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Show 226 George B. Cheever. '' ~iay Gocl tttkc <'nrc of His men crwsc nnd of II" . wdl a . of them who love their neighbori'." lS O\\n name, ns Now, I ~ay that mH1er ::;u('h ei rC' um ~ t·m r ,, J l all the cltaraderi:-;lic· of' a m·nt)'l' '1 .l , I . . 1:-s, f o 1~1 llrown hns ] ' ' ' IH ll ~ < e ''t I• · ( eath. Tl ' f. I · , . . · ' .. ' I:-~ a martyr' • • IC cl C acc usatwn;:;, the prtj udic < } • S rCignmg religion and law arr•lin ·t l. , 1 mt hatted, the h ' 11111, t IC abu 'e tJ t t e pre~ent ignominy and ham' tl ' te orturc, ]'fl • ' 10 npparcnt ftil . f · l c, nnd defeat o(' all his phns a } r ' Ul C 0 Jus cncm· ll . ' ~ , 'm perwct triumi>h o(' l. le - a th ::;c t hm rrs are c ·sent'. l . us t ·1 . n ::.. Jet <'rrcum ' b\ltCes f YH om, a , a Jll~t cau ·c ·utl .. · . . o mar- . , <. • PlllL are 1t , qnalitic- , n c \- er can make a mart)' r , n •vcr could , . :s. ucccss tho ·c •I 1 . Cclt10ntze Olle • .1 \\ 10 ( cterm 1110 the .. l . . ' clllu J IDOl cl (}llality of 'l . c taractrr n by succcs :1 re not f t t . . . • n aetwn or a J ' I (J • It ll1 judo·mcnt I .;:c ohn Brown or the ,. t . f . n on a man t .' d ' J '' UlC o llls cnt 'l'l>ris A yr::; eath must alw'J}'S at tl ' t' . , . mar- e< , ' • IC tm c, be lrrnon . . r .:-~tcphen WHS StOfl(•d 't " . o llllJOllS. "hen · ' 1 ".\ ... not nn11d ph rt , (' 1 . and character. \Vhcn I . ' tH 1 !S 0 . -"nttmer us cnu. c was burn ' 1 . on n theatre of' JlOlHrhr. 1 .. t' lL wa · 110L as . ·'PP Hll~t', f.;O tit'\( hi ' l . coult1 be w~tf'led •tw· 1 1 • !S < cparltng ~pirit • , y '' pon t le V~'ry J II I . . ecutor~. A m·trl)'r . , 1 ta t' ' 1Jah - of hi:-; per- , 1 ~ a w:t y~ Jllt t to d ' t} 1, :tnd enrelty of men trtl 1 . 1 ca t uy the ha tred <. Cl a C oud of u} under authority of ' .· ·]· l 1 o oquy and odium • \l<.: ... c< aw· wlt·lt ' ' htgh •·t triumph of tl ,·. . _ ' . ' men ~u ppo:c to be tlte leu cau e bern(r i 1 (' 1, and highest <lcmonstl·a tio f ' l . ..,, .I aet, uut the <'limax f . 11 0 t H.'ll' Wickedn , 1 • . up o the m •a UI', of' tl . . . . r . s - t lC fJ]!Jney . lelr JJll(}Ul ty. F . ' 0 the wJckcdne·s c tabli::::h d . ot '' h ·n not only is all, but God send· . and tnumphan t with con-ent of . ;-, wttncsscs ·1rr·tinst 't d Witnesses to dc·tt h the 1 , o' 1 ' an men put the f ll u and the r n'd ' n -vvc <now th·J t tl . 1 · , t 1 . . ' lC cup 1s wcll-nirrh no ar ofT. " 0 J , . , , n thou that kille ' t tl . l ' lnsal m, Jcru. alem IC plOp 1Ct antl ~~ ' . ' unto th ee, how oftc , l "' on est them tit at are . r'nt n \\ Oll d I have ,. tl 1 as a hen gatltcrcth h ' . l . l ' o'l l('l'C< thy dJi l<lrcn cr c 1H' .;:en un c1 1 would not! B'·I 1 I , cr H'r win o·::; anu ye .... 10 1 , your hou c · , 1 •l' 0 ' An age of martvn1 I::; c t unto you llc:olatc!" J om mu ·t be ''ll on<'e f 1 • I ness and popularity . tl ~ o llg test wi ckcd-lll lC rrovcr t b nmcn and law ' and of George B. Cheever. 227 decpe t di ~gt·acc, united with highc l cmlnring firmn e~R nnd virtue on the part of' the sufT'•r r. lli ~tory takes up his words and. embalm. th m ; but at the hour of his trial and death there arc few hardy enough to pronounce n. , enlict in hi · favor, at lea t without some prudential c~wcnt of' bnllncination, monomania, imprudence, raslmc. ~, or fnnati C'i:-;m. There arc few that arc 'villing to admit hi f:.O un<l s<'tl.'C and. rightfuln e:-;s of conduct in selling ltimself agai n:-;t unjust government and law. .John Tirown':; trial, by the fonn. of such Jaw, wa:::. a mar-tyr's trial, not many time. , in the hi~t o ry of on 1· worl<l, tratL acted with . n<'h awful i ~sue:-;, in sueh gmnd and ~ol •mn light. J ohn F ox's Book of :Martyrs being opened before u!", you might almost think a core of png<'. lmcl been t:tken from it to be rchcarsell in Charl e~tow n. ,John Bunyan ('ould lmrdly have clrnwn n. more graphic des<' ription of tltis ens<•, as to principle, if the trial of' Faithful, with all tlte pr·o<·<•cdings, had been matle up from notes of' this moll<·nl wicke<ln<'sH. You ca.n re ·ur, :1lmof't f'rom m<•mory, to the pi ctur<'. 1 ' Then a conv nicnt time being nppointc<l, th<·y brought forth their prison •rs to their trial, in onler to their cotH1 t'mnntion. "\Vh n the time wn come, they were brought b .fore tlwir enemies and nrrai 0 crned. The ,·J u<,b.. •'s narn ' wn. Lord H at<'on· oo<l ·' their indictment wa one aml the snme in su b:-;tnn ·~.·, though somewhat varying in form; the cont ents whereof wa- this : 'That they were enemies to, and <listurbcrs of, the trade; that they had made commotions and divi;;ions in the town, and had won a party to their own 1110 t dangerous opiuion~, in contempt of the law of their prince.' Then Fajthful IJegnn to answer, that he had only . et him elf again. t thnt which had et it elf again t Ilim that is higher than the highc:;t." This was the great crime, the great confli ct. Anu wh ·~ncver a great in i:; cnthronell in gov ·rnmcnt and law, and auy man, in the name of God, sets him elf wilh Gou':-; "\Vonl against it, disobeying the unrighteous law, and teaching men |