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THE n reader is ‘requefted to remember that
the prophecy, difcuiiedein this difcourfe, con--
fiftst of two great parts, and that both are fulfil-
led in the fame period. If he fees one of them
fulfilled,h,ecannot be “ at a lofs concerning the
other. Of the interpretation here given the
Writer has nothirig‘fo*e fay, but that it has been

A the 1-efult of fame ftudy and t refleétion, acecom»

panied swith a careful examination of ifeveral
celebrated expofitions heretofore publifhed. He
believes the following interpretation to be jult ;

but he is“far ftomi expecting, ‘hand has far from
defiring, that gathers will ofeourfe A adoet  his

opinions. As he claims no peculiar {kill in
commentinggiio he is wholly unwilling to be

the inftrument of g error to his countrymen.‘

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REVELATION XVI. xv.

W Behold I come as a thief : Bloflod is he that
watcheth, and koepetla. his garments, left he
walk naked, and they fee; his fluorite.” A A

I

THIS pflage is inferred V as :1 parenthefis in the ac»
count of the fixth Vial. To feel its whole forcei it will

be nelcelliary to recur to that account, and to examine it i

with fome attention. It is giveni11 thefo words.

i V.‘ 13., ‘_‘;And the figtthailglel _po1zred out his iviallupon
the” llilgteot 3   if   * am} ' the ijlllwatetrf thereof was
dried up, that the way of the king of the «sail: might be
prepared.” p %

1:3. “ And I {aw three unclean fpirits like frogscome:
out of the mouth of the dragon, azocl out of the mouth

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racles? which‘ go forthl utito flit?"   "arid
of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that

great day of God Almighty.” %  l
" 15. ‘ “’ Behold I come as 21 thief : Bl.efl'od is he that
watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lei’: he wollezonaltotl,

and tlmy feeihis fhame-”  A A  A t it A  W A
16. “ And he gathered them together into laiploce cal-4

i led in the Hebrew tongue A1*mageddon.” i

” ‘‘"7To;M this account islitbjoined that of the fevemll vial;
at the effiilfion of which is laccorxiplililiecl a ‘W’01'1(l:€1‘i‘.17zlM‘l(‘3li
molt affeélsiiig lconvulfion of this guilty wor’.lcl,% and tho flrzol
ruin of the Axuticlirilizian empire; The oix%m1i1*:vii::».e,m:t:s of
this izaunazlirag event  exliibitod at large in this '1*emain~»
der of tl*1ié;, and in the tlireo focceediixag clmpters;  %
INs'1‘l”s:AD of enaplcayizlig the time, allowed lJy.£l1f: p1‘efent
occalion, in ligating; the iiaveral C)pl.ZE.'3l0E'1S of cotmmz-ntotors
co11co1*11ii1g this rexno1*l~:ohle p1'opllot:y, ()"{}i1Ziil01'lf3 W.i‘1li;‘l1 you
can eminitio at your leilitre, I.liiElll., as briefly as zztay loo,

{late to you tlmt, which appear: to me to he its txftiea

 (Eli; l anions.

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meaning. This is necefiary to be done, to prepare
the Life of it, which is ‘ now intended to be made. y ,

IN the mthiverie, under a natural alluiion to the man»
net in which the ancient Babylon was deitroyed, a def-
cription is given, us of the ineafiires, nfed by the N109:

You fer.

a High to prepare the way for the defizruciion of the fpiritu-

i "When Cyrus and~Cya's:ares,-3-pt/ye‘Zzing.r~ofPerfia and Media,  

ii A apes

al Babylon. The river Euphrates furrounded the f i walls,
and ran through the middle, of the ancient Babylon, and
thus became the means of its wealth, i fizriength and fafety.

or, in the Jewiih phrafeology, of the eafl, took this Cele»
brated city, they idried up, or emptied, the waters of the
Euphrates, out of its proper channel, by turning them in-
to a iake,” or more probably a fiiniten region of the country,
above the city. i They then entered by the channel which
paiied through the city, ”maide'the1nfelves imafters of it, and
overturned the empire. ’ The emptying, or drying up, of
theywaters of the real Euphrates thus prepared the way of
the real kings of the eaft:for_the tdeftruétion of the city and

empire ‘ of the real] Babylon. "  ifThe>i  ‘ oi: Waters ‘

of the ‘figurative, Euphratesi in they like  manner prepares
their way of the ifigurative kings of the eaft for the deitrucs
tion‘ of the city and empire of i the figurative Babylon.
Theytemnsl -waiters, Eujb/7mz‘e.r, feimgr, ezfl, Bazbyion, are all
figurative or iymboliycalg and are not to be nnderftood as

 
   

i'tes,iis,or alien Bj_aby1on;f  whole xneaning of
d  p A phet is, I apprehend, that God will, iunder this Vial,
foldinfiiniih the wealth, ftrength, and ifafety, of the fpiri.

ms! or figurative‘Babylon, as ei‘i'e<5‘tually to prepare the way H

, for its deitroyers. _ V

IN the remaining verfes an event is prediéted, of a total-

iiy diifereint kind; which is alfo to take place in the fame

period. Three unclean fpirits, like frogs, are exhibited as
proceeding ontloffthie I1'1011tl'1 of the Dragon or Devil, of
the Beaft or Rorniih Government, and of the Falfe Pro-

phet, or, as I apprehend, of the regular Clergy of that 

erarchy. Thefe fpirits are reprefented as §.vor1«:ing, mii*a7-
cles, as going forth to the kings, of theywhoie World, -to
gather thein; and as acftnally gathering‘ them [together to

the battle of thatytgreat day of God Aiinighiy, defcribed in y p

“ the rexnziinder of this chapter,  injthei three fucceeding
ones; i  this  enterprife “the n1iferable end is firongiy



‘§- The ‘Darius of Daniel‘. '

doting real kings, 'ot,,ja‘ilrea1,‘eafi, Albany; tinorieytyath:-2_.n ajyrealc, ,

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marked, in the name of the place, into which they are faid
to be gatheredw-Armageddoxi-um-the mountain of. defiruétiu
on and mourning. A A A
, THE writer of this book will himfelf explain to us what
he intended by the word./jbz'r2'z*.r in this ipefiiage. In his tit
Epifile, ch. iv. V. I. he litys, “ Beloved, believe not every
4‘ fpirit ; but try the fpirits, whether they be of God ; be-
“ caufe many falfe prophets are gone out into the World“*.”
I. E. Believe not every teeclxer, or d4oé'l:1*ine,~ profeflingl
to come from God ; but examine all carefully, that ye may
know whether they come from God, or not 5 for many‘

falfe prophets, it or t€£1C:l1e1"S pallixig thetnfelves upon the

Church foriteaehersl of truth, but in realityi teachers of falie
doélzrines, are gone out into the world. ~

IN‘ the f'an'1e lenfe, if I am. not detreived, is the word 114

{ml in the palfageundertcenficlierzztioxx. One great iclmrm.:—-
teriilieitiend gfieeilmeity ; get‘ tliislltypieriodtiis, t11ere:ox+e, j t1mrun;‘
clean te;1chers,ot' teaclmzrs of unclezm doélrrirttes, will fpreml
th1't>L1gl1 the world, to unite mzmlcind agziinfi God. 'l"‘te,y
we fztid to be t/wee ; i. e. /.?:~2:2em! 1; £1 (lefinite m1;n:1l:»e1* be»
ing Ltleti here, as in ulmoy other 1:,ell"e.ges of tlmis book, for
an iz'1dei*inite one 3 to come our  we mazaz‘/woof the three e-

Vilii agexizts»   In t"*':li$’ine«Fe 

eo11t1tt“iie"S, ”  hai;e'I5i*iri’e?iii7i;‘iily:.;ea.:$e*r'x?iffiiet‘£1i:e€liegztixrxii:
the l<.i13.;;>;tl01'1"1 of God ; tr.) be Z’«!}1c."»’L'¢'flfi"2 ; to we/E,*7';2¢{vlt*_;‘rr3g.sf ;
  to  lot'le1el'ome, c~l21111orou.+a‘, ll’1'1pL1«C,l.G11t, zmci pe1'2.:im:;"i-

l we ; to be 1‘/i:‘£.’_l‘/y'l5l€'I*"Z..‘z‘f.5‘ ef'zz’c:~e2za2~2.a~, i..<e. to be lI"1'1pl(l‘Jl1S, I1'";z1li-
eious, , p1‘0'L1Ll, % cleczeitiul, zmagl .:::m.«::1, ;},2‘0 ‘lurflrlit ?‘?v=2:5"I"‘z1c:'..7;:’“.s‘, teat

wou<;l,e1*s ; :-mc;l iie‘g'z'12%u:*r"*  ,¢2*gfzx!f*27!zzzJte.¢l qr’ n.='e;:ziii  z»lme-,

i.  to,;<~::1:1e1bz1rl~:i tl;te;t11 ;l11.£lI‘l opetx, prio'i’eil}::ci s,ie1'xterprill=r,il

zigztlxltlit  Al1r1,i‘gl1ty.i /   1

 HAVIM: time liml11:ne1*i1y %e:e»:.pl;:zi11e<;l any views of this pate»,
gtnllecy, ~l.i,ill"1;«1ll now to:r~th.e i j{:>"t:11r‘pc‘)l§e ef px.*iele11ti1’1,g it in e
‘moi?-c:=: Cliilllliaiii i£:l3‘1(l~(1(”3I7l'i113n1‘*«‘3l1€i*,I“ll.1We w.riew',i {l1‘2'i.W tc:ge'::l1te1* the

feveral, parts of it in -.1 pz11*:.1pl1ra,ie.~

IN {he li:v;ti’1 gi'eetldi"v'iiiiiozll1 cult’ tl1e‘3ll:ex;*ied. iltil-‘l'~i }:miwi<le.n,ee,, ‘
(.l£i317l(')l;£3(il by the vials filled “\Nltl1 clivine jittcligrxtietite ztmzil e17‘ep.t-—i "
ied‘ on the wo1“ld, the weztltll,’ i.iI1‘€.i7l_§_;tlil‘ ztml littfetiy of the i
AI1tich1*if_ti::m empir'e will be _~;g;,;t*ez1tlyl lelle1*1eti, £i.‘i‘fl«Ll, "ti.1l1-§lif;lf““

feetttztl P-1‘(':pL11"£1jI:l<'J11 will be Ixtede for its finally ex»"e1*ti*m-a:a~w. i
:gIN, t;.l'le‘.1'71“l£’:.‘Zti“1‘tl‘l7l“1C~:i-i feverel 'teael1e1'.~:s el" we emit i1“‘ze1m«;::1.uj1l
Cw]-{:)L‘IE‘%I4)"ifleS will z1x*i1e in tholie C:U'£.i1"ll7l"l«£:‘IéS, w1'1ex'e tile .l’e't“.‘e*,m et‘
4*’ 3:-‘ta: emw, mjg, «.33..

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the Antichriiliani empire have efpecially diftinguifhed thorn»
felves, by corrupting the truth, and perfecuting the follow.
ore,’ of Chrift ; the character of which teachers and their
oiottrines will be impure, lothefome, impudent, pertinacious,
proud, deceitfulyimpious, malicious, and cruel.

THESE teachers will, by their cloétrines and labours, o-
penly, profefiecily, and in an unufual manner, contend a-
gainit God, and againft his kingdom in thisworld, and will
iizrive to unite mankind in this oppofition. i

Non will they fall of aftonilhing fuccefs 5 for they will
arftually unite a large part of the human race, pa1*ticu1aItl3f'
in Chriftendom, in this impious undertaking. ‘ ''

BUT they will only unite them to their deftruétion ; a

' cleftruélrion mofi: awfully accomplilhed at the effufion of the

feventh vial.

FROM this explanation it is manifeft, that the prediction
confifts of two great and diftinft parts ; 2‘]:e preparatiorz for
the overt/arotu affine flntichriflinn entpfre ; and t/ye embczr/zcztz'-
032 of mm‘ inn proféfléd am! zntzfiwzl 0J5P0fI'ti.on:lilc.to God, and to
his kiagdoywlz, tzccolmpliflaed by meant of fI::fl=: doflrizzes, and im-
piozar teachers. l r j 7  y

BY the ablefi Commentators the fifth vial is confidered
as having been poured out at the time of the Reformation.
T he firit is fuppofed, and with almoft abfolute certainty, to
have begun to operate not long after the . yearn ~8oo.t. _ If
we calculate from that period to the year hit 517,? the year it in
wliich the Refo1*mation**began in Germany, the four firil

f vials will he found to have occupied about four times 180!

years. I 80 years may therefore be eftixnatedy as the great-
eft, and I 70 years as the leaft, duration of aifingle vial.

y Fromthe year 1517 to the year 1798 there are 281 years.

' ration more than . I00 years.

i ‘ liver is returned.

If the fifth vial be fizppofed to have continued 18o years,
its termination was in the year I697; if I70, in 1687. Of
eourfe the iixthpvial may be viewed as having been in .ope-

You will now naturally aflt, What events in the Provi~
dence of God , found in this period, verify the prediéytiony? l

pTO this queflion I lanfwer, generally, thatthewhole com-
plexion of things appears to me to have, in a manner furpri-
iingly pe:~r4:.aéi‘t, correfponded with the prediétion. The fol»

”lol.vingppart‘ticulars will evince with what pp propriety this am

y ..WiTHl1 N“ this h period they Jefuits, who confiitutecl the
erolugea branch‘, ancl the molt formidable internal fupport,

of the Romiih hierarchy, have been i'n;._:»preiTed.

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VVITHIN this period various other orders of the regu

iar Romilhpp Clergy have in form: countries been fupprefled,
and in others greatly reduced. Their permanent polfeili»
ens have been confifcated, and their wealth and power
greatly leflened. » , ‘

WITHIN this period the Antichriftian fecular powers

shelve been in molt inltances exceedingly weakened. Po-

land as a body politic is nearly annihilated. Auftria has

deeply fuliered. Venice and the popifh part of , Switzer»
land as bodies politic have vanifhed. The Sardinian mo-

narchy is on the eve of diflblution. Spain, Naples, Tufca»
ny, and Genoa, are forely wounded ; andpPortuga1 totters
to its fall. By the treaty, new on the tapis in Germany,
the Romifh Archbilhoprics and Bifhoprics, in that empire,

are propofed to be fecularized, and as diflinét governments ,

to be deftroyed. Asthe ftrength ofilthefe powerswas the
foundation,~, tonwhichl isthei ; relied.  ifo “ their de-
firutftion, or diminution, is a final preparationlt for its ruin. t

IN France, Belgium, the Italian, and Cif-rhenane repub-
lics, a new form of government has been inflituted, the ef~
feet of which, whether it ihall prove permanent, or not,
muzfi be greatly and finally“ to diminifh the Ttrengtli of the
Hi€m1fCl1Y+j  ~     , ‘ ,  p c  i l e

I N“ Frarice andlii"i“l§elgiiini,l‘lf‘thei’li7l**h;:,1g.i-newer  “influis
ence of the Clergy. of all defcriptions have, in a fenfe, been

edeitroyed ; and their imnienfe wealth has been diverted into

new channels. a In France, alfo, an opexnviolent, and inve-

terate war has been made upon the ll-iierarchy, andpcarw .
tried on with uneztaznpled bitternefs axitlelicrueltyfit l

WITHIN this period, axro, the revenues , of! the Pope
have been greatly curtailed ;. the territory "of Avignon has

been talcen out of his hands ; and his general weight and
authority have exceedingly declined.

VVI'1j,H1N the prefent year his perfon has been feized,

his fecnlar government overturned, a republic formed out

of his dmninions, and an apparent and at leaft temporary

- end put to his dominion.

To all thefe..mighty,preparations for the ruin of the An»-
tichrifiian empire may be added, as of the highelt efficacy,

i "" In the mention of all tliefe evils brought on the ‘Romifl1’lHiicm-thy, I beg ,

itxnay be remembered, thatlam far from juliifying the iniquiteus con»
we of _their perfecutors. I know not that any pex-{on holds it, and all other
perfitcutien, more in ab'hm'encc'.l Neittlier havel a doubt ef the integrity and
piety of mulptitndes of the unhappy fufferere. In my view they claim, and I
tmit will receive, the cemmifcration, and, as occafion ofi'crs,the kind ofiicca
ex’ all men pofl'cfl'ed even of common Mmanity. , ' e i j 

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of thezfecond.

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Hutu-an-unullr

hgreat change of cl1a1'a€te1', ‘of views, feelings, andtllhnh.
its, thl-0ug11tQut mam; Antich1~§fl;§.a11 countries, which all'ur_e3
nus completely, that its former firengtl1tcan never return.

THUS has the  part of this I‘61"I1£-lI‘l~Zal;)l€ prophecy been
léccor.i1plli{l1ed. Not lefs remarkable has been the fulfilment

l BOUTotl’1eo year 17:18, Voltaire, folcoelebrated‘ for his

wit and hi*lllianc3r,‘a11d not lefs dl£lh1gul.lle1ed for his hzwred
“woof ch1*iltia:hity and 111$ ahzmdonmento of principle, l ‘formed a.
flfirfiematicnl ciefign t-C) Clellroy  and l to introduce
 its {teed a general diffufion of irreligionnnd atheifin. For
  purpofe he tztffociateod with himfelf F rederlc the II, king
%o;‘fl"1'tnllia,tttandr l\/lelll D’Ale1nbert and Diderot, the princi-
"l‘_p;2.l eompilers of the r Encyclopetlie ; all men of talents, athe-
 lllzs, and in the lilste n1:m11er abandoned‘. The pntincljéal

parts of this fyfiem were, 1{’c.'The coxnpilzition of the Encyu

clopedlef ; in Wlllcll with great art rmd i1'1fidioufnefs the

doétrines of Natttralaseowefl as Cthrlfiien Theology were

renderetd ahfu1*d and 1‘idicullons‘%t ; ojothe of tlleterelm
  rflceeled fagalnft ‘V tonVil€tio11H_2ind    3.
t The overtlnrowl of the l lreli_gioL1s orders l in 9 Catholic tcenn-
triest; atfiep effentially t1*1ecefl'ary to the deltrufiion of the

“religion profell"edi11thofe leountrles. 3. The eltabllllnnlent

of a fefi: of philofophiflzs to ferve, it is pI'ell.1med, ass :1 con-—

tfilave, a rallying rrltvoirxtnfsnr all th5l17;A._f‘011QWeT3?r‘  The

t:arPraPrietim1tethemfelvesalendfl1ei1"difciP1es:  oi’t1w1»1é1~
res Vzn:1dtllhonon1's of mernbers of the French "Acadexlly, the
‘melt refpecftable literary lfociety in France, and alxslwqis

confideredas containing none but men of prime learninlg

_a11d;tnle11ts. In this wayjthey defigned to hold out them-
felves, and their friends, asfther only perfons of great litera.- V

ry and intellec'tu21l diltincftioxl in that country, and to diétate

Mall literary lolplinionsl to the nationi.» e 5. The fabrication

of Books of allskindst againfl: ch.ri£tianity, efpecially flush as

 excite doubt, and generate contempt and derifiont ‘Of

1- The celebrated ?FrcnrchlDie&iona1'y of Arts and lS<:lcnces,l 'inlwhicho_a‘rt:ll-

l else of Theology were fpecioufly and decently written, but,’ by reference: art:-»
tzully om"a;de to other articles, all the truth of thalformetilw.-an enthjely andginfi~

dioufly overthrown to mail: rea'ders, by the fophiftryrlofthc latter.’

on  I ‘So far walsf%t'tl1isrlcarried,r theta Mr. Beauzet, l he laymam but a fincc-rel
% chriflian, who l
“‘3i?0Wrtltl1cylct;neV.ltto admitlhitnl among them? D‘Alembert anfwered, with»
team: hfifitatlon, W I am lfenfiblc, this mulit feem afionlflfing to you 5
elwantted a flcilfulj gmmflzarian, and ameng our pztrty, not one had acquired at
>repu_tationlin 1:-hie line. r We know th.atlyou~b¢licvct in’ God, but, being a

was one of the forty members, once aflced D’Alemhcrt

but we

go;:d..[ort pf man, we cgiltlourtcycs upon *you“,'.for” want of at philofopher to

l "*"jf“Pll’l3f 3(°'l“‘lPl'3l€¢~’~’ rBrl:;e..Crit. Art; arxuelfirmcmairn of the Hiitaxye-f
l,]ecobxmfm.l Augultxgggy. l ‘ r o l l % ~

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zzllofe they illllecl, by tlloxnllzlves zmd their friends, who emu»
ly became nume1i‘oL1s, an imnxnmlfe number ; fo printed, as to
be plL11‘Cl'lElll3d »for little or 11otl1ir1g, and lo written, as to
catch the feelings, rmd flea}. upon the :«.1pp1‘0b21ti01‘1, of every
clafs of men. 6. The fo1*xin;1tilo1"1 of 21 fecret Aczlclemy, of
which Voltaire was the fizanding prefident, and in which
books were formed, alto:-ecl, forged, imputed as poll»
humous to cleceafed writers of reputation, and lent abroacl
with the weight of their xmmes. Thole were printed and
circulz-med, at the lowelt price, througll all clafles 017213.613,
in an uni.nte1*1*uptc:d fucceilion, and through ll every pzm: oi’
the l«:ing§;1on1. % l l o
N't)1*{ were the labours of this Acaclmny confiraed to reli-
gion; They zugtacked alfo momlity amil gove1~nn:a<—mt, un-
llimged gzradtlally the minds of mm, gmcl doilroyed tlgeir 1*'e-e.-
vere11co for every tlo1i11g l1c1*m:ofo1*c efieezned facsr-ed. M
V Iwlltlmé lnzoon l timo; tho *l\/Iafongitr   Societies, wliich hadlneozm
or} ginlzxlll l ilfxzllitlutotllill‘ f'oi‘l‘ll“olk§or1VlVi:ll sulflld" fx«iend1y~’l~purpofes hon»
Iy, oworcz, e.lli)oci:1'lly in F1'.:u1ce and Germany, Il"1‘£-ldfil the pro»
;{’oll‘c:~cl ::"7r:<;:m-ass of clcbato c:onco1*ming religion, morality, and gow
vo1*n1nem:, by tlmfe phi1ol'opl1ifi:s§, who 11ml in great num-
bars bocoam: Maibxls. o For fuchodebate the legalized ezxzil‘-A
tenco o%ff%l\/Iai"ox1ry,oitos p1*ofo111:1d3fl::cre13r, its folemn and myl7-5
tic   I  
tenllc;>n th1*o1f1g-l1 moi’: ci‘vili'z.?acl cou1"1tr‘i’os;l’ft:a1‘}Eiill1ed the great»
oi’: :Lclv:u1tuges. All l‘1€3I?€;: Wm; fmc, l"a:l"e:2, zmcl calculmted tool
c11coL11*age the bolde-ll oxcllrllom; of re:l“ll.c::lI+.;% opinioxl and in:-
pamticnt zwdolur, and to 1}l’1Z’Ll{(‘3 311:3 fix t:lf1t":. cleepc::l'll: ix11,p1"eill;om.‘
Here, and inlno other pl::,u::e,[ u.1::dorfi.1lcll1 zzrbit:r'm'yL‘ govern.»
ments, could every ix1;.1ova,torf linotl:1.¢lE3i21*zportz111jt _il1bjeé,'l:s out-or”
tar exre1*y‘;fe11timént5 ‘I1oW€vor al:.ni~inm{,llanld zzttzuczlc every doc.
trims and inflitutgion, hlowover 7g1.1;1r Yd by ll.’:1‘W~ or fzmé‘rity...
In the {exams and 11nrcfl1*ained debates of the llodgo, every
1'10V(31,lllC2'€1”1tl(Jl1S_., and e1lar1'ning opinion was refolutely ad-

vzmcocl. %l\/lilndsg lzxlrozxdy tingedl with pl1ilofopl1il7n:1%‘, were‘ «W

here fpoetlily‘ ljlawclmned Willih all deep tmd deadly die: ;% % :-gmd A
thole, *wl1icl1 %c:.m1elf1'°ell1 zmcrl i1moco'nt to the fizzemoof t:onta-
mir1:1tio11, became (=::11+ly and ‘i1*l*omf1ediably lcorruptod. l A
flulflbo1*11iI1capacit"y ofco11vh£l:ion, zmcl a; flinty iz1lénl3.l:milir;y to
l  V'3Tl:1e words l.l'£2E/qj§;[.»£:.§/:12 awd 1“.eDi/a_.’}'2:L;_’,’;.'s r::ay%M}.n our nplnlczn, ‘ma I"s::;;:.;:Ily
,aidop”wd,lfx't:1Y1 this vm:lc,l_tu (iv iignazsgé \.l;¢ qi;g:il;o}:r11:s ol"'r'.Wr. l'3¢=:3i'l}:?:»l m‘-3. ;mw%
tlws to rcllzmz tl,1£:lmIml1r:ll3l+:‘: lterrns of P?l':ll=ll-$§'r.~;:l1;.; and li""Vl"'.~l§':l£,l'-:';;.3l'M:l‘ from fl».-:
abufe, lntolw}1lc*h they 1'1-more fallm. I"l»i.«’q/if-2%.;/}.v '29: that lcuwzz or t_»‘a]v.»1»ij}2:s, aaraldp
thus complorely defc.ribc:s tho {£61 uf"Vc:lum'¢:: A l"1;‘f!’l_;‘~;-‘,*.»»’,.»_;;,x3? E22 2. lov::x' of .ff:...~~
.z:‘:’5’W- B5”lli~»‘~3f3t« 1Wl~" ‘ % ' l  l l ,l o y o A   * .

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anthrax

every moral and natural tie, grew of courfc out of  com»:

bination of caufesy; and men were furely prepared, ibefyore ‘ ii  

themfelves were aware, for every plot 9 and‘ope-rpetration.
In thefe hot beds were fown the feeds of that aitonifhing
Revolution, and all its dreadful appendages, which now
fpreads difinay and horror throughout half the globe. ,
W'I—IILE thefeymeafures were advancing the great defign.
with a regular and rapid progrefs, Doétor Adam Weifl1-
aupt, profeflor of the Canon law in the Univerfity of IngoI-
ftadt, a city of Bavaria (in Germany) formed, about the
year 1777, the order of Illuminati. This order is profefll
edly a higher order of Mafons, originated by hirnfelf, and_

“grafted on ancient Mafonic Infiitntions. The fecrefy, fo-- ‘

lefnnity,imyl’cicifm, and correfpondenc;e[ of Mafonry, were

in this new order preferved, and enhanced ; While the an i

dour of innovation, the impatience of civil and moral re-
Itraints, and the aims againlt government, morals, and reli-'
gion, were elevated, eatpanded, and rendered more fylle-
matical, malignant, and daring»,  A

  thi  ifocietiesfi of I11um1nae ~do<E‘trinesjJ were taught,

“Whichi ftrilée. at the mother all human happinefs and virtue ;

amere ufurpation. 

and every fuch dofirine was either expreflly  or ixnplicitly
involved in their fyllem.   j y .7 
THE being of God was denied and ridiculed.
GOVERNMENT was aflerted to be ap curfe,, and authority

   Ctvxtrmiety  aetxséa toiirbej, rh¢iilsn1yl lapoeafy of
i Tflepolleflion of property was pronounced to be rob-.l
bersr-s        

i 9 CHASTITY andinatural ~-affecflzion were declaredto be
i nothingmore than groundlefs prejudices. i

; ‘AQULTERY, aflafiination, poifoning, and other crifnesi of
the v"lil<e' infernal nature, were taught as lawful, and even

up as‘ 'VirtuQus“a.”€ti;ons-

_ 0 crqwni fucli ja fyftemiof fallhood and horror all xneansa
were declared to be lawful, provided the “end was good;  
t I'Ni“tl1lS~l3,ll:_l(lO&1‘lne men. are not only loofed froxnfievery

I‘ lagoncl, and-friqxn every, duty ; but from‘ every inducement to;

perforzn any thing mvhich is good,, and,   from any
i thizig lwhichi is evil  and are let upon each oth,er,lil«:e at com-
‘ pony of,_h‘elll1ou,nds to, worryj, rend, and ldeltroy. , Of 

pgootlnefsytofiptheoendyevery man is to judge for ihimfelf ; and l

_ xnoftmepn,   men who refemlfille the Illnrninati, will]

" A   i, pronouxttciey eversrif are to be good, *§vl1it;l1 will gratify their 

egg?

inclinations. The great and good ends propofed by the II-

 luminati, as the ultirneite objetits of their union, are the over-

throw of religion, government, and human fociety civil and
domeftie. l Thefe they profnounce to be {'0 good, that mur...
der, htitehery, and war, however extended and dreadful,
are declared by them to be completely juftifiable, if neceflary
forthefe great purpofes. With fuch an example in view,
it will be in vain to hunt for ends, which can be evil. y

CORRESPONDENT with this fummary was the whole
fyflem. No villainy, no impiety, no cruelty, can be ham»
ed, which was not vindicated ; and no vir‘tue,; which was
not covered with contempt. I

THE means by which this fociety was enlarged, and its
doétrines fpread, were of every promifing kind. Witll on-or

remitted ardour and diligence the members infinuated them-" 
felves into every place of power and truft, and into every 
literary‘, politioaly end friendly fojc:gi:ety,;y engrofled as much his 
poifliblei*the educetiaeoi"lyouth; efpeciallyof jClliflIiI1€lIlO1"1i ;‘ be; ‘
came licenfers of the prefs, and direélzors of every literary 
journal; waylaid every fooliih prince, every unprincipled 

civil officer, and every abandoned clergyman ; entered bold»

ly into the deiit, and with unhallowed hands, and fatanic 

lips, polluted the pzgigegs of God 5, enlifted in their fervice a1.;.

 

     

  

many ; inundztted the eo1i1itry‘with lJ“lotiil'lc’sfi replete vvith[ in.-
fidelity, irreligion, immorality, and obfcenity ; prohibited
the printing, and prevented the fale, of books of the con-
trary eliarztéter ; decried and riciitculecl them W_h6I1‘pl1lDliil1.,-?

ed in fpite of their efforts ; pzmegyrizedi andly trumpetedg  y

thofe of themfelves zmdtheir coadjutors; andinjat wlordl‘;yi‘ 
made more nun1erous, more idiverfified, 21t1dlrnoryei’tre1iuoi,1syy‘ i 
exertions, titan an aafiive iyimaginzttiofi Wyou1d‘h:-Ave preconw V 

eeivedq ~ i y g »
To thefe le:ee1*t1om; their fuccefs has been proportzonech

Multitttdes of the Germaxts, notvvithftancling the ‘gr:rvity,”yt

fte.:ldiz1e1's,tatidlfobriety of their 11a.ti0I1_21lCh21r£l;€ter,_yil1£1‘g7e he:

come either partial or entire converts to ‘1:he“i'e wretched” 

“clor'?t1*ioert~;-; inume1*oti1e focieties have been‘ eifcablifliiecl among V

them. ; ~t.he fpulzslicz ihitth and morals ltave been uiihiiiged ;_

and the politioatldrad religious z1fFai1's; of that empire litxzzre tail i

fumed ah afpeuft, whici1fo1*ehtodes its ;;om1 min. l1’ltFl'I.”:.I'E(it‘:,ii

atlfoy, Illt.1mir1atif1'o ilflfi i been e;1gerly‘tmcll ezttemfively adopt-.¢  
ed ; ahcl‘ thofe men, who have had, fitcceilrvely, -the chief \

diret“ti,on of the public aiiltire of tliot country, lmve beeri
reerrtbere of this iooxety. Societies lmve alio beten ere:€'i:eci

I 4..
 Switzerland and Italy, and have contributed ptobablygtn
the fuccefs of the French, and to the overthrow of religim
on and government, in thofe countries. Manta was deliv-
ered up to Cu-Paine by the Illuminati; and thatgfieneral apa-
peare to have been guillotined, rbecaufe he declined to en»
courage the fame treatghery with refpeflt to Mlanlleitn.

a Nor: have England and Scotland efcaped the contagion.
S;eVe1*al focieties have been erefted in both of   thele coun»-"

tries. Nay in the private papers, felted in the cultocly of t

the leading members in Germany, feveral lfuch focieties are

recorded as «having i been ereéted in America, before then

year x786*“- p ‘ 

IT is aremarlcable, faét, that a large proportion of the
fentiinents, hereftzxted, have been publicly avowed and ap-
plauded in the French legifiature. The beingxand provi-n
dence of God have been :repeatedly denied and ridiculed.
Ch1*i1°c has been tnoclted with the groflbft infult. Death ; by
alfo1en1nlegiflative dec1*elellha.s pbeet11d691a1*ed to be an eter-
nal lfleep, e A  hasa.been‘ldegradeld: to ia~ farce, l l and the

coininunitytllaxv of*divlo1*‘<:er, irivitedllto nniire1*l'alpro11i

titution-p In the fchool of ”public‘linfh~uétion atheifm is pro».
feffedlyrtaught; and at an audience before the legiflature,
Nov. 30, 1793, the head fcholar clecl.a1"ecl, that he and his
fchoolfellows detefied a God 5. a declamtien received by the
rnembersp with tunboundedpapplpaufe,  ‘rewarded Wiltll the
fraternal kits efqthe t ‘p1j.fefident,a   and**  the thannra of the
fittinglt; ‘4 l l l ‘ ” i ll “ " l

I prefume I have fufliciently proved the fulfilment of the-

fecond part of this remarkable prophefy ; and lliewn, that
doétrines and teachers, aitfiarering to the defcrlption, have

arifen in the very countries fpecified, and that they are ra-.
pidlytfpreading through the world, to engage mankind in
i anlopen andppppprofelled war a ainfl God. p I {hall only add,
that the titlesppofthefe philo ophifcical books have, in vaiia
nous infiances, been too obfcene to admit of a tranflation by

a Virtuous E1335 and in a decent {late of fociety. 80 fully

are thefe teachers‘ rentiltled tothe epithet 'l.1I1ClfL“£:11”1.T r A‘  ‘A p
Assumtxma now as jnft, for the purpofes of this ‘difi.:ouli~fe,

the explanation, whieli has been given, Itplhall p1°oceed to

eeniider the iinporpt oftthe Text.  i 7 t I V e “ l

7 Tent. Text is an afiefiionate adidrer.fs~ of tlielfledeenter to’

V histr‘children,; teaching the.n1« that} clez1dn£l',h;‘wl1icl1 he wille

1 ‘ii SeeKRobE{nn’s Cpnfpiratyand thud-bbciiiBtartutl’a Mmrmirs of the 

ttwxy‘~ofjacob‘ir;i=-l"m. ‘ '

 3 Sees. G1l’fu;*d’s1;et'leriltd§'ii::l;.i‘ne.;l

I5

then: efpecially togpnrfue in this alarming feafon. It is the
great prac§tica1t,retnarlt, drawn by infinite Wifdom and Good.-
nefs from an mofl: folemn fermion, and cannot fail therefore to
merit out highefl: attention. Had he not, While recounting
the ezittenlive andidreadful tonvnlfien, ciefcribed in the con-

text, made a declaration ‘of this natut-e, there Wouldihave,

the c1 11

been little room for the exercife of any emotions, befide
thofe of terror and defpair. The iglooni would have been
univeztfal and 61'1i'i1‘€ ; a blank midnight without at {tar to
cheer the folitary darlstnefs. But here i a hope, a proniife,
is ftnfnilhed to fuch ‘ as obey the injumition, by which it is fol.-
lowed ; a luminary like that, which iltone to the wife men
of the eail, is lighted up to guide out Pcepsto the Author of
peace and falvation.   , ‘ 

BLESSED, even in this calamitous feafonf, faith the Savi-
our of men, is rive 2“/hat mitt,‘/Jet“/.7, ‘agezd ilieepejhir, /2i.rj,gt;r:19,zc';tt.t,
W Ire   and /ritfirtitwi          t

f:3IN is the naltedtielis and lhatne of“ the fcriptures, anti
i'igl1ten‘ulir1ef§ the ga1'i1iei1t which covers it. To wate11 anti
iatifitp the gzmneiits is, oft:ou1*i‘e, To to ohiierve the heart and

‘tilt: life, 17:.) ('T£1l'€3‘lll.l.Vl.ly to refifl: ternptatio11 and abllnin fi'otn I

lin, and lb fnitliftilly  czultivate liolinelis and pet'l.’orn1 duty,
    *t      ,1b€%t,,e<i0r1lt=t1, *v~i'i¢1‘1 ,:,$tTili“-‘-’
,lunt1mt,ted,:fttrpirituza

   
      

tobesiteitiazigelii ,
beau.ty'.
'.i,.'"m4: r:ant.ion:n;'y p1*et:ept giv'et1to us by our Lord .is.:_,
tlhet*el'o1'te, ‘ . A, _   V 
’”lI"n M we seouno BE gem. It~n«":.n'rt.Y 'Wa.'re.mvtrL To
I-‘}*3l%'.,IE3‘C)12.IVI QUR DU’I“t’., .ttn*x'§1fi1—t;t'tULLi', ,x1~1‘,,Tnt:tfrnt'INo pa.
axtgzn, IN W?1~.ttC1~t ornt. iI.;t>*1* rs lc;m~.A‘l * l l . ,
, T‘c:- tliofe, who obey, a eertaixi blelling its feettred by the
jp2:on:1i,fe oi” the l*i;etleen'1et*. i  t , V
THE. great and general ,objet7t,‘ aimed at by this come-
111£11‘1fl,‘iL1’1Clilf.>y every other, is private,,pe1*l'onal obedience
and. 1*et'orination,ol’lii'e ; perfonal piety, rigltteoufiieie, and
temperance. I  t , i   , 4 l
, Tc) every ttxen is by his C1*eato1fl iefpecially committecl
the czare of liimfelf ;. ofhis time, his talents, and his tliznil.

it:

“He knows, or may know, better, than any other man, ‘his

wants, his fins, and his dangers, and of coutfe the means til’

relief, ref'orInation, and efcape. No lone, {'0 Well as he,
can Watch the approach of temptatioryfo feeliiigly pray for a

divine £1.ll,lflZ£t1.'1,Ct3, or fo profitably refolve on future obedi-
ence. In truth no tefolutions, no iprayers, no WE1tCl’lfL1l11f3li‘:3
of otl:te1~s, will iptoiitfihirn, at allmnlelisfecozzded by his own-

M to i

 

No other perfon can make any ufefuli impreflions on A our

hearts, or our lives, unlefs by roufing in us the neceflary

exertions. i All extraneous labours terminate in this fingle
point‘: it is the end of every doéh-ine, exhortation, andsrek-‘
proof, of every moral and religious inftitution.

i THE manner, in which fuch obedience is to be’“perform-s

- _ed, and fuch reformation accomplifliedy isf defcribecl to you

weekly in the deflt, and daily in the fcriptures. Adetail of
it,‘ thereforeywill not be neceffary, nor enpeéted, on the
prefent occafion. » You already know what is to be done,

and the manner in which it is to be done. You need not

be told, that you are to ufe all efforts of your own; andlyto Ax

l'0Ol{ imziibly and continually to God ‘< to render thofe efforts
fttccefsful ; that you are to refit’: carefully and faithfully ev-
ery approaching temptation, and every rifing fin ; that you
are to refolvei on newnefs of life, and to feize every occafi—

on, as it prefents itfelf, to honour God , and to bliefs your

fellow men ;  that youiiilarey liftrentiouflyy to contentlyryyagainftilea
vil habits,yiyandcvvatchfully to cheriihl i goody 7ones  than-di yythat
you are conftantlyito aim iatilluniforinityi‘andf‘ eminency in a
holy life, and to“ adorn itlievlldoétrilne of God our Saviour
in all things,” i “  i l l ‘ _ i
BUT it may be neceflary to remind you, that perfonal 0-’
bedience and reforniation is the foundation, and the fum,

of all national worthvandlrrofpsritr-itA If eachmaxiicmzdiies

hixnielf iliélrightf the community cannot beitconduuedy wlroiig;
lithe private life be unblarnable, the public fizate ‘initifl be
cointnenclable and happy. . V i i l l i  
INDIVIDUALS are often apt to conficler their own pri-
vate conciufl: as of fmall importance to the public welfare.
This opinion is wholly erroneous and highly Inifchievous.
No man can adopt it, who believes, and re1nernbers,rthe

r declarations‘ of God. If y “ one {inner defiroyeth much
“good,” if ‘°’~ the iefieétual fervent prayer of 3; righteous man
Vavaileth inuch,” if ten righteous perfons,i found in the pol--

- i lnted cities of the vale of Sidclim, would have ' faved ytheni
1 from defi:ru€tio11,‘”ithe”perfonal concluét of no individuahiican

i ‘be ‘lX1lTi‘$:i,"1”tlflC£tt1tlil0 the fafety and happinefs of a iiation;  on
the contrary, the advantages to the public of private virtue,

s faithful prayer and; edifying example} cannot be c;alculated.y

Noone ‘lcan?yco1ije=éi‘ture~ hovwfirnany williiibe linade'better, i'af-
e;t‘i,liiandiyl‘iappier,  the virtuieiof one. i i i V i i i   i

‘ r"WHEREViEneriwealth, ipolitenefaiyiitalents, and ofiice, lend

itlmir aid to the inherent eflicacy of virtue, its" influenceiil 
proportionality greater"; In this eafe the examplei * is jfeen

I7’ *
by greatel‘ numbers, is regarded with more‘ refpei. ul at»
tention, and felt with greater force» The plety of Heze-
lciah reformpedanld faved a nation. Men far inferior in fie».
7tion to kings,‘ and pofleiled of far humbler 1ne:ius of doing
good, may {kill reafily circulate through multitudes both a
virtue and happinefs. ‘The ‘beggar on the dunghill may
b¢,¢0l,me 3 public blefiing; Every parent, if a faithful one,
is a public bleffing of courfe. d How delightful a path of pa-4
triotifm is this 2 p , l l i ll
_IT is alfo to be remembered, that this is the way, in‘
which the chief good, ever placed invthe power of rnoft per.-
fons, is to be done. If this opportunity of fervmg God,

etaudl befriending mankind, m be loft, no other will by} the

great body of men ever be found. ‘Few lperfons can be
concerned in fettling fyflems of faith, 5 moulding forms of
government, -4 regulating nations,  or eitabliihing , tempires.

But almoft all can train up a family ifor”ipGod,lf infti1““pieHtY:,

juftice, ldndnefs and truth, ‘N idiftribute peace and comfort a-

round a neighbourhood, receive the poor and the outcafl:

into their houfes, tend the bed of ficknefs, pour balm into
the wounds of pain,‘ and awaken a fmilpe in the afpecit of
forrow. In the fecret and lowly vale of life, virtue in its
moft lovely attire delightsrpto pdwell. There God, with pea»
culiar clomp1acencyt;:‘rl:?ow’ finds  the  rim’  {xv N91?
ornament of a meek and quiet fpiritigi arldiithere the mom.
ing and the evening incenfe afceuds with peculiar fi*ag1‘ance
to heaven. When angels became the vifitors, and the

lguefts, of Abraham, he was a fimple liufbandzuan. ,

, _BESIDES, this, is the great mean of pfi*":1‘l.lO3.0.{3,l fafety and

happinefs. No good man was ever forgotten, or negllelét.-.

ed, of God. To him duty is always fafety. i Around the
tabernacle of every one, that feareth God, the angel of
proteétion will encamp, and fave him from the impending

evil, ~ , l i

IL pAMO§NGl, the particular duties required by thie pre-

 

ttept, and at the preferit time, none holds a higlier place V

it than the obfervation of the Sabbath. 
TI-IE Sabbath and, its ordinances have ever been the”?
great means of all moral good to mankind. l The faithful
obfervatiou of the fabbath is, therefore, i -one of the chief
duties and intereilcs of men ; buti,l.the,prefe11t time furniflies ,
M reafous, peculiar, at leaf:  degree, for ‘exemplary regard
to this A divine inititution; ‘The enemies of God have ob‘
private argument, ridicule, and iufiuence, and by public
«-ie5:reee, ppointed their efpecpil maligoity againfi the iielbrw

:4

negleét of the Sabbath; , V , p » i i
t ’b1yinfo:rrned, that, iifomie years before

I 8'

betii ; aizci have §'.‘.~§_p£35i3€d, and not witliotit re.'2iii5ri,ii tiiait, "iii"
they could anriiiuilate it, they ihouid overthrmv chrifliia;nity.{
From them. we cannot but learn’ its impo1*t2mce. pflnemies
‘ufualiy di{'cern, with more fagzicity, the moftp1‘omifing_
point of attack, ‘than   t11ofe”" who are t tobe pzttt-acked..i In
this point are they to be peculiarly foppopfed. , Heere, pecu-T
iiarljr, are thfe"ir defignso to be bafiied. e If they  ‘here,
they will ifinwy fail; ”Chri.fiiariity icannot ifall, but by the

 "I E{AVEi_i1ie_en4£1“€i(i_i

 Ptevoitition,xaniexninent philofopher of this coutxtry,~ now
ei“'if§.:Z{;R.li.€d, pdeczlapred tofiflavid Hume , that Chriftianityiwould

bo1ei§iternfinated‘from the American c:o1or1ies iwi-thin :1‘ cert: ‘

tu1‘y‘fro1n‘"thatpttime;  The iiopinion has doubtlefsi been of-‘-,
ten declared rand, extenfively imbibed ;, and has probably
furniihed our teniemies their chief hopes of fuccefs. “ Where
religion prevails, their fyfcem cannot fucceed. Whe1~e re-;
iigion, pprevails, Illwuminatifmrcannot make difciples, a rentil
kiirefiorrce+1mot,igovcrn, atmtion cannot   be madef1eves;,
no:~ ivillaitieg V: af.theifl:is,g no1*?‘i,beiai’cs; f To deftroyi us,‘ there?
7ore, in thi$tt1‘dre‘adfu17fenfe,fiourrrenezniesjpmnfi ifirfl: deftroy
our Siabbath,‘ an¢Eif(§C1i.1C€ use from the houfe of God.   7

 VRELIGION and Liberty are the two great objeéts of de-4
fenfive war. , Conjoined, they unite all the feelings, and
tall forthtall, the”‘r,,energie$,i,; of mail. ”f;Ini defenfe of them,

wi:h;.thet~tpirit {of the«,1\/tacciilpiepesi ; “ one twin

thfifei thoufand, arid two put ‘tend thonfand to fiig11t..”’
The Dutch, in defenfe of them, few and feeble asithey
were in tilreiriinfancy, a.fl'un1ed El gigantirc courage, and grew
like the fabled fans of Alous to an inflzantaneous ia11dgig‘airi1'=-

.ti.c‘{trer1gth, broke the arnis of the Spanifh empire, {wept
yitsgfleetsfrom the ocezm',pu1led downits pride, plundered
its itreafures,, captivated, its dependéencies, and forced its

haughty nionarclx to a peace on their own terms. iRe1igi-
 and liberty“ are the meat and the drink of the body po-

“11itic:.» '4 Withdraw one of then}, and it ‘lzmguifiies, confiimes,

r nandwdies. If i11difle1?e11ce to either at ” anytime becomes the
‘ fiprevailing charaéirer of be people, one half of theinmotives
W ‘Vigorotls defezife is loft, and " the hopes of their ‘enemies
ere proportioiially ;i11c1*eaii:-d.-:   Here, eeniinently, they are
j,,infep;irabIeg owitbouti religion we may Apofiibly retain ithie
jfieedomi of favages, bears, i and wo1ves";jb ut not the free-

dome of ,New—Eng1pa1id,-e  .Ifieourt“re1igion were gone, iotir

fflifife Of fQCiE,t:Y,’,vi}*‘Oi11d,Lpelfiih Witil bit; and nothing wouldibe
 left, “Wi'1iC11*'V“.’(;i‘L1iidT-WbE:i ‘.m:;h d.iefeIniding. Our childrentiof

MI 9 3’

,«z:;011i.',€e ,  not oLwfc':iVe3, w0ui;d he 'p3.‘€pE:.1‘€Li, as the bi; for
the flziiighmxf, to ybeciomey the viL‘j?tims of c01iqL1ei’::, tyrzumy,
arid z1th€:.iii;y11.yi " j ‘ y ‘ y ‘ ‘

A '1‘H1a:iiSabi>ait11, Witil its or.-zbiinmiccs, confcitiites the »~bond
of miion to ciiiriiiiziiis 5 the badge by which they know each
otibier ; tlieir I‘E1ii§_Vi1']g point ; the fiandard of their hoiif.

 

4 Bciéficie ]_7mb1ic worfliip they have no .means of effefiual de-

I'c1*i1i1*i.i;t1:_a.tio11. i To preferve this is to us :1 prime interei“c and

;y¢:h:1ty. In no way can we {(3 preferve, Qij fo ya_nynou11ce to

~c:>the1‘s, our charaéter as chrificiaxis u;,‘dr fob effeftually ’pI‘fi‘fV€1}t

_our xialcetixieié and {hams froin being feen by our €11t3‘1f_37;;iCf5“...

Now, mm-c-3 than ever, we are “ not to be ‘niiizuned of 

.i..y«;;;pi1:>e1 of Chrifi.” Now, more than ever, are we to ftcuici
iorth to the eye of OLII’ enemies, and of 1:116 world’, as 0138115,

kgletcrniiiieci icI11"ifi:i;uf1.s; as the followers of Chrifl‘ ; :15 the

y friends of Goal. V Every immy therefore, who loves his
 c9Limt1fy,i or :11i$». yreliygiyongiyyoughti fciyfeel, that he iizrjves, or
ymjuresi, both, as héWtfé1‘e=iibi*.?Ltésiy, or‘11eg1e€tys;iythe Sabbath.

By the devout iobfc1*vz1ti()n of this hcaiy day his will rei’ori‘11
himfc-11f, inc1‘c:1fe his piety, heighten his love to his country,

1 mid confirm his detcrniixmtioxi to defend all that merits his

1*ega,1*c§l.i He wi11.ibu::c:o11i1c2 a ‘better man, and 21 better cityi:z.ei*;—.
 ',l"'14Jty1+,;yyI’1«y(:§1,y§y1i'c~: of  is; £1110 the hwufe of" facial pmye1*.
He1*e    

i 011:111)ic3m.11gs. i.On‘ith“e iSaibb:i1itii,“ iiiiiiyti‘ i11itIri€ié”T:.11‘1L’:’ti1aryi,i the

(?hi1(1jl.'CI], <::n” the Redeemer wiil to the end of the wofld. 21‘;
1» - -- u v ) wr . ’

icmble for t.i1lS gioiricnis end.. Izmcsre he: 18 ever prefei"1t to
give more thani they can 311;. If we faithfully Lmite, here,

C)

4% in fee:1«.:;imp' hi:=siprotc<3;ion, ‘F 1720 weapon i"o1“r.rieci yagai1"iii "us

, »;:r;:i:1;";:1:,,1'1«:i xvhidtu. ‘we: izwe mw c;o11iii¢ic:a*i1ig. The wor'id"isA

will }‘u‘0i'1ic2J‘g” y y y i V _y ‘ H

3. AI~I()'l"If~IER. duty, to winch we we alfo eniinently call-
ed, is an entire f£‘p211"{1t1OI1 from our 4:-“zxieitmegs. Among the
mom} duties of 1mm none hold a iiigiier 1'iani«: than political
ones, and Z1IT1'101'1g our yawn politiéal aziuties none is anozm
p1a.in‘,or more abfolute, timzi that which I hzwe 1'1OW11'1fi31.'2.t1-
bmed. V\ i -. V b

IN the €i§3;i".1t€C11ti’1 Ciliiptfll‘ of this prophecy, i 1": whicix the
cCi1*c::.1cifi:1ii cfiiéfls of the i'ei’e11ti1 Vial are pau'ricu1i11'iy, yciefc1ii’b-
mi, ibis c..1ui:j,r is e::c1i:re1’iij7 enjoinc~2d on Ci'1‘1".li.:it:i:.’¢I‘lf:; by 21 v.c:;§.;:.»:a
f3:‘\'.122"1‘1 iri§e;1rJcx:z. “ .A.‘;"1Ci I i163::1I‘d :mo‘t11e1' .Vo»i¢:r; fmin1i::c;;mm?
,{”;:.viI*1g_;, Cozzm out of ifhfll‘, my people", 1;i;13.t ye be not :.:.

t.’ M . . ‘ 
i;;.:«:c:.**;:i*s of 1:1c1.*_f;ze;, and umtj,zc‘1*::tce:iyr;211ot‘c:»fh.m* fiiz-3g‘t..':E:i':,'...'.
L!1'.:<;ie1*yt.i*w: c;-miss 2-1'ml ciN;111g;e1*s of me imth V1211, the c;c:»'::x'=.t:'.c:.i+.,.:‘i
in I“i‘l.~‘.°3i'.ii"€-:Z‘*?;!Z war‘. giwaifx ; iL1'i.'1(iE11‘ timffe of the ii'3vc1‘.iti1_y -152+

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may he advanced in the‘ period of the em- In the

 Text we are informed, that the Redeemer will haften the
l progrefs of his vengeance on the enemies of his church, dun-
ring the effufion of the two lait vials. If, therefore, the

judgments of the feventhl are not already begun, a fact of
which I am doubtful, they certainly cannot be difcant. The
prefent time is, of courfe, the very period for which this

i command was given.

THE two great reafons for the command ‘are fubjoined
to it by the Saviour---“ that ye be not partakers of her
fins -5 and that ye receive not of her plagues ;’’y and each is
a reafon of incomprehenfible magnitude. d d

THE fins of thefe enemies of Chrift, and Chriftians, are

‘of numbers and degrees, which mock account and defcripti...

on. All that the malice and atheifin of the Dragon, the

W cruelty and vrapacity of the Beaft, and the fraud and deceit

of the falfe Prophet, can generate, or accompliih, {well the
lift. No perfonal, or national, intereft of man has been

or ttninvaded ; no impious fentiment, or action, againfl: God.

hzisbeenlfpared ; no malignaintt hoflility, againfi: Chrifc, *1 and
his religion, has been unattempted. * uitice, truth, kind-

nefs, piety, and moral obligation univerfally, have been, ,

not merely trodden. under foot ; this might have refulted
from vehemence and paflion ; but ridiculed, fpurned, and

-infiilted, as thechildilh bugbears of drivelling idiocy. Chef-

tityiand decencyl have been alikeitnrned oiitltteof doors ; and

‘ {heme anclpollutioti ‘calledt out of theirdens to the hall of

diftinétion, and the chair of fiate. Nor has any art, vio-

A lence, or means, been unemployed to accomplifh thefe evils.

Fort what end {hell we be conneéted with men, of whom
this is the character and conduct 3’ Is it that we may af-at

d fume the fame charaéter, and purfue the fame conduit ? Is
‘ it, that our churches may become temples of reafon, your

Sabbath “at decade, and our pfalxiis of praife Marfeillois

‘ hymns? Is it, that we may change our holy worihip into a ,

dance ofjacobin phrenzfy, and that wemay behold a‘Ptrum~
“pet perfonatizng a. Goddefs on the altars of EHoVAH,;?'Is it
tiiat we may fee. the Bible caft winter as honiire, the ~vefiie1s of
the f'z1creinen,t:.tl iimper borne anaiis in public proceflion,

< end our lchildren," either wheedied or terrified, uniting in
 the mob,_ch2mting moclceries againf’tGod, and hailing in the

i'ou.nde7of  ire the of tlieirreligion, and the lofs of
ltheiriotile :" ‘Is ‘it, that we may fee’ our wives and deugh»

it ters the iviétims, of legelproflzitlition t;, foberly diilionouted ;
ifpeciozifiy polluted; ti16,,D11tC‘i‘ti'iS of delicacy andv1rtue,enc‘ji

a I “T”
the lothing of God and man? Is it, that we may feel in our
public papers, ; a folemn comparifon drawn by an American
Mother club between the Lord Jefus Chrift and a new
Marat ; and the fiend of malice and fraud exalted above
the glorious Redeemer E’ i i t i t .

_ SHALL we, my brethren, become partalzers of thefe“fins~?
Shall we introduce them into our government, our fchools,
our families 2 Shall our fans become the difciples of Vol-.
taire, and the dragoons of Marat  or our daughters the
concubines of the Illuminati 2 i o ~  i t t

SOME of my audience may perhaps fay, “ ll/Ve‘ do not be.-
lieve finch crimes to have eaiflsed.” The people of Jet-nia-
lem did not believe, that they were in danger, until the i
Chaldeans furrounded their walls. The people of Laiih
were fecure, when the children of Dan lay in ambuih a-

‘ round their city... There are in everyiplace, and in; every
age, perform “ lwhoryiarefi fettledf upon their tlees,” who take

pride in “clilbelief,   and ’-'1‘ who fay in heart, the Lord
will not do good, neither will he do evil.” Some perfons
difbelieve throu 11 i -norance ~ fome choofe not to be inform-
S 8», y r _
ed - and fome determine not to be convinced. The twolafl:
9

t elailes cannot be perfuaded, The fit-ii may, perhaps, be at

leaft alarrned, gvvhenazheypyyyare told, that the evidence of all
  ii   Prtijldue‘
ced to the public, "Mil may with a little pains«tal<i11gl be
lotcrwn lay theinfelves. ‘

'l";t~It1:;it.t; are others, who, admitting ‘the no, deny the
zitanger. 4‘ if others,” fay they, “harem ever fo abandoned,
we need “ not adopt ‘either their principles, or their a pracfti.
ces.” Common fenfe has however declared, twothoufanvd

cf‘ ;i;«,-«,;..w X”
I ,_‘,.1 . ‘

Q
as
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t *ears  to and God has ifanxftiotied the declaration that
ii . 2;, p 2

“ evil communications corrupt good manners.” Of this

a truth all human eaperiencei is one continued and me1an-

choly proof. I need onlyiadd, that thefe performs are pro.

v pared to become the fizrfi viétiiiis of the corruption bythis

‘ very felfconfidence and fecurity.

Siiouno we, however, in  ‘forbidden conneétion with i
thefe enemies of God, elhape, againft all hope, from moral
i]"L1lZi°1, we -{hail {till receive our {hare of their plagues, This is

t the certaiii dieitate of the prophetical irgunétion ; and our

”“ See a four years Reildencc in France, lately ptiblilhi-.d by Mr. Cornelius
ybavia of N”ew~Ye:‘k. Title is a nioflz valuable and interefiing work, and cr-
hibits the Fz‘bn.Ch i Revolution l in a far more perfeélz light than may heal:
llxavc f¢:m.~--~—Ir- ought to Zn: r~eadlt_y lS"W:.'?:y flrtericen. ‘ t 

* eiz

ewtnhexperience, :—.md;t;ha.1; of "nations mere intinlately; can-==
pI1i3(92CdAVV}‘lth pthenfi,_hasp..Aa1ready proved its truth. i   
fj .pL0.po12; fQr___(:onvic°tion miBe1gium  {mile into the dilfica "of
;111fig1:1ifiCaflCBWaI1dpp 11f;e:;in11ef§,_ plundered, infulted, iforgotiteziii,
never to riie more. See Batavia. wallowing in the fame
f.'iL1fi' ii; gthe butt of fraud, xjapacitpyg ind iderifionw ftruggling
yisnithe laft Pcages of life, and fearehiiig p3,11§;iduflyi to find
 ‘quiet :grav¢- ,7 -SW Venice feldi iiiiifilitiieii fl1i3mb1¢§i> and
Afinafie the fmiall chiange hii;a,iipe1itica1 baI*gein- A Tum yioi-fir
eyes to Switzerland," and bflehciildii its pphgipppipefs, and its
hopes, pqut; off-at iiaifingle firdke : ihappinefs, erefied ‘ xviiil
Jihe labour and the wifdoni of three cer;tui?iesp;pihopeS, that
not long fince hailed phe bleflings Qfpcentmfiesiyet to come-
tpwhatip "21-1wa‘.Ve“t1'1eyfl‘ fpread ,_ibut crimes  miferies ; Whe1*k:
have they trodden, bujtjp tiopp‘ ivafte, A4 to“ pollute, and to defizroyf
ALL conrieéiion wit'hptI1emphas been peflilential. Among

aourfelves it has gefierated nothing but infidelity, irreligiori,

1fa€tio11, rebellion, the ‘1Ti“u\.;i]‘.‘1 opfipeace, and the lofs of prope::-,-

vxyk  *«‘jII1=xSPaiI1, in the ‘Sar@:Iiniap;1iKpmoriaifehya  Genozx, it has
Iunkii thee px’1e1_;i;q_»n;§.1piicl1aracfter , blfaflted , natiqnalii ppiiindepenidence,
::z'o0.ted outii'=<t>rifidm1.ci¢, axncl foferlln defiru&ion-  

; pp BUT -Francepiitpfelf  ibeen the chieffeeit of the evils,
i1’v?1jQughtiby thefe men. The unhappy and ever to be pi»

.ti_ed inhabitants of that country, a great part of whom are

.;doubt1efsi9f~ a ch3ri%~5l§rh.i 9111313? 1‘ :9 t113ti0fith5iiP¢pE1¢~¢?lb1G C3-=

tizeixsi of other i cuuntries, i axxd“ hgiwei i  jno, vohxntary

:4‘icb#n€e:i1§ iinyaceempliflaing "ipthefe _evi1si;,  ipthemifelves fufi’ei*- v

Wed  more pp from the hands of .phi1ofophifis, ahd their fol-
lowers, than the inhabitante of any other; pr,:ov;pntr5r- ‘ Genier-a

gzl Danican, 3. French Qfficer, iaffertsi in his memoirs, lately
publiihed, thatathxree millions cf F1'em:hn:;_enph_ave periflxed

Wiinpthpeppiflevolution. p ‘Of this amazing defisrufcipn the caufes ‘ V

..by whi¢11,ppiti was produced, the .princip1es_on whxch it Awash

,f011IidE'd,i andipthe modesipin which it was cond~u€ted;‘, are an_

{V aggravation, that padmiwtjs no Abound.  The butcheryi 9f the

fiall,}9.1id tiieflaughter of the fiye, are fcenes of deepelj reap

gmorfe, and ifeftenepd with more fenfibiiitya, p 'I'i1e;£_i.egeifii‘Qf

Lyons, and the jL1dicia1maffa.c1~es at Nantes, fc;ind,ii{,inp<;je”_’ti1€:_.
pcrilcifixion, alone in the volume of human crimes, The,

pzimiferyp of man Iievexfbefore reacheci ifcphew e:-«:;t1“emepii0f agbzlyg A

' nor the infamy of msmjits coriihzziimmpioziii F Coliot  Her-,
‘  izindi his fiaicellites, C:.u*:1‘ier‘a11diiiis aifcgciates, would ciaijn.
eminem;e:ii11.ia world of fiends, and pwiilp bpjei i1na1'ked with dif-».h
ptinéifion in the futu17eiiil1ifling;sp:<jffli the «uiiiiiveirfe. i No guilt mg
i deeply died in“ blood ,fi11ce theephrexiziedp niaiice of C;1h:a1'3r2

1

2::

Will’ pfobably 1'0 amazm fhcl affemlfly (if the final _day ;‘ and;
Nantes andlLyc!ms may, slwithoutal hyperbole, obtain :-3. liter-+
:11 immormlityllll 1fcmemb1~ance revivedl: beyond the gravel
l A IN whichlfofl thefeleplaguesll, filmy brethren, are : you rwlilling
to-»=flizare*?4~ lWhicl1 oflthegm will yqultranfinit lasllalllegalcy to
yopr°¢hildrenl?% ” l “ ” “ l  V l V l l

 ULD youlefcaper, youmufl“f¢p2lral:éyoi1rfelxleé¢ Wou1cl$

ycsu “Wholly lelfcape‘, you .:m1.1fi:f be  feparated. l Aldo
rim: intéridg  th alfillyoul [mlufi l.1'1iot1 buy Y a1f1'd.ll1“e1I,““l“Qri Aexhibitllll 1-he
commonllioffices ef *_iL1flice‘1"land good ~wil1.; but l you are Abound

by the‘ lvoiczél of».1+eafoi1‘,‘ “Qf ldx1tly3':l:dfll.fafetY: and of} God, ta "

£him' all fhch iccmneélzicsn with them,» as r§v.i11~ intervveave your
:l‘e11ti11'ient,s”o1* yQui+ friendfl'1ip, iyour réliglonllor your policy;
with ltheim. You cannot otherwife l fail of partaking in
tlaeirguilt, and receiving of their plagues. l l V  H 

4thly. AN0~'Il-‘HE12. duty, to wlnich are no lefs forcribly
czt11ed,**islmismanlonl ~ll0?urfe1l%ves+  H l "J   ‘   -

Tim fame divine ]§e1*»fon.,lwholIl7pol<e‘l  the Text, hath

‘alfo faicl, “ A houlla, a kingdonu, divided‘ againfi itfelf cannot

f’c.a7nd.” Adivided faxnily will dellroy itfelf. A divided
nation wil1a11ticip;;u;elrui11, preparecl by its exlexnies. ‘ Swiv-
zer1a11d, Germwm, Genoa, Venice, the Sardinian te1*rito1'ic$,
Belgimn, _::mnclWBzLt;z1via,%l%% axje. xznelzatuclaxrxly e:»;:amp1es of thc
truth of *t’l%;.1‘s;~  ;;_?§;W1fi¢h
w:l:.1"n, witlx :1 gloomy and d1'ezu;1fu1 l'l‘gl*ii1‘, the national why
i"uz"viv_c3: tflllul“-5111* ruin. % . l .;
”.l‘m": great bond of 11111011 to -L-“:Ve1'ylpe0p~1e is its gover11~
rzwnt. . T1133 dcefircnyed, or clillrlllled, tlherelis nollceme»r1elff3;
0‘l"iI1t€:l»lli~gc~:1”1<:£’:, glonxxllhl’, Ur zufiziuxx ; l1w.l."y£’cen1 of purpolhs, or
rxxmllzxwrs ; _n;)%l%pointl  ,r:.«11lyi4ug, or lccmfidence. Ar  Wlxenll £1
ngxtion. is rendyltollfay, “ VVlmt p.m~t:~11ave we in David, or
wl1zu:inl1e1*it:mce"ir1 thelbn of_]ell3sé 2%’? it will namrallly {abe-
joi1:1l,l “ Every lxnan up his tent, rOlI«fr:re1 1*’ V M ‘
THE lCZl1'ld0L’I1' a.ndll1;1prightx1lelE, witl1 wlflczh our awn go;.-
veztrrxment lms zufted in the p1*ogx*efs_% of the prefem: lcomtx-ms
verfy, haw fOrce(l~¢:11c0miun1sj evem: from its; 1no£’cbitter mp»

p0fe1*s,:m<.l excited the war1'ne;f’c glrpprcpbation andlapplzmfe of l

all its friends. l Fmvllobjefis could be xnore imporm1*1t,l f:u_.1-

”’if:PlClOl.IS, or gratifying to clxriftiuns, xlmn t0 fee the conduél.

z:)ft;l:xc~:i1' rulc-:1*s fuch, as they cam, with b0lclm'f~$ of accefs',l

lbriiigl bc—:fore tlxeix: Glad,‘ aml feaxrleilly cc:m1m=«2nd to 1115

l*fzwom* and prc:>‘tmE“tior1. A A

 ri1c2n,l~p£;)ll'l=:1l1edQfllxnilar a:::1m.l<:>m‘, ar.lhe1'em:e to must’
g<5*vei*riz11el1t, *in. the prel‘c":r\t ttflllfi, rxmy lm regz;i‘cled1%as%V%,a
l‘t.lllir1g&l' c:<;?»111"l1~3-e,ll"% Thtiy nmecl mu 13:27‘ill‘“1‘l’£>1"3li!,';l.E?xLl, tl1l2It~th@r 16%?‘

mi-

ifiing, rulers muft be the direélors, of our public affairs, and,
the only direétors ;_that their views and meafures“ will not
and camiot always accord with the judgment of individuals,
as the opinions of individuals accord no better with each all

their ; that the oflicers of government are poffeiled of better

information than private perfons can be ; that, if they had-

the fame iinfomnation, they would probably coincide with
the opinions of their rulers; that confidence mull: be placed
in men, imperfect as theyeare, in all human affairs, or no
important bufinefs can be done ; and that men of known
and tried, probity, are fully deferving of that confidence.
 ,1-"..T the prefent time this, adherence ought to be unequie
vocally manifefted. In a land of univerfal fuflirage, where
every individual is pofl'efI'ed of much perfonal confequence as
in ours, the government ought, efpecially in great meafures,
to be as fecure, as maybe, of the harmonious and cheerful
co—operation of the citizens. All fuccefs, here, depends on
the hearty concurrence of the community ; and no occafion
ever calledfor itmorey  V “  l V is

‘ “BUT there are, even in this,State,:perl'ons,l~ who are lop-A,»
pofed to the government., ‘To them I obferve, That the
government of France has defiroyed the independence of
every nation, which has confided in it.

THAT every fucll nation has been ruined by its internal
divifions, efpecially by the llfeparationr of   the people from
theirgovernznentr r   i i “ A “  ;_  ,  i ‘  
 uT1-1 AT they have attempted to accomplilh our ruin by the
fa1ne3 means, and will certainly accompliih it, if they can;
 TI-IAT the miferies fiiffered by the fubjugated natiione
have been numberlefs and extreme, involving the lofs of
national honour, the irnmenfe plunder of public and private
property, the conflagration of churches and dwellings, the
total "ruin of families, the butchery of great multitudes of

,fath‘ers “and fons, and the. moi’: deplorable dilhonour of

wives and daughters ; ‘ r
THAT the fame xniferies will be repeated here, if in

their power. a y i   r
THAT there is,under God, no mean of efcapiug this rue

in, but union among ourfelves, and uzulhaken adherence to

the exilling government ;

THAT themfelvea have an infinitely higher intierel’: in

lpreferving the independence i of their country, than in any
atlllng, which can exiift, lihould it be conquered ; l A

TH AT they muffflzand, or fall, withtheir country; finoe
the French, like, all other cionquerors,i though ~ they 1niayl«iif0'r

E; V

my

:21 little time regard them, as aids and friends, iwith a feema
ing partiality»; wflltfoon lofe that partiality in a general con-»
tempt and ylhatredc for them, as Americans. That lhould

they, contrary. to all lexperience, efcape thefe evils, their
children“ will fufferl them as extenfively as thofe i of theinfy

neighbours ; and

* THAT to oppofe, or neglect, thedefence oflthcir ycoun-at

try, is to {tab the ybreait, from which they have drawn their
life. -           c it i    t

if they dolnot, nothlm can be fuggelted  me, which

V have efficacy. I mull leave them, therefore, to their con-s

l'ciences,l and their God.   y A c i d .
IN ‘the mean time, fince the great facts, of which this

IKNO'W.n0t that even thefe confidérations willprevail 2-.’

controverfy has confilted, have not, during the preceding -
.P€I‘iQds, been thoroughly known,j.o1' believed, by all ;*jand

fince all queftions of e:-tpedieyncly will be’ yviewed ydiiferently
by different eyes; I cannot but urge a gencraly fpirit of con»
ciliation. To men labou1'ing under more miilcaltes, and
prejudices void of malignity, hard ‘ names are in molt cafes

tinliaxlzzpily applied, and unltindnefs is unwifely exhibited;
Multitt1des,y heretofore attached to France with great at-

idiémy have from fL‘111s  itheimceifitiz ofChan,ging
their ientiments   their   ‘    

decifive language, and determined condnét, of defenders -

of their country. l\/lore are daily exhibiting the fame {pia-
rlt and meafures. Almoli: all native Americans will, Idoubt
not, fpeeclily appear in the fame ranltsy; and ynlonycf fhould,
in my opinion; be difcouragedl by ufelefs ob1oquy,r.  l  
5- ANOTlHEl{ duty, l1'1jOl1".l€d in the «;.-m, and highly itial
cumbent on us at this ti'n1e,t is yunfl1alce11‘“fir1nnefs in our op-1
pofition- y 1 V V y M i i t  l K 
l A STEADY andinvlncible firmnefs isbthe‘ chief inltrumenthy
of great atchievernelntsy It” is the ‘ prime »1ne:-in ofylgreat

wealth, learning, wifdoxn, power and virtue ; andywitliouty

it notl1ing noble or fufeful Wis “uyfually accompliflijedg “With-
out it our tfeparation froxn our lene1ni'es, and our union aw
nfiong 0u1*l‘e'lVes, will av*ailyltoy11oyend‘;l ,Theycaufe is too
complex, the object too important, to he deternxined by a
fingleeffort. It isinfinitelty too important to be given up,”
let confequence be wl1ai: it may." No evils; which can
flow from refifcance, can be fo great as thotfe,l which mutt

tliowjf1*on1 fubmillion. Gli'eatfac1~ifice§: of property, of peace, F
and of life, we may be tallied to cmilte, but they will fall

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ll1o1¥tlllol' complete ruin. e If they lhould not, it. will be more
defirable, beyond yycoxnputation, to fall in the hoxuourable
and‘ faithftll defence” of our families, our Country, and our
1'elig§.on, than to fu1*viVe,' the mela11el'1ol.y, clebafed, aml

V. guilty fpe€t2tto1*s of the ruin of all. We contend for. all

that is, or ought to be, dear to 1I19111- 0111‘ Cfluffi‘ is emi-

nently that, in which “ he who feelteth to fave his’ life {hall

lofe it, and he who lofeth it,” in obedience to the com-
mand of l1i.sll‘v'Ia£leI'-, “ {hall find it” beyond the g1'z1ve. To
our enemies well1av‘e done no wrong. Unlpotted juftice
looks clown or; all our public n1eafu1*es with ya fifnile. We
l‘Zlgl1t:llTib1”"tl‘l2L1':,2l:01"Wl1ilCl”1 we can pray. ‘We liglmyt for the

lives, “title l<1ono1', the fafety, of otuf wives zmd Cl1il(’l1"€3I1, for

the religion of our fathers, aml for the liloerty, “ with wl1icl1
Chrilt hztth mazcle us free;’’, to “ ‘We jeop:.11*clou1* lives,” tlmt’
our chi1d1*er1 n1ayinl"1erit tllefe g,;»')‘l()1‘i011‘3 blelllngs, be l1'el"cLi1~
ed f1"om the grinding i11folem:e of l’oreig11 clefpratifixn, zmcl
lhved from the co1~ruptio11 :md_pe1rc1ir:ios.:1 of foreitgn ntheilhn.
I yarn :1 fa.ther. I feel thelttftmll 1m1*m.tz1lltencle1*11efs for my

,chilcl15€11.ll, I 11ave,,~‘1ong,, foothed tlieh;;1.pp1'"o:1cl1lofldéclillixugl
t yeah; "xvitlfilthe lfomfllhopey of lfe%e:Ix1g my lb1isf~fex'ving God

find their genelratiton around rjné. But from cool co1“1Vi;Eti-
on I declarelinltl”1islfolemn place, I would for rather follow
them one by one to rm untimely gmve, tl‘1.:111 to l)(?l1C)l.(il
them, l1oweve1'~%lp1fiofperous,% the viétims of plmilofophilln.
Whaclycouldjtlllythen beliieye, but,1;h:agtl,theylwerel“ nigh unto

t £;urfing,l;;ndl thatlothelrl‘l5el1dl w:1slltolllbelb?t1rxiecl.” l

 lFl{lOM two fources only are we in cla1'1ge1"'l of i1*rel'ol1.1ti.
on ; .d7vm*‘ice, and at relimzcel on MIQ/E? fizz)" pr*ofif/7?r22z;?, which

our euemiesl1aVe l)6:3g'L'11‘1 to nmlce, and which they will

cloubtlelé continue to n1al;.e, in degwees, and with ixtfldiottll
nefs, {till greater. V   ‘ l l T l ,
,4 theffirl’coftl1e£“efources I obferve, that, ifw'egrL1~clge

~   ypartllof o111~llproperty in the clefengze of our co1:1ntr , we
, lole the whole*;;,,a11d not only the whole of our property;

hut all our lcomforts‘, zmd all our hopes. Every enjoyment
of life, every lblztce of furrow, will be o1‘f'e1*c~:rcl up  ‘brie
{reltl1ecato1n'b at the lhrilnle of pride, plum:le1', impurity’, and
zgthelfin. 'I‘l1ofe 5” who fez11* not God, regerd,lt11otllma1"1.”
All interefts,  their own, a1*e,lin the V View, of filth

A ,1I1é11iltl1e,fpol*ti«of,w.2ul1’tox1nefs,, of i11folenee‘,l:1ndll of:tlf1e:;11*t,

 yrnilmonegl Tlfliey Aahtlllytheir engines lewilllyllfoon tell you,
rgvyou ‘<llO‘4VllI10’Elp11tt‘ll1t out,ofyjytheirflpower, has one of the

1;.-.i2f:n~:ry engines told,yl‘tl1e milerablelllllinhabitnxats of Netxwj-X

     'fiQ&‘ (“T1G¢"“"“‘“’Y}‘W1h3PP51,Y P1aci1*;; c0nfider1cein}h¢irP1*0*' A

2?

lcelllooe. I'Tl@,,':lI‘ film ”fto%ry", in the words; of Profell'o:r Hobie
Ton, “ lf eve1*l1:l1e1*efwes 21 lpoltlupoxm ea1“th, where men may

be lmppy in ‘:1. {’c:;=1teg of CL1ltlVz1tfi‘Cll.l13Cl€ty, it was the little e
The town?

131*i1i1cipz11ity of l.’\leuWied.V 9 I few it ‘in I770.
was neat, and the’ palzice hzmdfome and in good lfiete. But
the llaountry was beyond conception d.elighr;f'ul.; not a cot:
mge that was out of rep-ah‘ ; not 21 hedge out of order. It

‘ hm been the hobby of the P1*:'mce “(»pardon' me the word)‘
ewho made it his daily employment ‘to go th1*ougl1 his prim-;

c;ipa1ity3 ziricl zxflift every houil1older,l of wl1atever condition,’
w.lt,l1l his advice and with his purfe ; and when 2:. fireeholdi
e1‘cou.ld\ not "of 11i1:nfelf put tlzings into 21 tllrivlng comlitiom
the Prince lent his workmen and did it for hixn. l*le‘e11«7
(lowed fchools for the common people and two zxczrdemiee
for the gentry and the people of bufinefs. He ggave little
portions to the dzmg11ters, and prizes to the well;-behaving
fo1'1sloftl1e labourixmg people. ’ 979His own hO11:ll10ld was ‘ad pat-2

” stern’ of €l(3g:1'l1CC and oeconomy H; Al his {one were “Tent to Pa-

ris, to learn elegzmce, and to Exjglandl to learn fcience andl
21gI‘lC'L1ltL11‘€. In fhort the whole was like a romance, and
was indeed 1'o1:11antic. I lleard it fpoken‘ of with :1 finile at
‘the table of the Biflmop of Treves, and was induced to fee
itethe ne:~:»:t day as a~‘lcL11*iofi1:y, Yet even here the fanati-4

l eifiinl lof zeegga lame eon-helllfeurldel~s ofiehe “"ll.7llL'I11'1l1‘1é1»ti) 5? would

v.ll;ll1‘il“H_1tCl.1iS poifon, and tell the blien-deal people that tlze-y
were in :1 Pcate of flu and r11i?ie3:y, that their Prince was zi
defpot, and that tliey would never be happy ’till he was
Imcle to fly, ;md’till they were mz—1d.e all equal.” %

“ '"I"1:—I1a:Y gm; tI*~1€i1““‘Vi‘|i‘v‘f]I‘ ‘ The fwa.rm of Frexuchl l1ocuf‘:s‘
fat czlown at Neu.wied’s beautiful fields,‘ in 1793, zzrxtl im-
trenched tl’1e111l"e1ves; :,md‘.in tliree montl1sP1‘ir1ce’s zmd F 2-11*-‘
mersa’ houfes, and cottages, and fclaools, uncl ecaclexlnies, all
mzaxuililmeclo AA   "When they complained of their oxeniferies to .1:l1C
Fre1'1c;l1 Ge11e1*a1;*1’L’emEle Ciwozrl, ‘he replied, with 2:. con--‘
temlituous zu‘1d‘cL1tti11g laugh, “ All is ours. ‘We have left
you your eyes tolcryfl’ ' l ‘  l

WILL you tmfc firzch profelliorls? ‘Have not you1*’ene-
mies'm:.1de tlczem to every cou.m1~y, which ftl1ey'l1ave fi.1bju~—
gated? Hzwe they" fu1fille.d them to one P Will. tl'.:.ej,r prove
more fincetre to your? Have they not deceived you in every
empeébxtioxl ll1eitl.1e1~to E be 01:1 What g1'o1:u1«;ls cam yen ::'e.::lf on
‘tl'1£3IT§l he1*'eef’tc:1*?

VVI1:.L“yo11 §}5i1*t1(;lg};G your prope1*ty' for tlle de{'em:e of it-°

f-‘elf, cal’ y‘ou1" f:1:'11ilies5» of ycmrf e

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lves. lvVl.l.l-*yoL1 }fm:“:l7e;1*ve  T
115;; pay tulle 1“»1*ice?le$§n’e a;Dm;cl‘z loam do? w .11~:£Lve it i.u.‘i»E i1"1re{}%Mtél.l

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lition by the French “'Direé'tory P to label it on your doors,

that they may, without trouble and without a tax bill, fenfi.

V their foldiers and take it for the ufe of the Republic? Will
you keep it to aflill them to pay their fleets and armies
for fubduing ‘you? and to maintain their forts and garrif-A-
ons for keeping you in fubjeéftion? Shall it become the pur-
thafle of a French fete, holden to commemorate the mafia-
eres of the xoth of Auguli, the buteheries of the 3d of Sep-
tember, or -the murder of t Louis the 16th, your former be»-
nefaétor? Shall it furnilh the imeans for Reprcj/Entativer 
the people to roll through your fireets on the wheels of
fplendour, to imprifon your fonsand fathers; to feize on
all the icomforts, which you have earned with toil, and laid
up with care ; and to gather your wives, filters, and daugh-»
tiers, into their brutal feraglios 9 Shall it become the price:
of‘ the guillotine, and pay’ the expenfe of cleanfing yous:
{treats from -broolts of human blood 2’ l

WILL you rely on men whofe prizzciplex  faéflsraoa’, ~

izgjuflice, and Acruelijl  trull” phllolophiffs ? .men
who fat; truth at nought,‘ who Intake jrnlticer'ai%butt of mock»
ery, whbidieny the being and ipiriovidenceiiiii ofFGod,¥ and
laugh at the interelts and ifnlferings of men? iThinl< not
that fuch men can cliangegii They can fcarcely be worfe.
There is not a hope that they will become better.

BUT perhaps you may be alarmed by the WW6?» and
the fuccell7es,t-~of your enemieesrgir 5  am;i1ifix‘s?arrantetlrtpiideelare,
that .the,a,b1efi jud'geili.‘~iof   in‘ Ainerieai  laid,
ltl1aIt,iiliifi>vet are united, firm, and faitl1ful” to ourfelves, «11ei-
ther France, nor all Europe, tan fuhdue thefe” States, " iA»
gainfi other nations they contendeduwith great and idecifire
advantages. Thofe nations were near to them, were divi...
ded, feeble, corrupted, feduced by‘ iphilofophiftsfllaves of
Adefpotifm, angli feparated from their government, None
of thefe chat-aéters can he appliecl to us, iunlefs we voluntai-#.
1-lily retain thofe, which depend oh onrfelvesé  Threeitlton»
‘fend miles of ocean fpread between us and l__311I’\(3I1€InlCS, to
enfeeble and difappoint their efforts, ll§:y.Wlll not grgheriie
contend with lilken ltaliané, with tlivirletl Swifiers, nor
with {elf-.{‘ur1*entderetlBelgians and, l?§atravia11s.A' I T hey will
find 21 lttartly race of freeznen, unoorruptedi  liixuqr; um.-

; hrolteza by clefpotifin  enlightened to it-Llflilflflllaild their pri-
iw'ileges,.taglou.r§ng with irndependence, andlideternzined to be
ff!‘i€€;, Ortoiclie -«men who love, land nzhoiv.*ill%<lefe11di, their

.‘f=1m53@S§ lthteirr tcouxatry, anclltlxeir religion : men f1*ell1.r:fro1n_5

tritlmtha W “me he tram: and ‘ms 7

tag in

 

Doubled, iince that Revolution began, in their numbers,
and quadrupled in their refources antiadvantages, at home,
in a conntryp,formed' to difappoint inuflon, and to profper
defence, under leaders {killed in all the arts and duties of
war, and trained in the path of fuccefs, they have, if units-
ed, firm, and faithful, every thing, to hope,and, halide the
common evils of war, nothing to fear,

THINK. not that I trufi in chariots and in horfes. lviy
own reliance is, I hope, I ardently hope, yours_is, aifo,_on
the Lord our God, All thefe are his molt merciful blefiinge,
and, asfuch, moi’: fupportiiig confolations to us. ' They are
the very means, which he has provided for our fafety, and
our hope. Stupidity, floth, and ingratitude, can alone be
blind to them as tokens for good. We are not, my bre-
three, to look for mpiracles, nor to expeét God to accom.
pliih the we are to truil in him for the bleil:1ngs_of,a
regular pmerciful providence. 7, Such a providence ,.l«S_;j0«=-
ver 1.15% pfoir ‘good. I have recited abundant proofs, and
could eafily recite many more. All thefe are means, with
which We are to plant, and to water, and in anfwe1' to our
prayers God will certainly give the increafe.

BUT I tun peculiarly confident in the promifecl blefling; of
the Text. p Our contention is a plain duty to God. , Tire,
thine glorious, Perihn, “whoa   
to crown our obedience with his bleiiing  has “thus il-
lumined this gloomy prediétion, and ihed the dawn of hope
and c:o1‘nf01‘t over this melancholy period. t p

To you the proinife. is eminently fupporting- p He ~l1a£§
Won your faith by the great things he has already tpdonegfoxf
your fiatltera, and f0ri‘yOl.1-I‘* The fame, Almighty HZ1n(l,,_
‘Wl1l.Cl1 deftroyed the fieetof Chebufto by the ftorm, and-_
whelxnecl it in the deep ,3, which condtiéted into the arms,
of Manly, and of 1‘/Iugford, thofe means of war, which for
the ltime fared your country ; which raifed up your VV’aih--.
ington to guide your armies and your councils; which 11-
nited you with your brethren againil: every e-xppeftzation ands
hope ; which tliihppointeclttlie devicesof enemies without,
ancl traitors within; which bade the winds and the waves,
fight for you at Yorktown 5 which has, in later periods, reg I
peatedly cliiiczlofeci the machinations of your enemies, and
which line now roufed a noble fpirit of refiftance to in-
t:t~igue and to terror ; will accornpliih for you :1 final deli-
‘€?'t.‘-1"2il1'1C?f3 ifroin the hand of thofe, “ who feel: , your i1u:tt.”,
lrltz has hzzren your fathers’ God, and he will be yours. ,
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fixidlalfcarcely lefs glorioile and wo1'1clerf'nl pifoofe of divine -All
pro~teé'tio11 and deliverance, uinforrnly 21Cl1”11l1"1llli€1,‘CfCl tIn'oug;l1 

every periodof our exiftence as 21 people, thzm lhone to “the-
people of Ifrael in Egypt, 1n the w1.l.dernei's, and 111 Czinzmni.

Can it be believed, can it be,‘that Cl"1rilli;111i.ty 1135 been 121: ~

planted here, the Church of God fo efmblilhecl, Yo lmppy
:1 Governxnent conflzituted, and fo clefiir-zible £1 fl::,1.t'e of Sm;i-'-
ety begun, merely to lhew them to the world, mid then
tdefcroy them 9 No inflance can be found in the pro‘viclenc«i+
of God, in which a nation Afo Wonderfully el’t:iblill::cd, and
preferved, has been overthrown, until it had 1)1’0g1‘€%lll“:<,,.l f£11‘=-
ther in corriiptioii; We may be call down ; but e:~:pe1*ie11ce
only will prove to me, tlmt we lhall be dellroyed. i V

EIJT the confidemtion, which ought of itfelf to decicle i

your opinions and your Vcoliduét, and Wliich adds ~in11Ixenlf"e‘l
‘weight to all the others, is that the alternative, as enliibitw
ed in the prediétion, £l1‘1Cl in proviclence_, is,beyon,d I’1”1C£1ll11"€?
dreadful, and is at hzmd. “ Behol.d,” ;l“‘2,1ltlfl1,,:'tl‘lB Sz1vioL11*,
“ Itome as 21 thief’ ’---—-fnddenly‘,l 1111ex.pe\€’cedly,i alzu*1ning:_;lya~~
eel? tltaétlwafting enemy, thelbnr, lat, bre;i1:s~,u1-3 ftlie ihoitiie in
the hour ,1 of lderltnefs, wliexiel  the _inha.bittLntsila1~el illciltllliii
lleep and, lfelcurity. How llirongly clothe great events of
the prefeht day ‘ifhew this awful advent of the King ofl§;ings
to be at the doors 5’

l TURN your eyes, fora moment, to the face of providence,
and mark: itsltneiw ”iandifL1fp1*ili,i‘iig 7appe:i1r-ence‘;‘ The Jews, for
 firlt tirne finee the7i»clell:I*Lié’ciori of fl‘jieruf21l,e1n by Adrian,
l'1a:iVe,‘iintl1ele States, been ztdmitted to the 1"ig;hts ofoitizenfliip ;
and have fince been admitted to the liime rights in P1‘l.'l'lllI1L
They l].3.V€ alfo, as we are inforzned, appointecl at foleinn
delegation to ezsmniine the evidences ofCl‘11*iPci:111ity. In the
Auftrian dominions, it is alfex-ted, they lmve ag1'eed to ob.
ferve tl1eCl'1rif’cizin Selwbatli 3 and in Eng1;:t1“1d, lime in com
iidemble numbers embraced the Cl°11*i{ti:.1n 11”f:Z’llgil0T1- New
and lunprecedented eiibrts l171’VC been made, and are ihfl:
increailng, in England, Scotlzind, Ger1"i“1:my., rind the Uiiiti‘
ed States, for the converfion of the Hezitliexi. l‘\/Ie;:i1ln-es
ehzxve, in Europe, and in Americzx, been xmglopttecl, ::1n«;71 :11'e
{till enlarging,‘ tot“ 1'}l.1‘Etl.1‘lg «'111'C1'.1Clt0 the Airiiezin flzivery,»
which will witliin a moderate periocl ,l£7tlTll'"l;i!; it to .2111 ench
l‘vIolm.n1metlifm is l1‘1e,zi§rly e:«:t.imE"§: in l’<:~g1:*li.:1;, one of the (.;li'l<;-f

fupportsillltof I that timpoltni-e.l l7n,"l7‘1,1i*l<.:ey,* i.t:‘~: m;1m.~ ;;:g:,~~.-;.:;st,

fup‘polrt,. the tl1I“_OI16 ,totte1':; to its,   ,"l7‘l3.e greeit C &?ll?.1'1Ti;;-
ties of tl'1B’,p1‘€l'Efi1’11?_pN4.‘3.l.7l(L)‘,(3l have hilleii, alfo, elmoil e:t~:c:l.ulive-w

  ‘upozza the iAntich1*i£ti:’zn e1xqm~e ?; lzancl zalinoll eVe:1*yl j,::2II*?;,

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of that empire has_drunlt deeply of the cup. F;ra11ce,‘Bel-.

giuirn, ‘:ip:Li11,\ Ireland, the Sardinian monarchy, the Auf--i

trim dominions, Venice, Genoa, popilh Switzerland, the
Ecclefi;1fi:ica1WiSytate,i popilh. Germany, Poland, and the French

Weltgliidies, have all been vifited with judgments won-A

derful and terrible ; and- in exaét accordance with priophe-.!
cyhzwe furthered their own riiin. Tl1elKings, i or ftates,

of tl1lSi€1l1plI‘_6 are now plainly “hatiiig the whore, eating
l1e1‘flefl1,_%a11di burning her with fire;” i Batavia, iProtel’tant.
$Witzerla.nd,ifo1ne parts of protefizzmt Germany, and Gene-
va, have molt unwifely, not to fay % wickedly, refufed‘ “ to
come out” and l1a.ve tlierefore ‘V?’ partaken‘ of the fins, and
received of the plagues,” of their enemies. To the fame
Iitdmppy cztufe our own ll'.l1ZlI'Cll‘l(Q;S may“ all be traced ; but
blefled be God; there is 1*e:a:lbr{to_l1ope, tltat "" We”are' ef-

i c:1pit1'1g zfironi the fnare of the fowjle1*.’’

‘ . So litdden, 1'0 mriexpeétetl, re 21lai1*n1i1.1g :3. _fi:a.te of things
has not eztiftectl fince the deltige. Every mouthiproclaimsl,
every eye loolcs its 2ll.lIO1”lll“l1l'1lCl'1lI- ‘ Woiiders daily fucceed

wo;1c‘lte1"5, and are begiiming to be 1‘eeg:-.11*cled as the ftandiiw i

c:o1:1rf'e of t,l:1ing;s:. As: they we of lie many kinds, exilt in ii)
3’l1:Tl1i"ly places, and refpeft lb many oltrjeéts ; l{l1'1(.lS, places and
objeéiss, all 11'm:rl»:;edg out in 1::ttJpi1¢9'y7,y yytehibited as parts of

one clofely itniizedzind toi7‘be‘iei~:‘j3eti:etl

tixm ; they f!“'i\£“;’:"&V"i-llldzit this; miili;'tting; declmszitien is even now
f11iiillim1~ in ‘H. l.‘l.,1ll;"p17‘lll1J1«;)‘ m:t1"me1*, and that the ztdvent cf
N ‘k up.) n I - L”) P,‘ _ _ , _ ‘
Lixi*:ll1:5 :21: le;:.1.i::.1t our (TlOm’.‘.:»» .ll11.l‘1l~2 l1ow,.:'m'ful this pe.
riml in. "l§”i1'mlt wlmt tt:c)t1v’1iliiciz7:ss, whet <:e1.:m;nti—es,i £1112‘. pot-«
ttsmyimit by 1::?l1:4i1:.gJ.“t1:z’alii1: Voice C)L1i;Ul‘ the temple of Hezweiz from

‘ “tile til‘li:*c;>r’14:r;.?:-e-J?‘toItVie demo!” by the voices and tl"1unfdet'9-

i1i‘1g;e exit! ligl*1it1:1ilt‘t1§;>;:;4, by ytheinnptetetleiited llizilting; of the
e::u*t11 , the 1.1Il(;1'.‘5’£Ll1]“l1;3?lt*3(l plague of lmililenes, the fleeing of
the ifluticls, the yvi;zt11.iile1ix1gi til’ the 1”lTlC}11I1t::1l1"1$, the 1*e11ding;
n{i1x'ictle1+tof the .Ax'1tit:l11'iIiiu11 empi1*e,itl1e_united afcent of all
ite fine lief'o1*e (3‘royc.l,t time frtllixig of the ia:ii‘1;ies of the n:i.tio11s,;
the ge1:1e"r:.1l ("3lil1l;)i€£i}lZ'L"l.l,l'lg ofzmtultintl agziinfl their lVI£ll{€¢I“,. and

theix‘ firm! ovettl11*ow,ti1‘1 {itch iimnzienle 1~mmbe;~s, that “ all 

the fowls {'12/till‘t)B‘ ‘11 V itI’1’t1 ir4{1€f]‘1.?? i y i
“ GOD is j€‘3&1l0l1S, i'£l1'l(Ll the Lord revengeth; the I...et<l

xetvengetli zmd is furious ; the Lord will take vengeance on

ltiis’ziztdvei*fz11*ies, he re:ferveth W1-at}: for_l1is enexnies- The

Lctml iisyiflewiiito an.g;c:r, ami great in i}f.iowe1*, and will not at At

all :tc:qu.it:ttlie W.lCl{€3(i. The L01"(;ll1‘aTZl1 his way in tile‘
‘whirlwind, atrial in the Pcorrxi, and the cloude are the dultéof

leis feet. ";[’l1ef'uiom;1t.ai11eiqimlie .?LtIl1im,iittai11d the liill-3 ‘znelt 3 by 

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aridltlie; eamli is bum: at his prefexiqe, yea tile worici, anti
all that clwell therein. ‘Who can ilsancl before hllSiI1dlgI1£1w
tion 2’ Wh0lCfl11 abide in ‘tin: fiercenefs of his anger 2’ ”

IN ’ this amazing cor1flié’t,i 21mid{‘c this llupenclotis and im...
meafurable ruin, how itxtmfportsing the tTl10l."lgl’lt, th:;1t filfe-»
ty and peace may be certainly found. 0 thou God of our
fathers ll our own God 1 and the God of our chiklren I en-
able us fo tb watch, mid keep our ga1"i'11eI1ts, in this folemn
day, that our lhame appear not, and-that both we and our
ya-i’ce1-ity may be entitled to the blefling which thou hall:

promifed. % A M E N.

M Fiirice this difcouyfe was {mt t9 the prefix, I liava: been informed, that film
'Wmlc ofProfefl'or Robifon has givau offexica to this Free. Marinas in the
miglibourhood of Bofion. In confequencc of an apprehcnfion, that the chu-
raéhcr of their inliitutlon is attacked, or emlangezrcd, fame: of that membcm
‘have undertaken to impcachi his clmarnélcr, anal to meat rim proofs, which he:
has produced, with contempt and:-l%dicul¢~:.l A. mom¢m;'s mllcéllan would, ll
flwulcl; -imaglm-.,iwnvinca’any mar-x”of' infdrmation,* that Prat’:-.fl'or Robifixnw
charafitnr is incapable. of being fuccc;-fsfully impeached»  Tbs: doélrilnes of at-~

any man ouglic alwaysjto be regarded: as open‘ to dlllialiaf, and has clifcuffion ;‘

but the iigiiencral cliairaéler of this im an ought notto be treated with contempt;
by perform, who do not in form: good mcafurc approximate to the: fame ca.
items, lcaxzning, and refperftability. Contempt comes with an ill grace from
thofe, who are caunfcliledly and greatly inferiour in tlnrir wlwle charmflcr to»

male whom they ccmtcrnn 5 and ridicule, powerful as it may be: thought fa

a I:-.afc.m, nleverv decided. anal ncvm: willdcicida, a fcricms qucfliloml

1 fan: nbt that lzliiufgz lFféé lmafom,  lmld thvlir amiesnt clh:1raxS;’ccr_ and in»
fiitutionisl, are in the lam: degrbtc iifi3{)llll‘catcd in any chargc, brotlghl: forward
by the Wofclfor. ' He is lilmfelf a Free Mafon ofthls dcfcriptlon, and pmba...
lily was not difpofed to injure clthcr his own cha: Miler, or that of his fr-lmds.
@312 my mind no lmprcliion, difaclvantageons to the ancient Free: Mafmwy,
was made by readingthc book. 1 am well allurcd, that {inch is thc l'entin.¢mr.
offclvéral very rcfpcétable Free Maflms in thin country, and am perfizaaled,
that it is the general fcncimcnc; But: Illumlnatifm mains in this country 5
and thfl‘. impioua mockery of ch: Sacramental Supper, dcfcrlbcd by Mr. I?.oloi«-
film, has been aéled hare. ‘ i i ' ,

IFI 'mil’cakc not, all the Review, of England, that Ilrltifh Critic excepted,
am dlxcfit lfupportelrs of jacobinlfm and Sacinlranlfm. Four of Llmm. am cc:-—
tai-rily of this clzaravfkr. Qfcourfcvilwlr palltical and rellggioua opinionai will

i iihavlz little weight: with the; great. l.u.><iy 01'" the peqple of this mumtry. In time A
.. mind cafa perform who H’:3LlS tluem, and who obfarveu the manner in wl‘nichllhcy'l

iiycmdle noligical and rcliglmw fubjflfls, I ihoulci belie-.v<-:%th¢.%y lwmlld have: x‘mm:..
Within a {Smart pm-incl of time: the: quell-icm aoxiwrnlng llluminatllfml will lie.

flcttisd. When the Abbe B‘a:'ruel’s Manmlrs cal" Jactibinlfrn come to be gcw

ne:-ally renal, all American ctmtmvcrfitm on this fubjeél wllllprolizalily die of l.
wurfe. I am penrfuiadecl, that tlw gmal: lmdy oflFraa:l Mafunsi in this mun-l» 2
_try are no ‘mom fxicmdly «.50 the dcfigns oftlmfe: Philolbphifia than the 1‘£‘.ll'()f %
l thcir 'ccmnix'y;men 5 alicllthatithzzyiiwill, rm the mm hancl, be plcafecl to {ac them.
fixlly (:vcpcifm.ll,7iu:d, on aim other, regret thac“tlwy fm.-md, here, «Wm the {has-i 3

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