.  to  T^s^^sdlfcfaaiiiio  lniii)aiiit|r, 

ii>'Cl»s  imbWa  tmtbp^^evS^  foir^^er^  liliQipff,  (dead 
^B^^:£^sdp  aCQdij«;gtlfyi^5r(pi^Dtdrite]it)^ 

is,  to  shew  that  the  ^^ti^si^^fst^^^iasD^YM'ss:^^ 
^^^m^^M&j^siiL^^^\}a^<bt^)^^  filly 

^%ed  tl>^'th4l^p<@s^sisic^M^  iMtp^ 

i&lfwl^3gm^|t^4b  hida  ib^tyk^ndisessgioeB^iBtsiili 
i^'i^mpplieatfl^of  -^r ^^dodtsei^  JBrnce^iinr^him, , 

lslj^^^^^|$e«i  ii>  4Mii  a;  siugftlffi^^^e^^ntexested  pdlafloiqinf 
^Ifta*  c^^littt^d  (JShd'^^l^'i  ]bd^jsb€rr^i^  nwiKiii- 


i^l^^ia^^^^ 


;^*jvrjf- 


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iiypixmo 


to  their  application  in  tlie  improvem^»fc^^iDov  ijs 
t.PiJLt^lh£fjde^^r^H^  ^VtMinannns^fiSiT^S^ne 

Bad)  fFdinti  aujb.-whick  .of liheor^k^  d&iielhxiiisl'jt^^ 

(powets/  ainiti  Ba^uiti^s^il  amr  ccsiSd^nl  rnsng  ooj^^l^^ 

/"  /  svitiiattempt  tik  i^ilbroe  tkeirJepisiODS  l^lii^lbfir  9Sii^ 

tiB^iqPie^imust^ijonnltieicpntia^  $»ni^«^jt^|jii 

«ig«iieEk(jtlHtnjii«n;d  per^msjthetrrijie^ecilliiiiQelki^ 
^HfitiiBftbffi  otmcBiB  >  ptpf^ety.  j  Mmi^riWicmr^^tol^ 
the  inosdtijdoBBqplete  aodinti^%e<it^^ciQg.^j^^ 

Klfefeot?^&(€ff^sgpi!o&e4l6k9^oT2  a/{jij?dJ  wsxlg  o.t  jai 
vlfit  ibxieas^^fto  itiei teasel  fi«&n.'Whferf<^ifiB«i^ 
:tiiebieQs^^ptab!ec^o^[^on$io4j^ 

4ragfc«n  jeaif6r,tiBd,>depra^«l;^jail3dU>  bejpn^e<^  -fliy^ 
•weqniiii  adssBimstane^Jiijena  yf^^  ffimt^mw!SSb'Mn9f&- 

their  species  ?  What  then  is  the  obvious  infer^si^gf 
-irb)i^^bat>B]tii3i($>indu«(^  )Wf tk«[  iltiist^tfimt  $apa^ 
asA^  feofiknQiidi!tQ^,:F^liiek  m^obc[q^ttori^l^|i$^ 
aarirfli  ^aed^  depratei wi^feei^l JoB^ifaayta)^^^^ 
^toaiotedbngid,  ^ii^fbd  0*6^^ 

arfitaarpaJM^qs  bgroalolh  ep  <<ii»j%aigima  dR$i]nftil$<^8g 
(tb  dqDeiBmB*stoppdtttimti^,d}id;QS$i7ij^d  ^QsMc^l^ 

^^«ntq|tinMeniy'sire¥fi  iietfJkap\«<^tib&t^^eHi^i^Hi^v^^ 
srtfelBDgr/aiifll  1ftifo(dsilieid^^ii»  g^^M^  ^khei«2ft)i^ 


it  does,  more  or  less,  among  those  whotii>*^/'^f6?^ 
ili9tftocaafi^,'^>tefai  -^settfeifete^^^j^le^'i'^^^^rtk^t  ^tA^n^^it 

tte^Jd«t'Ofii]iS(ri£ifM  ?)^teii*ife^^  «t*i^efesy  ^'  iw'flr^! 
^ei«a^s3J3tfiwseiiletisfabtnyttfficreiit?toJ^8^  fi«^ 
i«si»6ig€^8Wth.<th6l(*<^te^tt^  #igd^to Wfh^  wMli^ 

tteoi^wliniaxjfffi^tffdetafc'^lttff ii^^  hmprS^%^[P 

\m^}beitfiimUiy^i^(^'fq  nosd  a-rsd  flofH  w  .bsllfio  o?. 

^'Thus  have  I  endeavoured  ttSP^^^/%i#4>MUW' 
i]b^f>wit^^8dSe^»d$^s^^  tyyt  l^sm'^isbt^'^  Mk- 
«5tMyi^  eapi^^  e^ifi»^i*f^fegi  M  ftftb^^§"?>f ^thiP 

lapitbtCBre^ai^r^iJfftSn^rfiehYB^W  t^^  ftf^' 

beatity  of  a  liberal  exerc^d^»r^ht^i^S6ft,»a¥^t* 
t«nbcf(tora:ytod^^6tt^  adiiiit^^tli^|1^,i^esf«p^m)«^ 

J«wcPi&](»e#^stie«iii  *i94fe^ei^;>')6ibft"^ 


I 


M 


a 


jects  of  mere  faitk,  con^enimgl  w^oMt«dlwircoi»te 

i§a  t^fiPftiffe^ij  9rtotQrlS€jrijtiftisaB9th©Bewdea^8^T©^ 
so  called,  which  have  been  publi$'ik#(li3tT9TJiQ$i^||i|a^ 

cessity  of  coramui^ft^jpg,  Mf  W^lS^Mlti*«ifc^lteTi9Jws 

^#i?!^jte  (S^m^fisj^sfj^^sr  e^f»Q^^^$,tor-^-— 
(^:snpse^tffl5?JW%J>y^^*5  ?}  Aey6¥99»^  h0t<fkmi 

nicated  that  light  to  mankind  of  whicbilS^^ft^^jl^efiaB 

sif§9g^§tgp^^bl^g  /lm>?reg|ff<nl^©9o^tr^i»i'vliM3S^ 
tpt^^^etpurp8^,Mi^iieB^ibt9^  hiiy^csi*  mk^ 


// 


// 


1%^ 

mother  against  the^^^Mdtmghter,'^  aittd  -tkliP^di»i||Mfer 
against  the  mother  :  the  mother-in-law  against  the 
.daughter-MS«IW^y^^ifeft|h«f^jB-te»^  against 
the  mother-in-law  !  Tfie  brother  has  betrayed  tfie 
brother  to  deaths  and  the  father  the'^sbiil^^dfiiWen 


i^p?< 


Bft%<^8aWall,  iF^su^  '<|hi5^ /efel-s^^^^ 


mately  acquainted  wWm^^dSiil^^m&iM^m 

th%|e^^^kijpvto>!B^fel^ 

that  the  Christian  revflation,  )f  simply  attended,  to, 

^^^^  tesiapfe5off;'tiM^ii^ 

-^3dl  fej'bai  yJoJuJ     -z^T^lgfi^t^'^J  nr  dansq  ot  bsaufia 

lo  9abiox3  aril  fli  9*^'^9^"^YoaFmofet^8fiid^!5  ^7^j* 

Jliw  o/lw  Qsor't  Qon{8  jajncpjiooi  1070   iswo^iianJ 

4j^.1o  &rfl9|aop  sdl   oJ  ^aoa^B^sniiae  a£  bfsi"^  ion 


ent  --  • 


'  strancce  per- . 

3 


odf  UaiB-^s  wfil-ai-i^iijofa  sdJ  :  x^dlofli  sill  Jgnie^gi^ 

adl  .hgyuTj^d  ?r>d  ladtoid  sdf  I  wjsi-fli-iodlom  oriJ 
njSSFfJ^LEIft^eilJ  pdtB\  Oils  bm    dir>sb  oi  isdiotC 

of  Antwetp,  froHi^ipi^QnBfc  h#/Qbi^^4^^#tC<^,y^A^ 

wife  wS9fei?^M§^^^  n^mfmf 

were  aepopuiatea  by  the  numbers  whom  tj9^j^^|% 
caused  to  perish  in  the  ^fP|Bs.  Lately  indeed  they 
have  l}f^,j^|)i^^^ori^.  .i^oderate  in  the  exercise  of 
their  Jpower  over  ^recusants;  since  those  who  will 
i^ot  yield  an  entire  s^enj;  to  tUt  lJ<5B*liJttt$.^of  that 


s; 


§|p9p^itlie  jBSUiistit^  of  ivUck  is  so  strongiy  »iCH|^; 
10^^}^  dh&gfmdon  the  face  witk  a  red-i^pj^p, 
9J0fL]lieii^j$^^^&^  TJ^is^  thougU  il  i»  c«rt^iift|r 
>^'gr;e9is$  ^agat^^{(^^^  of  .^  oniguaal  p((fi:b)uaei|^ is 
i&&vert^les§  :eyeiiti|£^ly:rm<»«.  severe;  as^li^.pepr 
vionti^lies  wibo  3ie^^i^iis&t%matized,  are  limited  ^4 
«pe)^^  «v^.|l>5>  t|i^  v^iy  cluldren,  while  tbey.  a>?E 
pe^Q^^lyrvi^^^ii^  the  streets.  These,  though  tl^ey 
are^^enei^j  the  qi^ietest,  honestest^  and  most-sexi- 
fible  men  among  them,  are  shunned  to  such  a  de- 
^¥ee>  that  there  rai^  very  few  who  care^evei^  to  ]:ie 
^l<i^n:>talking  with  them;  so  that  they  are  in.a  msuar 
|)^f {excluded;  |rom  cdl  the  advantages  of  society, 
<^y^.C/9nfinod  merely  to  an  intercourse  with  ea«^ 

tf  *  After  relating  the  disturbances  -so  contiimally 
poeasiaped  by  this  book,  a  reader  will  be  curious  to 
^ami9*^  mki^M  tr^ts:  he  sha^<  be  sad^fiod^  Q» 
^&  mmn  laad^ jFeBQkote  fn>m  the  isiandiof  J^imi^Qlb^ 
^red^  fWany^  fge*  ag^,  a  r;|?fteple*  wkfOftrii^W^ 

If,  3l3^  Rjlj)a<c?iafts.  po^sessed.^heqw!^^ 
Kl^^  CfB^al^y,  by  <a  tatai;€xtermin<^k>n^>t^ 
jj^^it^BJ^ifaxm :  and- wtusn  sealed  upon^ H, /wm» 
^ifffiiimm^f  {]4iH^i?»g ,  and  ^utot^eiitig  tMr^ftctgib' 
^oUPi  «$||long  jus-t^y  coatija^ted  ;4o  Jo^/a  peop^ 
W)Mit  added  to  the  infamy  of  tiiis  thievish  pio^Mr' 
mty  <^  tiie  R^pacii^ns^  was,  that  they  pleaded  a  right 
to  ^  pt&pmy^  of  other  liatibns,  by  a[  grant  from 
jhwwiP  I  ^flgwi^HB  j^grt?^?s  e«jamftp^4^I5  ^v«iy  act 
^||l|iB^eeKii^«Bh^hey  p^pe^mt^d^^lMs^^tlmo^ 
lufe^c^  by  th^^^iimsLiAemcaxgiket!i$^ 
gPQi^  iDjdec^v^.tb^se  whose  iftods^and  go^dsfjiM^ 
t|Ni»iB)litog4;  ;»(^oi!dijigly*  while  JbeKe<»in^?i««lJf 
i»UbiiiyMNgM<i-arig^teoag  peo^l^^ltfebemipuaiift 

l»4»tlii5biQ|!iiryH>€^i»8  f>eopte^jafi'lfriiMvfe%4tt«wy 
adiiciiia^wliicte  t|e^4ttetB<^iss9  ib»lt{  inmii  wiWi  goiWB 


I 


,  -      ■.-•^^•:v-;-w=?!?»i:; 


vfl! 


mi7 

^^  ltS|>^emns,  i^^  at  pre^^t^%if  ^^jfeHi 

Hfe(5kjt,'at>wiff  bfe  4%ft 't^  det^-^^ 

daily,  and  as  those  who  are  more  cautious,  ai^y^ 
^f«%^*t^ry^eeid^'tfM^^iriid]^^a^>^^>^  'i^^-::m^ 

oj  'ighiHgrpis  tfe%acteit  giv^4f%^^te<?^i^ir^ 

tftlt«ry.dofl<^ft^>ll»^Ar§if^^%i6ii#; -##111^^^ 


pNFI^t    TvW**     f4<*»*   ,<«.»»»    »J** 

moil  ia^^'»t^t!"i^ite1?'ViH$°1<>ipfb#»1^0fllai 
4lCRaH|}b0li#few^^^«)^%^,  Wt 

lei?«ifisw 

^      ii  tsi 
jiWi'iWaCoihrifeii^ 


■     18     ■         . 

missionaries;  they  differ  so  greatly  among  each 
otiier,  that  they  have  divided  themselves  into  ninety 
and. seven  different  societies,  vvho  are  continually 
disputing,  and  abusing  each  other,  for  perverting 
the  truth ;  and  the  magistrates  can  hardly  restrain 
them  from  proceeding  against  each  other  with  actual 
violeiJce,  by  ^to^| t^«  f^y^  ^^P^  among  them 
secretlydespise  tfiem  all/  ^  /  -r^fyaamj^i  ^ 
jlFrpm  hence  the  -author,  whose  notions  ^were  too 
Y?^e  (px  Mfijown  times,  and  et en  too  whimsiiBal"^ 
the  present,  ^^^eeeds  to  reflections  on  religion  in 
general,  which  are  quite  licentious;  and  the^efQye 
^P^iiilf '  itr "  j^ve  prudent  to  suppress  ' them  <  But 
vvijibuirfonp^  the  writer  wherever  he  piea^sto 
guide  us,  there  is  something  very  interesting^  in  his 
siajrj^alion^  iafwi  his^peificJliaBS^  rflti^t  be  dHoWeB^ 
jbe*  a  2p«rpfef  inoBS  b^Uftrf-fea^J^  to  litimaii-  "fiatuii^, 
i^ia^4i[#.ciK68Bricat*visidftsLi^  t)41^  <>f  Utdpiii''  'M% 
1^e?*nitbt©fi  th^rfa^fs;'^  1?he  vi^Ws'  of  We'W^WP^ 
ikt^msA  m^^r^fm  the  atlthbm^p  "oF  Sir.l^fflfe 


Slit  Udt   ;rnupaAm\E^jf¥&¥^E¥mm\J%^?'^^ 
asoH  leMsd  Oib   J93  oj    tvrno  vino  Ji  sOJ  ?i3DXi9Joi(| 

the  Life  and  DodtFraes-ofvM^es*'  th^»  <^^ 
bf*^Legiialieflf!o£tlieiMebre#s*-f^^^      ^^'^^  a^^'^ 

noj^sftmiib  li^iib oaat/n'^^b ',<>dfl9««siiyy  3^£ii'j:r  liiiw 

soii  h'^uoi  bm  ;b9nimsi«-ji5^?d- ;9yiyi;8©fin^»ob  lioilJ 
-i^io-id  blifoxl?.  ^^01  jiuij  .^'majm^rm .  iBib ^o  ed  oi 
^io^wndi^ynn  :jswrtJ.-^i!it'>«JfT)t^oibotrfj^cmoi  xllBfl 
ot  :onn9^Ibf:^o  e-ii^sh  ~nv':>rm  i*  moii  m^ieva  x^^  o"^ 
--sJtoo  bf?d.  doua  "to  5»7i.t-jwb<ri^  9^  Jouhbd  .,diii'ii 

V^«5>aa3b  mMitc^-iiss  i>£iBv.3^woq  =oi  i^i/t^tN|i£t 


tjomkf^Uii  ^ityi^i04«Ufl^yl^J -i^>^ '-^i' ^(pdt  a.ai  .maio 


i(  J u(.'  '."J  ^«.'ti 


// 


'  ABd  now  also  the  aie  is  laid  to  ifae  root  of  the  tr^ ;  Jtdb^^oie 
J  ii  c^ery  tree  which  blitigeth  not  fSrth  gb^d  fruit,  is  hewn  i3bwn 
.>i  ai)4<ca«.c,  iEUb?  thei  $re..  ;  *  J<>«n  tbi  BApTisir.'' 

Ti^EjE^^  is.  no  Rian  who  will  openly  profess  Maisi^ 
an.  enemy  to  free  inquiry  and  feir  reasoning  t  teit 
;\f  l^n  mew  are  seen  to  exerqise  their  rati(MKil  piowrers 
concerning  particular  4<>Gtrii>es,  the  parli^iifSv^  jOC 
tl^o^e  4oc3^nes  shew,  signs  of  uneas^ess ;  as>if  ^^ 
i^^^fii^  pn^e^iatf^,  s^pproaiQh;  ©£[  the  day  ©f  >^|^  \  "y 
n^e^tvi  .to' gi^t  tii^atey^  far  ofF,  ihs^johMm 

^l,|^t|]iods  1]^  tliei^  pQw^r  to  disoQu&teiiaDce  iscMl9| 
e^ei-cises;  they  insinuaJ^e jtli^a^t  sia^h^fkod  saeh%th^g$ 
are  ,]^t  pi:qf  er  ^ohgeota  of-  ivitp  jinquiry ;  that  the 
preteniiers  to  it  only  cavil  to  set  the  better  gl«^ 
upon,  thea*  jbfidelity.  But  the^  diy  <£  Ress(^  s^ft 
lii^rtiele?^  displ^/what  is  r^hti ]   I  m.  ;. -i  ^^i^ 

Some  men  declare  the  salvations  of  >soali$  £dp4d^^d 
on  our  believing  the  sentiments  they  teach ;  and 
with  terrific  vehemence,  denouncie  direful  damnation 
against  those  who  dare  to  disbelieve  them:  but  after 
their  doctrines  have  been  examined,  and  foupd  not 
to  be  of  that  importance,  that  men  should  be  eter' 
nally  tormented  for  rejecting  them :  and  that  rejects 
ing  any  system  from  a  sincere  desire  of  adhering  to 
truth,  cannot  be  productive  of  such  bad  conse- 
quences as  they  represent  :anon,  you  will  hear  them 
take  refuge  in  power,  and  talk  oply  in  defence  of 


tlfitiify  ta%titef:ailtaiaAy^  but  wbuM  stiir  hs^^fe- 

(^tto6ijtis|%a3is^i '  S«chtonsefek^h6tt6^ivtrlgie 
tf  rffHy  biAttr^  fiiamf  feTii'esMIifehm^^  ;  not  to  indulge 
i%Ssbh'abM' RKt^rt^,  but  to  suppress  it;  and  jilaitily 
dfecdVer^hfeiii^lves  tb  be  enemies  tb  bothi^^*'-'^'>J^'' 
.  r&TlifeiMfetitl6n'bf  the  forrowi%re^^  anid  fdia»6^ 
^dfis  iC)ti- Mo^s  stiid'&is  writings",  is  not  to  sUByeft 
©ftristianity,  as  tM  enemies  to  free  enqni^  Will 
iyid^uMedly  siig^est^,  but  to  shew  tha^  the  body  of 
it^^bes  hot  starid  on  the  legs  of  Judaism,  of  bfi 'an-y 
M§^^  bottom -which   may  fail    the   buildihg|/^  thJW; 

i^ftiiMtytiity^is'JJot  erected  on  the  movfeabl^  saud^; 
^idH-%fiia^  dud' Waves  may  'hU^  dbWii  atid^wasii 
fi^0 'but  «h^^  is  built  M  "df^hk  /  on  the  mk"  of 
N>i«hi«^^^^  it  \^1)feior6'  JuM^m $  abd  is  &%^- 
dent  of  it:  in  short,  that  true  ChristiaMty,  is ilsi  did 
mme  €i?eiiionr  '''^'  B^(ot€  Abi'aham  Was;^ ^aid^JTe- 
X^^  .<ief f;j^.*-.Y61ir  father  Atiiialfatti  rejoidd  t6 
see  my  day,  and  he  saw  it,  and  was  glad;^f' '"W^hifiit 
aaf  ^(M^^ilJfahiW 'sefe?  th^  Kght  bf  ChHsfl'^^He 
Mw  the'^octrin^  of  Jesusv  Whfch  'wa^-^day-Hght^m 
IfiS^^^iMderstaridihg,  Sind'  ^M  rejoitred  in  Hikt^dUf. 
^§§^  ^Tdbhiafefediiii^  dbctfines,  'attft  talM^  fe^tfe 
Jews,  as  %ik'd^mrii^''wmWk'p2L^^ 
^''•Mtlidiiit  a  fa'^a^le  ^keli^  i^t^to'T^iito;" 
fllei*^i^  itiiey  did  not  iiiiderstand  Mm;  ^tid-6h}&6l[m 
tohtly^^testtebeiihg^  truei  respfebtitig'  m  plf#^. 
^^iM^fey,  **  t*ibu  ai*t  not  yet^  fifty 'y^fetf^bld^/^fitla 
m^^ihm%^  Abrah^bi  f  If  he'  haS  i^W  his  fit- 


^fe^te^fe'ag'^^fl;  dt*  kg^  Go(f,  befbi-^  m Mtrfkh. 
^fms^^Mtm  b^'  Ji^ed;^fb?f  hife  ^^•^'w^d^/  if^ 
^flitot,  kflftot^tJtbS^'H;  fbr  if ^l^ey^W^fe  idH^^oflfy 


evidence,  as^  hiipKelf  confessed j., it  aWa§^j,9(c4i^|;p^ 
therefore  this  fantastical  notion  is  jdestitute^<rf  i§M»rp 
dation.  It  could  not  be  true,  as  niaiij  rfop.^efGOj^f 
not  be  man  before  he  was  born:  njor  as,  Qod#  ff?ft 
God  is  not^  person,  and  ea9not»  .)}^  seen^bytnpfc^jc^Jj 
eyeiS ;  therefore  he  could  not  me?in  Jiis  gpd^^^j  r^; 
some  call  it,  The,^  A^bsiHa^i^^s^j.j^deedifri^ 
God  personal  J- and  to  abound  wittL.perwnsi' hiding  9<[ 
composition  of  three,  united  qri  bljaaded.ti^etbfir.^ilt. 
o^  ■  godhead ;  as  apothecaries  mi^^ .  toget^r v^f©-b 
ral  ingredients  of  the  same  nature, .  to  .  majke  ?^f^ 
medicine  j  so   these-  divining  apothecaries  r^^€| 

their  God  I ,  What  then  diid  Jesus  mean?^  wha^,<iQ|i»14r 

he  rationally  and  intelligibly  mean,.;  Jsutii^jidj^ctf 

trines :  therein:  his  divinity  ~  consisted ,  ~~  Abraham 
saw '  the  light-  pf  truth;  and  was  glapd;  t  Besides) 
.that  Judaisnoi  is  not  the  fonndsLtipn  of  Qhristiani^^ 
i&coofessed  by  the  apostle^  *f  for -othe^  fofmda^i^ 
can  no  man  4ay,  than  that  which  is-  alrHBady^^fuid^ 
^hieh  is-  Christ  JesuB."^H-r,;;ir  rj^if?  n"',  u\o  imb 
K  3^  r  the .  deseription  /and  ;ciftmcterr  Mosep  ,givg§ 

m  pf  0<4»  i  Jfe  L<?fe^a?lf(5  n^f  V  jli^iQsesT  y^aelf » n^^ 

-^fjAfter  r  (jrod  had  noade  man,  he -pjap^  hfe^ i^'Q^ 
g>ardeb^  upon  the  fruit  whereof  he  WiaBrTt^Tli^^^f  l>S^ 
was  forbadl  to  eat  the  fruit  of  one  tree rint.p«fl;|iculiflf| 

.  ^ich  fw^s/ called  the  tree*  oii  kBowIedgetip?^}^ 
afl4^vil[;:  Oil  pain  of  dying^he  rsarae  d^  _^^mh 
■;  !^hffe  ,w|as  ia  ttwe,  giame  garden  a  s^^ffitt^*^^ 
Jcoie,w  ,^ei  p^roperibiesrHof  Ihat  tree^  (by  ea^i^iBii^P^ 
d^l?4;,^  f<9rf howi  could  he,  othei!wket  k]w>j%^b^^ 
Itb^t  i|Jf^iB*^iVtherqofi\y^aSrnotr^^^^  fer^T^^^I^ 

J^f; f }iA^p3&f  ifHid   added,  ;^f4iatv<^p^jk&#}^rif)^^ 
jwj^'^rjfcjjs^  >>^hat  te  told^eF-hHsb^Qd^'  bifti^ 
mm^  y0%  ye  =§hali' not  4ie^5  is^  ^^2^^%^im 
9^d^h7dau«it  you  J  andlGod  k^oiyj?r!^jBt||^d|^tttJ^ 

,  ^y  yefeat' thereof,  your  eyes  shaU  ^§  fK^^^f>J^ 
^ftnsiyi  |]ieTas^:.G«!ds  arie,^  l5np^ijigi>gQ(^  ^^^tft^t 


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22i 

Ai|4ifiQi^iha|)»p^nid;  ^kotas  God,  spoke,  bui  as  thei 
s^fjp^xspo^it  The  womaa  and  hesA  good  m^ti  duib 
e«^43tJ^i)dwi  3@tiii&  there^pooi  The  eyes  o£j*heioi 
tt^^ffi^Sj^re:  op^ed,  they  saw  they  were  =  nakesdy^ 
yB5|^h;^y  knew  fiert  before,  and  God  hiaisetf  cOtt- 
ff^sSSiliiVih^ehoId  the  man  is  becoBote  like  one  of  iiw5, 
(^jQH^^fjtQ  kiiowigood  ?^nd  evil.  And  new  lest  feel 
]^jixt}idf%h  toluajadi  and  take  also; of  the  tree  <rfliftji? 
a^dxte^t  £in^ilive  fof  esver/'  he  dfove  him  outof  *h4' 
g;ftF4^n,  m^  3et  :Qheru|)is  for  eentinels,  with  flam»^ 
sMgfirds  tQ^uasod  tM  ^66^  of  life.  Frona  Whence  ife 
£^^ars>thajt  this  God  was  a  jealous  €k>d  towlipd^ 
iH^,f8i)d  Jest  h^,  haying  the  knowledge  of}  a  Godp 
s^k^jfld  JAw^i  Jike  oae,  if  hie  eat  of  the  tiiee  of  >lifer*T:> 
*A flSijerefore  l^s^  man  should  put  forth  his  hand^jsmdi 
ta^^#fi.^e iMee  of  iife  and  eat  and^^ive  foreveftj 
JJeteforetthesLordi  Go^  sent  him  forth  froaithfit 

§:ar(i#u  dpi  Edmit/'    The  God  of  Mos^,  who  had 

b^foiEejHsajde  the  world  in  six  days,  and  by.  a  oowBteil 
ofciii^Osd^  Daade  man;  though  he  had  surviayed: 
^T)eny,^^fs  W9rk  as  it  went  on^  and  pronounced  it 
$U.>^f y ;  gQodi  day: by  day,  ^d  blessed  the  wholei 
tietMter  loaa  had  awjtiiied  the  knowledge  jof  good) 

a^^c^f^a.  awd  §awuwith  his  own  ©yes  j  Jiis  God^ 
Ouiep^rj^  to  JVIoses)  was  so  enraged,  that  he  :<5i*rsed; 
tfcS  serpent,  the  woman,  tiie-inan,  and  all  the;  rearthr;! 
^iicipil^  ^mjty  linibo  isan  anid  into  the  serpent^  [j^hd 
p^rpl^tuiated  the  ys^m^  envious  nature  between  ilm 
jf^m^\n^^^<$^  the  ;ser|)(ent  kind,  whic^  should  I  itH 
dua!^iMie^ito  brake  and  spitefully  to  injure  eaolfe 
o^^riTrf  Allotliis:wa8.<>9Gasioned  because  theipaiitot^ 
oSfi|^i^|id  i^scilved  to  know  :good  fto^i leml ;  aakd- 
tQu^f^'iibi^Kitli^mselves.  ■  Thus  tyran«al>  j^n^ 
wrathful,  andt^us  revengeful,  doe^rJVffisefi  {rep«©tl 
st^t jbe:^Ujdfe$neficeot  God  to  beiiqo-r  g^^oM  aA  5 
^i jfto^iBMijftH^iwfl  ifpfimore  goda  thana ymtfi^^i^Qt 
&osgfc  Ifsmlyrmito  i^orehipcmly  iSieiri  oWJij.G«iy 
iftiJhhaSf  i8Qg^ingitj9ijdo with  otherGiods!^ the^j !Bg<^ 


23 

noii tot  revile  tken* ;^  for  that  woald  argue  infid^ibf  1^ 
aiid)  all  priests  lore  idolaters^  better  tbal^  imMelS^^' 
fcor^aistupid  idolater  may , be  brouglit  from  oiie  1^t({>^'^ 
sjitiG^'toaDother;  but  an  infiderdeapises-thetn^dM 
Mos^>as  was  before  observed,  taHows^f  fiM^^':^))^'^^ 
tfaadtoneiv  EldbiiEt  jsignifies  ^ds«i  itbeij^lbVaf  bd^^^ 
ImtMjWheB&fWy  therefore^  BloMi»oife^,  lU^titftiiBJ 
y dti ! ^  t&  Uttderstandi.  a.  .syii6dv»;oi^l>Cid^bcfi  <if  'g^ds^'  I 
,![K|faisjci^*r{El^^od.said*<  1^  tjs^  make^lpaiA;^^iiH6Fe■  wa#>W 
4^|bc$Itcalled  aD<ynithis  igra»du  afiki4:^bi<?D  ,^^ift^^ 
td'inmsfcif  would  ha^  beewparetbsi^^ 
tile  Lord  Grod  saidj  ;belioM  th6oB2ati%  b^i^me^li^ 

onecrfj^uis^  ttt  know  giioA  widi^^^^'i'^kmJ^^ 

God>>douiieil;  widi,  aiid>4ak^  to  ^  assista^eef,  /##i$^' 
Hei$aidi^<  rlflletbi'maketniate,  ■  tftftet^opir  iin%g€ipi&^9iar' 
likeness  i"  or  to  wiidm  d id  he  com^afe>hinJs^llJ-iyfe&i 
hei  feaady  **  the  idaani  4s  ^become  HWe'^oJie  <rf5 it^ilP  >  N j^i 

,1bij(ng^kvAeyIweriB> his  creatures,  sug^d'fcdiid^fltoi^; 
ks^-wtedg©  thaa  what  he  gave -theaJV'  "I*'iSi]Wsi>lb^' 
td^his  associate  gods,  m  )lbkexpr«$siok«^%r0id^b^rd:> 
J  i  Before  Adam  was  4uraed  out  of  ihe  5^a^e^*^f 
Ederi, '  God  fus^iitobfeske  a  walkUfe  i^<4i^  t^g^c^' 

dfcttee  ^y^iandv  coavetse  «»^thsiiim  .a$j  a^ptfiuter^fidf 

Mos^s'sAigodsrwei^ff^  in  «the^J^^  ksm^X^i^}^^^ 

jiei^a/ps^iicit^-iinale  i^  iieioaHw  f*  1^^%$.-  ipiife;|^iifl} 

in^iairj imag^i after  am  ifeeaessif fi f c w  j>4 j^  i^iX9q;iai'^ii J 

b/^h^xd^tdneii  G^^6^diV5  being  i^Jth^^^g^  Mkakfk^ 

jdii^  6^hftiwaS  i£tk&  l^mijoi  M&df' 
i^OittefeithiJ  semymB  i^' thjs  «38presisitA&g*e^bC:his'jp^jKi 
;ifei»s" ;  QBafed;oiope-thiis^is>ilQl  be^ gtecribidi t^itb^'^igRi^ 
fSLObe  dfitMBSsdators^  biiindei«';d^«apyfers?y'lDr  '^el^ 

As  Mpses  represents  Imah'tO'^Sfef""' 
he'Jeyinoes  tow  that; Jie  *fteaiii0|it  ggip^^..^ 
jiMii^d^'ihat  <^e  <^?  iord:  *pak&4j|^/ltol 
-  i^o^^^''  A««i- tJioHgli  J^  ,  ^e^ffe 


m 

^E^jiodhxssTr  isr^k'^hf^teM',  xi&hld  lidt'Sefef  G^Sf"^ 
fttie/for  'tke '  fieet  thatiVas  rbetveeeb  theffi,  • '  yet  H  is 
aflSrming  God  to  have  a  face,  though  he  l^uld'ft^l 
tet^Ma«Mnd»^seeit3/^iid'  eyea  alkr/>  though  MBses 
iatimate^^that  he  icould  not  sesg  •io>far'\^ff  as  ^^ 
|y4livfeiiltoTear^5  lend  could  mn  d^pefad  ttpon  ^|lll 
he  feearS  nbr^be  c^ertain  wit^iit  seeing.  -  The  k^tA 
Bsid^i'^l  fBepan^  the?  cry  jgi$  Sodom  ^awd  Gomorrah  lis 
^rea^  Imdi^caqsefitheif  sinis  vis*y  ^rievDiM;  1*^11 
gm^y^  dow.^and  see  ^hetiier^hey^^hkve^oiftral- 
t6ge'thfep>a;e«^drdmg"t0'  ^the  <^rft>f  jt,*whichifs  ifebm^ 
^MBtome^  and  if  notj  I  wiit fei<)W7t^'  ^ it  ^^  *^i^» 
thff  personsf"  mentioH^d  in  this  passage,  ■  are  >  'itt'  thfd 
ateHt/veisse'callted  Bttfn,  to  appedrande  the  Lord '^f^ak 
4>foan;  and  tb€rei39W{r^»(to^appearatfc6  a^lesLgf)  tV^6 
men  with  him  :  but  one  of  them  is  called*"  thfc  LortH' 
ffil-Atediam  piead  Iv^it^  men Jtb^^ve  Sddbm, 
boi.^th  J  Ifee  Cord  ?^^.  if  with^ men^  thcidesl^^tioii^'itf 
Sodfeirir-wai  man's  s^iifg?  in  the'eiidi  of  th^f^ci^lt^- 
"teBfti^  read  ithrft  the  Lord  westt  awa^,  >IM4fi'^ 
hh^DBBm^icd  tiiei  next/ only'  tWo^^mg^ls^Mcah]f(6^1!<> 
liot^iacSofdeihr^  bor>  *>f»?^-4r;  >o  114^*^  ^dt  *f  ^e^"^^ 

.bdBatfiirther;  l%at*M  God  of  :M6s«^^irjfnAbmhli», 
tlsfl^^^bd^Israelj  appeaa^  to  bea^Mte  persbiilt^(^^, 
ift  fomi' 6f  tnain  rifcf  fiirther^  evident  iw  G^n:  Irtfe^Y. 
^IfQito/AlDhrafliamfwas  ninety-nine  yfeats  #^1  thfe  l^S 
-appeased  td  JliHii^^ai:^  saidy  ^*  f  na^  th€<  AlirAj^t^ 
i€^tf??f!Wias  he^nbt'A^  the' Almighty  Giddt'^i^ 
iife  Me^iito  his  servant  Abraham  ?  or  jifesei^fthe  ttstd- 
grianrlie,  who  tdHs  us,"*^  Abraham? f^ft  m^^hl^.  ite^. 
«]ki.Oo&  taikedisdtii^hki ??*"»*f^«  i^#>  ■  .fcif/jflsTo'igdr 
ot  As  tlBS'€kNi^s'pei8DH  #ars 'finfite^i  iij^wss  h&  digit, 
^s  ijobiervedtbeted^  -ffoft^^Ctei^i)  jk  nwhefl  Jtntei*  ^i^Jfif- 
ai^ifed  to  buM>  s^  ^  4[ower,'  wIkw^  top>  nmighit  t^e|iiR) 


hm.^m^  '^tihe»  Lord  oa«i^  d^msii&»k&ike  dtfy  imfliSe 
t^v^ecriwhichltheoehildi'eBfofhinfiii  hndild^d;^/  ^BvM 
ji^fpould  h!&»e  is^eitflt  ^iJi;^«iboyeiob«3Tbed>iHk>ihatb 
'feQi»^  dowu^io^  *iee  itf|  and  Wt  Ifeejf^  r^oaHi  g&t  «(^ 
h^^dn  that  way,  he  cohlbtoded  threJir  spHeech,  fcariBi 
sliw  nothing  qould  restraia  vtheol^  fi^eiii  jddinglwhat 
l&ey  intended. 'B^H'^ft-^^y'^t'^fi^'i*^  ot  bor)  ^ftfrmrlfi? 
TMs  GodJiad'the  sensesof^isai^^'lfor  wheo^NdEEfe 
j&n  ^Jtar  to  him,  and^^^  offered  biinit^£^e#iiigstof 
f^lean  beast,  aad  of  evety^leto'-fowU^^^?^ 
jLord«^ifcLT  a  sweet  savour,  -and)  the'/Lord  saifi^d 
jbrief  t:|iieai^/rl  ^iU  not  dtgain  vcurs^- 1^5  g»6bifd  lauy 
poref  for  mai)'«  sake  ^  for  tbe^^iniaginai^hiTfxh^ 
heart  r  is  evil  froiit  his  ^yoUth:  neither  wiH<cP'a^8^^ 
nmii'^  any  more  every?  thi^  diving  as^  i  hare?doii^i'*^ 
Ami  ifideed^mati  mayTea^bfiably  think  ^iiier&.was!  mid 
^eadion^  for  Ihs  purses  cotiM  >no(t^meBdcitt'M''Btf<fe 
Ood^^f  Moses  had:  fi$if^ers< too,  witb  wikiehphe/virRite 
^h^  (tabJesT-oCrthe  ;coipmand!Bentsi'M»DiBuli  ixFftO; 

rrtJ&e^  wrestled  with  his  \^od  a^  vove&BCE^e  1^^ 
lto<^ >•♦**;  A* a  prince  hast  'thoii' power  ivi^  Gbd^and 
.with'Tmc^jVaildv  hast  prevailedyt^said^  JaeoHj?d[S)0& 
'^(HCQb  caUed  the  name^f  the  ^lace  Peiriel^ffor  -f /havfe 
(Seeai^od '^Bgseto  faice^vand  Bay>  1^  iy>piD^en?e<icr 
Was  it  the  will  of  Moses's  God  to(keepli£naaikinA 
-i^!i^iH>^nic^*  lestMi^n  sheuld'ktiol^n^ofditiwtrtrjGbd, 
a^/r^iel-^'^'^id[.%e^iBg  them  i^brai^ibflke'^t^sedi 
yfic^f^lnff^we  find,'?  Geaw-viii'*'  i4;(repeiif€idth0<fi.oni 
fthM  ife  bald  made  man,  and  it  grieveflFrififai'^Qiib 
^^^.jil/  M4y  itudt'heiiee  bfeitiferaed^  tfaafbe^kqew 
g^Hb^Wf^fisVworkinsCnship  wojikld  tiinr  (»it^^^^ 
•^iVfaftfidis^^pointed  ih  Hife  e5Epeotatidnst?jtF^  4ife 
^3^  ktt0w»  Ififet  wai^b^  liie  evetitt)6jbis  ,o#nrafat 
beforehand,  can  never  repeiit  itftetfca4:al8t  flo]ft,tiiB?- 
0}^^^^  Sfjonld  regnJatcr:  *iis(pi^edi^»gid  bs  to 
-pr^fl^faft>*ause  of:gHeftfor  ;<b3aKlg:iti;3Srnd'fe{feBt> 
($Pll9£0fl  |i^Qitnt]of  disfrt)pointmeiit^dgii{jclbi!f  hm^ 


m^ 


m 

3(trb©£|jrfld.i3f  tMeitsesifwas  alsQiSuj^i^ct  t<y.beifirid;G 
aQ4'^^'^^^^^^^  ^^  'lefrQshm^nt  r  former  lie  hadA 
b^U  :^or^JBg;5ix,<lays,'  in  i6aking?tteiwoiM,^be<Jpd*t-* 

ttopfilreihe  bfcssed  4herSEyeiith  day  4ikd  c^siderfed ^ 
p^xM>0JiafiDg>0ietB<,^rd&iiiing4t  |tiiay>©f  restfoctbfeiii " 
tQQi  itfeat.M^ey  f«iight  ^je  rdfBefihed  >^^^ 
bjQ^^Bb.^  j>Tteiind^d^M6fcaie<i  a  lei^ing  /pity^Ji 

wti^ftl^  s^v«d  4)iiyi  NofthJaBdiiMs  r^mily-^u(4)f^i^: 

Wj^^Iii.  ilksDofcim^e  be^&fasBfbettej?  *a  do  so^itiaijt«€f{ 
Imm  destPoy^diittfiiBMt be  bad  notthen  a  Mose^'tai 
mollify (bijB  anger^aa  wben  bpLwouldlhaTe  ddstatayiid * 

alliJ&fstel  i:UfK)a  tfeeiriaffi^nting^  M 
calf;  and  again,  when  the  spies  disbeaitenadiithis^ 
p§Opl©ifroiaiattempting  toi  conquer  thetland  wb^h 
ttol/)rdip^roBii^ed  to  gisre  them*    la^Nc^ib^s  tinb©/' 
tpipfetee  saeo)  betler,  Opd  is  aaid  ita  'have  destrbyedi 
tife^^iir^  'mdttQ  Mve?;soAired''  the>^^arth(agaiiivwithHh^^ 
s^v^pmd'il '^vJiieh, iaa jsoensastit  grew a^aia,  pradimi 
c^  l^bf  ^m&  ^^tHa^d <£t£terHM  &)uAdithatlaIi>#if^ 
^ril^iitiilKe  liRorld^  jarose  iramiii^borsingat/  Ire  «tj)astit 
>j5h^l)e:»iwelt;  ;th«(grat0ful  savpaqof^oah'ff'sat^^ 
re$div^l^%l?brseitQb  mare;  ;a& Jx€^fou)sid a^ithirigsp 
a§,  well  iiais  ma»J  beiag  cursed,-  evii  i^as>  nik|ui?fi^  td* 
tb^m;  "theima^atioiiof  baslbearif  beings  feviVfipjffl^ 
lliSi^^Qutb*'!?-  jf  Jthe  rCT*^e&jbad  beeii  -washcKl  dwJayB 
J^'  the  flood,  there  migktb^ve  been  some  liope»tttatf 
jna»^  ?indrt^ieaEfch  might  possibly  becoaie^ettfAr ; 
^ttt  35^.  see  Ihey  jwere  not ;  iibf  the  serpenfegoes  iipdn/ 
his  beily  $till,;  ^oman;  still  &nds  'pain  iil  ij^rsn^oi^ 
forth  children,  and  poor  men  still  eat  their  bread,  by 
the  sweat  of  their  brow:  theeartli  bring4|ai'th^yi|5rns 
jaud  thistV^^^  still,  an4  ^9thipgsyi^r^iik§  to  goi^.^^tl^y 
all  together  make^ne  commojiand  geaiejai  bonfire- 


25^ 

- JFiioug^  lit  ;k  I  said  thaft .  Gddi  ctttldi'  Mbs^,  1 6*  liftfe- 
canst  not  see  my  face  for  there  sbail  no  man  see-Hii^ 
aH«l:iiliwci.t!'-     Aad;  fig!ain,rV  mjr^^lfelde  lshi^l^dt^%e 
sberi :''!  jand  *'  ^hiiA  nainan  idid  vseetiser  iisatr^sefe 
"  also  BO  man  .'hath  seen*  Ooda^Mai^w^tiiBev§'''^^ 
re?id  tbatOodi8pake*K>th  to  Jacob||4m4^^o^€41i  ^^^^ 
t0  facev  asi,va  man  s^eaketh  ta^Uis  ifr%a»dJ    And;^  ttmi^ 
't  th/ere  srose  notaiprojphetinllsi^eiiik&unt&'Mosedi 
(ihe  Lord  knew  face  to  facfe.W^  jMjiy  rhdmi  thjfet^ 
and  Aaron,  Nadab-^ffl^A&ihav'iind  ^^se¥ei^-: 
^of  Israel  saw  thelQod  of  i  i^ni^l and i^ild ^t> 
and  idrink.ttn  ;  Jfor  w  rthis  lalK  fobiMoses  teflsj^li^ 
people  i  .thai;  j15the  Lord  \  v talk^f  fwith  the^  a  fee^^iJ? 
ficfe4$"'  Perhaps!  Godrs  fece  mig&t?be>toWiEU:ds^1:h^» 
p^opkg  but  !he  W8s^  3SO  far  •  aff>  dipon-  the  tojj  M^^^' 
mountplhat  they  t  did  aaot  see;him:  ihoweirer^it  in?sti*5 
rfepartiedfthat  they ^  <Md ;  for  iMoses  tells  God  ^  ithart^ 
'  vfithe  people  /had  iheaa?d  j  .that  he  Jiwas*  «^ni  jamori^ 
them  (face  to  face.^p^rt  i^ni.uM'n  .:-:Si'^^.^y^^ .  \\^^ 
li  ^STjonders;  are  easily  believed  ib^f igifor^^  pi^p(lefi 
syad  they  as  ^(easily  report  and  assert;  as*  tMthrMi:h«i- 
theybelieye. .  If  it  be  thoagbt^feh^  "M^sesi  dldvftot^ 
se^ i'Giod'When^he  talked!  j  with  Mm^ '  l«flthltheir  face^ 
toiw^ards  .eachfothea'^i  beea«se^hat,tb^^MjQ^S«mit'-af 
y^  dh>hisi i£etde  ^t  it  wks-  ntit  ^iiM <^6e^  c^a^;  ^^  to> 
h  the  ?  ;*^e^  wtien  Jb^  ^poke^  tothe  peoplfe/^btft  tdok  iit  ©ff^ 
^hsBhi'he:  ;went  tbuspeakctdLthfe >I^)i?dV|ltlt  b^attejhs^ 
c^^Oi^ldib^c  the  shining  c^)the  Iio^  &n^JSii^^iij^|]bf]^t' 
the  Ipe0f]^e  could  not  bJeartc^  behold  ^liii^J^bi]||^J0^ 
JVfeaaesfs/ €j^e^>  j  €5im$iBqii*entlyji4hsKce;  '-^ifti^'  d  Ifil^^ 
a^u^  dmiauee  bet^ebn;  ithe  peopletlaftd  Mo6^s>t^dbiiib^ 
b(fekiit8eQdMe8«s^andithevLord^rn..o-*et'>  .^^^^^^    ^^^Jji^l 

:  iJbi«<feaklothal  CU>d?t«mptednA^raha 
wtbqtharr  herwoiiid'skill^liis:  ^^dyibelojifed  seia;^at;l3& 
c^tti^PBWid  tfsajptratige 

iJphni.  18.    -,      ,      I  Gen.  xxxi,i.  aq.  ._  limEx.^xxxBL.  IL., 


iSE* 


'X  -., ...  ■■  ■-   ...     '  y~- 


58 

fedxi^vor ^jbdtt  any?  Q0e  ^Ise?.  it  does  not  appear  t^  i  b(B 
Qa|>ablis  f  «^ii  r  producing  any  *  ■:  Xha  command  i^Wi 
aii»>^«rsfsno<gpQd  end?  cannot  be  k  good  comnfaii^ij 
Mldan?eyil  60aimand?cannotcome  from  a  good  JBe- 
ing*.  <  TOiatt  then  is  it  to  teacli  ns?  what  can  it  mean 
bat  that ntdiwnei commands  must  be  obeyed,  be 
fey. good? or; evil;  that  God  is  an  arbitrary  Beings 
aoad  may  eommaad  either ;  or  that  actions  are  good 
©If  bad  not  by  their  nature,  tendeney  or  conse JJ^^ 
ees^^ibot  /as^^  they  are  (said  or  supposed  to  be)  die 
tomraand'OfGodl?  for  Abraham  did  but  imagine,  it 
to  besuchi  ina  vision  or  a  dream,  and  never  reasottr* 
fcdj  afeout -the  natnire  of  it;  when  he  was  broad 
awake;  therefore  this  action  was  not  Abraham^ 
reasonable  s^rice,  but  the  eflfect  of  whimsical 
enli^isiasmi  li  M  absurd  commands  can.  be  of  God* 
menthave^no  criteitibn  whereby  to  distingnish  what 
i&the  command » of  Godiv-iiifOi  ^vd-m  ^fmmiqlsm 
v/t«It>ifi  >©bj©oted  <iiat  God  only  gave  this  Gommand 

toQtiy  AWabam.  i  Bnt  whaiti  an  ignorant  impu^atiQa 

upxHD (God. iiV^eis  -this,  as<thG|ig>k  he  did  j(K)t^kDowitJ^ 
loaB'^iiheai^.  without  ^o  immoral  a  trial !  iBut^C^od 
srasr;  willing  the  world  should  know  italso*  ^What 
benefit <w^£7^>  tl^  the ; world?  f^Was  it  -to  teach  tbf^ 
tiseA  Gqd(\ipas  capable  of  giwng  men  such  a^mmntand, 
9iid4bat>itheM-ihtention.of  obeying  it  was  so  hce^ptf 
Hhjestfct  HHm?»i(Pid>faot  fthis^^jnnthe  fbiindfe^ifteiifef 

:llBiiiawjda€ffifiQ^,  vnay  i  for  the  sacrifice  d^  i  ^fi,:»ooB 
msd i^daughfeetrs :  o^f  fnen,  -^Mtd  that/  the  .dearec4h^?f 
pwSie  to  itl^k  iparea^,  thet  moFe>|^€eptab}ei  tkg^ 
inn^ifeito 'God  ?  .*^  Now  J  know -thou  leare^Godi*^** 
i£^ddjii^  made  to  >  sfiy)  i  >  peeing  thou;  hai^^xiftt  iwil^taMii 

jA^-son^  /thine loniybsfwi.  froBi/.inieiom  kf  55i>nr  oi  cis^'i^ 
It?  It  wasirm  ^hei  same  plai^  off^etyothatii^e^kt^ 
3£idrific^iiisfdtoighteri;  psi^^the  pn^ti^fffQi^j^^ 
ly;f  (hit  hCT  tWcatfu/IfcGdd'Jw^as  so  preased^vitbfAe 
Jirai&diiteationi  iSLaiaQji Abrahain'iS  cas^;  tibti9W)in\)^ 

%iQre>^raight.4iiieiibargvfe)  'would  he'kGi^X&aib/tii^YmlA 


>Wlfet  ^ faitlrf\il  wt>t^ipp€**^^o^ rtG«io3tt)rifea]Silclii«ps9. 
t&ft*  be 'Was  willing  to  db  either^evil  bpgoodia^ii^&iia 
cdMdiand, ' and  not  hesMatd ^ at/  tfa^ idteed,^ irordoi^ait 
'f^^h^f  it  w^s^his  eolBHiiiatfd  o^  nfo  t^iflgf  st4:ongpin 
the  fkith  of  it,  was  ^enough;  without  considferiflgthd 
Battire*  of  it,  to  confirm  its  being  so.  He  was  willidj^ 
io.^mmit  munier,  for  God's  sake j  on  an  hfnocent 
c^P,  who  had  never  yet  done  any  l^ing  thatimight 
displease  either  God  or  inan.  Sucb^M^fets  Aferaiham 's 
^ety  t  such  his  faith%ln6ss!?  A  '^r^obteirousT'-aaiid 
absurd  faith  leads  to  p*e^t9ste?oti8  ^  and  -  abjsttrdcjEu>4 
hdttsi  how  fiecessary  tfen  it  isthat  otrrfaith>fifeoifld 
ie'ifound^d  on  rigiit  principles  and  a  ■r&asoabBble 
^  ttdgment.  If  G<^  may  command  tfee  inii4)ce(it^ta 
i^'^6rifidedv  and-^a,  'Will  to  obey^  that  oomsisanjd^as 

^^fdi^to- 'himi;  ulu^eh  m<^re  mttsttit^berao^litable 
and  pleasing  to  him  to  sacrifice^  theT^^oked^  ItiiHie 
^hO'^^are-wi^iked  enough  iiot  to^^eym}^ackK<iiitn~ 
ffi^&dd'to  %€f  6f  God.  Hei*6  the^ii  is  ar  notable  fotini 
4^mi  a^d  authority  to  pei'Secute  'for  ^GodTs^sWcei  |u 
&< '^hllt*^Abrah?tm's  son  was  spared  waaafiCTaidiilgcaic© 
^flGF6d  to^jtrd  himi ■'  He  c^mmandedi the 5aj(fctioiB(iag 
ifee^hifetOPy  c^ayfejail'd  tie  i  appeared-  (^ediflrntritoiftl 

i^'Ai^  Abraham  had  pleased  £^4Q^t}xe>  atteiibpV  0«d 
plfia^ied  Abrahlno^  isv ^^^^  Buffering''  ihimitHiAH  ttli% 
«^i€tiN^f^h1ie^bain^^  tbej#M 

1»0Bo«e|^iy^ witbit,^ Jso  pfcbdigiously, ttettfaet^icwedffi^ 
^feiiaiDepi%i<sipally*<Jnftte  accoutrt ;  ^beci^B«*hA|eraBf^ 
"^^  hdd'  iih^eady  sacrifii^  him  in ,  his  dipdl    ^%^ 
^bih^^d^dtei^  be  transmitted  Itf^sf  to  ^]iew>tliat€lo4|^ 
h^rnH'^imtml  ikatuFe ;  for  admitting  ^fttiGbcbtor^ 
given  to  man  a  moral  iia4arve,aad/b)cyrablii»'s^iervMBv 
g^t^©fa^t;tGofcb  caiia6titherefor>e  adieotttMry  td  it, 
by  fcJGinrtnanding  any  i  t^ifig  imctforal  hini^^ifti  ^i^ 
«fc<^l«^^4^ti  pannot^^Wiff €^  untritt$ifsay'aiMiuml-| 
ib^l  do^/a^kl  nado,  Hke  igndrantand  cbaiigieBibie  maiil 
fittr(&odt;no^rate  of  adtiofi  ?  AmmbttlHskLMitceataiA  ^, 


li 


and  nnckangeable  ?  or  is  he  capricious  ?  does  he 
command  men  to  serve  him  one  way  at  one  time, 
and  the  clear  contrary  at  another  time  ?  are  wisdom 
and  truth  uncertain  powers  ?  is  God  the  God  of  or- 
der and  wisdom,  or  of  disorder  and  foUy  ?  are  we  to 
believe  him  to  be  capricious  iii  his  will,  mutable  in 
his  measures,  .iHjstafele  m  his^  laws,  .and  that  he 
commands  men Wdb'thidgs  foolish  and  wicked,  to  try 
their  obedience  ? ,  if  God  was  capable  of  doing  %as, 
wh^fwcmld  be  able  to  know  what  the  commaridft'of 
€rod  are?  and  how  could  it  appear  that  they  were 
worthy  to  be  obeyed?  Is  Abraham  s  faith  a  patten 


afTbi'fratfy 'pbw-et  of  jpri^sts,  and  ,whb  Were  to  learn 
the-  law  of  God  from  their  tiiJtiilis.'  No  woni^e]^ 
therefot^  ^■tsrsaid"'Ky  ^aj'  of  commendatio  Abra^ 
h!^%  rmpficit  faith,  and  re^i^  dbe^nC^^  wil^puj' 
^t^Ni^^&^/essi^aM^^;  o^  tosi%iad>Gni  it,  that  Atfa- 
m^  W^r^  ^o^y  -^^^it  ^s  ^MihM  to  Uim"^     , 

s«r^^itt  ^^ ^tft  f  bnt^^cti  ^^  Mk  ^HM'M^ 

:^fel-th6i^el^  cflMabn^^M^ ^e'^Sl^^l'^f^^^ 
^hidh  are '  a*  ^e^^s^dty  iiAi-o^toi      tO"h1s  iW.  are 
e^yf^rnkmig  Sm^bsi  th^Mbses  teiglit'jtlie  'rbo^ 
]^^^Hm^  #fere'  Wd^  Ms  disciblihie^i6bSeitii^j^ 
^  afe«^  ^y^e^^i^^ite  W%b  ^it^Tf  \herfefbr^  ih^y 
ebV^t^'^tiig  ^Itiat  '^^life'  pr^tefisi(^''t(y  "f^Uafily; 

x^iM^osa^  i^bf^^vin^;feis 

i¥€re-  caic^feted  to  i  gbv^ii  M  "i^horfiLht '  miiftitudPe, . 
£^  ifeb  ^Jf^  tfenr M'  a  stat^  of  isiibjec1^'^u|(^8|R^ 


tmc^vMmWr  BiitVbuld  nbt  have^jiiytiirafM  , 
d^c^ib  Ifii^^thetti  i«^\vis^  ^ople:;,^^ '  ^^  ,^  \  ''^J^Z 


ut 


-loio  boD  ddi  botj  gi  J  giijvvdq  nh'.n'jonu  lUini  hii£ 
pj  i)v/  snfi  T  Yfioi  hiUiV^;^^  ^o  lo  .,rao4>5iy  him  pb 

/emueii^m  Eld 


Sryyanndjnu   ba& 


nt3fn  ajjfljjiiimoy 


■  JJIfe?  '^jfTlu 


>J>  J-O 


.■  r  .r 


o^ 


^-a 


?-^Oi 


io  'iiiilil 


.  Th  e  Te:w^  remarks  made  in  put  Ja^  Pi?P?r>  '?^%iS9^ 
particulai^lBtiet^i^ 
riotiQns.he l|k«^^^  of  the  ^dty^  were  ae^i^^^t^:  ^^ 


^ch^pretetisjoris  werj  cpi 

fivers, '  tfc«)tigh.  nbii#liiie  tliI6se§^:?kifte1bra«i^t  '^^ 


him  aj^-ihis  Religion  $0  be  4t^  Joapm  remarJtHbl^ 


Hy%|m^',bpcSiise  if  itw  ^.f^s^  \^^Qt^%]<wie^l 

hlsToiloW^feVs,  ;tvJia  nfiust  bave/ib^ein  a,  great  ^miMCj 
orniMj.  ,^q4  ^  b^eyer  orhjs^^nd|rfoljt^^ 
by;  ^  onei  'iuiit  ^^4?^va  adv^ej^  'fco^^j^ 

th^'crfeliit;  ofj  tdi  reliWqn^d  ft^tioji .? ,  c^^h.Q»g^  froob 


specified  hereafter  :*^  At  present  it  k  sufficient  to 


•  Dr.'fliU  tells  us  ihliji^d^t ioff  1(5ba'a^^^^  Nature,  pa^e  205." 

That  taSfd  Bolihgbtiokfe  ijoestions  Whether  the  Pentateucfi  was 

KkUjr  <^rittilii  by  Mostst  and  says,  it  i«  no^impossiblie  these  tra- 
ditions w^re  compiled  after  bis  time^-And.  page  iSlj'He'ttjnjetr 


• 


I-!/ 


// 


.er^- 


ff 


say,  ft  is  no  wonder  if  common  tradition  is  generally 
behevwi,  true  or  false  ;  for  mankind  in  their  mino- 
rity put  implicit  faith  in  their  predecessors  and 
teachers.  The  authority  our  instructors  have  over 
us  in  the  times  of  our  ignorance  and  weakness  of 
understanding,  and  the  veneration  we  entertain  ior 
their  opinions,  oblige  us  to  credit  whatever  they 
tell  usjand  nsany  never  concern  themselves  after- 
ward'to  call  the  truth  of  tradition  in  question ;  thus 
error  is  handed  down  from  generation  to  generafi^on. 
This  ought  to  be  well- considered;  for  the  neglect 
of  Free  Enquiry,  each  for  hinaiself,  is-  the  cause  of 
general  ignorance :  by  which  the  passions  of  men 
are  interwoven  vrith  their  opinions,  and  blown  up 
into  a  flame  against  each  other,  for  differing  in  their 

fiilr^  Riat  the  history  of  Moses  was  compiled  from  other  traditions, 
that  the  writers  of  the  Old  Testament  are  so  contrary  to  one  ano- 
ther, and  on  the  whole,  so  improbable,  that  they  may  all  be 
comprehended  tinder  the  name  of  febnloos' relations. — —And, 
page  433,  With  what  front  can  we  reject  the  authenticity  of  books 
compiled  and  preserved  by  Egyptian  priestd,  when  we  receive  the 
Old  Testament  on  the  faith  of  Jewish  Scribes,  a  inost  ignqiant 
and  lying-  race.— — TJiat  the  Scriptures  of  the  Jews  were  losf^ore 
than  once,  and  how  they  were  recovered  the  last  time,  is  M  least 
nokpown  to  us:  whether  they  were  recovered  at  all  in  «.9lrict 

•     I  sense,  may  be,  and  has  been  questioned. Page488)he  ^dds 

njat  there  are  in  the  Scriptures,  things  as  unworthy  of  tJod,  re- 
cotd&d  of  him,  as  of  fbe  Mahometans,  or  Pagans. — '■ — A^lm, 
we  caouot  believe  that  the  Jewish  systems  are  the  word  of'Ckni* 
because  we  find  iu  them  repugnancies  to  the  nature  ofvCtod, 

ftbsi^ditiQS.  and  contradictions. An4  he  adds,  says  Qil  li[i|)| 

4ifrt'we  cannot  believe  in  Moses  and  his  God,  without  disDeSMeV* 
&ig^tGod  whom  oar  reason  demoQStrates  to  exist.— Thfil^i'Bi- 
•m^eoavinceft  him  that  there  is  apowerfiil  and  wise  God,  ibM^^kftt 
w  ti^  Bjble  he  ddes  not  find  the  supreme  Being  whjch  R«t^li^^ 
4«noosfi^t{t8.  The  moreihe  compares  what  Moses  is^lj^yn 
^od,  the  more  he  finds  it  repugnant  to  demonstration,  and  iUl  ob- 
▼idos  trnth.-^^^ — -^at  .nothing  can  more'  reseivble^b^  m^i^ 
rabbinieai  notions  than  Uie  ancient' Mocatod  tiadili(mi,'Mil'^[4t 
^e  same  ignorance  of  nature,  physical  and  moral,  and  the  t^ne 
ifTeiM^£Ot  conceptions  of  th^  supreme  Being  pr^jUl  io  botii^T-r*^- 
'^'  e^^swers  Dir.  HiU  makes  to  th«|e  objectipas,  ^le  fo  ^^^jMii 
ling,  ihat  torecite^em,  it  wo«rH  appear,  «a  if ;\|o4yi6.«B^f» 


i 

bKfe^  aftal||f»^i  fimd  j>fcrsecu(Sbai  s^  n  ian  i    t^  \^^  y W 

^^lie  JR^^i  ^e^Mt^ji^  aU  a6<K)Ufite  ^11$  the  Jewish 
^tiadi^o|i/;>'b<^i»ie  tbat  only  is  iMtieFed^to^b^itme 
y^\  Q^Hs^iM.    But  m  attending  td  t^jwe  ^^l 

lu^me  ^iie  ^l^ity  of  j^reely  enqiiiiiAg  Mo  the  ji>i!d- 
^bdbility  of thefects,  ^  tbey^aB  repfeeetotedy  an&^f 

liU^bH:ig  su«h.  <^bsei*va|ipn9;  and  i^flectioim  thereco^ 
;  ^!  B8(tiiiraUy  aijse  froia  *heir  representatioD*^  -    -^  f 
•>  'Israel^'  th®  Gommpir  fatheriOT  th€»e^people,ib8wl 

twelve  sftftff/  of  ^l¥0m  oame  thirtoea  tr^s^  e¥0^ 
»icme'keepiBg  the  pedigree  4tf  his?  famihf,  topresecwe 
'ftbe'  knowlet^e  of  whatt  irij^^h&^b^nged4o^  ^^^ 

these  sons  of  Israel  jUved  l^jTikeepk^  sl^eep^j^s  tHeii; 

i^Jitel^Jritjfe^:  i^feeaosei'  th^i^uiigei^^  '^ 

j^^iEie  ^^a^  Joseph,  j^li^is  fatfefir,,^^theK 

id^^i  land  thesicff  J  of  their  ^t^r^JQ^iQak  aod^ 
^ ^^Dif  sfee^s  ;^ey  were  atlH^f  r^sa  <^p«d^  «^i 
1' j|d^^a^  t^^^  j;nd.iP*^§ta-ateiff  ai 

JBisuid  I 

ream,  to  enable  the  king  to^ 
3 


34  ' 

roe^wealtli  of  Egypt.     If  ^e  <Ud  not  mve«tth^reaiff^ 
for  the  king,  it  is  certain  he  invented  the  interpreta-^. 
tion;  which  sq  mightily  pleased  the  king,  ^tfae 
Ktiped  Joseph  from  his  prison,  to  the  highest  dignity .; 
in  the  kingdom :  and  thus^  gave  him  power  to  putV 
the    scheme    intended    by  the    interpretation    of^ . 
his  df earn  into  practice.     It  is  not  altogether  imprip-., 
bable    thM  he   was  the  author  of  the  dreamy  a£^  / 
well    as    of  the  interpretation,  -  because   himself 
only    could    interpret    it   to   the  satisfaction   of 
the  king.     By  this  stratagem,   he  obtained   great 
power  and  honour  from  the  king,  and  in  return  he 
made  him  despotic  master  of  all  the  wealthy  cattle^  , 
and  land  of  Egypt!  so  that  the  people,  at  last,  hav- 
ing nothing  left,   sold  themselves  ta  their  king  for 
slaves,  to  prevent  their  being  starved  to  death.  -If 
the  story  .be  true,  which  indeed  is  amasdng,  how, 
eame  the  people  not  to  rise  in  rebellion,  and  seize 
the  maga5anesV)f  6om,  instead  of  remaining  coi^ent 
to  receive  just  enough  for  subsistence,  though  not 
sufficient  for  seed  ?  as  it  ^^as- thus  he  brought  upon 
thesu  that  famine  he  had  foretold.     He  bcKight  the. 
corneheap,  and  sold  it  excessively  dear;  firsts ^e  got 
all  theit  money,  then  all  their  cattle;  afterward  all  ^ 
their  lands-;    and  lastly,    their  very    bodiei(!  they 
agreed  t(»  labour  for  the  king,  amd  give  him  one  fifth., 
-of  tiie produce  for  ground  rent;  he  being- becopae 
land-owner  of  all  Egypt,  the  land  of  the  priests  AfQC"^  ■ 
i  Toepted :  and  in  concert  with  t^se,  he  deluded  sufid 
v^nslaVed  the  uniiappy  people.     During  the  tim^  of 
;  thie  femine,'  Jose^v  not  unmindful  of  his  ow^  ^v^^gr, . 
aot  only  su^ppjied  them  with;eorn,  but  broiig[itt>iis- 
Cather^  his  btrethren^  aud  all  t^eir  de&QendjBLt^:^Qd 
gave  them  a  settlement  in  the  most  fruitful  tpsMTt;  of. 
ihe  vsdu^  coimtr^  of :  Egypt  ^  a  donation  ni^ti^iffi-: 
J  ^<a»lt  for  hiiBt  <|0"  robtainr  for  them^ ;  api  ithe^  |^|»g^  ^^4 
stewHy  ice&sftf  ^y :- fec^efetin  favouf;  0^1 
iifi^jg)litiei4te48^lftijm^  awsidsH 


.-■'k: 


colony :  for  they,  jealbusl  of  the  j^owing  ntiinbfe^  of 
a  people,  so  favourably  distinguished  from  the  rest 
of  the  nation,  made  them  slaves  in  their  turn.  The 
imposition  of  hard  labour  on  men,  who  had  never 
been  accustomed  to  any  way  of  living  but  liiat  of 
sheep^keepi^j  was.  esteemed  great  sever^  Ijy  so 
lazy  a  people:  In  this -state,  however*  labour  made 
themhealthy,  and  they  got  children  a-pace>  be  cause  ; 
not  only  polygamy  was^^lawful  AVith  themi  but  concu- 
binage, and  promiscuous  whoxing :  all  these  modes 
being  practised  by  their  pious  patriarch !  and  un^re- 
formed  children  may  reasonably  be  stmposed  <  to 
tread  in  their  steps.  -       '     'v^}^'k4>(rj?)  bo^ 

^^^  The  Israelites,  who  are  also.called  Hebrews*  mulr  ^ 
tiplying  exceedingly,  is  said  to  be  the  caui^  that  ^tiie  ^ 
king  ^f  Egypt,  to  suppress  their  increasCji  sfent-lbr 
the  principal  Hebrew  midwives,  whose  names^«irei?e 
Shiphtah  and  Puah,  andordered  them  to  kill 'ail  the 
males  which  were  bom  to  the  Hebrew  women,  as 
soon  as  their  mothers  were  delivered :  an  order  which 
they  did  not  obey,  as  it  is  not  to  be  supposed!  th^ 
would,  not  being  threatened  with  any  punlsbiaent 
in  failure  of  obedience.    Gan  it  then  be-  sup^jlosed 
thiey  would  act  so  contrary  to  the  natural  lotfe=t0^eir 
oWn  peopfe  ?  and  hazard  their  lives  in 'Obeying  the 
king,  when  they  run  no  threatened  hazard  indisobey-  ] 
ittgiiim?   and  the  flimsy  apology   they    iiia«ie'fer  ,; 
themselves,  when  the  king  is  said  to  havexieilied 
tlWsm  to  an  account  for  non-compliance,  viz.-t^tthe  . 
Helnrew  women  had  such  quick  labours  %h^  thdy 
^e?re-delivered  before  a  midwife  could  come  to^tfaQm;;.  ' 
gives  this  story  an  appearance  rather  of  i&feiiti<iji  ^ 
thatoitruth.  1-      ^iitms^m^  ^  .(miiimn^  ' 

'  fitiJit^^  indeed  incrfedible>  thdjyi^  ^  ia  ssiA^^^imt^ 
r^W^s^^t  the  King  ordered  alibis  peopleitditetst 
''4Efl^^hferifver  every  son  that  should  be ?borai/|tt!i^€i 
Hebrews,  but  to  savfeevery  daugMefidfveJS  itt|  mi% 
'''fi«t4ite]y  thi^  mdet^oiM  fea  *«tt«Qe«k<ii0dr4haft 


/" 


1%e  oth^r^  for,  aocbrdingi^tb  the  ^rDverib,  'whatiJ! 
ey®^  body's  busine^^is  nobody's':    and  the  •  ^^-^ 
tian  tlat  would  dare  to  drown  aiL  Hel»ew  chiidii 
li^otild  be  sure  to  be  muidered  by  so  -powerftil  a  peor: 
pleas  the  Hebrews  are  represerited.  to  be^  ''even 
more  and  mightier  than  the  Egyptians*."     Noriis:k 
natural  to  think  they  would  act  this  barbarous  part 
to  babes,  who  claim  the  natural  pity  (rf  mcmkind^: 
except  the  Egyptians,  had  been  excessively  irritated 
by  cruelty  from  the  Hfebfews  :  and  if  so  they  would 
rather  seek  rev^ige  on  the  parents  than  on  the  chil^ 
dren;  whom  to  be  sure,  their  piacrents  would  defez^ 
to  the  ittmost  of  their  power.     Beside,  as  the  Jews 
were  made  useful  slaves,  why  should  the  King  seek, 
to  destPfty^em  ?  Therefore,  this  story,  on  exaniiiia- 
tidA,  has  not  even  the  fiice  of  probability ;  but  inay 
be  1  supposed  to"be  introduced,  to  cover  the  poverty 
of  the  i^Erents  of  Moses  their  Lawgiver  as  beii^  in- 
compatible with  his  dignity,  for  we  have  no  account 
&at  this^  order .wk&  ever  put  in  execution,  which,,  if 
it  had  been,  there  is  gredt  reason  to  believe  some  of 
the  tacts  would  have  been  mentioned.      Anoth^ 
reasofi  ^r  this  story ,  might  be  a  design  to  blackeir 
the  ^aracter  of  the  hated  King;  for  the  histoiy  of 
men j  and  especially  of  Kings,  is  repres^ted  good 
or  bad^  as  the  historian  is  prejudiced  in  his  favour^ 
or  against  him.     Moses  doubtless  thought  it  neces^J 
iWtty  to  asperse  the  characters  of  the  Egjrptian  Kings, 
m  ikvour  of  hi^  own  nation :  himself  too  had  beeii' 
goMty  of  a  murder  that  ctmld  not  be  concealed,; 
(thotigh  he  took  measures  to  conceal  it)  and  had 
alsoMattempted  to  excite  the  Israelites  to  rebellion,t 
for't«4iioh  he  was  obliged  to  fly  the  kingdom  to  save 
his  life.    This  story  pf  commanding  all  the  Hebrew 
bribes,  ^Mtt  #ere  bom  males,  to  be  killed,  helpff?to 
^fia^e  th#  Woody  imissacre  -and  robbery^^  herealker 
tb'be-fetatigfl,    ij^ch^' was    concerted   by  Mo86»^ 
l^#^o^aMai^  t)^  4e^^4ssassi^s  €n^  tteMgyptiansv^ 


-»*-'*>^' 


^    ■    ^- 


.  "  -     -      -  ■/  ■       -  ■ 

in  fee  night  wherein  they  all  -  ran'  away  fi^ot  Uhdt 
masters.  -     -  -'  -  ■;■-.■;  ^^tj:  .lur^j--  r/viJ. ^^--t-u-i*. . 

The  birth  of  Moses,  as  we  ha^e  it  i^laitedtin  ^ 
}iistoiy  of  the  Hebrew:  nation,  is  thus : 
i^:  Moses  was  the  youB^er  son  of  Amram/  and  the 
grandscm  of  Kohath^  tke  son  of  Len ;  one  ^f .  iihe 
twelve  scHis  of  Israel,  who  went  into  Egypt,  to  settle 
t^re  with  the  rest  of  his  diildren.  Aaron  was  bro- 
ther to  Moses,  older  by  three  years,  and  their  ^ister 
Miriam  must  be  supposed  to  have  been  at  least  three 
years  older  than  Aaron,  or  she  could  not  have  been 
ea4)able  of  acting  her  part  so  well  as  ^e  did,  to 
serve  heit  little  brother  Moses,  and  her  motier. 
For  when  the  babe  was  three  months  old,  and  as  it 
is  said,  she  could  no  longer  hide^  or  radsec  keep  ^ 
him,  she  contrived  tohave  him  papcrvidfed  toby  a  sta«T» 

tagem^  She  made  ia  basket  of  bulnishes,  and  daub- 
ed it  with  slime  and  pitch,  to  pi^event  the  water 
getting  in,  which  shews  the -poverty  of,  his  ^pEirc^ats, 
for  had  they  been  rich,  they  would  doubtless  have 
made j  what  is  called  the  ark,  of  better  stuff;  Into 
l^iis;,  the  mother  of  Mose&  put  him;  and  laid 'it  in  t^ 
flags  by  the  river's  biink,.a  littie  b^ore  the  Pidncess 
came,  (who  used,  with^some  of  her  maiden  atten- 
dants, ^6  walk  that  way)  that  ibe  mk^t;  tdte  notice 
of  the  child,  in  «rder  toTtsfiiturewelmise;  The  little 
girl^  his  sister,  stood  at  a  distance,  asdirei^ted  by  the 
parents,  t6  havfe  an  eye  to  the  childi  Other  hist^^^ 
tails  the  Priticess,  by  the  name  of  l^ennut^>  4i^ 
says,  she  was  the  dai%hter  of  King  Ortw  li:  who 
bame^as  was  expected,  to  wash  or  walk  th^^;at- 
tetided  by  h^r  maidensi  Seeing  the  l»k$kfit  ai^oi% 
th^  -flags,  •  curiosity,  induced  i^r>  to  Hdi  oro r<» 
h^irmaids^fetch  it  to  her.  When  she  opened  fi^iiiu^ 
i^w/thetQhUd^  that  it  wept, -moved  with  a  compel^ 
siDin  natttrsl  talbet  fie^,  sbeiiad  pit^vOii'iir  W" 
thi^i^^oite t](f the ilel»rews'  <;hildreBv  iwi^cfi^ii 
omMmj  ronslto  her,  ^e  little  ^P^JiiS^^iii&Bl^ 
instructed  what  to  do ;  and  askefd^ Aq  Jf^         « 


s^^vouIiS  go  aQd<mll  0B6<>f  the  Eebretr  ^v^^oiii^^  t&i 

ntii^e  the  babe?  The Prineessbade her  go;  a»d'^e 
giri<<ralied  the  child- s  mother ;  whom  the  Princess 
(not  knowing  it  to  be  the  mother)  employed  as  nurse, 
and  paid  her  wages,  which  enafeled  her  to  bring  up  her 
own  diild.    When  he  was  grown  up>  the  princess 
adopted  him  for  her  soni  called  him  Moses,  which 
signifies  one  drawn  out,  or  taken  up,  i.  e*  afoundlmg: 
and  gave  him  a  princely  edueaLtion,  in  all  theieam- 
ing^^  Egypt,  then  a  very  polite  nation.     Thus;the 
tenderness  of  the  princess  ignorantly  nourished  a 
viper,^^  destined  to  gnaw  the  vitak  of  Egypt.     Moses 
was  brou^t  up  in  the  best  way  of  acijuiring  the  ut- 
most knowledge  that  Egypt  could  give,  of  he  receive ; 
which  enabled  him  ta  be  a  profound  politician,  a 
great  naturalist,  and  a  skilful  magician :  which  r  lat- 
ter art  was  in  great  esteem  at  that  time  in  Egypt^ 
an^  some  tkink  he  was  admitted  into  the  order  of 
their ^iests,  and  consequently  into  the  secrets  ictf 
pre^tei'aft ;  by  which  advantage  he  was  qualified 
fen r what  he-  afterward  undertook^     His  education 
fed  hiErambitioD,  which,  with  revenge^  appear  to  have 
been  the  rdgning  passions  of  this  meekegt  oi  m&sili^id- 
>\Me  have  no  particular  account  of  his<  actions^tiU 
^eiwas  forty  years  old :  when  it  came  into  his  heart  i 
toi  signalize  himself  in  favour  of  his  nationjlo//  os  bnh 
T80iie^dsy,riii  Ms  walk,  by^tite  river  side,  finding  an 
l^^^tiad  steiking  an  Hebrew,  whetiier  they  were ; 
filgfattng,  or  wheth^  it  was  a  taskrma^tectt&E^  beat^ 
hip,  >Ye  are  not  informed,  and  perha,ps  Moses  neyer 
c^o^iredlnto, the  cause ;   but  after  be i had>  tekisd^ 
©rety  way  abcHit  yin,seeing^  nobody -to  ^  witotiass^ 
a^inst  htiai,  he  murdered  the  Egotism,  and  Md  liid ' 
d^M  bpcly  m  the  sand.  But  ap  private  as^h^  |jtu^%fi|^ 

^J3SA^^w<i6^^»ess,  h^vfmmt^i^s^^mmi^ 

Bsirixa|w  iUieffie)»rewj  who^  received^ the  ^ ibloiira^  '^"?^ 
ii^l^teid  to^igecmif^K^ial  wasbecdilH^^  EeW^^ 


Imnseifwais^  Q^ljgre4.;  Ci^ct^^^es^ft  i 


.  haps  the  Hebrew  had  miii^o  much  malicelu  his 

:  as  to  wish  the  Egyptian  to  be  niurdered,  aind  abhor?r 
i'ed  the  cruel  and  cowardly  action:  and  theref^f^ 
told  of  it.  It  happened  the  next  day,  in  h^  wa;ft% 
Moses  saw  two  Hebrews  fighting  together.  Tk^i 
altered  the  case.  He  only  rebuked  one  of  tfaiesa^ 
him  that  was  the  most  quarrelsome,  and  asked  hi0, 

;  Why  he  beat  the  other?  He,  in  his  passionate  tem- 
per, answered  him.  What  bast  thou  to  do  with  our 
"Contention?  Who  made  thee  a  prince  and  a  judge 

'    over  us?    Dost  thou  intend  to  murder  me  as  thou 

didst  the  Egyptian  yesterday  ?  Moses  found  by  this 

speech,  that  the  murder  he  committed  in  secret,  as 

u    hie  though t;  was  blazed  abroad?  and  in  a  short  time 

.  this  fact  came  to  the  King's  ear,  whereupon  an  ordc* 

•  was  given  to  seize  him,  that  he  might  suffer  for  it. 
:  But  Moses  not  chusing  to  stand  trial,  conscious  of 
,  -Iris  guilt  *,  fled  out  of  the  kingdom,  and  came  into  the 

land  of  Midian.  Here,  while  he  was  sitting  cm  Ihe 
side  erf  a  well,  seven  daughters  of  a  priest  of  Midian 
c^me  to  draw  water;  while  they  were  filling  the 
troughs  to  give  their  cattle  water,  some  uas^nnedy 
shepherds  came  to  drive  the  maidens  away,  and 
■  serve  their  own  cattle  before  them;  butM^e^  gfel- 

*  lantly  took  part  with  the  lasses^  and  helped  t^emj, 
'  and  so  watered  their  6ock  first,  €is  they  came  first  to 

the  welL  It  was  a  cdmmon  custom  £9r ^le60(l^>^ 
tics  to  plague  the  girls  in  this  maimer:  sd  t^sitibey^ 
now  retaming  hooie  'sooner  i^hao^  eommo%  '!^i(i!|l^ 

•The  writer  of  the  epistle  to  %he  Hebrews,  &s  if  nb  wag  UD^ 
.  qttaidted  with  the  JewUh  hfetoiry,  8ay8icdn«ei*ning  Mdis*}iv  B'^b 
,    u.^^24^  25.  26%  27^  ithat^Vby  faitli  Mose^  w%ie»  be  iira»copife'to^ 
y^^^rAfuse4  to  b^.<;aM«d  t^e  ^^  voC,ph4r9/^'%4attg^i|^j{^l^, 
di)at^at  »ppc^n)  cWsing  rather  tf 
pie  «f  (j6^,  thaiJ  td'  enjoy  the  pleasdriis^'dr  sw  for >  4i 


1 


(W^aVafflietiofr  did b«  sftffjif  ?>  <•  ^rte^teftkg  the  f(^rd4!itllfi.  ^-..-w 
-gccBter  Mehe«  tfaan»  the  treasues  of  B^pf /' 1  <4TOa&^  ^lifdEbi^tP 


/.  . 


40  . 

f  f  4jfifc;fi4„tjii^m  fcbow  it  cnm0  to  pasfi,  '^^t  they 

^^ ,  „  ,  ^!SLt .  %.  stranger,  an  Egypt^ov  l^appened  to :  h^ 
tlier^,  who  stQpd  their  fidendi:  Aaci  wher^.  is,  he  ? 
Si^ljieir  fathei;^  why  did  you  n^t  ipvite  him  tQ  cppp^ 
homewithyQu  fox  m&  civfiity  ?  caJl.him  and  ask  him 
^peat.  They  went  and  did  so. 
•,.  This  was  a  li^cky  incident  t?a  Moses.  Here  he 
&und  a  comfortable  habitation ;  he  entered  into  an 
.i^e^ment  to  live  with  the  priest  and  serve  him  a$  * 
Sjj^pherd ;  and  married  one  of  his  daughters,  Zi^ 
po^h  by  name,  by%hom  he  had  two  son$.  In,  this 
situation,  he  continued  safely  and  quiet,  until  he 
heard  that  the  King  of  £^pt  was  dead,  m 
^rhose  reign  he  had  killed  the  Egyptism,  near  forty 
years  before.  And  it  seems  as  if  the  law  in  Eg3jrpt 
was,  that  a  crkninal  in  one  kingV  reign,  was  not  an- 
swerable for  ;wha^  wa8  4one  in  another's;  or  that 
everyiiiew  king  passed  an  act  of  pardon  for  all  offen- 
d^sat  hi«  coming^to  ^e-g^^rnment.  For  when 
Jfoses^heard  of  the  death  of  ttif  king,  he  appears  to 
imve  had  xm»  longer  any  £^ar  that  he  should  suffer  for 
3w]pia|'Was  past. 

.  #rwas  by  the  side  of  a  desert,  through  which  he 
^^%Qrward  je4  the  H^^ews  to  a  new  settlement,  that 
Jbe j£§pt  ,the  fiiock  of  J«»thro  his  ^ther-inTlaw.  No 
^^94ibt^  i^  a^  many  years  he  had  livedo  there,  he  had 
~  surveyed  all  the  parts  about  ijt»  made  J^ti»self 
oughly .  acquaiiM^  with  the  convemency  of 
ount  Sipn,  and  the  nature  of  the  Rod  Sea.  Here 
^^Wf^.jf^t  he  contrived  the  plot;  here  the  pjan  was 
Jb^wlMpiitii^r'^terwariU  ^^cte4>  Qf 

^tti?g  hi?  n^me  to  the  h^hest  %mty,  of  being  te 
t...  JT^?  |^#.«!^A^  his  p^ple,  their  iaw-giver, 
i0i^W^^mW  m3<*'.  flere,  then  w^,  l^e^ye ;|>w. 
ly^mteyMrJ^^pgrJw  P^  i^rmg  his  pwrpose  to  fi9^ 
litiu^  ]^f^|^K4  'to  his,  ^Bttb^  Jethro,  the  old  priept 

m\^3m  Wf}^^9F?!^€;"5ieiit,  an*  ^4v»i5^S» 


f 


tifeaffidf .  There  is mi^oiilrt  ib  Ife ms^  ib|K^ 
kept  a  borrespondence  with  his  brotli^  Asto^,  4iid 
sister  Mirialn,  in  Egypt,  by  whom  heAiight  ifow  re- 
ceifre  ihformaticm  iMt  he  mi^t  .be  isure  to  find  Ma 
naikoi  ready  fo];  ^irev^lt,  if  he  could  but  open  i&e 
waLy.  H'fjf  r^o'' .  ...-•■.     .      ■■.'■-'^ 

bslFhis  is  the  most  proper  period  for  concluding^  m 
thia  paper;  since  Moses  has  hitherto  been  seen  act- 
ing in  a  private  capacity :  in  our  next  we  shall  consi- 
der his  behaviour  in  public  character ;  as  the  Deli- 
verer, Legislator,  and  the  publisher  of  a  new  reli- 
gion, for  his  people.  '. 


^  ■ 

FREE  ENQUIRER. 

!  J  «*li 


No..  5.]  ;     'Saturday.       [Nov.  14,  1761. 

■^',  „  ',-^.-.'Ai-  ' — : ~ — """* ~~ — -.-.!'  .'j  '^-.,.  >^^-.*i- 

He  that  is  first  in  his  own  cause  seemeth  just ;  but  his  neighbour 

Cometh  and  searcheth  him  oat.  Solomov.  . 

•      '  ,.-■-■  . '   .  ■     „«f 

TH£m£  is  an  old  adage  amcmg  us,  that  one  story  is 
good  till, another  is  toid.  Amlf  aUerampari&n  says 
justice.  When  tradition  tells  her  story,  theifeiare 
always  enovigh  to  credit  it,  be  it  «vdr  so  extraVagaDt 
andromaatie.  Tht  marvellous:  pieaass  the  fkHil^y; 
-and  by  the  galeis  of  delusion,  people  are  cnrrieid  into 
th^/  wide  ocean  nt  imfdidit  £atth  and  believ^!  any^ 
thing.  But  those  Who^love  truth,*inust  not  redeive 
wiiit  witxits  natural  and  ratio;iml  probability  to  siq^ 
port  it";  when  the  maH^r  m  ji^gemeht  canadt  Ise 
^^ti^trpuHed:  by  another  narratioB.  ^fie^^iai^se^iilfi 
; jiidgej  an^dttUBt  idiv«8t  binyelf of  ^'^  -— 
'  l^j]ii<iacej  and,  mihetKiic^H^  wi^)d^( 
x)&pA  itito  hifii^lf ',  ibr^fcmi'thc^  MtHtM^  fiiibK'iM 
the  clamor  of  a  multitude,  absm^ity  results. 


// 


■  ct^tk^'f^iB^iMl  #e  l^stiiSe  our  seratiny  li^'thie^ 
istatMis'of  M«)6fes.    The  story  goes,  that  after  the 
<te^7of  ihe«?Kttig',"who,  as  Moses  feared,  would  putg 
hitti*td'  ilejE^th,  for  tfee.  murder  he  had  committed  in 
JBgy^l,^  M6ses  led  the  ifiock  of  Jethro,  his  father  in- 

l«iv?^>'-|be-Priest<)f'Midiaia,  on  the  back  side  of  the 
desert,'  fcy^'inottnt  Horeb ;  here  the  Lord  appeared 
to- !faim  to  send  him  into  Egypt.*  The  waiting  so 
Id^n^'foran  opportunity,  makes  it  seem  as  if  the  Lord 
-v^iVfeaffttl  of  sending  him  before ;  and  that  a  mira- 
■ctile^us  power  is -not  to  be  depended  on,  when  the 
mii^cte^ worker's  life  is  in  danger:  for  it  is  worthy 
of  remark,  that  all  those  whom  fame  reports  to  have 
bejen*=  great  miracle- workers,  when  their  persons 
hSf*#beeji  in  danger,  never  depended  for  safety  on 
th^i#  Hiinictilous  power,  though  they  pretended  to 
be|po^sesse<i  of  power  supernatural. 

msa^  by  JVI^unt  Horeb,  the  angel  of  the  Lord  (it 
is  said)  appeared  unto  Moses  in,  or  as,  a  flame  of 
fii0  *'iMlt  of  "the  midst  of  a  bush  ,"  or  in  a  bush  ; 
•^'^aiM'hfe  looked,  and  behold  the  bush  burned  with 
fire,'  aii^  Uie  bush  ivas  not  consumed  .**    By  the  way^ 
tH«1iulh4didB^bum;  for  if  it  had,  it  would  havd/^ 
be^constimed.    Moses  looked  upon  it  some  time, A 
and^eeing  ti)fie  bush  remained  as  at  Ai^,  wesit  near  to  > 
oB!!fervtfi^in#re|>^ectly.     Ais  he  went  on,  we  read, 
tUkpff'Q^mlle^m  him  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
bttttHP^'tftrj 'fe^oice  iseemed  to  come  from  the  bush -jv 
.w{)^^^%^efN^ei*that^which  wasl)eforethouglit  to  be 
aEilJf)i^;>i6%3^6d  to  a  <?(»/;  aiid  if  ithe  voice,^  or 
th^'^fi&^t^^'^^t'  r^ateli  it>  isnud  true,  it' was  ^h  £  Go  ^  i 
o¥^^Aitii    We  voice^alled  M6sj:«rt  Mosej^!  uWb'^ 

tj^^i^^fi^^N^t^s©  toigrty-^f'lie''V^^  ijailwl  t©  j«ti^i 
hW^^m&^/f  '^l^^m  m^  iflghi/hidii9*/;'^)^tehd  stittit 

moB  sense;  that  would  reveal,  and   conseqiiebtAjDi 


uBf^miify  the  plotV  **  But  off  ikjr  ijboe»^^:^ija 
feet;  for  the  place  wheceon  th&U|||«tafiiEie]ditd»  h(^y;; 
ground."  Let  us  contemplate  Ine- import  iofjt^ 
^xprei^i)(Mi.  CaiL  God  make  ground  b0lyi?HoUiiQ»^ 
is  of.  A.mental  nature,  not  substantJAL  {  II/ caaji0i 
oafy  ■■  in  mkaA^  not  in  matter^  i  /Itt  isisii»i  i^ea^,  ifiot/ii 
bbdy^^  . rit .  is  a.  creatioa  ^thin  >  lilsi-iiot  .wi^^^t  11%^ 
Insensible  things  can  have  no  8en^[M(»i  o£iiolio§s%l 
no  aptitude  for  the.  reception  of  it  ;i^e  essence  of  i^i 
lies. in  thought  and  idea;  but  earth  and  warter^  ^e 
and  air,  have  no  thought,  no  ideas^  nor  haTe#xi]f  > 
compositions  of  them  whichiiaYe  not  ammal  natui'-em 
The  propagation  of  such  superstition  corrupts:  rth#<> 
judgzoent  of  mankind  in  their  x^onc^tioi^  e^hfi^n 
ness^Oto  imagine  as  Judaism  and  Popery  do»i.tbs^l 
inanimate  beings  can  be  made  holy-^i  r^nit- b^  "tl^Kt 
pretension,  stocks  and  stones^  buildings>h4^1^n£Qh74J[ 
yards,  images,  garments,  Ye8seis,;.oij£i^  ^tise^lKSj 
&c  are  said  and  believed  t<l  be  oHbde  fa%ly  rl^y  hi|i|[^a^  j 
sanot^cation.  Moreover,::  he  said:(a»ft^ethbto^i^ 
tells  ut)  *  *  I'  ani  the  Gfod  <rf  thy  fiEri:h6r^  t^^Qod  of  * 
Abra^ani^  the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the*  fGo4Dftl«k^Vii^ 
Meaning  the  God  tJiey  had  wjorshippiedii  rnotij|h$^kt 
AbrriiBm, 'Isaac,  and  Jacob  ^ej?e«^ei|>lii^iQg>oo'{^d 
Ood'jofiDature  is  (^  Giod  of  aM  esisteneeu  '2171993  bau 
i  it  is  not  purposed  to  deliv6eiihi&j«t9ry{in/f^<^ 
wotdst  and  manner  of  the  historiwi^  .luteito^in^iiii 
with  anracles  to  imake  it  wonderftili  >  lw*t  ^q  j^qsir^^i 
inlio  thekj  aatujne  amd  probability; ,  not  kQ^^mmiffy^^ff 
every  part  with  the  aame  <rf  <Jod; ;  Im^  i^  cf^^^^F; 
by  <thfe  way  how  wor^y  they  appear^  of;  rl^^^f  ^^Igri^l 
butibd '  ta  ?tte  great  Ood  of  the  >iini/<^er60 :  iim%,  ^^  o 
andr^dHt,.  troth  and  ^}seh<n9d,  mEiyrl^^q^areiii^^j^^^ 
thpliwein£iyi  ire^i^eisepee  onty  '*^fei»t#oeyetlthiiM^^5%^ 
tittid?  nrhsiteoeveiri  :lthi»gs!  smi  hiq^lt,^  ^^ll#y^rl 
thingfs  ioBsifVLSi^  whatwevi^^gs^flgp  lie^ijHire^^iiiii^ 
ev^qroyuBgs^arei  li»^i  ^}m^QimiM»9^'9m^eP^£ 
repbrteijpa.uioo    br.R  j£9V3i  btijow  ssm  jyaflsa  00m 

After  the  King  of  Jlgypt.  jyhom  Moses  feared, 
was  dead;  Moses  declares  minself  to  be  invested 


r' 


^i9m  their  bondal||il*o  The  lAfd.  is  not  said  to  haT« 
•come  doiwii  jtoseiff  and  liear  their -cry  before,  and  to 
liave  tSteh  notice  of  it  :*  for  M6se&  had  no  dependr 
4eiic^  dia^  miiiacles  would  have  broke  bisi halter,  y.'i 
9  lA&er.  Moses  had  reiseiir^  his  oomaussion  from 
Im  Qod^he  asked  him  \  (it  is  md)  in  what  name  he   i 

^oiild>deliYerihis message?  aBd:Grod  said,*l  ^woEk^lK 

tbatiam,'^  which  seems  to  mean  no  more  than  ^1  / 
am  wha*  lam."  >Tell  them."I  am"  hath  sent  me 
to  yon^  which  commentators  will  have  to,  signify 
exi^B&ce,  and  therefore  this  wvls  the  very  God ;  but 
itappears^to  si^ify^  no:  m)(»re  than,  ''i  am  what  I 
toldt  you  bfis&i'e;"  fbrihe^  ttfterwards  relinquishes  this 
iistime^  ^  r^m,''  £or  the  £>rmer,  as  w^hat  they  would 
feeder  understand.  :^  Tell  them,  the  Lord  God  of 
yCHir  h.th0^  '<  of  i^bcafaamy  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  hath 
^M  me^tdL  .you.f,  T\ds  is  my  name  for  ever,  and 
n^i  memorial  unto  all  g^reratTons.''  And  i^  the 
latteii  <part  of  this  commission,  to  shew  how  wmtky 
it  is^  be  a  commission  from VGod,  he  says,  ^*  And  i 
?«ill^ve  this  people  favoni  in  the  sight  of  the  Egypr 
tiaiis  ^-^and  it  :^all  come  to  pass,  that  when  ye  gdi, 
y«,  shall- not  go  empty  ;*  but  every  wosoan  shall  boiv 
tQw-of  Iter  neighbour,  and  of  her  that  sojoumeth  in 
ber  koufice^  Jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and 
t&im^kt»;  and  ye  shall  put  them  upon  your  scms, 
ai^-upon  your  daughters^  and  ye  shall  spoilthe 
Egyptians;"  -  A  very  |»retty  contrivance  for  Grod 
tiii^,  whereby  it  is  tolembly  evident  that  it  was  the 
6fi4  of  Moses  that  commam^ed  it-i  That  kis  peo^ 
pie  might  have  wherewith  to  subsist  in  their  jourr 
n&yingi;  r^hjsyr  m&te^^ia  impose  on  theioredulitjt^iof 
^leiir  :\gobd^natuiM''ffeigiiboui«  and  ioc^ersj  bidBk 
tilieH^li^h^^itb  tkem,  and  ^irdb  them  deceitfuUpnn- 

i^.4ke^oni^i8ai^nt>f'the(at3rd<>f  tsn^    i^titey  ai:^ 
^y  ane; miraokisindeed ^f III  «  /m  iri  1s£k1 


St.-- 


,46 

MoB88^  seeming  to^Jfear  tkat  ti^e  Lopid  was  aliMi^ 
to  send  Mm  oh  jBin  u^8iu:cessful  at|etnpt,  ait4*^o^teQ 
the  people  a  stoty  they  would  not  l>eli6ve|'^heFe^ 
fore  fibme  proof  w^  necessary  to  claafiii  attentiopl 
This  God  then  told:  him  how  to  perform  thr^  cijiBr 
ning  tricks,  as  proofs  of  his  mission :  viz.  to.  turn  a 
stick  into  a  ^rp^t,  and  the  serpent  into  a  stiek 
again ;  to  make  Jus  hai^  seesoi  leprous  in  an  iiustan^ 
and  in  an  inslalnt  well  again ;  al^o  to  ponr  water  oft 
the  grouiHl,  and  so  poured  to  lo<^  like  1>iobd.    But 

it  may  be  supposed  his  father-in-law,  the  priest  of 

Midian,  was  capable  of  teaching  him  such  feats  ^ 
these ;  and  as  priests  in  Uiose  times  wer^  cpi^^urors 
and  fortune-tellers^  Moses  sure  was,  not  so  jdu^l^ 
to  serve  him  forty  years,  aftey  being  preyiouslyqjiat  • 
lified  in  all  the  learning  of  Egypt,  and  remain  ig^o|> 
rant  of  the  cuifrent  practices  of  his  prpfessioii^-  -  t^ 
Moses  made  several  excuses^  as  being  unwilling 
toga:  nothing  like  pretended  modesty  makes ^^a» 
ambitious  man  seem  worthy  of  the  honour  his  soul 
thirsts  to  obtain.  Here  the  historian  shews  his  art 
in  his  representation  of  Moses.  But  these  excuses 
at  last  made  the  Lord  angry,*  and  he  ordered hiit 
to  join  his  brother  Aaron  with  him  to  be  his  sped^ei^. 
An  artful  association!  that  Aaron  might  be  an  assis- 
tant in  miracle-working,  and  carrying  on  the^lot< 
Moses  was  to  be  a  God,  and.  Aarcm  his  ptophetif 
Sd  with  Moses's  head-piece,  and  Aaron's  tongfu^ 
the  deep  design  is  attempted  in  a  regular  and; W(&^ 
digested  manner;  that  neither  the  King;  nocjthe 
Court  might  perceive  the  drift  of  it  be£E)^  tt>  i^ras 

effeCtisd.  '•  :.^.ir:;?l'  m\r^v^r'>>}«{, 

'  Moses,  after  asking  leave  of  his  fath^ei^-inrlaMC^ 
said,  perhaps,  that  the  father  niighti>ot\iappcarV^^ 
be   concerned')  Assayed  to   go  inlM^Bgypt^^th^iii 

wile  and  sonSj  netting  them  iipotf  taim^'-'^Jid^d^ 

WIW  l^ffifeer  ;^^fammissiDnfed?#[)l*^say?^fft«gp^ 

Israet  is  my  son,  even  1113^  h&fite^lmbxi^uiOfM^il 
•Exod.  ii.  l4ii^f^Bam,  vii.  1. 


r 


^i«it6»^B^  let'  ifay '«oft         that  he  may^sefr^'-rfiei 
^yS'if^thott  Tefujie^*to>4et  htm   gtJi   behold^i  iwiH 
Ma:f '  thy'  pbn,  even  thy  first-born."    This  appears 
to- he  dn /after-thought,  that  the  Lord  and  iiidses 
•  iftay  be* excufeed  for  "destroying  all  the  first-bom  in 
Eg5^w^ '  Or  as  the  next  i^ords  are,  "  And  it  csune  to 
j^,  by  llie  way  in  the  inn,  that  the  ix)rd  <met  him, 
aiikl  soQghf^to  kill  him."     it  looks  as  though  the 
Ldi€  Wet  Plmrdoh's  first  bom  s^n  in  the  inn,  and 
^onfld  have  killed  him,  which  would  not  have  been 
llin';'^before  Mbses  had  delivered   his  message  to 
Pharaoh;  and  the  Lord  had- known  wheltier  Pha- 
raoh would  let  Israel  go  or  not.     It  does  not  appear 
^wherefore  the  Lord  came  to  the  inn*     Had  he  been 
tbiUng?^o*''  was  he  on  a  journey,  and  put  in  there  to 
refresh  himself?  Is  not  this  a  horrid  diminution  of 
the  majesty  of^ God?  does  it  not  plainly  appear; 
^<^t  the  God  of  Moses  was  in  the  rorm  of  man^  as 
i#feli  as  the  God  of  J/w^^^o;?*  ?  This  God  likewise 

^  r  *  "The  Jewish  scriptures  ascribe  to  God,  not  only  corporeal 
ap|>ea^ce,  .bat  corporeal  action,  and  all  the  Infttriitttents  bifit, 
^i^s^'to^  866,  esirs  to  hi^ar,  nienth  and  tongue  to  attieiitei^j  lands 
totli&iMSe^  and  feet toiw^^    DiTioes  tell  us,  indeed, Jhat,W!E}  are 

f[>t  jto  yn4eTStand  ,allJ(lK«  according  to  the  Utejppl  8igni6;;ation. 
he  meaning  is,  .^ey^ay,  that  God  has   a  power  to  execute' all 
'  it^se  acts,  tb  the*  feirctiting  of  which,  thoSe  parts  in' ns  ire/ iWbt/u-^ 
>fii^tat.-'^T{fe'1iterar  si^ification  is  ind^d  abomiiiabt<&,  tt^  the 
ifliqiu^  atoido^Qal  ^ett  thrown  over  it,  is-istolea  from  ihf>-^Af4>^e 


It 
quad  sangldnem."    This  ahilogy, 
tbtUbfe  allowed,  would  justify,  in  good' measure^  your -HoinefAs 
4t^pilttloaoph6r,ricM^  as  a  poet  hewuiiedno  excuse:  and  nfOK^Hiog 
'ofitbisiciDd  has  been  attempted;  but  who  is  there,  philoBOph^^tOi; 
f     \  poel^  exeept/Je»ish>  or  Christian  Rabbins,  that  jCSLn  qnaploty^)!! 
^     /  ^od  earacfst,  images  taken  from  a  corporeal  substance,  frpm^^- 
^    ^  \  t'p0ieil'ftctidD,ia6d  from  the  instruments  of  it,  to  gii/e  /U^  iKOtifQfiS 
y      ]  ':>ii  anj'ide^rte  proper  of  God's  maaner^f-beipg,  ^aA^idi^»f^j^^- 
y«iiie  thicOttcfevrable  laene^  kn,  nbi^b  4hf  ^^tmk^pk>l^^\*^i^^afi^ 
afc^jp^iphrfthc^n^tiiiiBliaiidrsio^  fiQdd^.  wm^  9I9<^(^4£  %B^  i^e 
igrebc^^  andvgoyirile^Tbe  «aor«  4mmaa'tbeyTajr«^7^f,j|^s 
adequate  th^t^oftsttjbe^itedcirbilstrilify  dljg^^ap  ^9«^        yWfy^Y 
d^Mucj^biiittiiwtfafireT'TJttgi^^naot  exalt,  they  must  debase  our 


behaved  strangel/  m  the  uiii?;*  h&v  w«««go|j[^itekjbit 
i^omebody,.  though  it  was  diffioult  ttottodBFBtxu]^  wib9^ 
vifThis  odd  passage^  sa  abmf^]^^ 
^^  something  was^  left  out  before  it;  >**Aadit^eamB 
Ho  pass  by  the  way  in  the  inn^  that  theXiord  in^etfaisay^ 
and  sought  to  kill  him/'    Wl^t  him  was  dt  the  Lord 
sought  to  kill?  was  it  Moses?  What Ti did  the  Loci 
send  him  on  a  message,  and  seek  to  kill  him  on{;the 
^ay  ?  was  it  because  he  had  set  out  for  Egypt  witl^  ' 
|out  circumcising  his  first-bom  soit  ?  It  may  ibe,  .he 
|could  not  prevail  on  his  wife  to  do  it befor^^iforshe 
abhorred  the  superstitious  custom ;  for  afte^shebaid 
cutofftheioreskm  ofhisson,  shethrew  itat  his  fc»^, 
8a3ring,  surely,  thou  art  a  bk)ody  hiisband  to  jit€i,.a 
Ibloody  husband  for  forcing  me  to  do  this  bloody 
Ideed,    The  next  words,  so  he  let  him  go,  s^tear:  he     ^ 
|was  circumcised,  seems  to  signjfyv  that  Moses  held 
|4he  child  until  his  wifo  haid^  circumcised  him, j£^ 
-then  let  him  go ;  for  it  is  absurd  to  suppose  the  L^fd 
J  held  Mo8e&  sdl  that  while  with  a  knife  at  his  ^hrqat^ 
Jorin  some  such  danger,  till  hisson  i^8^circuittjy§fi^ 
or  that  the  Lord  sought  to  kill  the  son  4>f  Moses  be- 
cause he  was  not  circumcised,  and  held 'him  ^stni^U 
^he  was;   though  the  God  of  Israed    professed ^"J^ 
^  would, revenge  his  cause  on  the  children  foritbe^^i^s 
i>of  their  parents,  when  he  had  not  teken  r\^ge^n<^^ 
;&0T  not  sufiicient;  on  them.     Perhaps  theiLerd  is  <p(lit 
I -for  Moses  by  mistake,  for  they  were  isd  Hke^  itirinfe^ 
I  land  deed,  and  so  often  togertier,  that  it  ^^^^^^^ 

^^Onceptiobs,  and  ftccnstotn  tbe  mind  insensibly  tO'dienifdiiUinAi- 
--iViiiei*itfa  Hainan  ideas,  a«d  notions  of  God  mtk  Jtamtiirn^biv^p- 
'penediH  the  case  of  the  Anthrc^>o«iOf  pbites^  v^hoiiinagineditlait 
God  had  a  haman  body,-because  it  was  said^  by^Mqses^-t^  l;e 
created'^man  iVi  bis  own  image:  so  dai^row are  'these «ipt«gp- 
issiim%  whose  literal  sense  is  obirious  to  ^,  wbtWt  ithe  anU^ml 
it  MdersCdod  by  few,  and  attended  to  by  fewei^  'Sct^iltlsfriB.  tie 
r^MKJB  given  in  excttfie  for  tbem,  tbatwennst  kdowGodJiiisarmy 
or  not  at  all:  fac  from  making ^s  know  him ibettev/itfadyiHaNKV^s 
'^td?  4*rr«^^'  tMej^^make  ttfe  aiifcftowJBiib/if  Im^ykay  ab§»^»(bl^- 


-y 


wij^(^4y  ai  !i9iia,|UMi4Hey  were  4^|^i»il^^|p(^ 
*"^w  .mfBiai  ,^t^i5pr,^        ,pje^lfe4r  i^^^lSBt* 

j  3liE|«fer  ^lofti  jAstmi  go  to  ithe  i?^K|;i>tv 
what  feste  lie  caii^^lp^^ 


tice^i 


^^^l^J,,^f^iBL^^inam^(^  the  ,G<6^co£J$y^^v«^ 
|il^^  lor  Ms  people  to  gp  ihces^^^^  kit^^ 
^^emess  to  k^p  a  sol^n  iestiial.jtO|j|!|f " 
.^bls  "v^L^atl^thelr  first  request,  asa  ti      '  " 
4oi^:^i4  it  t^en  granted  to  ^^dce  tiutVi^j 
!»•  JSIi^h.  <)ff;  but  jCi^fjjis^d^  tten  ic>p1^^, 

l^e  Kmg  gave  them^uch  an  answer  as  any  King 
would  gijie^^wjio  4^pised  .e^tfeij^^^ 

cxthWrdbSl^i^SiflSt^ ^^'^  siff  q^^Joi'^v.rt-^fin^'^JJflWi  tar* 


'40 


iNrasaH  the^  first  rei|ae6t,  atid  iH^ 
no  d<mht,  hnd  it  been  granted,  to  takte  ^aff  o^^boi 
11%  to  mareh  oflT;  but  if  refused,  t&en  tb '  pSy 
«MbDie  t^  did. 

TIte  S^ag  gaye  them  such  an  iuiswer  as  w^  Intt^ 
l^rotdd  give,  wia  despised  en&tisi&stic  ^ti^^diers^ 
He  djsmands  to  know  i/Hto  tlieir  God^  wisis,  iMt  h^ 
should  obgr  life  Toiee  to  let  laft^l  jgbt  i^tMtti^ 
ed  them  rfarplr  for  diterting  the  j^^e  fl^n^^ 
Ikham*  hj  sQcn  jpretences,^  and  rsosin^  fn'^^tii 'i^ 
sirtes  offaol^rd^yS'and  fc^aistihgs^  and^i^tM-hW 
iitiKkely  thty  \i^ei^  to  obt^iu  sech  fettairt',  he  ci^^- 
tnltided:  that  the  p^eidpfi^  shoirld  W  ke)3t  itfbti^  stfictf- 
1t  to  thei^  work,  i&d  &enr  t^ks  tb  be  in^i^ase4 
The  cheers  of  the  t^hildrtfn  of  IsHeJ  th^iip^n  66tii-  < 
'{rIaiDed  tcr  theKing,  bttt  had  no  redr^,  f&i^i»g  l6bk- 
^nbohthi^  rtqtiest  of  gpinginto  the  #iliffeiliess%  , 
:tn)iMit>  Xlbd,  to  betmly  a  prete*6e  Br  Ml'^t^/^ 
'^d[he#hat  else,  whit^f  it-Was^itot  ^i?^)^^  ehe-dull^^ 
Hie  elders  comiitg  back  with  an  nnfttiM^il  'S 
s^irfiftiia  the  Ite^ito^i^etwd  Iwtrtterf  lS*lifi^^ 
and  saM^to  tiiem,  **fte^^i^ ?I6ct^^^t^^ 
jtidge,  bee^^e^  hive  mside  PhdHtbMnr 
Vtui|i^''aftIfcrios,^mdhkVegiveiihf^^^  pi 

tb^ttis^Mtth.''    I^i  tctf^cfei  ^efbt^'"^ 

m^tmi  dnt-toM  Mfii,  that;  !by^^: 
m*^ft«gbod.-   2Whi^<3KJd^Mife^ 

ai«^<pated^  (^i^.    I^iii^  Mlf  ^<l^ 
%x^th«frehiti6ntoniakeitappe^ibn^^  _ 

Ml  into  tli»«dd«i»e«Hto  kctp  the  IprACS^jg^l^pgi;;,^^^ 

4 


Her- 


s-  ^  - 


,  ^^  y^t.caUedibr  a  miracle,  to,  prove  their  missj^)^. 
K  But  the  next  time  they  appeared  before  th^Kijag, 

-they  shewed  their  dexterity  in.  tunoiig  Aarpn's^con- 
'  jurioLg  "vy^nd  i^o  a  serpent,..^  The  Jt^g's  conjurprs 

^eing  called  for,  shewM  the 'iCing  that  tli^ 
da4tl«^  s^e ;  only  the  history  say^,  that  Aaroaj^.^d 
.syt^allctw&d  up  tWr  T^odsi  that,  might  be*  ^  remained 
Ijt^gpi- a  s^penta^radl  theirs  .h^  done  wriggling ; 
^Jfort^. Hebrews  generally  expre^ed  themselves.in 
figures,,  which  are.  not  to.ihe  -Utejradly  ^taken* , :  il^ut 
'.  tifis  .explanation-  is  to,  account  .sopie  way  for.  «t^,  ex- 
pression, supposing  theirewas  -somet^iing  like  ^^uth 
in  the.  history*    W^  •  dp  apt ;  read ,  ijiaJt  ihp  .  ti^ok^  Vf 

n  .ma^mg.his  handr^P^^^s  ^^  ^^^y^^l^^"^  Si^^^P^^" 

/        V,  hapsii  ;W?^  too  me^      ^lu^le  tg^lie  ;doiin^.^%%e 
giu^  sa»f  1^0^ 

'^.1^i^flg^.j:;^^6rdinary  in  Moses's  (Doiracl^  ne  refu^jed 
^5J^,Ic5t^jiael  go^     ,  .  ^jf 

J  Jj  JS^ow  w^  .^eix^  to  he  qopiing  into  ,a^  eiM::h^ti|(!<i 
^^ipouiitry,  into  tey  ground,:  where  al},  is,  miracle  aJad 
.^ap^^zen^nt.    Hace  it  will  be, very  difficult  to ^^jji- 
j,p^;tl^  frue  narrations  from  the  fabulo^,  e^^t 
,  we  Judge  jpf  the  probalality  car  improb^tbilityot  facets, 
y  Jiy  their  being  natural,  or.  unnatursd,  moral,  or  in^ioa- 
4  ral:  thus  spme  things  may  .ppssibly  be  trvie,  oth^s 
^jtpi^  because  if  the  God  of  Isra^  was  the  ^r^^pf 
,natu;re^  becQuldefiecft  his  purpose  by  natural  meaois; 
.and  if  he  wa^  not,  he  had  no  power  tp  pontrouL^- 
.■^t]9re.    Gk]4^a^  diewgns  b^  oue  uniiq|m 

^J^et^iod,  andhas  n^  occa^nto  supe^sfede  bi^vCX^^n 
J^W^  to  ihiifig  l^^s  own  will  to  pa^s;  ^9or«cau  3?ie  ^fi^t, 
' tf  he  ^  uochaog^^^  a^ js  ]t&^         pf  aJLTj^l^yie 
God  of  a  part  only.     Sacred  tales  are  generally 
wonderful,  to  extortaneverQue^  from  the  vul^ :  tales 
•  that  would  Hofe  be:  easily  received, -if  eustom  and 
education,  Yatber  than  reassbn  and  reflexion,  did  oot 
chiefly  ifehn  t^e  belief  and  tnanners  of  %en ;  and 


'  51 

cast  a  cloud  of  deception  before  their  narro'#  jfti^g- 
ments.  But  the  generality  of  mankind  grelediiy 
swallow  romantic  relations  and  dreaming  stories; 
because,  being  awful  in  their  circumstances,  they 
fear  to  examine  them ;  and  being  pleasing  withai  to 
ignorant  minds,  they  irsither  Sv^ish  thein  to  be  true 
than  otherwise;  therefore  do  not  care  to  enquire. 
Again,  when  it  becoines  customary  and  fashionable 
to  believe,  peoplelove  to  be  sociable  and  to  coirfbrm 
to  the  fasMon:  moreover  they  are  generaUy  compel- 
led to  conie  iuj  that  the  house  may  J>e  full,  fieiace 
it  is,  tiiere  are  more  rfiisbelievers  than  disbelievferef. 

Pharaoh  is  to  be  diverted  with  tricks  and  isiigHf  *of 
hand,  until  a  fit  opportunity  to  .execute  the  pldtfl^- 
pears.  And  Grod  is  made  to  play^  with  Fharatohi  to 
divert  hitnself,  i»  it  were,  with  tormehtihg  Hiin,  tife- 
fbre  he  kills  him;  as  a  cat  does  witii-a  mouse.  He 
orders  him' to  let  Ks  people  go, {threaten*  tf  %e;dpes 
not,  and:  brii^  plagues  upon  him  accoitHng  ^liis 
threatenings,  yet  every  time  professes  to  harden  his 
heart  that  he  might  iiot  tet  them  go,  until  he  had 
pkigued  him  as  long^as  he  pleasedMfly  until  he  i^d 
done  all*  the  wonderfiil  things  he  could  da,  to  shew 
him8(^f  wor^  of  subh  a  people!  and  at  l$is^  liiat 
the  people  might  be  worthy  of  such  a  God  y  every 
woman  was  to  borrow-  of  her  neighbour  ^md  of  iheit 
lodger  jewels  of  silver  -and  of  gold,  and  raitaents^  to 
make  off  with  them,  and  chouse  those  who  confided, 
in  their  hwiesty.  What  is  it  thejw^ej^wwofAteli- 
g^n^  cannot  sanctify?  What  better  cloak  to  oaver 
any  scheme;  and  what  more  powerful  pretence^  thiai 
that  bftapematural  revelation,'  which  bears  it&wn 
aad  i^fbveito-  tiie  laws  of  motal  gi)od  and  evil,  1>y 


'/ 


gslj^---...^^  '.  .  ■, 

♦Exod.fii.»0                                    ^ 

bofi  ::;:.?     -   :. 

,  ,  ■■  ^  -t  L-        .     " 

i'fep/'iH^' '  •-■■  ■ 

b'jf-  .nsi?T,4Pv</. 

.. .  :.      :  .1  r  ■ : 7.,.^  -^^j-^^S^giW^^f^^c^t  ~ 

■T'O 


B*?l: 


■  n'iiiiv,      ti^jfi^ttj  itt.ii^/t ■*''■'  '  '. — -  it*AJ."i«r|j}rj  .j  " — :*  _.v.£vf  jf Ij 


k^im 


The  prosecution  of  tn«  fteview  of  tne  Lif^  and  Doctnner  .ot^ 
I ,  iHdUk  ik  d(>it|>^^^i-^'6dr  in^t  #ap^  id  UkUft  tUe  ^BlkiitloM' 
If     i)f  ^^l^ltowiDg  Butler*  witkwfaiqH'we  liiftv«bfeQ'^«ftn|rfd^! 


miM^^MMk 


ii;r 


Yea>   ^*and  why?  i^ettof  ycmwlved^^ 

ito^Wk^  W^Hjtl^  Iwrt^tlie  iiiii*fei^dttie^  ^  3^^iiji^^ 

htMb^Ma^ikhi  will  be  ;tt)ur  oiNv   Tftdrt fe^;^^^ 
pMg  ^/^tifl^  %  in  i  toSp^       arid 

^♦*^ltt»«ft)l^  ttieft^jtldgfe  yfellDt  of  TOt^ 


nrcjixxjs^ -TV uc/U     mvnr    irarc  4vn9(>    ail     iccitug. 


•■■■M  •     ■    ••       ■  ■■•53     ^  '  ■  - 

"rbrs  always  wHI  ren^n^\iicffil'im^*\  assume  W&oc 
natural  rigut  to  think  and  judge  of  ttilng^  as  it  be- 
comes meh/emancipated  from  vain  fears,  and  hypo- 
chondriac imaginations?  beg^dt  and  brought  forth  by 
poets  and  prophets,  norsed  and  pTopa^at^d  by  jug- 
^ersand  pries#.  r>l^^ 

The  knowledge  of  all  truth,  so  far  as  man  can 
know.'is  dbtaihed  by  caifeful  observation  and  enquiry 
into  AenatuTe  "of  things,  or  laws  of  nature,  whicn 
being  established  by  God  himself,  is  the  %ht  which  ^ 
directs  out  tinderstaiidirig,  and  is  th^bamclriiK'ti^t^. 
By  the  propriety  and  ^tness  of  matfs  conduct  in 
draerent  circumstances,  all  man*s  reasonable  service, 
apd  whole  duty  to  God  and  naian  is  disteaterable. 
This  is,  Qod*s  revelatron  of  man's  duty,  whpjspfeeiks 
noi  #y  w6rds,1ittt  ^Wigsj  notf by  s6undi^,  btr^  sebMi 
not  by  supernatih^  pretences,  but  by  nattiral  evi- 
dence, by  reason  and  demonstration. 

From  thiij  propriety  of  conduct  and  duty,  laws 
are  deduced  Kwrttie  government  of  commonwealths, 
rules  to  unite  aiid  regulate  societiesj  religious  andt 
civil,  prudence  for  the  oeconoray  of  families,  aQ4,  i^e 
behaviour  of  all  persons,  in  public  and  priyafc^  life ; 
^ich  knowledge  is  iiatnral  au^  necei^y  :td  the 
beiiigand  Wpli  being^of  niankind.  This  fbun4^Qn 
is  lai<4  by  Opdin  the  h^ttrre  of  things;:  "WbaJ  ^r 
pidi^  an8  igno^pce  then  do  tli^  expose,  ivlidsaj'r 
lif  you  take  away  our  trstdHionai  rule  in  ;  wtoc^  we 
haye  been  educated,  what  dojou^ive  us  in  its  stea^? 
Tfils  best  tiple  must  natura^y  kjid  necesi^arily  ^ue- 
t;<fe^v  A^  error  sinks,  truth  risesin  its  plaise.  Opd^s 
r^vejatjo^  of  hiiijself  t^i^  pt  mah*^  is  t^e  j^roe 

ii^s^sBle  rule  at  ^11  iXmes  ;  becaus^  ^  60^ ;  i^  v^y^- 
i^S^^^f  iaotd^  ^syrtp^^U  the  truest  awl  ,th^  bc»tlb§- 
yond  all  ^  others, '  fpr^inaii  to  for^-his  j^5lgmei^|^^^ 

d^cf  fcs  actiOTS  li^r    An  n?l4  ii^  gcw^^y 

t^^er^e  of  ,oiir  mental  facultiesi    *v5?|te^5>|| 
'    "^     ye^pfyqurselvigs,.]^^^^ 

4>iB#W  to  >^^q«it^^r^e=../i|^pjtp|fg^^^ 


meotai  eye:  we  do  not  know  what  is  light  and  ua- 
derstanding  in  ourselves,  while  we  blindly  fbUoTir 
any  other  guide,  and  believe  without  evidence  on  the 
CFedit  of  those  we  ccmfi^  in.    It  is  no  wonder  when 
/   (  we  attempt  to  reason  on  such  things,  that  we  do  not 
^  )  know  our  own  darkness,  being  not  accustomed  to 
^       (  enquiry,  which  is  the  dawn  of  light.     When  a  man 
^     /  sets  himself  about  philosophising,  then  is  the  begins 
ning  of  the  spiritual  creation,  the  real  new  birth  in 
him;  then  the  rude  <:haos  of  his  ideas  begin  to  be 
distinguished,  separated,  and  disposed  into  order  by 
the  voice  of  reason:  then  is  the  light  separated  from 
the  darkness,  and  rest  and  satisfaction  appears  in  the 
end.    If  the  advice  of  Christ,  "Wherefore  judge  ye 
i  not  of  yourselves  that  which  is  right,"  be  followed, 
.  we  should  judge  whether  what  he  says  be  rights  as 
I  freely  as  we  judge  of  others  ?  If  Christ's  words  will 
Inot  bear  examination,  they  ought,  for  that  reason, 
to  be   examined,  and  rejected  by  the  authority  of 
reason.     If  they  will  bear  examining,  we  ought  to  _ 
exaniine  them,  that  they  may  With  reason  be  re^ 
ceived.  ~  t^ 

*'Why  then,  even  of  your  ownselves  judge  y« 
nttt'^at  which  is  right r  Why  indeed?  butli^ 
cau^  ypii  are  prejudiced  in  that  which  is  wroo^l  ~ 
if  ^ti  were  not,  you  would  do  it ;  nothmg  but  pr^ 
l!^ic<fe  then  i)i?(^veats  your  doing  it,  and  it  may; be, 
i^rest  confirms  that  prejudice.  This  blinds  men-s 
e^s,inifileadB;  their  reason,  and  intoxicates:  thcojr 
i^derst^ndii^gs.  This  prevents  their  enquiry^ .  lest 
they  should  find  theoiselyes  wrong.  This  makes 
tfi^in  ttjuntenance  Whkt  di^  suspect  to  be  wnang, 
a^S  tbargtte  for  it,  attd  defend  it.  Thus  they  dftu^ 
iafil  Tniild  wilii  unteinpered  mortar ;  aiid  teach;  ifor 
^o^rmnes,  theeonimiaiidmentsof  men.  iMdi 

yfjiSj  i^^fed  in  riot  bSelreviiig ;  or  else  he  oug^  to,  4«?r  (  . 
iieve  contrary  to  his  judgment,  which  is  a  joontradi^  )  , 
%U^l^d  aci  M^c^fe8li|%.    If  thas  be  lagie^aswr-  ( 


-%; 


-taialy--ttri8i  thenvthere-rtsi^less  reason  Xo/som^imm 
hiiri  iwho  has  searched,  and  believes  not^ .  ihfi.mMwi 
viibiohe^evGS, .  aad.  seafcha&Adt;  ExiajoamMitm  in'^a 
d^tyv  because  oecessarytoridistinguishri^ttJi^t^ 
ineomgi.  But  believing^  witfaoufc:  exsamiaiiagois,^  ^t 
«<  duty^  becaiise  belieYing  is  only  a  drtt^  «^he&  .ihe 
reasoB  of  the  tbkig  shewi^dt^  to  be^  trtiei  ^dr  at  l^t 
ptobable^j  ^^ad^iit  jQ  joncifiiitjnito  pcomote^the  truth 
M^n  we'  &id  it;  because  promottng.  truth,  is  pre>- 
m^titig  virtue  nod  happkiess.  jFaithj  therefore,  k 
aot  a  duty?^  but  rS^iy;  be  the .  consequence  ofr a> duiaf'; 
it  k  iDOt  righteousness,  but  may  be  the-efieetiOf ' 
ri^teous  enquiry.  Or  if  unbelief  be  the  con^eqtiei^  ^ 
of  jt>;tliat. unbelief  justifies,  ithe.enqiiirer,  as  inucl|'^  , 
faith  dees  those  who  obtain  it  by  liiemiBe  mesiiHl.f 
^  <t  If^m^  ace  r^illy  to  -be  biafiaed  ibr  ne^  judgitigin 
themdeiv^s  what  is  right^ftt  li^  as.  reasonable  to^  &ii$lr 
mine  the  principles;  precepts/  nadiactions  of  Mo$0s 
kad  Jesus,  >asr;  those  of  JVIahomet,  Fdhi,:  or  any  o^§r 
ffiani.andiiim  •  wliOfieiprincipleSi  precfepfe,  aiidi^-- 
tioma^  appear,  upon  exaininati(»i,  t^i  beriaosi  j^^^ 
able,: it  will  be  most  reasonable  to  adhere  to;  iQ»<^^^ 
wise  it  {wili.  be^  best  tot^^relinquish  reason^.}  apd  ^llow 
any  l^eras,  sight  Qcwrohg? .  If  these  thd^siaiBti^i^ 
tb^  the  wQcdd  AudiiUfeiM  Jesuu^itte  ^:%b^:^^E%^^g4 
wil|i  tbe  igame'freedoiit'^iwe  should  -use  i(x^ 
;3w<ordB  and  life^.Qfranyn»ther  jnao^^^  'P\^  }^^'%)^p(Q^ 
^ou^«aa^ar  iti  lAnd  yet  <  Qth^c?i9;k^T'ari^^^i^^ia^.J^ 
Hud  gov^med^  by  ^pbitrsu^y  ipowei^  t  i@; Jj^^^f^l^^f 
S&T^  W8  eaimot  say:  we  are  led  by  reasog^ij^fj^^^wj^ 

^w>t«xeroise  it^;i:<r/ -,  ■    •'^.''hU&Sf^'fW: 

^iif  we^ought.to  itry  aH  tiing^^^w#,^t»f^iftF^^:%|»4 

i^niieipally^  jtry  whatis  i)affimied  ify<bet}^jcl^s^<^t 

mfd^mostii^sential  thingw  >:  iHiiwe^sb^j^dit^  if^ 

that/.Whichiis.igoi^,ijii»e^rsfe(H>l3§tiib^ 

hAow  what4^;|pood:befture^e»h0y  Ji»fii§$^-rfeStro^- 

t^  seeing  JnKS  and  *iryii^ril3E'J#sj^}fpfotSg^flP 


4*ft-iio  trueknowledgew     ';<ijby?  md  oi  viBiinoD 


fi^'jiUmmibd  i^Poa^lbym^i^kfikJ^^U^^S^^^ 


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unaergtafidmg superior  to  other  men;  and  dohk^ido^ 
inffif  ^^^^^^  ^P»§«iWfi«J|^»twt^k4«ad 


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// 


mSiM  of  tJ^ii^V  «iit  WK^  can  examine  ot  be- 

li^fei;^li^t  he  does  tio^ TuQxSferstand  ?  Sticfa  tenets  aye 
gL^yj^^'i^iaiy  to  coiifoiind  all  exatidmation  and  imcief- 
stlA^jyv  JMrjef^f^^  tUem  Ayittt- 

^^t^e3£aminife'^  And  are  told,  tfeey  are  .'matters  ot' 

""ittifibt  believe'  wnat  neaoes  not  understand.    Ail 


^nafc^'jj.  ftfaQ  caJtt  fia^^ibiy  beilevg.  of  an  TminteJiiglble 
s&bi'gcUys  tfb&m  ^&hiorit»-  that  declare  it^Eiff 
Jo^bly  it  may.beytrue  to  thejii  tnat  understand  it; 

'  ■   .'  "n  '■  1  1*1. 1     y'    J    I  '*   t         III        I  nil  '  «     1'    ■'- :      ■  ■ »'        I  '  '     ft  .  1  '  ■ 


|>ut  fe  yrhd  i^  not  able  to  torm  a  right  taotioni  of  the 
Baatteif,  c?gi  neither  alffirin,  Aor  deny  any  thing  c^n^ 

dt)  witkit.     Fo3 


C^mmWiit,  therefore  aas  nothing  to 


or 


r^lapfe^.  Cre<^^  afilnns,  that •■  the  three  a5^ 

^^.  oj'a  r»gjhi^  ^hgled  triangle,  are  equal  to"twD  ngtit 
angles  j' ,  or  that  tne  two  aeute  angles  oiiangnt  angled 
feaygie^,  'are  equal  to  one  rignt  atigfe.  JHo^jie 
^t  fi^^irs^m  got  what  a  r^ht  ot  an-^acute  angle 

-^k^  neft^i-1i<^lieVes  aoVdishfeh^^es  thd  iiWpositibn" 


'4Hah^t  V^does'  n^t  understa^  it.  .Hfe  ^triaV  be- 

Sjg^'^f  ^at  m  tM)^eti4d[k'  feayg  :is  ttuet  M  th^ 

-    ^  "'-'^-— "  .     Ill        t,  befca^ltygoE 

tie  mayctedk't 


tfme:  "iherefore  at  is 


■■^f^ 


^^^'^MS^'^  4^  siii'pii,  te  affirm  tnen  feuit  strffeifr 
nSKli^ftev|n&JWh'^t'  i^  hot  clear:  to  theiirrtiadetsttol- 
i^T^^fflJ^'^'^hvihciif^  tjo  Iheir  ^M6rt"t)ti^ 

notio^b^'Bftbe<}'  into  sto  oplraoh  by  the  'promiyt^i^f 


.   Inexpliia©ie'/mysieries  afford  n©  instrtictioii^il 
m^  <^ound  tfie^jiUi^^ 


^^    Ing'tiiPclntet'liilighten  tlfebeSh}^^^^       ^^ 
fern  to  Meit^lftfi^^ofipl^eiisibii  c^'tWngWIf^yitoia 


5». 


its.caj^acity;  it  is  striving  to*  do  whqii]^  b^^ondg9|i;ie*j8 
.^r^ngtli  to  be  done.  vSe  tliatlabpHrs  tgifind  nense 
in  jincoliereiice^ ;  will   mar,  l^is  i)^^ei{^^ji^^g.^Spp! 

cteud  his  judginent. .  C jiijidrei^  ot>iii^^  t^  l^p^  w^^  /    " 

they  pamaot,  jare  made  c|uiier  bT:jtT,n|^g^  I  ^  /^ 

xepr^sentatioa  in  the  play  pf  Y<^'^%;^^%^^^f^^  »  ^ 
Vommon  Himse  studymg  .to  ^oipp^^  w^t !  ^k^ 
cpula^not,  fell  asleep.    M^n.^i^  ,ajiafa<^pr9pfe^^ 
be  a  narcotic,     lotakepams  to  jjndlouit^jpaean-; 


rb^ 


ii^pf  mystical  sentences,  is  oft  times  spending  |n}]c|^ 
laboarto  no  profit.  *  He  is  the  best  teiehcr  wha  is 
tne  easies t^understoog .  /      v;     jTrT^  r 

~  "  Tully,^'  in  his  Office?,  says,  "In  the  puifstiit  of  t^i^ 
most  natural  virtue  (the  knowledge  ^f  truth)  ^  We 
niust  take  heed  of  two  mistakes;  First,,  the ;tak^^ 
uP;  of  t;hings  upoit  trust,  a^d  flattering  p^rswelyes  -t&t 
W-Pr:  kno w  more  than^  w^, do .  He  tha|;; jwoujc^'  Kei^^ 
e^r  of  |hp  rcMck  (an^^  e^eyy  bpdy  ^^ouy'^^ndeayp^^^^^ 
itj^  mu^^  diligently  attend  ^  his  business.  .^  Th^^c>iiieiJ 
is^  J^esipM^ing  more  paina  and,  study  ^^h)^  thii^  ^li^ 
ar^  qbscure,  hard  and  superfupus  than  tife  i^^ 


lie  st^dy,pf  jvktue,  a  man  gain^  to  in^gd^.^^e|?J| 
^pmu^end^.^^  _        ^^^^^^f^J  ^cv^%n 

-jJt  i?,s^d^jt!^at,Chn.s^ianity=caIl^  ^RP^  .^^^^i^.  Wk 

^mm}  w,^be%  pien^j^i^^  Wm 

9|ijto;3to  hpld  fast  wh^t^pears  Ax)p(^p^^^iim^^ 


ft^aM^^l^st  preteneipeopl 

t9>»pntici^s  upon  tr^^ ,, ,  ,,        nur,,.M,.. 

that  which  does  not  stand  on  the  conviction  of  1 


_ut 


i^^^^Qries^pf^ 

jstiraonY:  oiaevij«.Ita  thfi  aivmttY 


Bf«v^^rft#^  ii^^^#^f^j%^^  Whik 


/ 


// 


// 


// 


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i^  is  Ifefe;  *o^'Mtffftaff "i^a^wi'  and  the  faws  of  liatury ! 
Ilfen  a^e^ibt  t<y4j*Ti  iii  'qa^on  storiei^  that  sta^gf if 
d#iGrfiid#  seB«e  /  '  *S^eii  ate  -  not  to  doubt  of  evidence 
•\^idi'fl^"*idiJ,^^6'te'fi^^  been  educiEEted  in  <h^  '; 
p»til;dldr  IM^i  Cfan  i%a^oi^hear  withonf  doubting. 
The  "attstfftd^^  "Of  triors,'  rfl  everjr  slge,  refet  iri^n  to 
proofs  once  said  to  be  given,  that  were  above  usttuiire 
to'^aad^^  evet.  in-tlS  todtn'  bf  natural  evideUcje. 
Tfaiey>%4sj£^,'lridfeed;^f€^  us  to  actions  ebntrary  to 
natttfe,  to  brotie  doctrines  antf  duties  co^tryy  to 
reason*.  U'nen  We  are  i^id  "to  ^rroVe  airtUitfgS,- tney 
Hieali  not  1^e«r<»Wr  things,  but  ''^al!  bthei^"  thin^i 
T^'^3^*^  thN^,  Meto  ifeust  take'  ^p  with  such  piroofe 
as^lb^  ai^W  ^feftsed  to  g^,  *hd^  toW  tfceVar^ 
sMltilBitt  ^rddfe;  'Wb^  'a^surane^  is  this  ?  Dods 
ato«;«lf€**  an%th  -fehoW^^^^^^^  is  fitter  fefeorivinCe  we, 
tte^if  dbiiiysfelf?  But  ydii  wtll  not  fee' ebuvinced, 
^'^^f,  Thfe  discovef^thelrignoitinc^bf  tbe  true 
nfeiluri^  bf  (Jbttwction.  Sufficient  evidence  must  in- 
vfficiblyprev^iil;  it  is  not  sufficient  till  it  dbes.  The 
sa«fte|>tt5[^  that  were  ohce  necessary  to  ddrivince 
ifi^  ^tjerf^n  truths,  atie  alvirays  Accessary  ;  for^tbe 
saaai^  truths  have  always  the  same  problfS.  "lt~is'% 
deanbn^tratioifi  of  ialhtcy  Wbbn'  tt^ey  cdnhijt  b^  prp- 
dUced;  frthi^tsafld^  tmve  bi^n  cbnvincted  by  nriiTap 
ctes,  Ihoui^aods  stii!  waattfafem;  WfaT  should  trot 
atf^fi^iM-be  treated  ^Ijkd?  T^liat  reasbii^^an  be 
-'^--^  ^^  ^  ^^iraeles  should  be  ^thheid  ftdxsk  one  naan 


Bft^^^tfaa'd  frdni  another.  If  toiracle^  are  p^orits  of -, 


?  The  uiid 


Wb«^  jg^necefeatT  to  oe  Deitevea  f  rne  uixcnaiisre- 
aJBIe  "attritHM;^ '  of  Ur>d 
p^fections   aslldw  *me 
with  all  Btf^sH^ISke^^'Ml^ihes  gi^ei^ftto  Jtfiet^'^^f 
g^^fter^'itidPiiiieli^&fkble  l^s,  iii  dneT  boh^tanf'^ 
tdi^rM**fr1iSfe#6a.  B^f  tldsV^^aay;  is  "i^^^ 
\^^t<6^^4^0mmj^'m^  ^y^^a^  I  prescribe' no 
rdW#ftH^*4la^i%if  ^^fli^  I%m  tola  hS;^fe^om 


I 


riij^ff ^r  Mfii  wisdom  j  hH  wi^fjift  ^was jg^r^^pfl^^ 

fey'  tiese'rule*.- ■'■  If  jtj  lieW- ■^a»,,^ 

tieii  is  ^  fatse,  which  is  Wbf^l  I  ,i3^|##  (^acfHia^Ma^ 

wj^<m  Voa  give  us  iiHtg >^  1  y^R^e^j^N^^ 


'^l^^o'^p\icvvt  us  iiji  Its  rQ03 

sop  a^pei^tergmcie  tfiaii  supf rsmymy  .raftdj  j|»^to»fe  \   t^ 


:^         :        ft; 


/• 


r 


,y 


't6mgs>; 


proiiteteii  mQimDipv 


good  ne%kbourhoo<] ,  smd  jSpciabUity  among  men^;  ■ 
ijt  cultiys^tes  hitman  nature^  and  dignifies. it.  It  is' 
1iii6  "patron  of  liberty,  of  peaoe,  of,  ^o^dence,  and» 
trust  in  each  other.^^Truth  gives  satisfaction  to  him 
/  /  nrho  p<»sesse&  it,  1^  removing  thase  vain  fears^^  and 
//  V  terrors  which  .diikract  and  torture  those  that  travel 
JiQ  ^ror ;  and  directs  to  avoid  all  those  infatiiatious, 
dangers,  and  distresses  which  ignorance  leads  men 
into.  j4  redemption  from  these  evils  is  obtain^^by 
Fj^e  .Enquiry :  by  it  truth  is  known  and  enjoy ^, 
and  maa's  mind  is  brought  to  a  state  of  hajSpia-ess: 
the  kingilom  of  heaven  is  within  him,  to  faim'^ 
kui^^^om  of  God  is  come. 

i^^^^,3^  THE  FREE  ENQUIRERS. 

fitmfeansof  your  TCper,  give  me  leave  to  Coiivey 
^^  the  following  lines  to  the  Writer  of  the  first  lettS- 
♦     ^*^*M  y<5Ur  second  Number: 

lSI?3wevfer  you  ifre,  eicuse  me  for  -.  the  li|»eity  I  take, 
/  mn  aiding  you.  Why,    after  you  had  wrote  so  well 
V  rii'feour  of  reascwi>  that  I  think  it  caattiot  be  easily 
I  mended,  you^^^uld^  your  last  needless  paragraph  ? 
If  you  were  not- conscious,  that  what  you  had  wrote, 
was^^  destined  to  injure  Christianity  in  general,  sisd^ 
%;  -  yott^ttacked  no -doctrine  of  it  in  particular  T  or 'V«^^^^^ 
l^idyeu  feariatl^  end,  that  it  should  be  soc0Be#re4  ? 
^  Jl^aee^otlui^  in  it  (^:^at  BA<»re^>fidil:^tm^ 
Iliad  not  seen  more,  you  would  have  ^id^Sii^iiig 
f  jtbout  it,  therefinre  had  no  occasion  to  apologize  for 
^  s^l  imy  injury  you  had  not  coBunit^i^,  if  y<wi  had  c^- 
/  r  ^ved  lUMie.    It  betrays  a  bad  conscience,  for  a  \/ 
^   A  i^^  ^e^  v^C\sm.v^,  before  any  accusation  3" 
-/    y  laid  toluseiiarge.    ,  .,     .  ~^       "     """ 


1        •  '  • 

63 


"  Suspect  the  woman  when  no  fear's  uponJher,  «>o%  i 
y;               That  starts,  and  claps  her  honour;  •  "^ 

V  That  in  all  company's,  "Fm  chaste!"  cries  out,  /^ 

*'«***  Till  'vVint:  ■!»*»    nov»r  <1nnht«>rl  nf.  ■«»*  HoriKt." 


f<  ^•^ 


Till  what  we  never  doubted  of,  we  doubt.' 


I      Neither  party  is  obliged  ta  you  for  your  apology : 

lit  is  supposing  Christians  are  afraid  of  sound  reason- 

||aig>  and  that  others  will  pervert  it.    Your  great 

"^concern  Cor  defending  Christianity,  where.  Ch^stnt^ 

iiity  is  not  concerned,  gives  reason  for  jealousy,  that 
,  it  wai^  aimed  against  it.  And  sorely,/ Sir,  jChristiar 
f  nity;,  it  is  hop(»i,  it  liot  an  unreasonable  religiou^i  if 

it  is,  let  it  go,  as  not  worth  contending  for:  ifrea- 

.  son  cannot  support  it,  let  it  , drop.     Your  apology 

.  tends  to  raise  unnecessary  fears  in  Christians,  t^t 

4iJ  Christianity  may  be  jsubvertedjjy;  reason.     Goonm 

V '^he  name  imd  ppwer  (A  \X^  do  your  utmost,  you  cati- 

-  not  hurt  it ^  is  it  Ijke^  an  pl4  hj^tts^  ycsady  ^;fr^^ 

•  gJbrput  buir'^r&'upon  extommg  the  of  it^ 

^1  hope  not.     Make  use  of  your  reaspn^m  a  -fte%#nd 

^  masterly  manner,  and  msdse  no  moi'e^ieedless  aj^ 

.^iUrjudged  apologies.  -  - 

i  <    When  mndels  apologize  for  ClmstijEUiity^  b^ing 

I  driven  to  it  by  fear,  or  interest,  of.  whatever  maitees 

I  themdissemble  their  real  sentiments,  they  do^it  in 

t  »9^)  DtegHag  ^  manner^  that  it  is  eeu^l^jseei^^ 

I  f  MKJ  tends  eiiiy  to  their  owm  confttejoPt    ■Ari^Jli^it$" 

I  loans  atraid  pi!  every  .4ddiaration  in  ^vour^  reason? 

f  1N«^  surely :  ^  Biit  it  «eems  by  what  yoii  iiaye:said,  j^gii 

|j3vrould<raise  up  such  fears  in  th^rminds.    l^ChflJl^ 

f  Ibiaitsfeaf  that  Christianity  must  fall,  if  rea8Ji»i8tai|^? 

|%']iiniat  spvt'  Pf  unreasonable  Christians  mustithc^  l)e  ? 

1^  m  ^^ptti  «tihe  whole,  rlet  beHev^r»  and  iinbdkiKiw^be 

ijifi«^iiidiii0ne»t,  thaBt  wemay  hear  andjtidgels&^t 


,^ 


II 


rm«it ;  there  the  seeds  of  truth  aqd  virtue  bring  foitb    i 
Midler  Ihiits  of  public  and  private  good.  ,     /;      | 

'      It  ts  asserted,  that  an  i^fl^blished  religion  is  high- 
|1Y  necessary  for  the  government  of  mankind;  and 
some  go  so  for^as^  |k^  >^ni|  mgn|^  even  better 
hare  a  bad  tehgioA  than  none.    %nt  by  a  bad  reli^ 
gnwrincn  are  ba«tty -governed.  -  Thisiis  a  ^vem- 
myikt^thlll  d4[»e^  evil,  noj^krid  ^recence  of  doing  ^gaoo^ 
Iris  an  evil  fKmerwhidiswthdri^ 
a^d^tf^lk^it';  if  is  lliecorf9|)€ion^fiiai^ii»B^^ 
-  ^iift^  V  to  clUl  tills  be  just  aiidHjghtf  Ifs^fi^l^^-: 
mmistration  the  less  oppressive,  becauiie^  ekiedti^^ 
with  authority?  Does  wickedness  cfaaj^ge^it^jpattire 
b7^,hfifOg  prcjftected  and  s$mctifi^  ?  pan  the  nature^ 
qf  Jl^ J>e  alte^^^  l?'^^! 

^Wi4^^  ^*^  ^^^  refiglon  ms  4!w*cb jcam  aiwMt 
1||&  J^^iw^^  fioi  d^£-  rtiysienes  r4v^ti&ht  Iteli* 
»^,is  ^'mttfiattfte,  ihaft^ii  <^eik^ti^^mi^s^ 
|y^^Di^$:  of  maaBnC^  dsii&  i^'eit^y  l^u^  W;^te^ 
% J^ 'j^  Slipi^^  men;  wftl^ttt;^ 

^Odprdjpg'itQ  natiimi  bat  mee  g^lMsa  m  fa^ 


m 


fi 


reiigio^i  act  accoTdhig  to  nitur^  ^rfuglfaif .  .  ^j^ 
na^f^dL  ^^(|4^8  |n|ly  iie  f0en  by  the  fitik&pl,  4}k:« 

ti^^tStei4^  ,     , 

ji^'ipf^^iniHipiis  w  jtbe  ^aptwdlt  ^  we 


mtiri^erjik  the  most  cruel  mftnitier,  men'  ana  womett, 
^liotllamiBg  to  have  a  l^oT&tTr^^  to&ith  atKl  a 


// 


6§ 


ir>. 


po^er  to  d^"  it?  Ppes  ja|^,^i,^g»(|  rp^^gipn  ^^^^^_ 
t^^;n^i|\^s  of,  m^  w|{J), ,  j?9;^(3i^ss,, ,  agains|:  ^\  1^sp  [ 
wSo  »^?^ji  qC  jl^eir  paitjr  ?^  JSi  itibot  jpp^r^i^t^  fey 
eaiJb  oJil^lj^in ,dapaing M^ Wtliis  own ?  <i>ay,  papi9$s^ 
not icpa|p^  .ita  dapin  people  J;h^t  aye  ftpt  .^of ,  theii; 
churc^  }?r lia^tijwok,  )>iin}  Uieiiii^.;9i^p  I  Qmx^o^^^^p 
ttogs ©pf^ ip^n's.ej^i^i  tP  se^;  thftl^ ial^e . reijgipii, i^ 
T^Qr*e:tl^:,iic«^ei  PP;.me^  ^  pof  religion,,  J)ftm„pr 
torture  mm^  jk>fJlM^p^  ^^^  eact  pth^.  ? 

JMms^:  6ft  9^^^,  i&card  rs«eh  pr)ncipl^9,j|ii)d 
shew,,fey  f^^i4^^^.*^^<^  ^^^y  ^^yn  qoi«i|iQfi,:«€p§^ 
Me©^  tfeare^^je;  grAs^tly  ,fiiT,  wlig  cp^Q^^^  ti^^^^qx 
tfe  .^^anti^^l^y^y^f^        ^ad  ^ligio^y&^v. 

wmcn  false  religion  has  done  m  the  world,  witliggiit, 

fmwps hfW^  m^i^m^ m%m^m99J^  rms^i^ 

an  en^y  tc^,^^,rt|,rg^iL|,p^|r^|e^p^^ 
tsoBs,  ^roduetiye  €i|.9il>p4.  pt^^ti^     ~ 


%v^  bi^Hg  Ibkh  go^d  irttit  t  Do  toeii  ga^er  ^apes 
(]SNjU)jf<te;'dt:figgdf  thistles?  ^  wi^'^ 

^^!tt[  6M€^'t6r  mtike  ih6tl  tooikl  apd  just,  thcfremijst 
t«fe  ^btWkyiiji  tiie  ;G0Te#6<«f ^,  a^  well  tM'W^Mr 
vArfa^i;  ^r  the  gbyenitneiit  <j^di6t  be  ^^ftr^tit.  ^&d 
fiis  tfeafeoning  (m  a  'ftilse  foiitldatioii '  ca^ndt  sitand,  s6 
foiittding  honesty  and  sitic^ty  bn  Iklfee  faith  iiild 
hyttdcMsjr,  cani  never  stand  firm ;  for  n^n  oif  ^daesty 
and  sincerity  Will  ende3iV6^t6  flfid  oiirt  the  fraud 
afid  findiiig  it;  ViU  d^sj]«fefe  the'^uthoitty.  :^  '*'  ""^  , 
/^^^'diroW^o  l^limdtib'y  terrtfVing  li^ 

^^  th^^*^  that  drbeiltlfe,  oir^tU^  fitfe;^% 
b^'al'fbrfe^^  up6ii  their  nattrt©;  Ijtrt  hav^  n^  jiii- 


arm  mi^\^mm 

ftiijfem  la^lfle^ib^feNrlh^  Writ,  W^ii  tai  aM  ^giri 
jby^d^i^ti^s^  oiihP^^^'aSlre^li^     ^  j W  ^f: 

dm...^ , 

ili^'ktf^*^m6d,'*ahd  iacrfWher. 

"^'tt^'^lib  ^1  it  afi^a^  that  the  est^iihilile^it 


^  the  lawsof  tfi^,iBtted646sUyT 

^i^kMdr  irh^r6  ^i!i$diii»i&c  n^ 


•fetohcilikfes , 


But  a  universal  toleratipn  to  all,  whq^.4p  np|f, 
nDTf  fe©4^ge^.4H^^taj^i,i^#^€!^9Pf^  ^,f^t^^ 

If  tlie  que^tipa,  l|e,  iw|^:the$;^i?fi|i^i^,^jgijl55 

aijd  ,.^iose  .that  fba^e.ift  r?i€t^iwil|.  be  be^jC^w^^o^  Jgut 
&^;1fei^^ wfeanRlke  ^^;fl?i^)^ g?^i|§4.^^,jJiTy^ 

If  It  be  n^«^^y.,^^^f^teiif|tJi|^lJlfQ|^  1^^ 
of  persecutioii  from  tbef^oe  6f tbe eaftb. 


69 


Can  AAY. .  teacher  or  acUisier  be  more  honest  and  ' 


^^t(^xomj&Oi  ill  at!  c^iBS'  fex^ejbft  1^  ^eii^tifrj '  and  ' 


_^,/er«igwevawed.   uisneTaiitf flE^kii^ 

iti^d^lkigr^.^tirlsdfi^ii^^atig^ 

^eS«^(jit^l0iH'th^e  vS^b|  of  i^n^  anS^^ ! 
c^use  this  was  ^^^^-^^^W\^&^^i^kk^^ 

>iS'i^om^ns^o^|#^Mlis 

Mite. '^."i^  ^^^  ^13^ 

L:  to  aosi  arij  moil  noniJ05^/i3q  to 


/ 


?0 


r 


piepes; 


iiuin^iri^V  tMesHk^  floors,  tiiff  f|ie^  ^VttS^sl   , 
Ifeii  awaey,  ;$o  iSkt  no  placid  slisffl  Itiif  f6inSi\  ftS 

God^  that,  is;,^  ©Qirs^  law  ia^  rev^^  in  '^ti& 
if  tEra  body ^  file  l^dy  pf  X^irisi:^  :ft6f^  a^-^ 

his.    Bq  UM  fteft  4ee&  te  InMe^  •  ^Ifife;^  iifi 

in  him,  because  Tie  idmj  l9^y  aJt^  ^*  S!°fe  J^- T^^ 
^  dlsseix^xb  ftpin  tbis^cir#c^  may  fel^M#8^^ 
j^^joiy  otlier,'fai^  they  id?  go  affray  |i^ 

^1,  Ti^  an^  i%hti^<wisnes^.  m«  the  «fP  m 
m^  the  oracles  pf  God  ap^  T^af  these.*^  "^^ 
hence.    S^  nb  oflier  if  toti^i^ WM 


BAf  tiiese  jtore*  of  a  venr  different  n^ftii^' jfiN)itf  bMr- 


A 


*ii%s3  r^m^«e^!^8totrflliii^^fa*^^  'wMbtftiansiif 
/    /  tfeiS^ilfem  the  li^  of  ttife  mffldi  ill  sirt)ertw  ta  theli^ 
<^i*«^letten     ToifHiQ^  thfcni:fttm«ghfr  of  pt^ViiA 
|iadgmetft^iii  iestel^  ife^^o^cfoot 

fjtmxstftSd^hk  0]f>i«ed  for  *t^  Impferceptiwi  edt^^  )  ^ 
^?trtt^  aifer  the  scripttttefe  had  bedi^;^^^^B^ished  '  ' 
as  divifie^oracles.  Whatever  is  fads^itefiteii^if, 
neti^txit^iSsmAdtiitake^t^  truth,  ^ii^ilbwePaiil^s 
spititiKd  m^n,  the  mind,  is  ctiic' wtd  ofijWdi^  ^  !  ■:^^  ^ 
'Phisspirilual  gospel,  rs  notthe  st6ii6^^/vWch  i^  set^t 
naught  by  the*  ttmma*^  bu1M^r^;^btrt  is  thehedd^t^- 
ner  stOne,  elect,  and  preciouig;  that,  on  which  4 
spiritual  bisSdMg  Hiftdy^st^ndsl  AM  "it  cattle'  to 
pass,"  asr  B^hiel  say,  **  that  this  stone ip^^h  Is '  <Jut 
wahonthand«,''tftat  is,  without  httmatiiMff^;^*i^hklI 
smite  the  image,*  the  lett^ifi«i^,^«?l£Sbh' is  Anti- 
christ, **attd  then  shall  the  iron,  the  t^^yj '^nd  the 
birass,  the^siHrer  ?uid  t^e 


74 


o«MMN^MllB'&oi>  tMrsG^9#tm<ir  aafir^eadditiifiit>  vielr 

Postpone  ^"kour  funaef ,  nistpi^  of  OT< 
siibieclj¥]Il  serye  ipu  at  aDyjtime:^ 

^1^  of  Co^s^n&e  ctfenM) 


^ 


I 

i 


a&iu  civjl /6p# 


and 
nn  yirtimua  JSL 

c^edoiri>p|(^  aIIt^mgs^f|S^ 


we; 


// 


7»% 

vBliii^je  BO  mpre  apprehension*    Ab  im  atotei 

laiK^^fii^u^^l  cm^^«e  Miih^i^ysm&lMa^  ViMtKfliiei^ 

mt]?,lobfoA84oflQi|B0jl  fi!vfmiifta'3  /T^is^l»  iifasl^^ydGT 

goviKRmdxi^at  Migbt  tofdokiiQiwkd^  ksriok^ieiidaMx; 

tA.  hiir^  Ma^f^yf  taiqaai^  i9f  i^^  iOleiii^yioiiniinet^sd^tbr 
lmfe:^ai]^j(Me^hW]^Ij&^inlli.  M^^djr>€iaii  tru^ttm 

iS^gr  l^a^  Mt  as  it  ikVc^ria^viiiiyi^  ini  aii^ 

£|4^||a^^^^^j<^  osa:iArdyi»isits^^^|£Akt 


rv, 


¥4_>-^ 


78^ 


'\ 


4^  4tf  itiW£i^'%Qlip^la^/ 


flca^jt  s til  -  -M    atioi^iifj  dr^ttjAjg  jji^jig  c  'mt:  omtji  :Mm 


^JM 


tboiight^em  too  dat^ercai^  a  set  oMe^  fiiil^n«(iliafe#i 
tfTlfeql^<i»ctt>i^tiiM8hbgdi»M^ 

ts«^^^fli  y  ciiri>T'dbot"gei  _^^—  , 


/// 


// 

ly  ^ 


.-"^ 


^^^  tfaifit  it  Inay  daim  m^td  ai^  ^imeislHili.  €^ 


'nS' 


m 

—  \ 

stoaesf  as  CFudesdid  confused  notions  of  I%i^«  l^mi- 
tii9tmr{^p6p6r^cioltt^i»fnl^^  hi|^I)«e$e^ 

itmrnPim  move  pm^kned^blr  potm/^^mt^m^m^  hll^m 

goii^idf  i@febuAi«i  robjtot  of  ne^m. v;  (IFto'^^PfiM^ 
y  jdmdttnidptfrctioder  ii  tkbanrciv;  ,jDii|iti#}^(^^  jllp-^ 

iW^aksOmofism^be  hettvr  donei  j^ta^  lo«  ^> J^^iIt?? 
Bfflftifey ^atoifairj  arg^^neltt^ahb w  tis^wMkt»oilgl|t  ri^ 
tiMi«sd«dii«dtte^oii|)ftL  of^heusti  %^t  pe^pis  «^ 
spfl  b^re.ftirfjtilittntteltei^i  A?  as^  iitoe'  fig^t[^f -prinf§jS 

^  Hmm  id!|i  ti^re^ani.  Whoever  endeavours  ^  pb^t^lic;^ 
tlf^li^rlitionv  of  reason,  is  all  enefl^  to  tb^  law  qi 
God,  or  the-  gospel  of  Ghtiat :  for  I  hope  they  :arj% 
life^ssfne.  ■•  ; -.Vfi^d-fn  .-.^  •  i-l  »*  ^ 

^  *  Htsat'  G^ntleiiie^ '  of  i^//ccniiiocatioB>  rH«iye  ^f^  ;«i> 
ht«^  to  estal^h  the  Gdd  of  AthanasiiiSy  because.  ye% 
ootildifot  establish  snch  a  God  by  nature  or  reasomj 

//  )  'Phe  Popish  breaden  God  i&  not  more  absvrdt  /Soyf^ 
caa  you  tbai^  convince  men  of  Ifce  errors  oi  popery-t 
If  is  £rim  Free  Enqmry  that  cOnvictive  argument^ 
ag^st  popery  must  be  ex|>ected.  If  no  Stp|^  h^, 
pitft  to  meii'&peascmal^e  enquifi^  truth  wiH  a^Bar; 
tiudFt^thy  ^cvtiich  men,  in^cested  against:  ii^  i^r,* 


76 


yM  heartily  'with'  tliemj'%ttt  let^  tiiedmot'tajr  one 

thing  and  meai^  ^fiipfJ^^^^jL^  '^''fi'^l  W"^  pvetend  to 

Gi^iftTffite  of  private 


have  *' the  tdnaefes 

jiidgBaeBt/'' ftod  wbeo4t  runs  faxtlieFfiiiH^ithe]^  caiE 

t^^d^nmt  i^pdiil  it  liventiottBm^s^ iaB4  K.'^i^^bmj^ 

sign  ta  mate^tbB  gospel  of  Christ  an  ofejcdrof  sc«»v-** 
B^a&on  is  the-rieht  eye  of  tl^e  soul,  a  law  to  cfamp 
reason,  is  to  put  out  oar  rigatL^i(B&^,,j;wica.i^!irer 
ctm  be  borne  by^«r<'^etripfeopte«>i^l»^ji^  K^^of 
blessed  meldd^,^&tti^^is,^&ttd  tiimfiMelaever  gave 
priests  a  power  to  do  mischiefs   LeaTesptmsBbing 

do  With  it  f  r>^^#  i*M  tb^^Mtfe^lftti^^^  ' 

Mil  ofiik  ha6a**m=miii^k^e^-taHS^ 

d'epartimerits.    1i$ '^6^  ^t^sism 
iiSil^Abewi,  let  ttifetirMert '^^  " 

^^«a3i^d,-off^tfght'lfi^'ife^t67^^ 

iheif  tiiidemai^i^  r  liut  if  titey^1Searjj$^«K»^f  W 

^fi^  6tlief  potirfer,  ft  is'  a'^da»getbtiif  3*^?i^  oBli^ 
Ience,.^n4  reminds  us  of  the  Woody  ddwcr^H 


W 


^t  ai£d  B^dtonet,4M1h^  oppii^il6H^(mY»  ui  j»<«i^v^ 


..^^ 


J 


fl 


,// 


ijf 


^^^J^ 


r^r 


s^<^7i^  :^, 


\  '■'- 


'  ^  ti'  ♦4^-^^'>¥l3TAa^m3lfiUr''  asiEi'Armj]]^  .soke  j-  ^  .^. 

tiu^.  ifsfii  baJ5  BwBEB-f® iftQ^IE^W^j^R^ 

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Pii^y^aS&/^M^4& 


above  %U  ot^eif|^^^,jM^C%»^ 
.|lij^^9lMI#d#iSilr^iitieii  for  miniHi^lilM^iiil^' 


that  he  was  more  power&l  than  all  their  (lod$. 
Nor  is  there  907  mystery  in  thes^,  unless  it  be  why: 
they. were  dpi^  ai  jelJ^;  &^  jdpiie, 

in  vain :  they^^aJilj  dsiraiified  nothigs;  because  they 

effected  nothi^^SU^Jfiuf.TiiieSi^W 

which  did  the  business,  thpjbigh  that  was  ik>  miracle 

.  Tne  leader  feUeyi&Vl&e^fcMer  ini 


// 


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storjjnight  pass:fpr  p.^e  also :  for  wheao^icea^iiia^V 
brains  are  mini:yt}fi^^^ 
'  of  nature  tp  ic^tor/^  hp^-lb  j|^^;^^^^^£    .He.^at 
is  lost  in  tfei jBmifeffiu?ffl^SF-S^  fiad 

bis^wayput...  _.  ;.;^;j  rfjiro-rftojlrraoj  jV:  .  \  ■    ..i 

wonder  (^i^fi#0^|gp^i#loo;|fe||i^i 

JiA4 Ai$i«|M««ett^jii^^    fSfg^ti^&dm  iis.  dVod£ 


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11^  QiEfii  «l»i^l9»  e$0t]r]pi^i^^^a4i|i4ll|4^d^Ei^^ 
Israel  out  ^  of  Egypt :  but  I  ^ill  nc]^3l|t)Mp^#^ 
,«iife3^  j3wftlf^P!tegSM|ii» 


JiSyi^tte4^iNidiRi 


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foetid  dtldkll^Ni^.^Birt  ^h^  is  mori^fN>bd^rtofit«i^ 

blood  also ;  though  MoseiS  had  turned  all  the  ^IH^^ 

lrft»^%«iie^  Wfellg'fof  water^  to  €iififc.  If^w  behWa 
m^mk  ifW  aofi^;  that'fe  pifbpheey^ia^^  R^gfetibhs 
*i^l^t)e  ^gjfe4,' which  saj^i:ihe^6'inl5^  t^^mi^ 
msie^^  **%«re  p^f#*r'tiVc*  wdteft  to  ttim  tfiem  td 


'Vidl^liWiifftthfe^ 
daj^^  dikof  this  bl6ody  coiiditiito  Wi^out  ai'«ntt«Ble'i 


m 


and  Obdiisdicklly^si^eiiedfU^ ^fte#wat;di^« 

his  mnid^s^vltt  tQ^  Midfie»tkm«j>f!f|[rr^jw44t)^ 
PiUiaohl64ieai?t>  and  |)a^^|]^  nl]f.fll^ 
^  iin  tii0  l8»d;  of  Ej^t  :v%«t  :^bal{^^ W'^ot^ 
heaarkea  unto  yo«, :  tiiat  i  BMiy  la^  iaaiy  liap^tf|>d^r' 
B^iKBt^  knd  bii^  fortb>  mibe  {CTmies^  my  peo|)l^'idler'' 
chndrett  of  Isiael,  oat  <S)f  tfee  kudr  of^  Egypt  ^^featj? 
judgments,'^  Aid  we  kaow,  as  wfeafe^dld^*^^^ 
*  *  the  heartibf  the  vkiog  is  as  the  •  i^era  ^Jf  wfil^tif  Ikfld 
the  -Lord  turnethi*  whithemo^ver  ^Ni  iiviSA^  f^^tj^ 

oirt of  Egfl^is «U  pretence ^ for  he-himi^r j?k; 
tednlthat;  -end  being  eiaewered  by  ti«a!h.4^  T 
she  V  tha,t;^lk«3^  Y^aft  «(^coiK;eQl^i»'b4H3v<^e^n 
of  IsirfkeL.ajadJ^       as<|>st^at.^j^  '§9^^ 
s^g^p^lac4f€fi^ 

1hf^tf^f|h|»^^^#itbti©0pft0fr 
a^e  iplijrt^jjSi^d^slit  J8e^«^^ 
%d>jcha»ij|e»v^(^it*^  ^ 

s^.  wadtif  you 


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b^iNlMlffiwoS»(ftif>tJ^«9n^Wrflfe^^ 

and  now  q^;#%  ^^^I^^^Sft^fc^^^^^^^S^  i»4  IffiB-g 

ed  tketo,  Oiat  €o\il4ft«^i)3fte  lM[6f^SPi^^P«S!f^ 


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g^t^^M ^MQtJmy^iJm  ik^monxkihfi al8»,«bcniiil 


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t^»l&Bl^ 


i^Mi^Difiir 


.^i^s^  |^ag^l6>'0«H^|  4i«w  to^i^  ^1)^  G0d  Hiid  f»|;i|^ 

.11  isK^^be '  iiKrtlilie^  Mqses  doos  ^ot  werve'  |»m,^j^ 

with  terrjWe  veis^^aftce  m^  ^&m$^'iVfi^Mii^^M$^' 
limki^  mi^^g>^  L^rd^Ood  of  the  Hebre^^^t^y 

:?#9tuik^  Foi^aow»I;-iin|l  stretch  oat  i 

.'iliKiite >ttk#^  a»A  l^yj^'pdoi^ 

v^M^I^  etttf<>ff  tom  the  -e^a^lh."    A«4  in^ 

^^MHl^jtta^  ^«i^  h0i«t  wlkKSh  fi^ift>' 


8<»iwmirt»i|^iMli^^t^^ 


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Iffii^  l<j^>l^*l&s- 6f  the  '  gtttafe,^^Rgtiy<t4t««lr  fif^^ 
luoh,  'a^d   his  Tflagicians  to  try-wtt«^^cteii^. 

^^  i^l)<<3'#6r£M  It,  1^  kl»digfthM^dV#^%tift. 


^IM^I  ted  'ligl^iD^,'^^^  m  'm»^ 

^^Jtfflia^lfe^feAfeAMH^awr  ^0iir»d Wli^^ 

ill!  m  Ikxi  a?  8dti»a-f<|%^(^^fpEEy|?ofl  wofx  dD£i£ii9 


before  vi^tX^i^,,jD«y,^^ 


jmheiS^  ^i*i«H*i^«f»*  ^tm^m^  y^^hiimf^^ 

^W»^)liP^  !*«?dP!e»ifef;i  ^J^y^li^ 

fpu^,  ||»f^ilh%«$Mr|th4beMnQtsbei;$e^^.fmd^e|$^ 

do  I  Mosei,«^4^g^  t^^  fyfmmmm  m 

the  fields  are  doubly  milled  tl^|^^;^< 
rlriymtan  i  f  >  MftiHB  rtftllft-itb^JUnH  iKbojLitchd'Qk 

, J99mKni9TUJ T3IBIIf^^XrWT?T» 4*W^rETCrrT  ^llsr^J3S"fI/3>0». 

now  iiotlumMrAmyi)!- tobt  to  boil  11^ 


y. 


'*^k2! 


r^i^'td  Itotf  "#^Ii  Ihem ;  ^eftds  far  Moses  mtS 

0m^m^M  M^ftte  Lbrd  at  M*  b^fckViwtr^ts  %** 
mi^Gbi^mmim^,  tM^lllslr^^m  all  Intor 
t!i§BM-SM ;  sb  thiat  riot  one  ibgulit  #£ts  to  be  fouttd- 


i^fe€as^ifctlfei%^;ciMttpleM^  P^^ 
fs  hesol  is  A^ii^  made  hard  as  ^  ^iHi^tofie^  atid 

luu  ;  i9€f91  ClCKRX!KMi|lll(!!&.  xlSntBcSS 

%!eht,    11ie>'e  Cbtftd  ii6t  W 
J,  Derore  tni 


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it  I  ■■fi.  ■ 


■II  >|i; 


them  ho 


:  »ff^i?A«^^^^f^^;li(S|*vv«  ^,^#f^^i^ 


aaft-asiftftwiiadintto^Aiq^  suffigivbif self 

9i^  iiaspii^^^^kt^dlltlMite  iy»d  t^S^araob^  tad 

'M^^!%  s^Aii  ^sjuiul  fti  TfioW  3fom  AJ9^t^  ^pm\^&rlBB 
bait  .M^htsm^ri^^  »i^wit)&iMison?fii%  tfa^kng 


wrought  ^Mehnniclefi,  which  wefe  BUiiifaBrfiiud% 

d9W^jil^ia^odi%i^^M|aik4^  mo- 

•■  ture.aBddees  he  things  m  vain?  me3qniifn»^faidi 
^^g^W¥9m»m»iim  )Nblfiri^3^|fptllat^SiM!lda[be8. 


tiaites  to  lM»«Bti  of>€JM(]^aiQd^4|i|Efftr^ 

^Itbeff,  made  tbem  more  work  in  future,  like  s^^^^i^ 
^Mtliift  vsfcinsr  e^«0re|  iWfe(}le'iii>^a9^i!^'^v««^^^  ^  W 

iniwfaic^i^^i^en^tiretb^  fle#l  o/lre  ii«i^i#otiier  ^fth 
s«l^»gw^0]^qita»nof^0mi4B^  i&^^^- 

olrMii^^ie^  eallrtiieir]iiiikeii^i«(^i4a^id^  ^  ^y^iSligi^ 

dii^dasw  lyce^iivot  d^peili  t^^  by  d(i?«(^^^tiid- 
)ideiftif^^9^bgiira^^«ot»)^^le^f^^ 

dom.    The  pretenee  they  4^0|!^  *^%#^ii0#^t 

afo^(iaiy*6qAiiiifartil»^tl|),^<lftr^^i^^  dMNM«  the 

8eoiditiia6ithf^4^ei>lNEinig  ^i^rF^grhf^lVlli^  Itfclnft^lc 

^«B»iMab5(f>n^fe^€3idtAt  >{]ld^r#fa»b«^ 

.«s(^iioldBg^e0dE)|§^  tmdv«  mki^N^tft 


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imMmcMng  ea|i  Aie^Piei*^  ab3Tir4.V  Hi^^p^^  ^M^ 
Khd^a«hi4Rd  his  pee|)le«  V  Jt;4sj#rf^b<?^^ 


■rirK"  ',!-i-C: 


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^Hmtfsg  moire^  raHt%R9r$^(Um>4t|SDM3iRd 

ti^Mril%  ^Ylr^r'if ^«^if@s«  t0i#dti^3iDii 

.„  4*^tfe#  ^d^m^iff^i^Sfmv^^i^^^ 

might  Mve^me  friends  at«bUit^€fSi#fe8iBJiittiiri__^ 


,^^pl^^toy^t5' 


JMIjrtoa 


i^m^&mifif^m  ft©  eSgi^«»ii!fes^^jn^j 

msUtuted  there:  and. ^5%pfe^^^^jp|gme^^^ 


Sf«Hr«ffpwajf 


BfilfJ^^i 


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JLefioiSk  o£<jnakm£!^thiUEPSi^e 
borrowed,  of  their  good-nafi 


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10  bfi^{  9d4 11^  ^fiprl^ 


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foil 


•iuaiil  Wed  bsw  ,a(»  fe^  JrtklB^^sTODo  llfide  ,alafiYTd8 


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i<^Bids(t* 


i#iiii^(^49^  cMt»M^#^  'dMt^lMi^rit  f^eM^ 


■%  ■Miw'  »«t)ij  rii»"-T  .jt^-L  jkKi-  <». 


* 


t^  Bgypti^sj  and  omde  3iich  bloody  wY)$|j«i^t1^i|ftl 
in  rwtoU  there  wast  notoue  d#ft^^'J^ut)S^^4iei^¥^ 

l^mf-i;^!^^!  ,^AMi|(ri»«gMi9  t|f^b«5iHSlR$H«ftl 

lftiftoi](tobt  rtp:i)e  i¥j|d9%H^.^)l^  iTtOft^'frtlfSi^J 
^i3^iifw4  murdered ^1  *^t  jog^j^lgy^^^t20gTS$^ 


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.  -^ 


II   III  irll.ifii<l»ijllii||«i 


au  •tih^  X  -vi  XMifno^  *M|IC  iM«3  taW  «« 


ili#  i 


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tlie  Egyptinns  in  this  ^lie  «iid  barbarous  maniKi'!^^  ji 
kf^  specimeB  of  tbeir  fettire  conduct.  e>  Motes  hitii 
lli^4ioiiQt  in  Tiew  to  render  it  nnMtTe  for  tiief&  tio  re^ 
tUMp^  and  did  not  lead  dtem  tbrougb^  Hie  land  of  tjbi^ 
^ttiMittes,  lest/  bei&g  soon  eii^ged  til  wiBo^^  ^l^ey 
sbo^  attempt  it.  ^0^  4b»<%|th8^  thbte  Wbow^ 
for  nc4  going  imni^gypt  tfiigkit  be  impelled  b^r  tbi» 
massaeHs,  lest  they  sbonld  faU  yictims  to  t&e  f4(e!ift<^ 
ment  of  tiie  Egyptians.  We  shall  at  this  time  leave 
Moses  afid^  his  people  flying  by  nig^t  helter  skelter 
into  t&e  wilderness,  with  aU  tbey  had,  of  their  own, 
worth  i^^prying  awayTand  with  all  they  coulfl  stedl 
from  their  Belabours.  ^ -^'^  ^  ^      ^' 

>^'Sui^h  horrid  wickedness.!  sucliisaactified  impi^<! 
is  an  indefensible  scandal  to  religion.  So  expos^ 
m  its  pvqf^er  colours,  makes  men^  interested  in  its 
defcpiee*  qutle  silent^  that^^y  dsre  ttot  attemfK  ki 
the  CHP^imstances  are  so  plain,  andthe  atgutDeii^ 
•0  live&iftble,  that  the  i^ouths  and  peni^  of  all  g«&- 
byers  are  «lopt.  So  confidently  does  rettt^m  aainM 
^ c€  ii^ar^  itfgti)ft6»lr  Oiia mi»M()^#^  -^bmt^ 
W  the  ^Ohtest,  with  all  the  oddA  of  tradition^  eilM^ 
toim,  aiid  iniigaid^  mtiHtttide» on  their  iMde.  Ne^ 
diii^'iaas^iim  power  unjustly  <Hi«euted/k  able  ^ 
s^lNiifeboth  feason  a£^  justice.    Wepkadfi>rJi6 

lAiAi'  ow^  det^a^atifii  b^  ^^fw' Jfekn^  ajMift 
Siqpio^M»«Dciified  f^ots,  datk  inain^tibii;  i^^p^ 
fiak^on,  imd  vi LLAtN t  comecrt^  wifk  ike  fkimie '^ 
Most  Hioifi? 

THE    ESJD. 

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