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stood. Ihe -Aftiew: in.lhat seitse, I hey-wsiuld har, inserted. these
wei4 without scruple; hut. they were--.fsaafut of.giring.any
-ette'3tiragetutrltto a doctrine. so dangerOus 1•, ;.t'.,:aiity as the
assi-mmee. ,f Election; oetwithstat ding a lite of-de-
pravity ; they had tt-d forgott6n the havoc,that bad been..com-
tuitteduoi4e-r the- tiqcode of this heresy, a,l l thesteply which
that. Singular cOmpontid of enthoilii3i» at ,j hypocrisy, Cat
graceless- Crcanweli, made to one of the Preaehers, tiho,lt'pru
he asked by:Ir.111 it it were.trne that.tfe elect woulthnever
fall, lit suffer' n final repiobatioii, had answered ?—nothing
mote certain;
I lyth 1--am safe; for I ant sure:that I was once in i state
of Giat:e." •
ntl'Crornwell is not the oplyEnthnsiast or Hypocrite that
takes the-sholtei,of tills most conveitient cloak to 9overa Mul-
titude or sips. Cut the, true c.burch 'admits of no, such pal;
!oohs, with pity upon_ the -"mitr madman; who un-•
hesitating 1e -pronohnces himself One of lie Elect; notWitto...
standing the inany sins, which with _the -sonie breath, —lle is
cver,l.ret,..lo..confess. Stts:h.:a declaration, divustjrig as it is
'to evsn'y trilkolyistilia.r4 have often heard front the months of
this Sect, wlio, i•istimppretilt their Near hers literally, and heal,
ing them so. frequently:insist tll6 yr, deierifiniatictri of
,the.Althighty to elect some .from the beginning. before stay:
possible-regard to goodprinciples—have
.natitrally inferred,
that good principles are of -no consequence to entitle theta
to election—which may.still be Omit..privilege, notwithstond-
41' even had priociptes-, so tong as. t hey can pershade them-
sClves 'of that which * every individual of this Sect are very
east' to believe, that they are indeed of Owl:fret. Such-men.
consider not that the Pi ei!estination .to iife,
.arises from the-
fcireliiowledge of the Deity, that certain persons will come.
to tire linowtedge of the truth and 6e.saved—and-hot his pre-'
science ft orn.predestination.-.
As one of,; he ancient Fathers observes, " Thuse,whose
characters be foreknows, he predestinated frpsu thebeginning-..
Foreknowledge did-not make them- such, but God, as God,
for, knot at a distance what would happen. For if I, seeing
Muse clipinpin,„,' his. enduring his
ride;, should say ;hat he ivouldgo. down a precipice when he
:comes near it—and it sly/nisi' happen as said—l did not
tihrOVfhe ho down:t lie precipice, but I foretold what would
happen, front the fierceoess•of the horse."
'The God 'of the Universe, as God, thingi at • a
di;ittince; lie does not however oblige man to practise Virtue;
or the contrary ; .for if he slid, .wittli all his loowlesige;, be
never could deerpe With justice a reward.tur cite. one, or apu-

nishment for the other.
The, fact it, God offers to all, withbut respeCt of persons,
certain conditions, together with motives to comply with
them, and by his Omniscience was ,able, front the first, to
know who among the sons of men would comply upon tbete
motives, and who• would not those, therefor e, whom before-.
saw to follow him, he predestined to life; and the others to,
death ; but Upon neither of tbem did he ever pass an irre
vexsible decree, bidepentlent of their own principles and aa%
tiotts, which he saw as-clearly from. the. beginning,- Wore
they. were Wnn, as since they have come to the light : for.
knowst•unto God are'all the most secret things; even befUte
the foundations of the earth were laid. • "
His eternal decree was-theconsequepce of-.his clear f6re- •
sight of their .characters, and not the characters-the con-
seyoence of that decree.' •
Staniwas placed, like-Adam, in thiS:state of trial, with a
law to obey, with good 'or er6 or darkness, set before ,
hint. It was his to chuse—the choice 'was nett made foFhiat
by any other-titan hithself. There was no 'decree that bad
gone out on either side, for then Divine justice •might be.
called in question, for..its partiality to the ones •and
severity to the other, but both are left to the fair eictiCeise'of
those faculties which he has inipaCted ti them, more espt.:
cially for the proper. use of their fret-will, which he has
stamped upon their ,nature, thb cdistinction between.
them and tlic brutes that move only as they are moved by
certain instincts peculiar to their constitution, to whiCh
rigid ,predestinatialy.wonld reduce. Man himself, as if by.
election only there were implanted within tiitn a serwin
in-
stinei-of holiness, and from the first lie moved- only as he
was Moved by the great Author of: hisTeittg4--and nothing
was required of him hut to follow those impulses of spirit,
which lie feels, or imagines that he feels, impelling him to.
that iiiiterSe which from all 'eternity he was destlned to run,
find which must, Whatever. may happen in the. interval, ter-
&biotite. by necessity in his own everlasting. happiness.-
. , A. M.

•
It may not be unnecessary to apprize ilAny of our oc-
casionalitvadezts-thatstirese Di4canitsr.s are founded tiport a
tirries.of provelsed by thrilishop of Prry,RuottuttcH
to those; who apply t?„ hiril Canciiiiates for, Ilm,Y Otti)Eits;
and that the Discourses are intended as Answers to Objec-
tions brought against. his: Lordship's :Questions.

PacriA.—The famous-A r.a.PACHA.,in order
to.conciliate the favour of the. English,. and save
himself from the fury of the Turks, hits had a
whole length Portrait of hiraself'painted;swhich
he intends to-send to the King of England. Ile
is-represented holding-in hiS hand a modern Greek
Ilianuscripts which he -has dictate& in a pure
style; although. be- never learned to: read' or.
write: The manuscript,- when.- translated., runs
thu was born in Albania, of -noble pa---
rents, and am the son-of --Basdi:, •My father;'
Life neighbours, thought. that I had. not obeyed
my but -they weiethistaken, for- I have,
been always &Voted' and .snbrnissive to,his'great
power. Arrived at 'the -height of riches and
fionoUrss /
I -combated2mY. ;enemies, destroying and
.perSecnting, some by -flre and '§teet, .and'otheri
by divers • metheels. 4 'Subjugate:4 all Albania !
I:governed other countries, eVeit 'some of those
belonging to the •Fiiiiks ; destroyed ande-x7
,terminated scoundrels ;air& assassins'; .have
loaded,the juste honours, aggrandized the
enrichetithe poor, -and abased the WeAt-
thy. -Although beecne.immensebY,fich.and
rious,.l _have •iieverCbeen content • 'and-satislied,
never -having...had bncinghL---11. have appeared, :I
have-Seen,- I kn. passed.AWay., All-his ancestors
rondered:irnportant services to. thelnhabitants of
that country. . He died-when Twas six years of age:
Then, alas': the'criends'-and eneMies,. tcv whom lily:
father had been a lienjactor,-declared against
like hungry wolves seeking to devonr-their:prey
but the Almighty, Who • had destined me to long
life And .glory, snatehed me'from their teetky'and
preserved 'me 'from evil. Not only did he thel=
ter'me underhis.powerfnl tirm, -but 'he enabled
me to combat will and destroy my enemies by-a_
blootly'Avar, even Ai; a time when -I had-scercely.
any, nic,,ansOrmy ciwn ; 'so that, .with the will, of
Ged;'l rose hitb.:glory; and received from my;
King. honours,''riches, and innumerable treasures.
I have flea, I haVeiost Vorrand riches.: - I Ac-
knowledge that everything in this world is v-a-
nity=irll is vanity---.-every thing is as nothing=---
vanity of vanities , •
.. . .
.—Wed.nesday the Lord
.chan,
ceilor had pcittler Jong cause, short cause,
• (ion, any Cotirt business whatsoever of
course he and the heads of the liar fre-
. lii:
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``qUent,.hiS"Court, and _were, as himself; equally
ciisengaeil;'interchanged , bows, ancihe.: Court
broke up ;.,,,some,laughilig, some endeavouring. to'
laugh, and' some AnatreCtedly.
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