The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-02-20 00:00:00, page 4

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The Parnassian Field.
Carmen Mordax.
FOR THE MIRROUR.
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
By giving the following a place in yourjocular
page, you will much oblige your humble
servant, NICHOLAS IRISH.
TIT FOR TAT.
In imitation of Allen Ramsey.
WHEN Popes and Priests, ('tisfaid) infer
< mer times.
Purg'd filthy consciences, and pardon d crimes ;
An aged penitent (with fins opprefl,
. Nor day nor night could fed hisfrat at rest,)
Came to bis Holinejs to be forgiven,
That Jpotlofs he might reach the gates of Heaven ;
With j uppliant tone be thus addrfs'd bis Grace,
While tears of guilt o'drflow'd bis wrinkle d face.
" Most bol, Father, bear and grant my pray'r,
Nor let me die an objcd of defair ;
M, confidence purify from ev'ry fa,
Mabe me as thou, an Angel, ivholl, clean ;
But bear me firft, nubile frankly I relate,
Three deadly crimes, alas ! which are jo great,
I fear your Holinejs will ever be.
Irreconcilably an enemy to me.'
First then, when beat of youthful blood prevail'd,
I by a bloody Ruffian was affail'd,
Whose cudgel level'd with a Angle thump,
My ccfrnal frame as breatblefs as a slump ;
But soon recovering, I fnatebt my dirk,
With which Iprivily was wont to lurk,
For dire revenge, on ev'ry deadly foe.
And fbeatb'd it in bis abdomen below !—
Down like an on, be tumbled with a groan,
Isled the trunk, nor ever once look'd round."
“ Hem, said the Pope, why this is what
We term no fin, but only tit for tat.
The second is a rrime of deeper hue,
Would Heav'n, it were afalfebood, but 'tis true,
That I, a female, was inclin'd to love,
But whom, whileyoung, with pray'rs could never
move:
M, love increaft as her contempt for me,
Till in the ptirror fee began to fee
Her beauty fade, the mirror prov'd a cure ;
She who di/dain'd, sweet girl, difdain'd no more ;
1 found admittance, vow'd an endless love,
Swore by the heavens and all the pow'rs above,
To nouri/b her forever as my own, s ,
My heart foe imbofom'd and resign'd her own —
But painting to my view her former prise,
With what contempt loft bad been deny'd;
If wore again, both by the heavens and earth,
That jbe jhould be a jubjeß for my mirth,
Forsook her chamber, federal months roll'd on.
She barlot-like, conceiv'd and bore a son !
'Tis tit for tat,again reply'd the Pope,
The crime is nothing,therefore you may hope
To reach the world of blifs,without controul,
And seraph-like be purify'd in foul.
• Oh! holy Father, this can never be !
The horrid crime I've yet conceal'd from thee.
Which wounds my conscience, & diflraas my brain,
Nor lets me look for ought, but endless pain.
'Gainflthee I'vefly,l'm jureyou can'tforgive it,
Nay, though you do, Ifar cely can believe it;\
The truth is this, that I, your Grace's sister,
A hundred times unlawfully have kift her !
Indeed 'tis well, confeft my honest brother, ,
Ten times as oft I've kift your virtuous moth
er;
So from my foul, I'll freely pardon that,
Since it is nothing more than tit for tat.
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The Merry Register.
THE Mancanares, the river of Madrid, is a
shallow, dirty stream. A Spaniard passing it,
one day, when it was perfectly dry, and ob
serving that the superb bridge, which Philip
the second had built over it, served to very
little purpose, archly remarked, “ That it
would be proper the bridge Ihouid be fold to
purchase water."
. DURING the fy"of King J am ei
11. and when the people were much
oppressed with fixe,, that monarch
made a very expensive tour thro' En
gland ; and on bit return he slept at
the palace of Wirchefter. The m%
or and corporation, for the honor
done them by this royal vific, deter
mined to addrefi his Majesty in the
morning ; but at the mayor could
neither read nbr write, it was agreed
the recorder fhotild prompt him on
the occafioo. Accordingly, being in
troduced into the royal presence, and
£ every thing ready for the ceremony,
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the recorder, byway of encouraging
the mayor, who appeared awkward
and embarrassed, gently jogged hi? el
bow, and at the fame time whifperrd
in his ear, ''Hold up your head, loeft
like a mio." The mayor miffak
ing this for the beginning of the
speech, flared the kin^ boldly in the
face, and with a loud voice repeated,
" hold up four head—look like a
man." The recorder, amazed at this
behaviour, again whispered the may
or, " What the devil do you mean ?"
The mayor in the fame manner in
stantly repeated, " what the devil do
you mean ?". The recorder, chagrin
ned at this untoward circumstance,
and fearing hit majefty'a displeasure,
still whispering in the mayot'a ear,
said, "By—, fir, you'll ruin us all."
Which the mayor inftanti, repeated.
The king on this rose wita some an
ger, but being informed of the cause
of this rough address, his majesty was
pleased to pass it by with a smile,
and the corporation was perfectly fa
titfied with the honor done them.
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Domestic Mijcellany.
FOR THE_ MIRROUR.
NUMBER 11.
SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.
HAVING shown in my firft num
ber, that universal salvation is
not the dodrine of the old testament;
nor thedodrine that the bteffed Jesus
preached in the days of his flefh ; we
now assert that it was not the dodrine
taught by the apostles—their general
declaration to the world was, God will
render to every man according to his
deeds ; to them who by patient con
tinuance, in well doing, seek for glory
and honor and immortality, eternal
life—but to them that are contentious
and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteoufoefs ; indignation and
wroth, tribulation and aoguifh, upon
every foul of mao, that doeth evil, of
the Jew firft, and a|fo of the Gentile.
And when any under a feofe of guilt
and danger, applied to them with this
feriou! queftioo in their mouths, What
.shall we do to be saved ? they did not
tell them, Chfift has undertaken to
save the whole human race—not one
can be loft—But enjoined faith as ab
folutefy necessary—believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be
saved—Without faith it is impossible
to please God—without holmefs no
man shall fee the Lord—no man shall
be saved—without holiness he muff be
loft, is the necessary consequence—
This diftindion of characters they
constantly exhibited, not only as
what takes place in thi? world, but as
what will really take place in another
—The Lord Jesus shall be revealed
from heaven, with his mighty angels
in flaming fire, taking vengeance pn<
them that know not God, and that
obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall be punished with
everlasting dettruction from his pres
ence, and from the glory of his pow
er ; when he shall come to be glori
fied in his faints, and to be admired in
all them that believe—Here are two
different characters, and the case of
each decided for eternity ; while it
falls to the 10, tof the faintifand them
that believe, to glorify and admire
,Christ, in atich their bfypinefs will
be consummated forever—it falls rd
the lot of those, that know not God,
and obey not the gospel, to be pun
ished with everlaftiog deftrudion
from the presence of the Lord—The
Univerfalift tells us there will be none
of the latter charafter in eternity—
Christ has undertaken fa save all---
Bur whb knows best the finaliffue of
the Rates of all men, they or Christ ?
they or an inspired apostle ? which'
are we to believe— Let candid truth
speak —this will give the verdi& in
favour of the inspired witnefa—One
fad we m3y fee, as clear as the beams
of the meridian fob, that there is a ;
great difference in men here in this
world —some good and feme bad —
some righteous and some wicked —
and tho' the bad may become good,
& the wicked may become righteous,
by divine grace, yet that this will be
the case with every individual, we
have no evidence—but the contrary !
yea, we have all the evidence that
omnifeience can give us, that this
great and general diftinaion of men
into two classes will take place in the
the other world, and be continued to
eternity. There the language of in
spiration is, he that is uojuft, let him
be unjust fti!l, and he that is filthy, let
him be filthy still, and he that is righ
teous, let him be righteous still, and
he that is holy, let him be holy still.
No change of states in the eternal
world. Here the Univerfalift is bro'c
to a point ; he must either prove, that
rhe different characters of righteous
and wicked, will not exist in a future .
Rate, or that they will be changed
there, which he cannot do in the face
of so many substantial prophetic
truths ; or eke he muff turn infidel,
and deny his bible, which will not
mend the matter; or else he must
continue in his present belief, which
is totally inconsistent with the general
current of scripture—or else he must
give up the point, and believe the
great doariiesof revelation refpe&ing
a future Rate of rewards and punish
ments for men, according to their
different moral state—which is incom
parably the wisest and fafeft courfe —
because now there is a remedy in the
blessed gospel, for ;he greatest sinners
that repent and turn, but hereafter in
the future world there will be none —
as the tree falls so it will lie forever — ,
But how do the Uoiverfalifts support
their darling fcheme?,—they have sev
eral ways ; one is by misrepresenting
the opinions of those that differ from
them, insinuating that it is the prevail
ing feoffment through the country,
that God called a fee of beings from
nothing into this world on purpose to
make them eternally miserable—hor
rid idea, if it were true. For my own
part I do not believe it, nor do I know
any that does—The general opinion,
so far as I am acquainted, is, that God
has made man a rational being, capa
ble of moral government, set before
him life and death, the blessing and
the curse, and affords him a fufficien
cy of aid to render him totally inex
cusable ; every mouth will be flop
ped, so that if he periihei, it is not
the fault of his maker, but himfelf—
As co the secret decrees of heaven, it
is not our province to pry into them.
The things revealed belong to us and
our children ; in these duty is made
fufficiently plain —if we discharge it
sincerely, we are fafe, not otherwise.
Another method of fopporting their
scheme, is, by misrepresenting the di-'
vine charader—they represent God,
as a great good matur'd being, all
made up of mercy; not io the least
disposed to puoifh any of his crea
tures ; let them do what they will, he
never will damn any ; it is inconsist
ent with his divine nature. lam wil
ling, with all my heart, to acknowk
edge that he is a God of great mercy,
lovr and benevolence—Bur is he not
alto, a God of jMtke, and holiness ?
are not these ^tributes dear to him, as
well as the other ? and "will-he not
vindicate the honor of his law and
government upon those who insult
him, and trample them under foot%
will he not vindicate the honor o4hi,
blessed gospel upon those who mifrep
rrtf.%defp°rfe, ftfobey, and abuse ir,
to the purposes cf licentioufnefi?
will not answer, hut the great Go
shall arfwer for timfelf in his holy?
word—To me betoogeth vengeance}
and recompence ; t^eir loot fehfud^
in due rime ; for tre day of their ca-fy
krtiity is at hand, & the things whicity
shall come upon them make haste. &
VERITASI
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JOHN BOND,
Must refpe&fully informs the public, th&
he will open his Hofpifa.l,
to inoculate with the Small Pox,
the second Monday of February next.
ANY person or persons, wishing to
put themselves under that ope-'
ration, may have an opportunity from/]
rhe aforefaid day until the 24th cf
next Ma r ch. When it is convenient,
seven days notice is required.
$ B. The Hospitals are novf
free from inferior 4 —one of them en*
tirely new.
H^mpfcd/Jan. 31, 179 ft
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Runaway Apprentice.
TT7HEREAS, Stephen Scales, an b
VV apprentice indented to me the sub
scriber, lus absented himlelffrom my service, ,
contrary to my command. This is to for
bid all perfuns harbouring or trusting him
on my account, as I,will difeharge no debt of
his contrasting after the date ; and if he is
brought to me, will | give no reward and
no charges. Said apprentice is 17 years of'
age ; thick- set, dark complexion, black hair;
wore and carried off with him, one bottle
green iurtout, London brown coat, two pairs
of cloath-coloured overalls, three waistcoats,
and other small articles.
DANIEL CLARK
Bofcawen, Feb. 3, 1795.
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Apprentice wanted.
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0 The Printers want an apprentice, from
12 to 16 years of age—who can read, write
and cypher—who will be ioftru&ed in the art
of Printing, and found wi^h cloathing, &c.
"Concord Bridge.
WHEREAS the General Court of the
State of Newhampihire, at their last
session held in Concord, in said state, in De
cember last, granted to the subscriber and
others, and associates, their heirs and assigns
forever, the exclusive right of building and
keeping in repair,, a Toll Bridge across the
river Merrimac within said town of Concord,
below Butters's ferry, so called, under such
rules & regulations as are in said grant men
tioned —and authorized the subscriber to no
tify and warn the firft meeting of said gran
tees, and associates—-These are therefore to
notify and warn said grantees and associates,
to meet at the dwelling house of Samuel
Batters, innholder in said Concord, on Mon
day the 23d day of February instant, at two
of the clock, in the afternoon, when met
ift. To choose a moderator to govern said
meeting.
zd. To choose a clerk.
3d. To choose diredors, or overseers, and
to tranfaft any business that may be thought
will promote and bring forward the com
pleting said bridge as soon as possible..
PETER GREEN.
Concord, Feb. 6, 1795.
ft Those who woh to be concerned in build
ing said Bridge, are desired to attend said
meeting. , 0
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ALSO,
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