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    ing multitudes that believed in k , among' Jews and Greeks : its converts became very numerous under obstacles the most formidable , and persecutions the most cruel , and they conceived and reduced to practice the noble plan of exhibiting the happy influence of their faith on their own

    temper and conduct , as one of the best means of disarming their enemies and recommending' it to the world at large . This is precisely the view which Philo , in language the most glowing , gives of that Divine Wisdom founded on the same promise made to

    Abraham . It spread from the east to the west , from the north to the south ; its votaries became numerous as the sand ; its efficacy in curbing the sins of men was mighty as the rock which curbs the waves of the

    sea ; and the influence of their example in meliorating society , resembled the spices of Arabia which embalm the breeze . 8 . Notwithstanding the divine virtues which the believers in Judea

    displayed , their enemies grievously persecuted them , Jesus their head being himself seized and put to death . Philo is very eloquent in describing their sufferings ; and his testimony when developed and proved will be matter of high importance to the Christian

    cause . " Many powerful men / ' says lie , rise up against them in their own country . Some of these , being eager to surpass the untameable fierceness of beasts , omit nothing that may gratify their cruelty , and they cease not to sacrifice whole flocks of those

    within their power , or , like butchers , U > tear their limbs to pieces , till themselves are brought to that justice which superintends the affairs of men , " The Apostle Paul asserts the

    same fact in nearly the same language : * ' We are killed all the day long , we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter . " And under what pretence were these cruelties inflicted ? " Yet /' says Philo , " their furious persecutors have not been able to

    substantiate any one accusation against this band of holy men . " And their consciousness of innoccence induced Paul triumphantly to put the question , / ' Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God ' s chosen people 1 " But had such violence any effect in suppressing their zeal or diminishing their

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    numbers I tf ' On the contrary , " says the indignant Philo , " all men , captivated by their integrity and honour , unite with them as with men who enjoy the true freedom of nature ,

    admiring their communion and liberality which language cannot describe , and which is the surest pledge of a happy and perfect life . " To the same effect adds our Apostle : " Nay , in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us ; for 1 am

    persuaded that neither death , nor life , nor angels , nor principalities , nor powers , nor things present , nor things to come , nor height , nor ( leptli , nor any other creature , shall be able to separate us from the love of God , which is in Christ Jesus our Lord . " J . JONES .

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    Letter from the late Rev . Job Ortort , to Mr . Joseph Jevans , on the Doctrine of Necessity . Dear Sir , April 29 , 1776 . SHALL be glad to give you any I assistance in my power in the course of your studies ; but there is no question concerning which you could

    desire my thoughts , that I am less capable of solving or giving you any light into , than the question you propose . Indeed , it is a subject I never did understand , and I believe never

    shall understand while I am in this world . It is the most intricate subject in the sciences : and I remember Milton , when he would describe the employment of the fallen angels ,

    represents them as arguing and debating about free-will , free agency , necessity , &c , &c , and represents them as " in endless mazes lost . " I ( formerly ) studied the controversy as carefully as I could , and read the books which

    then had been written upon it . ™ ^ I never could get clear and disu-. ideas upon the subject . I found insurmountable difficulties on both sides of the question , and could by no

    means solve some very puzzling queries that the patrons of each side might and did suggest . 1 never found so much satisfaction on the subject , as since I read Beattie , as he doth not

    puzzle me with nice scholastic distinctions , but refers to my ' feelings . And if I may trust them , 1 think I am a free agent . I have another conviction of it ,

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    152 Letter from ike fate Rev * Job Orton to Rev . Joseph Jevans .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/24/