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    $ n&iaigOT thafccof > J © iii > y wwi *? sm itten iriNag ^ aQfctv ,- J «* u ^ i ( deliv ered his dis-< jotjc $ e £ which they , profess , to record , : b $ expressions found in theses Gospels themselves , as wfeere jj £ is said lhat qert&iu > feUe reports remain to */« " $ jofay * c tBut > of the Acts of -the . Apostles

    • as&kUra Kpistjes of Pa . uJ , there is in-^ ependent ev idence ., clearly pointed ^ oul b $ ? Paley , and these tend to es-: J&biis& > ihe : Gospel of Luke . Now , whatever fee £ fae doctrine of Paul , concerning the state of ihe human aj ; such

    : * & ^ d ^; it is -probable th docftru * e is ihe genuine doctrine *> f the yCrospefcj for , his Epistles were eieady . wifeten before any of his Gospels , and it is ? . t ^ rtain thai they are his genuine ^ britings * Now the general doetrine frf JRaul iecras to be that men shall

    be rewardejd and punished according iodkmr works > and if he had stopped hei& * we might have been left with a a-indefinite impression , that such : a portion .. . of . good and evil would fall tipoQfnaiikind , as is consistent with strict justice in the ? Being , who gave to * ^ 11 Itheir appetites , passions and

    circumstances , which they have improved < Jr abused . But Paul appears to teach farther , that the righteous shall be rewarded wi < h eternal enjoyment ^ and the wicked be visited with rvmdicthee punishments , which shall end in ? their destruction . His

    lanfua ge is always death , destruction , ze-.. And he used the-words wrath and . vengetmce , applying them to God in hi »' punishment of the wicked . JVJr , Locke appears ta state this to be the clear doctrine of the Gospel , and -itjdoe * . appear to me to be the doctrine

    of jSt . Pawl . I would ask any man if he read the E p istles of Paul , without GVGt haying , heard of any doctrine ccraoeming the human deid , would ttQt this be the conclusion he would

    tjraw ? Nor let any one startle at vindictive pinishments . Are not all punisbnaents such ? Is not the notion invdlved in ihe very idea of punishment ? Punishment in common language has no other meaning , never naii had another meaning . Philosophers may ¦ call it suffering ; but they cannot

    retain the word punishixietu , without accopttBgra vindictive meanino ; . All « iankiad have « ver , understood H in thi& sen ^ e . ^ ? Ttee doctrine of Paul , ^ thjerefinre , seems- to be > that all men . jhail . > be rai « ed jfrom ^ ¦ : th ^ dead , the g <) od to eternal enjoyment , the bad

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    ta painful destruction , aa 4 that ? l ) i ? pain of such destruction fehall be , 4 tccording to th § degrees of tbeif w ^ icked

    ness ^ If any of your readers favour thes £ observations with notice , I shall be grateful , as too much attention cannot be called to this subject . Mr . ilutoe has said , and said justly , that taking all the popular doctrines of all religions for granted , it is the iktbrbst of all men that none of them should

    be true . But if I have put a proper construction upon the doctrine 4 t Paul , it is not trie interest of all mm that they should be false , because the good shall receive more than they deserve , and the bad shaft receive no greater punishment than they merit . Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right ? C A CONSTANT READER ^

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    Anecdote of Dr . Franklin-Toitrrden , Feh . 5 , lSlTf DURING the residence of tt f is distinguished philosopher ajtfi statesman in this country , an 4 vfery soon after his examination at tae council board , where he expeTiene ^ a great deal of abuse , particolirly

    from the attorney general , he visited an intimate friend and acquaintance who then resided at this place Dhj ring his abode here , his frieud * # ok occasion one day to ask him , -if'Hne abusive and sarcastic language , £ f Ae attorney general hurt his feeling ? to which the Doctor jocularly rep li ^ f l ; " not at all , my friend - t not at ajl : rit fell off like the drops of rain from

    my oil skin coat . " A reply tfiat shewed in a striking manner fhe amiableness of his disposition , a rrfftid influenced only by integrity and conscious innocence . The writer wad

    the above anecdote from tbe ^ ^> oct 9 r * s respectable , and at that time t ^ ly venerable friend . ~ c

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    Sir , Pontalc , Jan . 2 % , 1 # L 7-1 RECOLLECT that you onceinvited Correspondents to send ysou any passages , in , old writers , wh ^ ch contained early np . tices pf Unitarianjfrn in England , ^ and mighj increase t ^ a valuable collection of materials for a

    eon necked History . v Such a Vvprk ^ f Hl probably be undertaken vyliej ^^ fer ^ hos ^ Jjxiit ari ^^ whp can aflfoTfC to form libraries shall manifest some zeal

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    Anecdote vf j&r . Franklifa ^ -Notice of Unitarians , 1660 . iftt

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/37/