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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 26, 1771
Page
4
Jeremy Collier contrasts Zdbeide s second act with Phat mind mus err on religion and virtue. He questions humility as virtue s elder birth and the worth of Scythian life versus Persian, ending with Zobeide s claim that sacrificing the king makes one the world s murderer.
Editor cites arguments about the earth's visage and universal flood, arguing against partial flood views and defending Scriptural interpretation. References to Burnet, Plot, Stirlingfleet, and Philobiblius underscore a debate on geology, theology, and natural philosophy with polemical language and appeals to reason.
A writer discusses the history of Chat Moss in Lancashire and then presents a priest’s letter to the editor debating Anglican salvation. He questions three Articles and Athanasius doctrine, asking how all church members can be saved yet some perish, how sacraments unite outward signs with grace, and why Christ descended into hell after the cross. He seeks clarification from Christianus or Eusebius.
The excerpt describes waters breaking through coats and fields as inklike torrents flood the land. It notes New Year 1633 events, Hough, polluted rivulets, and rising debris. It mentions Walkden and Kearnley moors where firs and birches are buried under black oil with a long tank prass beneath soil.
Philalethes argues that a fragment is a sign of inward grace, yet also outward, and questions how salvation’s path avoids hell or purgatory. He vows to protest both Rome and England until clergy and laity reconcile contradictions, declaring duty to uphold Catholic faith and challenge church errors. Article xix.
Letters from Warsaw report the king fully recovered and seen in public for the first time since the attack. A Senatus Confilium is discussed but delayed until the king receives replies from foreign courts, notably Vienna and Versailles, to his letter about the recent assassination attempt.
A chaotic Chronicle notes Sir John Fielding acted without magistrate warrants to arrest criminals. It lists convicts under death sentence from Néweate for forgery burglary and highway robbery, plus three others respited in the king's pleasure. Also reports marriages and sudden deaths in Cambridge and St. Neots, and a deformed patient delivering a healthy child at a local hospital.
Our correspondents are urged to remain patient as their favors will be dispatched soon. The supposed Chesham Bucks affair would gain no credit with readers.
London readers receive a sweep of court notes and political whispers from Paris to Windsor. Excerpts mention a Dover arrival, Windsor’s retreat, the Princess of Brunswick, royal favor, and denials of ministerial resignations, while articles judge press paragraphs fueling war fears and market unease.
Yesterday Twelfth Night with The Witches at Drury Lane and The Brothers with Mother Shipton at Covent Garden. Tonight Timon of Athens with the same pantomime. High water at London Bridge. Tomorrow and next days show times noted with morning and evening slots.
A list of currency values and exchange figures for several cities including Amsterdam Rotterdam Hamburg Paris Bourdeaux Cadiz Madrid Lisbon Porto Dublin and Genoa. The document records course figures for the exchange between London and various ports with prices and dates noted in late December.
Te Sieor Hermon Boaz completes his apparatus and performs in Royal apartments on Nov 2 before King, Queen, Prince of Mecklenburgh, and nobility. Exhibits include levitation, time manipulation, animal tricks, sword wounds healing, oak growth illusion, glass and nail swallowing, in a show promising further marvels at thirty guineas per article.
A New Years Day release presents STEPHEN ADDINGTON's enlarged collection of religious maxims and a Sermon for Young Persons on Wisdom. Also listed are related works by the author including Eusebes to Philetus, Youth's Geographical Grammar, The Christian Minister's Reasons for Baptizing Ta lants, and a GreekTongue rudiments, with various prices and print details in London markets.
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