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?5P7‘1'tf0rt ; and that rash opinions,
If eitciisable to the courage and en-
riosity of youth, should, at a certain
age. grow mute before the prudence
and learning ofmatui-ity. It was the
obvious wish bothjof her majesty and ,
e company; to promote some?
of th
tigestle of intellect between two
Cflmplons so worthy of the respec-
tlvevcauses. Toland was forward to
engage in ‘the controversy.‘ He ob-
?’-."'e$lg’ that the Protestants were
inconsistent in not going further with
their reformation; that they retained
a "“Y?t1cisin’of' creed, and a catalogue
of miracles, which, if the Scriptures
“T-‘T? reduced to their historic value,-
C9-gld 00!: he supported; that, they
sgyenpl reason to trustfin the ‘gospels,
mecm1i3t)the church of Itome had
“at. th tiem for .veneration; and
mm a‘-’l’.were equally bound to
Ga;-he ‘Wt Ollie!‘ legends.which the
faithfucllulg‘ lvcommended to the
the e- raleausobre replied, That
‘.d'urEd“e tenor of . S.cripture fa-
msmm .3 Clrleed appi-oacliing the Pro-
quity got. it the reverence of anti-
Pmo .0; ‘ht? gospels ivas a strong
me" Q‘ l 9"‘. proceeding from the
the trhdfsefnahies they bore; that
to be a 0 .thevfacts recohded, .was
that Pelzpteciated by inquiring, whe-
W-em C091‘: and hrlattheiv, and John,
‘He amhmgetent witnesses; and that
was Hk. 0!;t')’ of the church of Rome
death he ‘ ft Ofpan archivist to the
, e eoits; the documents might
0 ' . .
I 'i?Casionally prove‘ what the archivist-‘
l ‘ “Gt infer.
. and , . “ Yes,’-’ said Toland,
0“. ‘t 15 S0 that ‘I would use them.
masfgendary writings we have R vast
tr-uef‘; the natural facts. areusiially
a .
8 iisllanlh flourishes of the narrator.
i ‘Y “.0! apply this ‘style of com-
annmrl’ t'0'the gospels, rejecting the
othgmcl-at‘0l1s the; ascension, and the
cavir supernatural descriptions; re-
-On "3 the crucifixion, ‘the resurrec-
’ ind. tlie.otlie1'.-gizitural facts E”
-“"1353 tl:ie',resurrection,” asked
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the superiiatiiral relations, are,’
‘FOR APRIL, 18]]. ’
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Beausobre, “” among the natural,
facts'i"’--“ Surely so,1’ ‘answered
Tolaud; “ there was nothing inthe
crucifixion to endanger life itself;
unless '
croyez
pas a la. mort de Jesus
Christ .'” exclaimed the Queen,’ in. -
violent perturbation ; “ si done, Mou-
sieur. Tolaml, il nefint pas ‘nieri
ainsi une Iiistoire averee.” And
thus royalty awarded, asusual, the ’.
palm of victoryvto piety ‘and priest-
hood.--See this dialogue, in greater
detail, in the Bibliotheque Germa-.
nique, vol. vi, ' '
A ‘NEW PSALM.
Part, of a psalin composed by :2
clerk in Yorkshire, on the distemper
among the horned cattle in the sum. R.
mer of the year 178%. Sung, and
dhorussed by the whole congregation: .
in the church.-The first four stanzas .
contain an account of the cattle that ‘
died, and the names of the farmers to '
whoiirthey had belonged; the re.
‘malning verses were as follows:
M No Christian bull, nor cow, thy”
. 38>." ' .
“ But takes it out of hand; i v
187' "
.”--“ Eli quoi .! nous m: V
“ And we shall have no cows at-all '
6‘ I doiibtwvithin this land. ' ‘
“ The Doctors, tho” they all hay;
I . spo. e , .
“ Like learned gentlemen,
“ And told us how the eiitrails look
“ Of cattle dead and green. '
“ Yet they do nothing do at an-,
“ Vv’ith all their learning store -’ '
“ So Heav’n -drive out this Iilzlgtle
away, I
“ And vex us not no more.”
-This piece was'so.well received,-
that after the service it was desired
again by all the congregation except 4
five farmers, who wept bitterly, and
said the lines were too moving.
The