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3 1954

LIBRARY

NABOTH'S VINEYARD,

OR,

GOD'S VENGEANCE AGAINST HYPOCRISY

AND CRUELTY

“And she wrote in the letters, saying Proclaim a fast, and "set NABOTH on high among the people: and set two men, sons "of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying: "Thou didst blaspheme God and the King. And then carry "him out, and stone him, that he may die."

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I Kings, Ch. XXI., V. 9, 10.

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HYPOCRISY, in the general acceptation of the word, is dissimulation, or deceit, with regard to virtuous thoughts and conduct, and especially with regard to religious matters. It is a pretending to feel what we do not feel, to believe what we do not believe, to practise what we do not practise. It is an odious vice it is greatly mischievous, because, by assuming the garb of, it reflects, in the hour of detection, disgrace upon, virtue itself: it must be founded in evil design, because it proceeds from cool deliberation and calculation: it includes lying and fraud: its natural tendency is to produce injury to our neighbour and to dishonour real religion: accordingly,

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