The Sun.
London, England, 1815-07-21 00:00:00

THE SUN REVIEW.

'1(N(;. I.XXXfI.)

We mAce tiro apology for i'nseetilig "to-day iite
'moiety of a very extraordinary Sernbon,preached
before the t.ing of Spain on The 24th last Fe-
Imary, with a •cop of. which we have boil) fa-
vottr,;:l. ihr politica\ freedom rfisplaYcil in titi
s
singular production, the infotmation 611 the state
--of the cenitty, and the various curious facts wbic`
it-contains, `caused it to he suppressed immediately
-after pnblientinn, and that in our possession is,
rrhilps, not only the toile Copy in England, but,
so an%ionsly it hunted aftcq, even-in SpairL—

Ile itilletwittg is the :title-page
" SFIIMoN Vii•rnes Tercet.° de Ottafesma,- tredicado.Al
Pry NIII;s71“) SENAft,.tn f;n Real .24 de
Feiner° 181"; S. Por El M. It P. M. Fray .losef tlrl Sal-
vador, Carinelita Desealzo, Ex-letter de Teolugia, tscritor
de stt Dr,ten,.}:santinador Sinotial del Arzoliispado de To-
led y Ottiqado de Cordotta.Calicador'Cle la inquisition de
Corte, 'teologo UnriCtiltor de la Putisirna Concepcion de
Saoti.inta, Misioneto Apost6lieo,y Predicador -del
Rey nuestro Senor.--San Fernando :1n la linpventa de
Don Miguel Segovia. :ImlolBls.

" male' vineatu snarl, ?o obit this agri-
colis."--Nt. Main. chap. XX. St: Lulu:, XV.
" Sate,—God has not given to men the power
of penetrating his judgments, nor of compre-
hending the sentence with which he follows them.
When it pleaseth him, he expounds them by
themselves, justifies -his tame, leaves .no excuse
to the sinner, and decides irrevocably irts .his lot
according to the preponderance of his good or
evil works. The Christian orator is no more
than a minister, an inl/4triiment through whose
means he communicates his word to your Majesty.
and to the people, and makes known the punish-
svhirli is decreed al:ainst the wicked, against
7he bad scrrants and hushandmen of that myste-
rious vineyard which now justly occupies the field
oft he Gospel ;—of that vineyard which our Saviour
planted with much labour, which he watered with.
liis most precious blood, which hecnriched with
Holy s,,cramenfs, ssAich he fertilized by his
doctrire, which he placed under the protection of
the most blessed Virgin, the strong, hold of David,
wheace depend so. many claims to our favour ;t-.
of that vineyard
Sre, of the-kingdom of Spain, the chosen he-
s•itage which the great 'Father of fatuities has
placed under
,your care by means of those many
prodigies which you know, and the fruits of
which ought tor, correspond to his paternal love.
'flue sentente 'which is pronounced is against the
bad husbandman, tint against the good ter-
rifies the impious, while it consoles the just; con-
founds the lazy w0rk11,4,1 ; but your Majesty
alone ought to ptodiice the effect of an exquisite
. Christian vigilance, such as is necessary for
its
better atlininistratiOn.—jesus CnnisT, the Fa-
ther of families, who.ailopteci and the church
which at this day proposes it to us, aspit,.e to so
Dutch 'good—Malta 'male perdet, et vineaat scent
dabit (this agricolis,,—There is no appeal. The Lord
Las said it, and it shall he done.—The husbandman
Ivho dotli not well cultivate his ground—tile
king that will not govern his kingdom _with
• equity, exposes himself to be deprived of it.—
'Terrible anathema I Such, that when the Jews
heard the threat, the Evangelist reports that they
said, Absit ! May God avert it !—But with re-
spect to ourselves, Can it be possible that such an
evil shall be verified ? No, I do not expect it,
ou account of the rectitude of your Majesty : lout
it is necessary to fear it, in order that it may nut
be verified.
"By neglecting this, Balthasar lost his -king,
4101'n, his life and his soul, nOtwithstanding, that
had a holy Daniel by his side, who warned
him in time of the ruin of his throne.' Saul lost
leis sceptre, his life, rind his soul, because of his
'wicked administration, which made" the prayers
anti mediation of so high 2 prophet as Samuel of
no avail.—RobOam saw his kingdom fall to pieces,
and many hands employed in the chastiseinent of
'
his caprice, atit,l of contempt ,V( hick lie
treated the 'councirs of the. aged.—Xlials exile-
rienced a similar and -more. unhappy lot, on ac-
count of his perverse conduct, respecting which
he was so often Warned by the great prophet
Elii.s.-7—Tl►e Romans lost Spain ; the Goths slw
It pas to the Mahomeddans ; and in our days, the
%whole of Eprope—
. But why. do I meat y myself for examples ?
Your Majesty, Sire, are, as it were, an eye-wit-
ness you arc the latest instance of that great
truth, that testimony of that infallible sentence
Avhich Jesus'Christ bath this day propounded to
us in the Gospel. By the memory of it, by me-,
(Hinting upon it, your happiness' and that of the
syl.lo!e nation is secured. The Father of 11... amities
sees that you cannot labour personally in every
part of that • great .vineyard ;=--sees that by lode-
spen,ible necessity you must employ labourers. for
ire cultivation. It, therefore, Sire, you wish to
promote your own felicity and ours.;—if you wish
to avoid the gnlph of that, sentence; pin ought to
be vigilant, and to apply to those husbandmen.to
whom you entrust the cultivation, when tbey-tlo
-not conform to flair Nabs male .perdet.
To persuade you, Sire, to tlyat vigilance shall be
-the subjeet of my discourse/ 'There can be none
more worthy of your. attention. -In order to ex-
rooml it with that. effect which wish.'•ii to have
on your great soul, and on the whole nation, 1
lace need of the Divine'lavgmr—A„ maiia;
• Malos nialepr.rdet, • •
SEcTIoN 1., • ,
. • " How strong ! how etlicaciouS is the word of
God !—Sire, the apostle St. Paul.iveighs well it,
strength and effteitcy---Pivils esl 8"Ro I)ei,• et
than t wo-edgell sword,
etitcair. More penetriting
--piercing to the botto,ne.of the soul, discerning
even the most secret thoughts of the heaa.—Dis-
cretor cogitationuat corel!i. This uteffiable quality,
which way be discovered in all the words addressed
• irY the. Almighty to his creatures, is More particti-
.
larly applicable to the terrible sentence here pro-.
against the wicked hesbanthnen in the
malcperdet.—Nv one cOns:tlers it