The New Hampshire Gazette Newspaper, July 10, 1761, Page 1

\ ' - [ \ PRIDAY, JULY 1o0. 1761 THE ' New-Hampfhire .\ Containing the - From a late Magazine, A Speech made ? res Prince { mow Landgtave | of Heffe Caffel, upon bis ¢on- werfion to the Roman Catbolic refigion. @00 muft be fenfible, my dear Priice, ob 4 that is was wich infinite concern:F re- gI $+ L@ ceived the news of your chinging 4‘&’1’ B forefee all the inco BT 45 TER bive fnce oed the feful. . . T have 5 hzeh entrenwed to {penk to yourdhn the fi 3 however, I dot’t know thet as the bufinefs is concluded, whether it be prudenceto’ infift upon i more, Gogbd God ! what magtive could have determined you to fuch aftep? Certxin T am, niy dear toufin, that had yob confidered how much it wonld have afflifted your aged father, your affz&tionate {ponte, your futurefubjeéts, and, in general, all the Proteftant powers of Earope ; you would never have been guilty of fuchiimpradende. 'No, farely, no reafon could be fufficient t0 indace a heart impreffed with hamanity and hénour, thus to forfeit the love of hisfriends, the con- fidence of hiig fubjects, and the efteem of the public. I am very lenfible, that when & man confiders “eternal falvation, all things in this life are trifles in his eyes ; but farely filvation is not circumfcribed within fach nar- row limits &3 you confine it to'? Surely it is impoilible that God fhould make human happinels depend only on external circumftances, Priefts difpute and dogmatize, and wmutmlly brand gach other with oalumny ; the Cnriftian only labours to love God and his neighbour, withont [ubmiltting his reafon o the decifion of & Pope or 2 Council, .. . The Chriftidn admits of no othef tribunal but truth, and Beaven will ‘never recompsnce apinions ; for exumineg the creeds, and you will find all the bad confegquénces of the catholic religion. They ste (o pumnifeft, ‘thet while you prefer the pleafure of realoning upon God, to the Iatia&tiou of Toving him, you will want fome- thing to wifh and fomething to do. _ Befides all this, {f [ were in your place, I would have faid to myfelf, it is impcflible that God can defire that I fhould be f{aved by a candpé& which contritiutes to yender my family mifersble, and wounds moRt facred conne&lions. Notwithitzndiag, I fancy I undesfland the motives which have induced you to this wrong ftep. Tn youth we are apt to he guilty of numberlefs abfurdiues : My own experience mav ferye as an exemple and argument. The time comes in which thofe faults are to be vepented of ; # tender. confcience draws vp the charge with eggrava- fion ; You thus endeavour to calm its remonfirance. Falks are at hand to affure yoii, that God will ratify the ebfolution of 4 prieft, who lsys his hand vpon your head (an eafly method this of being faved ). Tkis method is fure to be chofen : it is too flattering to give time to refl: & dpon its uncertainty, the convert fcarce allows himfelf an opportunity of doubting. { Here ¢h Prince laterrupted the King ; but his M- jefty refuming the fubje&, proceeded, ) Vesg srell 5 I grant you krow the merit of thatab. foluiion, swhich has thus eafed your mind,and encreafed your zeal ; yet if it be good they have [old it you fuf- ficlently dear: . ‘The very mouths, which now pro- nounces a blefing, would be loud in excommunications fhould you for the future otler te difobey, They muft be permitted to rule uncontrolled over every conlcience, and forge chains for your fubjeéts and you.” This, this will be a fource of numberlefs calamities. The arts of the Catholic priefthdod are too well known. Keep » frict watch upon the fnares they will fpread to enthral you. Confult truth ; hesrken to the fentiments of your own heart ; oblerve the di¢tates of honour, and a confcience uncontaminated with {upstitition. You already cannat blame the members wha compole the Evangelic body for taking neceflary precausions to cbwiate the pernicious effells of 2 Prince’s condudl, who feem:led by his clergy ; a Prince whom, for the future, few can confide in. The priefthood only will be governors with you. . .. . Thefe confequences have been feared, and I muft owa they have-been gaarded againft in a manner that muft be very fontifying 8 a mind pofleffed of any fenfibility. Your hands have been tied, and I wifh you had not made {uch a ftep neceflary, Think then while it is time, and en- deavour to throw off thofe bonds, which terror taught you to put on, and which mty prove faal to more Sovereigns than yourfelf. Thiok upon it, my Coufin; and if my fincerity has gone too #ar, be affured that {riendibip wes my only motive, Frqfli% zédvices, the King of Praffia, to the Hereditary B your religien. AhsF it was éilyio y _ ::_ - From a la;s Paper. 7, tbe PRINTER. o SR el Tée fallowing Reflexions arve faid to come frem one of the moft learaed and fenfible Writers that bavg of late'aderned ibe Age. His Re- putation’ is too- well sflablifbed 10 lofe any Thing by & Publication of bis Levitits; . My Trovents for Frinay MoryinG, ~I‘REMEMBER fome Years ago, in.the “Country, a Friend and 1 were difputing on the WNature of the human Soul. A Labourer who was working near us, over- hearing our Difpute, could net aveid putting in his Word : * Gentlemen, fays he, you have here been difputing about the Nature of the Soul for afull Hour ; pray have either of youever feen a Soul 2°* The Simplicity, yet the Juftice of his Demiand, filenced my Enquiry on that Subje,at leat for thatTime. I once had a Miftrefs who pretended to be a Schollar. Herchief Pleafure {ay in Philofo- phizing on“the Paffions, even. while 1 was talking of mine. 1 atlaft, however, became impatient, and I began to philofophize with ‘herin my Turn. - I perceived the Pleafure fhe took in being thought wife, and was re- folved tocompliment her highly - on ber un- derftanding. She believed ail I faid,and foon; behold, the felf in Love with me 3 or, what was Juft the fame, fhe thought (he loved me. However, I defpifed the Origin of her Af- fection for me, which wasonly the Refult of her Vanity, and pot my Merit, and at lalt withdrew from among the Number of her Admirers : She was al.over only fromTheory, and had fhe never heard of what it was,would probably have never been in Love. = If Ladies €ver read my Reflexions, 1 fhall expect noQuarter 3 but | hope to be pardoned for one Slip, fince I may fafely fay that this alone was the onlyInfiance of my Inconftancy. My Reafon for quiting her was founded on common Senfe ; I could never refleét on her Paffion for me without Jaughing both at her and myfelf ; and when aPaffion once becomes ridiculous, it ceafes to be violent. A young Fellow of myAcquaintance once, I remember,behaved pretty much in the fame Manner ; yet for all this he was a Man of excellent Senfe. His Poffeflions were but fmall, he was engaged in a Lawfuit, and his Fortune depended on the Decifion : For this Reafon he was but very modeftly drefled,and probably too defpifed Finery. In thefe Cir- cumftances, he fell in Love with a very agre- eable Girl of my Acquaintance ; and as he was poffeffed of a good Perfon and propet Addrefs, I protifed him a favourable Recep- tion. The Lady, however, caft her Eye not on the Man but the Cloths 3 and as fhe was convinced he could cut neither a Sidebox Figure, nor be taken dny Notice of at Rane- lagh, fhe was refolved to difregard him. He had too much Penetration not quickly to perceive the Caufe ! however, refolved not to be miftaken, hie renewed his Addreffes,and ftill met with a new Repulfe, His ofdindry Manner of drefling was a Cloud that feemed to cover him from the Eyes of his Miftrefs 3 fhe could not even turn to where he was fit- ting. After forne Time he gained his Law- e { Weers fihcctbés PArER’ [ was firft Pubhfh’d, 2 s gorzETTE Foreign and Domeflick, fuir, 'He therefore flew to his Taylor and bought a brilliaat Suit, while every wther Pare of his Diefs received afuitable Improve- ment. He returned to the Lady who had defpifed him, dreffed as gay as the Sup. He now appeared quite a differegt Cresture 5 he now was glanced at with ftolen Softnefs,; and anfwered when he happened to fpeak ;. .now every Thing that was addreffed to him was conveyed in the Formi of a Complhien: = * Tadmire indeed, Sir, the Fafiion of that, < Lace ; how prettily the Sleevein gut 3 L. « proteft, I'fear you will grow formidable 3 « you-muft pofitively never refura : you are ¢ fuch anengaging good- humeut’d Creature,’. < that—[ with you would leave me ; but tell ¢ me when fhalt us fee you again 2’ * Never;' ¢« my Dear ( replied the Lover ) no, my « pretty Dear, never. However, I will fend ¢ you myClothes, If you pleafe: for it feemng ¢ you have fallen.in Love with them, and CHESURET L : How many Women are there like thig Girl # Are you ugly,ill fhaped, craoked 5 only go to the Tailofr,his Shepboard is aMagazine of fine Shapes and pretty Faces, and there you can choofe whethet you will murder the Sex with a Jaced Sleeve or an embroidered Walleomts ., . . i bl . ’ . In Truth, Nature requires that there thould be fuch Things as Women inthe World; and fo do we. lam refolved, therefore,never to.be in-Love but when [cannot helpir. Yect perhaps this is toco much; as none have been more theit humble Servant than 1. None truly rail again the Sex but thofe who have Occafion fora Nurfe. ; I have ever doubted of the Conftancy of Pzffions in extreme, Thofe who are naturally formed for Conftancy are difficult to be mov-~ ed ; like moft heavy Bodies they require large Forces to ftir them, and great Forces to ftop their Motion. Is an Object offered to their Efteem ? They long hefitate, whether they thall love it or not ; it at firt makes fcarce any Impreffion on. them ; they are fimply pleafed with its Prefence, and fcarce regretits~ Departure : By Degrees, however, after re- peated Interviews, they vific from Habit, and part with Relu&ance; If I were to difcribe conftant Love, I would paint him like 2 Man ; if Inconftancy,it fhould be drawn in the Similitude of a Boy ; the Man is more perfect, the Boy more pleafing. Beauty, Courage, thofe vaunted Perfetions of either Sex, whatare they 2 The Proftitute and the Highwayman generally poflefs each in the moft eminent Degree. Pretty Women do much love each other, and yet they are {carce ever eafy afunder, ‘What can be the Reafon ? The Pleafure of comparing each others Power ; the fame Emulation that a Champion has to engage his Adverfary brings a fine Weman into fihilar Company 3 and the whele: Vifit pro- perly a Confli€t of Faces. g Certdinly, fays Falia to herfelf, I think my- {elf prettier, or more amable,or more charm- ing than Deris 5 but ftill I thould be glad to try whether the Worldis of my Opinion. | will try ; how delicious will it be if I find what my Glafs, and my poor Coufin-Hannab, tell me be true. SEBESLHPRISISL LT &@&%% .t - . ¥