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    ter ' s letter in your last , ( p . 79 . ) is very well . When-1 have heard and seen collections made annually in the London Congregations of dissenters for the different funds , I

    have often thought that Unitarians were sufficiently numerous , re . spectable and not less willing than other sects to promote the happiness and comfort of their minis *

    ters and their families . In the church of Scotlaud the ministers are compelled , by an act of parliament to pay annually ia the following proportions for the benefit of their widows :

    % \ . I as . 6 d « For an -Annuity of iol . % 18 9 ditto x $ 5 s ° ditto ao 6 II $ ditto %$ They have an option of either # f the above sums . Unitarian ministers might adopt the plan in smaller sums , and it of course would be voluntary * The claims of subscribers * widows to have a preference .

    By the above communication I may be accused of wishing to multiply divisions amongst nonconformists , but this 1 quite disavow . To love all men is the Christian precept , but especially those of the household of faith . A NON . CO 3 ST . OF TtfE OLD SCHOOL .

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    542 On Dt . athy as tht punishment of Adam ' s Sin .

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    On Death , considered as the Punishment of Adam ' s Sin .

    Sir , The majority of Christians re * < g&rd death as a punishment inflicted on all mankind for the sin of the first man . Thinking this ti&tion erroneous , that it fixes a * tain on the justice of God , and places the present condition of man in a false light , 1 beg leave , kroi 4 gh tlu * medium of your va-

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    luable Repository , to communi . cate my thoughts to the public oi the subject . The light of nature does not suggest , nor can reason ever

    justify , the idea , that mankind arc born in the state of criminals , condemned to die for the sin of their first progenitor ; nor can I find such an opinion sanctioned

    by divine revelation . The anci . ent prophets . threatened men with death as the punishment of their own crimes ; but never inti . mated that death was . a punish , ment inflicted on all meii for the

    sin of Adam ; nor that it was a punishment , in any case , but when inflicted ( or personal offences . One oftbe ^ ( Ezek . ch . 18 ) represents Jehovah as reproving the house of Israel for using the proverb , " The fathers have eaten

    sour grapes * and the children ' s teeth are set on edge ; " by which they meant that the children were punished with death for the crimes of their fathers . The prophet adds , As I live , saith the Lord God , ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel . Behold , all souls are mine ; as the soul of the father , so also the soul of the son is mine :

    the soul that sinneth , it shall die . The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father /* &c . Souls , in fchis passage , a $ well as many others in scripture , evidently mean

    persons ; and the obvious sense js , that Jehovah hath said , yea , sworn by himself , that one man shall not be punished With death for the crimes -of . another ; but if

    the notion were well founded , that death , as « a punishment , is in * flicted on all Adam ' s posterity for his sin , . there would etill be occ ** Mi * m to wmXke prohibited prpv « rl > ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1811, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2415/page/30/