The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-01-29 00:00:00, page 4

EXTRACT
From the New-Year's Wish of the
Post who carries the Western Star.
'TF you're a Farmer may your field
. I Its crops in fall abundance yield,
Yort fruits and docks and herds increase,
And you be bleft with health and peace,
Good beef and pork and bread and cheese,
^And beer or cyder which you please.
If you're a Merchant, may a plenty
Os custom and success be sent you ;
May crouds around your counter stand.
Prepar'd to trade, with ca(h in hand,
May every one, who Prays and Preaches,
And once a week the gospel teaches.
See piety and,truth prevail.
While vice and irrtligion fail ;
And for his miniferial labours,
Be well fuppcrted tty his neighbours.
May each Ph,fatan, in his way,
First heal the lick, then get his pay ;
And he, who kqows, and pleads the law,
Obtains his fees if hot his ^af:
May each young lass receive a spark,
As gay and fprighrff as a fork ;
And all the fouthful Covers Share
The smiles of their beloved fair.
May each Old Maid and Widodo firid
A Hufiand suited to her mind ;
Each Bachlor procure a Wife,
to keep him warm and give him life ;
And every newly married pair,
In proper time, Dehold an heir.
In fol wish you every bleffingZ'
That's worth desiring dr possessing."
Jan. Ift 179'1. The POST.
(Concluded from the firfl page.)
A very great part of those who will be
ihiferable in the other world, were not,
that we know of; incurably finful in this.
Multitudes a/e taken ofc before they
bate had opportunity to make fhemfelves
hardened, abandoned Sinners: And-so
far as we are able, to judge, had the,
been continued in life; they,might fij'e
been formed to a virtuous temper,f mind
by a suitable mixture of correaion, in
fruaion, and the like. . And Cah it be
fappofed, with refpe& to such, that an
infinitely benevolent God, without a„
other trial, in order to effect their refor
mation, will tonfign them over to end
left And irreversible torment ? Would this
be to condu& himfelf towards them like;
ttf&ber? Let the heart of a father in
Mrth speak upon this occasion. Nay,
it does not appear that any farters are so
incorrigible in wickednef# as to be be
„nd recover, by still, further methods
within the reach of infinite wisdom : A,nd
if the infmttty wife God can, in tiny
wife methods, recover them, even in #-
y other fate,rial, may we not argue,
from his infinite benevolence, that he will ?
And is it not far more reawbable to fap
pofe, that the miferiei of the other world
are a,refer difdpline inorder to accom
plish this red, then that they ilfould be
final and vindiaive only /.
The fmallnefe of the nrim&r of those
who (hall be lived, in the next State
ought, in all reason, to be esteemed a
weighty argument againftintepreting any
texts of scripture fo r as to mean absolutely
eternal misery. It is a plain case, if the
next state is final, bet very few, com
paratively, of thedohs of Adantwill be
saved. Our faviour himfelf has said
Matt. vii. 14. verse " Strait is the gate
and narrow is the way which leadeth to
life, and few there be that find it."
Now will there be any room left to
contrive fhifts to elude rhe obvious ±
rural fcence of these words, if we con
sider the necessary verification in order
to finding this life, and then compare the
character of mankind herewith. The
chosen, atfd faithful and true, throughout
the world, are hot of the world/bui a
peculiar and'Aff&v ta>pk» The whole
world lietlt 1h witkethtefs. A does font
tbieda, $ nt we ourfdvew*know, and can- %
not but how, if we do not (hut our eyes
against the light. So it has done in the
ages that are pft, if to may believe the
nfyirt# writer! of scripture, and, so it
SEAT of the MUSES.
STOCKBRIDGE, JAN. 4.
will do in the ages that trejet to come,
if the fame sacred .penmen may be de
fended on : For they assure ns that the
earth that now is, with its inhabitants and
works are kept in fore, and referred unto
firey/ for the w^odlinefs, and infidelity,
and anrighteoufnefs, which in future times,
shall be univerfail, prevalent. 1 Now if
a few only cf mankind', in thefinal iffuri
of things) are 3o.be saved;- and the rest
damned, that is fehtenced to endure ae^-
ending, ta^r^ifohett. ' Whar a Strange
idea fault we : have cf-the mere, of the
chriftiah dispensation, which is so cele
brated, in the new Teflament writings,
for its uUfearchabler riefo 'and glory?
The birth of Jesus, the faviour, into the ,
world is spoken of as "glad tidings of
great Joy to all people,?' and' an anthem<
of praise was furig on this zccount;by the
heavenly host to God;becaufe of che-godd
will hereby discovered towards mankind.
But if the greater part of mankind by far
will' eternally perifo in hell, notwithstand
ing the incarnation of the Son of God,
and all that he has ever fuffered, or done,
or will do, for their relief, what occasion
was there for such universal joy ? And
with what propriety could glory be given
to God for his good will towards men?
The total ruin of such multitudes of the
tons of Adam appears to me a most pal
pable inconfiftancy with the grace of God
as exhibited in the gospel of Christ. And
it is indeed incredible in itfelf, that God
Ihould constitute his son the faviour of
men, and the bulk of them be finally and
eternally damned. Nor can it be any other
than a baje and grofe reflection on the
faviour of men, whole proper bafnefs and
office as such, it is, to defeat the design of
the Devil,& refeue mankind out of his de
stroying hands; I fay, it cannot but reflet
great dishonour on him |o suppose, that the
Devil notwithstanding his mediatory
interposition and all that he could do in
oppofilion to him Ihould fa//, get the
better of him, by effecting the everlafing
damnation of the greater part of those
whom he came on purpose to save. To
me, I own the thought is shocking ; nor
can I fee Low it is po^ibly reconcileable
with the honor that is due to Christ in his
character as the faviour of men; The
confiderltion of hell as a purging fire, is
that only which can make the matter set
easy ugon ones mind.—ln fine, it ought
to be particularly remembered and con
rider.e%the proper tendency, and final
cause of built and fuffirings, in this
prefers )ate; are to do us'good, in the
natural, or moral fence or both; # They
are a suitable adapted mean to this end;
and thrall wife merciful governor of the
world hlakes tye of them ks such. This
is til «#tea ,bf reason confirmed by ob
servation arid experience ; and the Scrip
ture concurs here With in speaking of the
punifimenss, evils, Gt fuff erings, which it
pleases God to bring upon the sons of
pen, as a proper difci,likt i in order to
bumble, and probe) arid dot them good
in their latter erid; The texts to thil
purpose are scattered alt over the Bi
ble. , Arid we have such an observable
parfage as that, Pfal. txxiix. 31, 32, 3%
"If his children forfake my laws, and
Walk not in my judgments f if they brake
ffiy statutes, and keep not my command
ments ; then will I vifft thrift trangref
ftons wish the rod, and their iniquity
with, stripes.. Ntoerth&h my loving
kindness will / riot utterly tafefrom them."
Whether these words are spoken of the
cb'ildred of David, or of the children of
Christ, of whom David was an illuftriobs
type,' the loving ktndnefs of God is repre
sented as finally prevailing towards them.
And his veiling their tranfgre flions with
the rod', and their iniquity with stripes,
is spoken as the mean, in the woof dif
ciflint, corrtaion; or chaftif^mentjn order
to promote this end. 'And if evil puniffc
ments or fy, in the present life is
mercifully intended for the good of the
patients taem'feiva,@i)'ffl in the next
life ? 'ls the character of God, as the
father of mercies, and the God of pity
and grace, limited to this world only ?
Why Ihould it not be supposed, that the
infinitely benevolent deity is the fame good
being in the other «world, that he is in
this ? and that,-he has the fame kind and
good intention in the punishments of the
next state, that, he has in this, namely,
the profit, or advantage, of the fuffirers
themselves. This is certainly most agree
able to this natural notions we entertain
as the only good God: And it is most
agreeable alio to the ideas which the
scriptures gives us of him For they
represent his mercy u^fer the emblem
of the tendered passions in men, that of a.
I Father's pity towards ,hi, children;
yea they describe it by speaking of him,
as affected with as ill dir affliflohs, and
as grieved at the heart sot the miferics of
Ifrael# And why ffiould not these repre
fencations of the mercy of God be ex
tended to she future ivorld ? Why should
he not be looked upon as pittying sinners,
and pnnilhing them, in the next state as
wcll'M this, in order to their benefit?
Surel, i change in the mode, and place
of kicked men's exiftenee will not infer a
change ih tfe iiture of that God, who is
''the fame yeftferday, to day, and for
ever," and muff inthe other world as
well ab this, be disposed to make it evi
dent, that he ih being of boundlejs and
fnexbauftible goodnefi, " ''!' " o
1 ' It may be worthy cf cur special no
tice, here not only the language of man
kind in all ages, and in all places, as
grounded on the most obviouS reasoning
from the whole courfe'ef nature, but e
ven theßevelations of Scripture, cenflant
ly (peak of God as the uni^erfal father,
as well as governor of men. And our Sd.
zviour jefus Chrill, has particularly
taught vs how to argue from this rela
tion God Hands in to us. The argu
ment is that, (Matt. 7. 11.) "If ye be
ing*eviJ:knowhow to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more ihall your
fathers which is in Heaven, give good
things' them, that aft him ?" What
now is' the temper and condud of a fa
ther on earth, though they are evil, to
wards their offspring ? They readily
do them good^as they are able, while they
behave fuitab!, ^rid' as readily chastise
them for their profit, when they need
correction. But they do .hot put off the
bowels of parents^ and punilh their chil
dren withont pity, having no view to
their advantage. Wcfhould entertain
an opinion of these parents as degenerateta
the last degree who should inflid misery on
their oiun children without any inention
to promote their welfare thereby in any
fape whatever. And Ihall we fay that
of our heavenly Father (who, inHead ^of
being evil, as all earthy Fathers are
more or less is infinitely good) which we
cannot suppose of any Father on earth, 'till
we have firft diverted him of the heart of
a Father ? Can it reasonably be conceiv
ed, that, that god, who calls mankind his
offspring, without exception and himfelf
their Father should torment them eter
nally without ^ny intention to do them
the leaf imaginable good, as must be the
case, if the doctrine of neverending misery
is true? will not god be as truly the
Father of wicked men in the other world
as he.is in this? and. if he punishes
them there, must it not be in the charac
ter of their Father, who desires their
good, and corrects them with a kind in
tention to promote it? No good reason,
I will venture to fay, can be aligned why
onr Saviour's argument, founded onthe
nature of things, the relations that subsist
between God and men ; I fay, no good
reason can be given, why our Saviour's
argument " much more will your Father
ih heaven give you good things," should
be confined to the present, and not ex
tetded to the future <world, and perhaps,
the only thing that has led most writers
to confine the pity of our Father in
leaven, and the merciful intention of his
punishing- his rebellious children, to the
present life, is the notion they have pre
viously imbibed of never ceasing miJery ;
which has no real foundation in the fa-
Cred books of revelations.
As, well the foris of Adam may,
freny an uriiverfal fall ;
And lye no more than if they fay ;
Christ died for part and not for all.
z.
The chief or all will teftify, ,
That we were all in Adam slain ;
And" yet there's thousands that deny,
That Christ restor'd the fall again.
ftiey fay he never dy'd for all,
He dy?d for firrind not for feme ;
And vet tfith lifted hands they call,
Crying, comt all to Jefes cone.
If fefus died not for some,
How vain and how abford It it ;
To Cry come all to Jesus come,
H there are feme who are not hit.
5 °
This is abase ignoble scheme,
, A piece of grand absurdity ;
And he who dwells upon the theme,
His mouth it fill'd,With mockery.
How vain ahd foolifh is their pl',;
,Since Christ was cracifi'd and flam ;
And tasted death for every man,
And ranfom'd the Whole world again, ,
& Oirwfo vrifas •well fa tlx wbelt Hi- I
man Race.
TOL/ ANTED an active LAD,
13 or 14 years of age,
to serve at the Batters Bufinefs^
Enquire of Wm. Kelley.
Exeter, Jan. 1791. -
CADDLER'sWORK, of all
~ kinds done at the Shop near
, Ladd's, and fold CHEAP for CASH
j and COUNTRY PRODUCE, by
ISHACKFORD S. BENNETT.
I Exeter, Dec. % 1290.
The DRUNKARD'S LOOKINGGLASS.
First. Some general efras of Intemperance.
DRUKENNESS makes a man unfit
for good ; drowns and infatu
ates the senses ; depraves the
reason ; besots the understanding ; caufea
errors in judgment ; defiles the consci
ence; hardens and Heals away the heart;
brings a spiritual lethargy; it is a work
of darkness ; an annoyance to modesty ;
a gate to every kind of debauchery ; a
discloser of secrets ; a betrayer of trust ;
depriver of honesty ; a forerunner of mis
ery ; —it cracks men's credit ; empties
their purses ; consumes their estates ; vi
olates the rules of temperance ; perverts
the order of nature ; causes profane and
cruel speeches, vaunting, swearing, and
blafphemy—quarrelling, fighting, and
murder ; it is the mother of mifehief,
vice and pride ; the nurse of riot and fu
ry ;-the school of lying and Hander ; a
difeoverer of folly ; and oppressor of na
ture ran impairer of health ; it deforms
the viffage ; corrupts the breath ; ftupi
fies the spirits f intoxicates the brain ;
decays thb memory ;'inflames the blood ;
begets unnatural thirst; caufeth Hammer
ing of speech; reeling and Haggerihg ;
filthy and loathsome vomiting ; dropsies,
forfeits, &C, it is a voluntary tnadnefs ;
a deceiver of fbqls ,a bewiching poison ;
an invited enemy ; a flattering devil ;
it causes forgecfulncfs of God ; is a pro
voker of his judgments ; haflens, and of
ten brings untimely death ; and at last
defroys the foul.=-— Secondly,
Some particular Characters of a Drunkard.
A Drunkard in that fttate is indisposed
to virtue ; is 'a' licentious person ; makes
his belly his God ; is worse than abrute ;
a Companion of riot and revelling ;a
game and sport 10 profand people ; a ri
diculous object ; his own sorrow, woe and
flame ; his uift's grief; his children's
disgrace ; his neighbour's contempt and
derision; his family's ruin ;' a thief to
himfelf; rfcrindal to chriftanity ; a dis
honour to God ; and an abuser of his
mercies „a lofcfcf his time ; a destroyer
of his reputations paips and credit ;is
fubjeft to min, Dangers ; a Have to the
devil and his own 'lulls; a traveller to
deftru&icn ; a t:aofyreffor : of the laws of
God and man, (against whom dreadful
woes are pronounced ;) he is hit own fool'll
enemy ; a human mealier ; and at laffl
will be excluded God's kingdom.l
And you tavern keepers, retailers and]
others that are concerned in giving, fel
ling to, or causing any to drink to exco
either wine or other firong drink, are al
fo'guilty ; and against whom a woe is pro
nounced ; Woe unto him that giveth air
neighbour flrong drink, that putteft th, bot
tle to him, and maketh him drunken.
It may not be amiss toadd to the fore"
going, an eftad, taken from the Mora'
and Physical Thermometer of Dr. Benj.
Rufe of Philadelphia :ofthe vices, diseas
es and puniffiments, which naturally result
from intemperance ; which may serve aa
a magnifying glass to those who will not
be reclaimed by the lookingglafs.
The vices it produces are—ldlenefs#
peevilhnefs—quarrelling —fighting—-I,^
ing—fwearing—fraud —anarchy—-hatred
ofjuft government —mord r r —suicide.
The diseases are Gout—ficknef — po
king—tremors eftbe hands in the morn
ing—bloatedneft—inflamed eyes,red soft
Ind face—fore and swelled legs—jaun
dice—pains in the limbs, and burning
in the hands rnd fee?—dropfy—epilepfy
—melanchol, —idiotifm—madnefs—pal
-fey—apoplexy- — death.
The purijhnents are—Debt—black
eyes—rags— hunger—alms house—work
house—jail— whiping port—flock: —Caf-
tleifland—Newgate—gallows. And un
less repenterce should prevent, they will
fharein the punishment prepared forthe
devil and his angels.
To whom it may concern.•
&Q $ Q>«S^Q> §§o§<§ $$ p §§l
INDENTS
To be SOLD reasonably, by
SAMUEL TENNEY.
Exeter, iyb Dec.
From the Connecticut Gazitti.