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  inconsistency of our system . Let them f |^ 0 ^ r fh | afeni % v 5 e ^ ft ^ fc fib drffefetyces qgdA ^ wp ' thtot irteinconsistent # fth . MWtiAlplfe ^ iiftd' ki tegrity of Cttrfitt | f ^ vffo teM pi ^ or lariiteigriea fenhjectiun td > $ * e ifflftrolprecepts of the £ jos | ! fef ; artri&il rttiflbffen 8 es *> f another cmsrcHpafrd
  
  lit ^^ 'W ^^ fd it u duty ftfmlege to ifespet * t iii' frti r hrethren . The week Ty lecflires 1 h ^ ive alluded to , are acfapfekJ totiring these varieties of opinion into view ; and as it is likely that each preacher will state en such occasions , the strongest grounds upon which he his to
  
  suf >^ oses peculiar views res t , they'arford " a fair bp [> ortunity of canvassing fuBy those Subjects which may bfe considered a £ principally of Unitarian growth * and culture . The , result ifMsf be . * tftfc rrtore speedy detection of the weiffefct parts of the system , arid tliel&foinger cdnfifmation of its
  
  tinqfte ^ lqri ^ bl ^ truths ' . I am sure your ^^ bM &ffe cellaily wijl he always ttj ^ ri t& eyery proper attempt to t > roitifrte ihege " objects . ~ Permit me then te tt % ^ a "few" thoughts on the lecture MVty&id H $ " Mr , Fox , at Worship & * eet bti TltuVs ^ aV , Nov . 28 th . The stfbjlbt ^ ftsi ; y ^ te'Jtnal happiness of all ^ h ^ rd ^ i ^ eA . m ^/ ie Sctipitire . T-r # ^ berBpictiU y and energy of the $ * &&tier * & ity l ^ , the unhesitating and copious appeals to the express
  
  declaraij ^^^ L ^ kripi ttft ^ ^^ i > filhant eloqiKinoi j ^ l | e cQl-re < jt , at > 4 citasjc ^ Ltf&le wWwkkJi It was cteHvielre ^^ did great hoQour to JVftw I ? , and was eminently eatoaJmed by imrnediate impression to silejice o ^^ ciiond , and U@ satisfy the aMivqcat ^ s ^ ror the -opinion defended , l $ t the whole was unanswerahle . I
  
  iuppot ^ w persons who wcflre [> resent conjd be tiwensiblc that the dazzling l « s ^ ttej 5 owa upo n the subj ect , ren-^ fel § caffttci $ m for the ipdtnent al-* ¥ &t impossible . For myself I had * ev ^ ral powerful incitements to faith , W& \ a a * my high esteem for the ftGS&ehfcr * ynom I am permitted to W \ : my friend ; a strong wish that the | K > sUiou , expressed in the title of the ^ lecture might be tnfce ; nay farther , a Nwauaoa that the doctrine of the niiss ait men
  
  ^^ M ot is a most ^ waa ^ cawci usion , from the . k ® own w « Htet ^ ofii th « ^ ftttttv ; from rtvc ob-9 J ^ M ^ tei » d « i ^ es of Prov klew » v and ^ Mi ^ m ^ - vry ^ p Uin ^ de ^ a mtions of P ^ l ^^ aWt ) OS ^« ntvi » fer « ntial Fm&k V > * to * 4 it ^ ^ trrotiriy , ^ ^^ i I ^ MBfAi || BO ^ v to ibfc ^^ W ,
  
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  which rests apparenLtly only on thAi Tduiid ^ ri . But withrfll tfus ^ ap * dispbflftion in favour' of tlte ' iiMert ( , wifr Vdtf Believe it , Mr . Eafe P ^ itiai tied HincVmvtncetJ . Fo ¥ af mifetik obsetved , as Mr . T . > erj ' fl 'dttffeffly told us , his business was riot * , to f ft&re the doctrine b y ^ son , nor t 6 ^ at ? e its natural produetrbn frotri' dt ^ r known truths of Christianity , ribV ' tb shew how many preponderating 4 ittments might be accumulated to ffl&ke
  
  it almost cerium tp every one that the truth was on that side j but It wak to shew that the fact itself was predicted m the Scripture . Hoc est opus , to ? labor . This if I am not misiaken hie tailed to accomplish . Nor can tVUfe thought any depreciation of liis ' iSlents to say this . He ' did all tliat cin be done , all that his various predecessors have done , and did it in my estimation In a better manner than 4 nV of them ; but the proposition itself w
  
  too strong to he borne out by Scripture , and what in such a case can any man do ? Of the texts adduced ^ predictions of the ultimate deliverance of' all men from sin and misery , there appeared to me none but what we ^ capable of a very different explication without any torture . It was certainl y very injurious to alledge Matt . xHV ^ 46 . No doubt punishment may be corrective as well as vindictive ; and everlasting very frqquen | ly meaner * limited duration : but I cannot think
  
  it would ever enter into t } ie thoughts of a common reader of the $ cripuufe that the expression ^ " shall gp away into everlasting punishment , " should mean a prediction of the final happiness of the wicked . |
  
  Romans viii . 19—23 , seems as little to the purpose . Suffice it to say that " the world itself may be delivered from the bondage of corruption , being universall y blessed with the liberty of God ' s children ; " during a long period of paradisaical happiness in which thfc wicked who are dead , shall not be
  
  partakers . As for the phraae "dcti ** selves ajso which have the first Jttiifs of the spirit / * it does not ^ eeih ds , Mr . F . supposes to re ^ r to the bddy ^> f true Christians in this life m contW *
  
  distinction from the 1 wfek © d , t ^ i $ he thinkb will be the-l * t ^ t ftuiOi Of * edemmm $ grace 5 'be t r at * tititfaml ^ points toi ¦ the Apostfcs ' ¦ aiitf > ^ bn ^ l ^ l © hKistia ^ n » who partook ** f tem ^ i ^^ toMiirfgifts of tlia H ^ y ^ rW £ « H * i * ft
  
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- Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 701, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/9/

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