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Turs giving great offence to Janni, and.fome few priéfts. 
that lived with: him, it was told. Michael; who, without ex-- 
. plaining himfelf, faid-only, “As to the fact of throwing the: 
hay, they are a parcel of hogs, and know no better.” Thefe 
few words had ftuck in the ftomach of the prieft of.Adowa, , 
who, with great fecrecy, and as a mark of friendfhip, begged I: 
would give him my opinion what he fhould have done, or- 
rather, what would have been done in my- country ?. I told‘ 
him, “ That the anfwer to his queftion depended:upon two: 
things, which, being known,his.difficulties. would very eafily. 
be folved. If you do believe that the wine fpilt by the mob: 
upon the fteps, and trod under foot:afterwards, was really, 
the blood of Jefus Chrift, then you was guilty of a.moft hors- 
rid crime, and you fhould cry upoa the mountains to cover: 
you; and ages of atonement are not fufficient to expiate it.. 
You fhould, in the mean time, have railed the place round: 
with:iron, or built it round with ftone, that-no foot, or any- 
thing elfe but the dew of heaven, could have fallen upon: 
it, or you fhould havé brought in the river upon the place- 
that would have wafhed it all to the fea,.and covered it ever. 
after from facrilegious profanation. But if, on the contrary,, 
you believe, (as many Chriftian churches do) that the wine. 
(notwithftanding confecration) remained in the cup nothing: 
more than wine, but was only the fymbol,or type, of Chrift’s: 
blood of the New Teftament, then the fpilling it upon the: 
fteps, and the treading upon it afterwards, having been: 
merely accidental, and out of your power.to prevent, being: . 
fo far from your wifh that you are heartily forry that it hap- 
pened, I do not reckon that you: are further lable in the- 
erime of facrilege, than if rhe wine bad’not been confecra- 
ted at all. You are to humble yourfelf, and fincerely regret 
that fo irreverent an accident happened in your hands, and 
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