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    Som * advocates for this doctrine now stand as shirring lights upon the eftfth ^ and deserve to berapked with the most rational send coiiaftmiOkitisti&nSm But none are

    iufftllibte : it becotnes every rational 'being' to examine for himself iti&todk well to his way , and not [ q imbibe opinions from others , but sfcdefwour to form them for

    himself ; tb prove all things , and thenhold fest what appears to him to be good . The advocates for the interruption of-httfltea con&crousness tell us tbat if ten thousand ages intervene between death and the

    resurrection , it will be no XAdre to us tfcAn tfee * click of a watch . Graated . Yet ten thousand ages is ft liwig time to intervene ; the idea almost turns bne giddy . But svfcea the ten thousand ages are

    over and past , on what ground do we expect the resurrection of the ctead to take place at that time , ijtpreference to any other ? The nation of tfce second personal appearaooe erf Christ on our earth for this purpose is rejected by averal learned and respectable divines : * but I aiti hot aware that

    we doctrine I am supporting rs afeeled eitber by the admission or denial of this tenet : for my wapartj | am strongly inclined to admit it * and think that he will

    wjte ; and with tea thousand of li f wintry who . will then appear with kii ^ in glory * Comp . Col . *?•;*> . 1 Thcss * iv . 14 . Neither

    ^¦ I-jCflr tain ^ that tb ^ conflagra - ton of this earth is a scriptore d ° ckrine : nor know I « f any symp-^ as 0 f decay that it exhibits : ? pWMr 4 ^ iig to what we can judgi ., u to * y aUmd for ever , unless the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ? SccCappc t

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    Creator thinks proper to interfere in such a manoer as to supersede all the laws he hath given it . 1 mention these things as difficulties in tke way of the common opi * njon , because the resurrection bi the human dead has generally be ^ n connected with one or other of

    these supposed events . But it has been said that it is best for the whole human race to rise at one time , otherwise some

    will have an advantage over thfe other , and our friends who have departed out of this life before us will have m ? ade such an infcpfrove-. lneot that we shall never overtake

    them nor be fit for their company . But I asfc > Dowe all come into this world iat tine time ? Do we not enter into the knowledge and improvements of others ? Is n&t knowledge acquired with greater

    facility now than it was formerly , owing to the improved state of society , and of science and litera ~ ture ? May not a person now learn as much in one year as be Co&lcl have done in an age in less favour ^ able times ? Go not parents soon teach their children all they know ? And are not those who exc « l in

    any thkig instrumental in leading others to acquire s * ich excellence with greater ease , and in less time , than they would have done with - out such assistance ? May it not then be the case in the ftittire

    world ? Our Saviour says to his disciples , " I go to prepare a place for you ; " so all that have entered that happy place may in some sense be making preparation for thos ^ who are to fo llo w : ^ nd our dear departed friends may bfc the first to welcome us to those

    bljssful shores , the residence o ( the pious and the good ; and may be instrumental in facilitating our

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    Against Materialism * Letter III * 601

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/25/