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*"- '.r-^-uJ *'*l**^* w* + *J*C* ,' POETRY. LINES 2>Y CUM1!ERLa^D. ^"hcn wife nen love th-y love to folly, "•VIu:i blockhi .tds ta *.' 'Ui y*w mi laurhnly, "When ccxcotabti love, they love for ia-ihion, And quaintly call it the belle paHzoiw Old bachelors, who wear the willow, May dream of love, and hug the pillow, "WhUft love, in pact's f iQcy rhyming, t*:;s all the bells of fully chiming. "But women, charming women, prove The tweet vavieiies of love ; They can love all, but none too dearly* Their hulbAnds too, but not iiuccidy* They'll love n tlvlng whofe ©ttWWtfd fllBpc Murks him twin brother to an ape ; They'll take a iniler for his riches, And wlJ a heggfti without breeches, Marry, as if in love with rum, j\ oamtlter, to their fine undoing, iA drunkard faving, {Venting, ttoruung, Toe the dear pleafurc of vcfoiming. They'll wed a lord, whofe breath fhall falter, IVhilrt he is crawling from the altai; What i.; there woman will not 'Jo, When they love man and money ton ? MISCELLANY. Fortm Kingston Gazette. RECKONER------No. 68. Sir—I found the following cflay anions; forne papers belonging to my father which I was lately exam¬ ining, and I think worthy of a place an the Reckoner. There are fonic men of whom ~vc can form no expectations of a- mendraenl, becaufe they are fyf- tematicalty wicked—they are not carried away by anv Hidden temp- Nation or violence oi pamnri, but thev ad deliberately according to * * * certain fixed principles which they believe to be' true. 1 have always therefore doubted Uv-propriety of laying the beliei is nothing, provi¬ ded our his be in the i itjht, becaufe his Hie can fddom be in the right whole faith is erroneous. It is true there are loroe articles of belief which bear i'o little upon practice, that it is almolt indifferent how they arc received—but this will apply to very it .v—.ilmoft all thofc tilings on which it is ddirable to form a decided opinion, are of great importance to us as inteUi- j;cn\ rational and imortal beings; v.ipi,."; ■' \r,. . had been wry ' ..• ly impelled with the doctrine ol total depravity—that we are ut¬ terly indifpoied, difablcd arid made ©ppofitc to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, lie was ao- «*uftomed to prove the truth of (his horrible doctrine by the tricks of children, v hich wcre3 in his o- pinion, always finful. When T was beginning to walk, laid the Captain j 1 Hole a ihoe of my fa¬ ther's, £? hid it in a heap ofwheat —and though 1 law all the family ioordng anxiouily for it through the whole houle, I chofe rather to «rn|oy their trouble than to tell where they might hud it. On ma¬ ns occafions, 1 cotdd trace, in my- idr. this bafencCj of heart, t was frequently tired in church, and re¬ joiced when the fervicc was ended. 1 became lb much convinced that I was delperately wicked, that I thought it vain for me to try to a- jiiend. In confcqucnce of this con- vidioa, I grew daily more wicked. I Irccjticntcd taverns and gambling japufes—was diiobedient to my parent* and defpiied the admoni¬ tions of my friends. According to my creed all advice appeared to be impertinent, i am naturally wicked and depraved, 1 can do no¬ thing of myl'elt, what then is the ^1. cl admonition. It \ a=m one of the elect, I (hall be reclaimed by fome particular rnanir'eiration of the Divine Spirit.—The Captain fatisfied his conicicnce with reafon- ings o'i this fort, and was guilty of the molt licentious actions and the molt profane impieties. He was always fatisfied if he kept clear of the law of the land. While he continued thus a grief and dil- grace to all his friends, the Amer¬ ican rebellion commenced, and lie entered on board a King's Chip; Here he found many willing to join him in his courfe of wicked- net's, but he declares that he found none lb obdurate as himfelf. The word had moments of compunc¬ tion, feafons of reflection when they wifhed to repent, but he ne¬ ver felt any let or hindrance.—lie went on in vice and folly becaufe lie was convinced that he could not do other wife, and that he r.iuil lb continue unlefs ipecial grace was siven him. Aft tar re- Coaining on board fomc time, he deferred to a merchant {hip and failed to London. Here he had a larger held opened to hirn, but he itill outftripped all his companions in folly. The woril part of his condud. con filled in his frequent disputes with his aiVodates about his peculiar tenets—He ufed to ridicule their tendencies to re- morfe, and argue them into his own beliet—That they were the ddldran of m u :^, y"--1" "•', tv'1 all this, and could neither el- cape to the right nor to the left.— Behold, laid he, the youngeft chil- dun, how prone to evil, and flow to good—How much more a boy at fchtful reliihes an apple that he h:t pilfered, than one th it has been jriven him.—He returned in this velbd to the Weft Indies,, and quar¬ relling with the CaptaiiT, he defea¬ ted in the night, tarrying away a large fum ol money which had been entnifted to the chief mate for a planter in Jamaica. Arriv¬ ing in Amerkawifch his bootv, be became of a fudden, a moit deter¬ mined rebel, and fitted out a pri- vateer to eruili. againft the Br'uiih. Being :\n excellent feanran, and well actjuaiuted in the C'.aribcan u a, he determined to watch for T/jmfrtj VJ>>{\ bv]5> men. in that part ol the Ocean. Above , w, nc was anxious to take the Captain and liis \\'W\ with whom he bad failed liom Fnghnd. — No fooner was his Byivatcer m uadincb than he fleered diod: roi" Jamaica, anil cntC'incras a iu«rchaut \\-\W\ with J'ngliih eolers, he dii. vtrcd that the lln'p he was lookinc; for was jull pr-paring to depart, lie weighed anchor at the fame time, tnd captured her a fcrw leagues from lluire. Never bchit^ troub- ■ | led wiili any qualm ; < F coii*eteUcc, he threw the Captain bound \\.\\\(\ and foot into the hold,treated the mate', whom h • hail already rob¬ bed, with much rigor, and even the men with whom he was ac- culfomed to mels, experienced no kindnefs from their old raiend.— Captain Chafe (tov i'uch was his title) failed to Bolton with his prize, which being rich, yielded him a great fum. lie was fevere- ly reprimanded by the Port In- lpeclor, for his cruelty to his pris¬ oners, but he felt no regret. Not willing to riik the money which he had thus acquired, and being afraid of falling into the hand-; <>f the Engliih, our Captain difpofed of his Privateer and purchafed an eltatc which prodtu-d him .i very handfoxne axmuuy. He now found it neceflary to be a little mere cir- cumfped in his condud, for the perfons with whom he was deiir- ous of auociating were careful in obferviog appearances. But he ftill took advantage of tiie ignor¬ ant, and prided himfeif on every occafion in deceiving his neigh¬ bors. He was often exhorted by his 1 lopkinfemian or rather Cab vanillic brethren, to be more care¬ ful, but he was always able to kop their mouths by the dodrinc of total depravity. It is worthy oi remark, that mankind do not al¬ ways act io wickedly as their prin¬ ciples would admit. He that can bring himfelf to believe that the human race arc radically corrupt, and incapable of any good thing, and that his own heart: is delpe¬ rately wicked, would, it might be fuppofed, be equally vicious in his condud, but the affections revolt at tins,and keep many who thus believe, moral and e% en religious in their behaviour. Captain Chafe was at length expelled from a con¬ gregation of llopkinlouians whom he had joined, anel found himfelf i'o much nesUclcd that he remov- ed to Troy. Here he was much- move attentive than formerly to his conduct, and began to have fome doubts in his mind about the enrrednefs of his belief. If all men, he thought, were to be gui¬ ded in their actions by fuch a doc¬ trine, how would the world pro- ceed ? and it all men that are lav¬ ed nwait be vifibly changed in this life, their number?*, arc next to no- tiling, for wc never can iind any one that c^n give comlndng evi>- donee that he U one or the elect. He could not help v/iiliingtha* his children were actuated by a differ¬ ent principle, and in their pretence he carefully abfb'inci from difcuf Exms OH the fut>ject. But as he became rr-nrc attentive to his ex¬ terior conduce, in his intercourfe with mankind, he bceame more parEmonious at home—it fcemed that as he abf-aincd bom one vice, he adopted another at leak as per¬ nicious. Thus he continued till his children had all grown up, and left him, except his daughter So¬ phia, who was now in h.r twen¬ ty-fifth vear, and win; during her conilbrt by wn cnffacnnK demean- or, and the moft exemplary con¬ duct. I'o her he could rcfufe no- thin'j- : and flic became the means ol li>s doing nunh good, for even his favorite pnlmn of accumula¬ ting could not will riband Ifimi- folicitation* But Ihc be- c uoc coTtfumptive—th- art of me¬ dicine failed in giving her relic:' ;~i^d ibe was nunvbered with the dead. This was the lirft calamity that ever iccmedto touch the Cap¬ tain's heart, and he was Still m<rc troubled at the ientiment i of his relig'n^u.'. triends, wl.o declared that :••> MUs Chafe was not elecl< d, and could eive no nrooi's of her rceen- eration, foe could not be faved. The clcrgvman enquired on her dealii bctl w lirthcr \)\c to 1 c any p\r- ticul.ir chancre wrouffht in hoi* iKAvt* and whether Gotlluul man- ilelied UU love to her by alluring her of the pardon or her (ins—She declared that the had felt no change —fhe li.id always endeavored to obtain the mercy and favor of God by walking as far as human infirmity would admit, in the way ol his commandments ; that fhe therefore polleflcd an approving c^nl'cicncc,and waited with relig- nation till the Lord Ihould call her, 9 g-'guig but that fhe experienced no par¬ ticular influence. Alas 1 faid the Hopkinlbnian Prieft, {he cannot mention the time when the Holy Spirit took poffefiton of her heart —-She has not experienced the work of converlion in her foul- She may have indeed fed the hun¬ gry, clothed the naked andvifited the lick, but thefe arc nothing they are even fins when performed by the unregenerate ) flic cannot therefore enter the kingdom of God. On hearing this her father was ilruck with horror and del- pair.—Some days after Sophia's interment, a Lutheran Clergyman having iome bufmefs with Capt. Chafe, called upon him, and hear¬ ing an account of the death of his daughter, and \ he c mfe of his over¬ whelming afflicfion from his oldeft fon, who happened to be at home, requefied to fee him, ohferving that lie might be able to diilipate part of hi- gloom.—It was with fome difficulty that he could get the alllided fatlu r tt l liiten to what he had to fae.- ~.\b- dear fir, laid the Clergyman) our Saviour di;u for the lir.s of the whole world, none * her J ore fiiatt fuller puniiii- ment, but thole *.vho with obdu¬ rate and impei.'itcMt hc.rts ic- E his gracious oners of pa-j--: aad acceptance. Mankindare n-: i"- tally depraved, they ftill retail a portion ol tint glorious ir.-.i : which the fm of Adam d..---, buiutu. aotcAttrcAj deiivos. ".-'_. ficient was left to conftitute us moral and acobuntuble Bein^Si Our Saviour never fpeaks 'it lud¬ den conv-jrlinns, and icniiblc ted- ing of the operations of the holy Spirit, He doc- not at xhc final judgment place the blened en his right: hand ;tnd iha curled on his left, becaute the former have been indar.taneoully converted, and the latter are unregenerate, but be- caufc rhele have led the hungry, clothed the naked and vifltcd the i--ck, wkUil thole law the hungry and gave them no meat, tire thiri- ty and gave them no drink. l*ut no conlidcncc then in thole who tell you that your daughter, amia¬ ble and good as (lie was, caiua.it become the obiccr. of God';- n.cr- i y,and that her foul is dootuedto ■■",-- •■i-'i'bvr ^ur.ifhment. Suche.n never be the doctrine of the ;g :- pel of our S tviour, of thole £hd tidings which bring gloryr to Gad in 1 h> higl'.efr, peace on earth and good will towards men, We arc exhorted to workout our falva- liou with fear and trembling—.■> •ve tow to ihall we reap,.and whea ' e apj^-ar before the judgment I at c\ ( Jv.-'.it, we fhall receive ac¬ cording to the deeds done in lit? body. This exhortation transfer-, red the Captain's alhidion from hi-, daughter to himfelf—He law with auuuifhment the numerous exhorivioubin the Gofpel tn lioli- ncls of life, and not a word ol m* tal depravity, and he was co.avia- CCiJ that luch exhortations wottn iravc beer, ul'defs, nay even a modi- cry, were thisi doctrine true—bu- the view of his life kit him no room to hope, and he died in Jcf- pair.—Such is the ftorypi Cv(>* tain Chafe, whieh clearly'lhcavs ihf dreadful confequences that mule iluw from the beliet of thisann- chriftiarv dodrinc. Printedmd rdL'rJ By STEPHEN EbflLBS. 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