to the usurper, as Hobbes himself unblush declared to lord Clarendon. Morgan had a gard for truth, as is evident from his num falsifications of scripture, as well as from th hypocrisy of professing himself a christia those very writings in which he labours t stroy christianity. Voltaire, in a letter no maining, requested his friend D'Alembert t for him a direct and palpable lie, by denying he was the author of the Philosophical Diction D'Alembert, in his answer, informed him he had told the lie. Voltaire has, indeed, exp ed his own moral character perfectly, in the lowing words: Monsieur Abbe, I must be r no matter whether I am believed or not.' Hso solemnly professed to believe the Catholic ligion, although, at the same time, he doul the existence of a God. Hume died as a fool eth. The day before, he spent in a pitiful and fected unconcern about this tremendous subje playing at whist, reading Lucian's Dialogu and making silly attempts at wit, concerning interview with Charon, the heathen ferryman Hades. See Dr. Dwight's excellent Discour on the Nature and danger of Infidel Philosop p. 45-47.

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Collins, though he had no belief in christia ity, yet qualified himself for civil office by parta ing of the Lord's Supper: Shaftesbury did t same; and the same is done by hundreds of i fidels to this day. Yet these are the men who a continually declaming against the hypocrisy priests!

"I shall conclude this catalogue with a bri abstract of the Confessions of J. J. Roussear

a good education in the Protestant religion, s put apprentice. Finding his situation. eeable to him, he felt a strong propensity e, inclining him to covet, dissemble, lie, length to steal; a propensity of which he ever able afterwards to divest himself. 'I been a rogue,' says he, and am so still, imes, for trifles which I had rather take sk for.'

He abjured the Protestant religion, and enthe hospital of the Catechumens at Turin, instructed in that of the Catholics: For , in return,' says he, 'I was to receive subce. From this interested conversion,' he 'nothing remained but the remembrance having been both a dupe and an apostate.' After this, he resided with a Madame De ren, with whom he lived in the greatest posfamiliarity.' This lady often suggested that would be no justice in the Supreme Being, d he be strictly just to us; because, not habestowed what was necessary to render us esally good, it would be requiring more than d given. She was, nevertheless, a very good olic, or pretended, at least, to be one, and inly desired to be such. If there had been hristian morality established, Rousseau sups she would have lived as though regulated s principles. All her morality, however, was rdinate to the principles of M. Savel (who) seduced her from conjugal fidelity, by urging, fect, that exposure was the only crime,) or er she saw nothing in religion that contradichem. Rousseau was far enough from being his opinion. vet he confessed he dared not

combat the arguments of the lady; nor is it poseable he could, as he appears to have acte the same principles at the time.- Finding her,' he adds,' all those ideas I had occasion to secure me from the fears of death, and its ture consequences, I drew confidence and sec ty from this source.'

"The writings of Port Royal, and those of Oratory, made him half a Jansenist; and, withstanding all his confidence, their harsh th ry sometimes alarmed him. A dread of hell, whi till then, he had never much apprehended, by tle and little disturbed his security, and, had Madam De Warren tranquillized his soul, wou at length, have been too much for him. His c fessor, also, a Jesuit, contributed all in his po to keep up his hopes.

"After this, he became familiar with anot female, Theresa. He began by declaring to h that he would never either abandon or marry h Finding her pregnant with her first child, a hearing it observed, in an eating-house, that who had best filled the Foundling Hospital w always the most applauded, I said to mysel quoth he, since it is the custom of the countr they who live here may adopt it. I cheerfully d termined upon it without the least scruple; an the only one I had to overcome was that of Th resa, whom, with the greatest imaginable difficu ty, I persuaded to comply.' The year following a similar inconvenience was remedied by the sam expedient: no more reflection on his part, no approbation on that of the mother. She oblige with trembling. My fault,' says he, but it was an error.'

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Te resolved on settling at Geneva, and, on thither, and being mortified at his exclusion the rights of a citizen, by the profession of gion different from his forefathers, he deteropenly for the latter. I thought,' says he, gospel being the same for every christian, e only difference in religious opinions the of the explanations given by men to that they did not understand, it was the exclught of the sovereign power in every country the mode of worship and these unintelligible ons; and that, consequently, it was the duty citizen to admit the one, and conform to the in the manner prescribed by the law.' Acngly, at Geneva, he renounced popery. After passing twenty years with Theresa, ade her his wife. He appears to have ined with a Madame De H. Of his deafter that lady, he says, "Guilty without ree, I soon became so without measure.' Such, ding to his own account, was the life of upness and honour, which was to expiate for a which he had committed when a young man, aid it to a female servant, by which she lost lace and character. Such was Rousseau, the whom the rulers of the French nation have hted to honour, and who, for writing this int, had the vanity and presumption to exthe applause of his Creator. Whenever the rumpet shall sound,' saith he, 'I will premyself before the Sovereign Judge, with this I in my hand, and loudly proclaim, Thus I acted these were my thoughts-such I. Power Eternal! assemble round thy

tals! let them listen to my confessions, let blush at my depravity, let them tremble a sufferings, let each in his turn expose, with e sincerity, the failings, the wanderings of his he and if he dare, aver I was better than that ma So much for the morality of infidels !!!

DISCONTENT, GRIEF, &c.

"THE discontented man," says Dr. Stenn " is ever restless and uneasy, dissatisfied with station in life, his connexions, and almost ev circumstance that happens to him. He is conti ally peevish and fretful, impatient of every inj he receives, and unduly impressed with every appointment he suffers. He considers most ot persons as happier than himself, and enjoys har any of the blessings of Providence with a ca and grateful mind. He forms to himself a the sand distressing fears concerning futurity, a makes his present condition unhappy, by anti pating the misery he may endure years to come

If we examine the records of history, recolle what has happened within the circle of our ov experience; consider with attention what h been the conduct of almost all the greatly unfo tunate, either in private or public life, whom v may have either read of, or heard of, or remen ber; and we shall find that the misfortunes of t far the greater part of them have arisen from the not knowing when they were well, when it wa proper for them to sit still, and to be contented The inscription upon the tomb.stone of the mal