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feize the body or corpfe of the late philofopher Ignatius, wherever it can be found, and convey it to its interment. We have ordered them at feven precifely.

Moses. What the law privileges must be complied with; I also grant, that the principles of the Republic, which are Calviniftical, fet apart, or feparated from the fpirit, are the principles of the new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere. Calvinifm difallowing the reality of fin, granting the body. or material part, the full glut of its paffions to the utmost extent, without remorfe, or impeachment to the foul. Your new philofophy, that there is no God, confequently every action is of the fame quality and nature; fo that all reftraints, preference, or diftinctions, in any matter whatfoever, oppofite to the will or inclination, proceeds from meanness, bashfulness, low birth, ignorance, and derogating from the amiable, pliant, condefcending, and gratifying tendency, with fweet repofe of the fenfes; the agent that actuates and invigorates the police circles, and chiefly perfons of rank or high birth, in general, they being obferved to be more fharp-fighted, who form thefe circles, that give grace to the inferior circles or their fpecies in general, who wish to be fashionable fo that, upon mature reflection, you have every advantage in the legislative power. I therefore fubmit.

Club. Your remarks are juft. Proteftancy was the glimmering dawn and approach of our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and

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northern hemifphere, out of the old fpiritual lethargy of chriftian ftupidity and fuperftition, but remained as one efcaped from prifon, who ftill remains with fears and anxiety. In this fituation proteftancy remained, after her efcape from the iron rod of popery, with remorse and itings of confcience. The Calvinift, in fome degree, paved the way for our new philofophy, by allowing the fleth her darling defires, glutted and emerged in the whole catalogue of what popery terms fins, without reproof or reflection on the foul, unlefs, through ignorance, the foul fhould conceit a fin, as fuch, it became a burthen to the foul, which was the great impediment that kept alive certain reftraints on many weak minds, particularly the fair sex, which barred a thousand fweet odours. But our new reform takes off and changing the face of thofe fraginents that remained unchanged; fo that, upon the whole, it is no more than a new Reformarion on the proteftant religion, popery. being equally detested by us, as by the old Reformation. We feed on the proteftant kernel, the banquet of the fenfes, and fet adrift the rags of popery, remorse, or idle notions of immorta lity.

Nurfe. What tumult or riot, with a clatter at our door; bodekins, I will be with them; oddsbobs, we are attacked by a troop of ruffians. Well, mafter Gingerbread, what buftle or fet-to are you dinging in our ears? behave with refpect or your nofe fhall be brought to the grindRose.

Officers.

Officers. Saucy pufs, we act according to the character of our office, if through imprudence or other crime you come under the lafh of our republic, we are her veterans to execute her will.

Mofes. Produce your authority, which shall be refpectfully complied with.

Officers. Sir, here is our warrant, to demand, feize and convey the corpfe or dead body of the late new philofopher, Ignatius, of this our enlightened age and northern hamisphere, and h'm fafely convey to the vault where he loft his wind for the caufe of truth and virtue, by braving death, according and in pursuance of a complaint lodged by the club of new philofophers of this our enlightened age and northern hemisphere.

Mofes. Act according to your warrant; all things are at the difpofal of the law.

Club. Search the other apartments for the corpfe; but, until it is produced, take this Ifraelite and old woman into cuftody.

Nurfe. I will, pett-foggers, fcratch your eyes out, if you offer to come near. I inherit the vigour of the republic, which shall go down with my grey hairs to the grave. A true Calvinift I have lived, and a true Calvinist, zooks, old Robin, I fhall die; pfhaw on you, brazaloons, I will teach you the rudiments of old Sterling; have-at-you, Dickey; I will give a Roller for your Oliver. So be it, Major.

Officers. Mighty lords of the new philofophy of this our enlightened age and bright northern hemifphere, here fits a man in the next apart

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ment, will your lordships order him into cuftody as an accomplice.

Club. Moft affuredly, whoever you perceive within the walls of the late philofopher, Ignatius, bring forth.

Officers. Here is the culprit?

Club. Alack, our brother, who was dead, but is alive; he was left, but is found: forrow and anguish filled our hearts; life, from death, reanimates, revives, and with redundant brilliancy crowns our joy. Who dare kick against the pricks, the new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemisphere? Our beloved, embrace your darlings, most valiant champion of the caufe of truth and wifdom, Ignatius. Alas, my brethren, you are witneffes of my death in the caufe of your new philofophy of this your enlightened age and northern hemifphere.

Club. We are witneffes to your heroic death. Ignatius. You are now witneffes of my being alive, confirm your fenfes in this truth.

Club. We attefted your death, and are willing to atteft your being alive.

Ignatius. Handle me, and know I am no phantom, but am fubftantially Ignatius, that ftood foremost in your caufe.

Club. We are ready to confirm what you require by our oaths, or other public atteftations, from which we hope to draw great merit to our new philofophy of this our enlightened age and northern hemifphere.

Ignatius. I am no longer a philofopher of this your enlightened age, but a poor popish priest, and humble Ex-Jefuit.

Club.

Club. You revive us by refuming your wonted fatyrical, jocund and pleasant vein; death, with all its terrors, cannot change the wag.

Ignatius. Your accufations, whilst a member of your new philofophy, are too juft, and it is moft true, from the date of my quitting the allegiance to my God until my death, the spirit of irony, fetting all perfons or things, that did not coincide with my humour, in a ridiculous light. O the danger that attends man, and but one narrow track marked out by his Creator, in which he will arrive to blifs; all but this leads to perdition and is the production of the flesh, world, and devils, fucked in by reprobate, ignorant, and bafe minds; who are formed for the pure enjoyment of their God, but being privileged with the noble and illuftrious quality of free-agency, abuse this charity of their God, and become obfequious to various obfcene, unnatural, and numberless filthy and beastly luft; for it is an inherent quality in man to love, and this, according to nature, fhould be his God, himself and all other parts of the creation in proper degrees of proportion, in due subordination and rectitude to this first and prime love. But when, through misconduct, the pipe, conductor or ftream of this pure natural love ceases to flow or communicate, the quality ftill remaining, a reftieffnefs takes place, the mind. being spiritual cannot ceafe to act, and for want of its proper object, fall as a hungry wolf on every creature, without diftinction, that offers the least pleasure to his infatiable, burning, and criminal appetite; but without that effect the foul

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