The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, Vol. 5: In Nine Books (Classic Reprint)

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Friendfl1ip;, but with all the fiercenefs and aeri' thouy Of angry Difputants contendingfor a vié'tory1 It was no trifle neither that they infii'ted on, in which indeed difptitatious men are Often the warm* el't, but a contradié'tion in the tenderefl point. They would needs have it, againf'c all Job's pro[ teltations to the contrary, that his misfortunes came upon him in punifhment for his crimes suppo'fe their Friend had been wrong in the judg ment he paifed on things, Was this a time to ani madv/ert in fo pitilefs a manner on his errors? Would not a fmall {hare of alfeétion, pity, or even common humanity, have difpofed them to hear one fif'vefl days longer with their Old difirefled Acquaintance? Human nature is ever uniform; andthe greater pallions, fuch as thofe Of friend flip and natural aifeétion, {hew themfelves to be the fame at all times But we have an infiance in thefe very times, in that amiable domefiic fiory of Jofeph. This Patriarch had been cruelly inj ured by his brethren. Providence at length put them into his powers and, in qt refentment of their in human 'ufage, he thought fit to mortify and humble them: but no fooner did he find them begin to be unhappy; than his anger fubfided, violated affeétion returned, and he melted into their bofoms With allithe tendernefs of a fellow fufferei'. Thi This Was Hil'tory. And fhall we ngs of true F riend ihip to be inferior to thofe of Family-affeé'tion? David thought Otherwife, where, fpeaking of jo: hathan, he declares their mutual love was Wonder ful, furpafiing that of the {irongei'c natural affec-s tion, the pafiion between the two fexes. The fame have always been the'friendlhips of good men, When founded on v1rtue, and firengthenedl by a fimilitude of manners.

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