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Article ON RELIGION, MORALITY, AND GOVERNMENT. ← Page 2 of 2 Article OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE OF OUR LATE NAVAL VICTORIES. Page 1 of 3 →
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On Religion, Morality, And Government.
and that in any well governed ancient commonwealth , to the flames would have been adjudged the books , and to banishment the persons of all such traitors to the whole human race . Surely , then , a man who had any just regard for himself , or benevolence for Ins fellowcreatures , could not help wishing such a religion , such as I have represented to be true , and of Divine authority ; and consequently and
would not be willing to give it up , but upon strong reasons , a consideration of a just equivalent . But has the modern infidel offered us one or other of these ? His reasons have been weighed , not onlv in the balance of the sanctuary , but in every other scale , and have been found lig hter than vanity itself : and what he otters in exchange for Christianity is an affront to the understanding of mankind , and supposes them' more out of their senses , than Glaucus in xxomer is represented to be , when he changed armour with Diomedes .
Xcuo-Ea XaX ^ baiv , iv . a . Thy . $ o \ svvEaste « i * ' » . Instead of a plan of duties , level to every capacity , and current throughout the world , by virtue of a Divine stamp upon it , we are referred , by the modern Infidel , to the lig ht shining in every man , as a better direftion of human life ; that is , every man is to make laws for himselfwhichthereforeit be presumedwill be as various
, , , may , as the features in men ' s fsces , or the whimsies in their heads . Upon this fact , we must enter into the hearts of men , and find out what rules they have laid down to themselves , and upon what principles thev choose to aft , before we can trust or have any dealings with them . And is it proper that the safety of commerce , the intercourse the wellbeing of societyshould rest upon so
precaamong men , - , rious a bottom ? Under the influence of a Divine law , binding equal y all persons , in all cases , at all times , and coercive even after death , we have all the satisfadion the nature of men and things will allow In consequence of this we join in a public worship of our common Father and Legislator , and thereby g ive security to one anotherthat we aft upon common principles , the only foundation of mutual
trust and confidence . T Upon this subjea I shall enlarge in my next ; for the present 1 n T £ ^ it \ J £ \ H 93 .
Observations On The Cause Of Our Late Naval Victories.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE OF OUR LATE NAVAL VICTORIES .
THE o-lorious victories with which our arms have been crowned at sea in the course of the present war , have given frequent occasion to mention the name of Mr . Clerk , the inventor of the new system of naval tactics ; it may therefore be agreeable to our readers to lay before them a short statement of the merits of a work that has been productive of such unexamp led benefits to tins country .
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On Religion, Morality, And Government.
and that in any well governed ancient commonwealth , to the flames would have been adjudged the books , and to banishment the persons of all such traitors to the whole human race . Surely , then , a man who had any just regard for himself , or benevolence for Ins fellowcreatures , could not help wishing such a religion , such as I have represented to be true , and of Divine authority ; and consequently and
would not be willing to give it up , but upon strong reasons , a consideration of a just equivalent . But has the modern infidel offered us one or other of these ? His reasons have been weighed , not onlv in the balance of the sanctuary , but in every other scale , and have been found lig hter than vanity itself : and what he otters in exchange for Christianity is an affront to the understanding of mankind , and supposes them' more out of their senses , than Glaucus in xxomer is represented to be , when he changed armour with Diomedes .
Xcuo-Ea XaX ^ baiv , iv . a . Thy . $ o \ svvEaste « i * ' » . Instead of a plan of duties , level to every capacity , and current throughout the world , by virtue of a Divine stamp upon it , we are referred , by the modern Infidel , to the lig ht shining in every man , as a better direftion of human life ; that is , every man is to make laws for himselfwhichthereforeit be presumedwill be as various
, , , may , as the features in men ' s fsces , or the whimsies in their heads . Upon this fact , we must enter into the hearts of men , and find out what rules they have laid down to themselves , and upon what principles thev choose to aft , before we can trust or have any dealings with them . And is it proper that the safety of commerce , the intercourse the wellbeing of societyshould rest upon so
precaamong men , - , rious a bottom ? Under the influence of a Divine law , binding equal y all persons , in all cases , at all times , and coercive even after death , we have all the satisfadion the nature of men and things will allow In consequence of this we join in a public worship of our common Father and Legislator , and thereby g ive security to one anotherthat we aft upon common principles , the only foundation of mutual
trust and confidence . T Upon this subjea I shall enlarge in my next ; for the present 1 n T £ ^ it \ J £ \ H 93 .
Observations On The Cause Of Our Late Naval Victories.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSE OF OUR LATE NAVAL VICTORIES .
THE o-lorious victories with which our arms have been crowned at sea in the course of the present war , have given frequent occasion to mention the name of Mr . Clerk , the inventor of the new system of naval tactics ; it may therefore be agreeable to our readers to lay before them a short statement of the merits of a work that has been productive of such unexamp led benefits to tins country .