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    * # cacy imr ^ ffed ^ Is it possible Jffi 4 ft . ^ IHiftd f * m $ l ifceji a mind as he t ^ rsesses ; Jias « ever reklly experienced % fet- h ^ *^ « re ^ c ^ i |^ ? I ban , liow-^^ liave to doittbt , tfeat if , durifcg the * m \\ ition jof slicfe ffe ^ Kd feelings , any rt # onal ^ tea whdte ^ er should chance

    W iitt * i * # fc , t&e' effervescence would * Odn subside , ah <} the fantastic expecnations speedily pass away ; but what ^ tfttW this p-ovfe , btrt the inferiority of enthusiasm to reason and common

    $ &m > ¦ - * : \ D * vC » advises those who hold what ht terms philosophical views on this $ fc d ^ et , to pursue the petitioning system with great assiduity and eatnestatoe £ s , notwithstanding their incredulity ; iif mty do not , they will be left to their < dWj * exertions , and to the common

    agency of God ; for he says , " What'ever spiritual aid , or holy influence is granted , it is granted to those who * # feek it , and use faithfully whatever

    fflfeasure of it they obtain / ' I strongly suspect these philosophers will rather confide in a system which works regularly , uniformly , steadily apd with cierttonty , than trust themselves to *> fcactiees and exercises , the utility of

    whieh they do not perceive . They are perfectly sensible or the advantages and Importance of the various branches of rational and genuine devotion ; but as net petition whatever appears to them to receive a proper ansVver , they think that to employ supplications to the great God of heaven and earth as a

    charm to affect- their dispositions and Characters , would be to trifle both . tvith their Judge afcd with their own consciences . Dr . C excludes knowledge from 10 qd * s immediate communications $ but Christ says , Every man that hath iednned of the Father , cometh to me . "

    &f the Spirit he says , * He will guide jfcWpifbG Ml truth . ' And again , "He # 2 fiP *« te * you all things . " Notvvith--stalling , ttiese declarations and proid ^ W J ^ n » . € hrfet ,: Dr . C . denies iHat :. ^ ruth was intended to be coinmtifricatfed after the apostolic age ; I think h ^ iMm - fe ^ ticiWh tiitite consistent ^ ^ IS | # «^ in de ~ ftll ediate

    n ^ m ^ imm influences what < » m ; iist rf divme cortim ^^ tiotl s so m ^^ B ^^ ^ W ^^^^ , ¦ " ffi ^ mBka . ^ v ?!^

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    delusion / 5 May ^ t tfe same < it ^^ uith propriety be s ug ^ fe ^^ E who }> eReve that any immediate D ^ Influence fe gir ^^ W Ih ^ -m Dr . C . akor advises " ^^ "p ^ ti ^ i ^ bring their tftith iuid their emotions and convictions to the , test of the wofd of Godbut to i ^ fcai ^ st will fin 9 t

    ; . \ Jl \ JIUJU y \ J \ l 1 t \ i \ M WjUCHlr - V ^ W 1 J 1 ' Q | Y friend briag hk ^ s , directions and guidances ? Nt > t t 6 tne wotd ef Go 8 because he will npt find aiiy thing there which will enable triai to distiu guish imme ( fiate blessings from those

    which he intermediately receives from God . At the close of the Discourse , Dr . C . proposes something of the nature of a test—he says " that the fruit of the Spirit , by which alone we can be secure we have received the influences of onr heavenly Further ^ are piety and purity , uprightness and benevo

    lence , meekness and patience , and , in a word , a holy life and conversation . " But it must be admitted that , as far as we are capable of judging , all these excellent qualities ai * e as abundantly possessed by persons who are not conscious of having any particular Pifine

    Influences , who do not beheve in their existence , who &o not feel tferfc tliey want them , and who conse ^^^ itfrar pray for them : it follows th ^ n , I jBftsume , that , either thfcs £ persoiis are fovoured with these inflttenfcesi ^ wliieli I think , is much nearer the irath , that all these attainments are solely the

    i&tural effects of the diligeht and prefer use of the means which God has so amply provided for perfecting the Christian character . Immediately following Dr . Carpenter ' s Discourse , * ny much esteemed friend J . W ., [ Mem . Wep <* . XIV . 622 , ] gives an extract from a SertSwm on the same subject . vetf ^ ' wagMf to

    treated , which-was WcN ^ ed young persons . TJ 113 extitifti S uggests a few queries : ( 1 ) Biitf tfie ydung peWje comprehend wh ^ t , was iiieaiit bf ^ tne direction and a ^ sidta ^ ce , which Wf !

    were instljtldjed t&piiiV for , * W ^* > expert ftorii « te » 'itoriimsmrm iA % mpt ^ WM tKiff ^ ffl Mm , ^ til i ^ s ^^ Wkhftfl ^

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    &c Wfe . L . J . J . bn Divine Influence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/18/