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* C British Pulpit Eloquence." May 5, 18...
kindly , washed his feet , provided tapper , c & tisedhim to sit dowir ; Ipilt (> bserVin £ * that the old amn e & t & frd prayed not , nor begged fbr a fctes > $ ingupon his meat , asked hftn why he diet not worship the ( 5 t ) d of heaven . The old man
told him that he worshipped the fire Only , and adknowleged no other God . * ' AWwhich answer Abraham grew so zealously angry , itt & t £ e thrust the old man out of
his t ^ nt , and exposed him to all the evils of the night , and an unguarded condition . ' When the old man was gone God called to Abraham , and ' asked him where the * stranger was . He replied ^ * 1 thrust him away because he did not worship thee . * UocT answered , I have suffered
him these hundred years , although he dishonoured me , and couldst not thbu endure him one night , when lie gave thee no trouble ? Upon this Abraham fetched him back again and gave him hospitable entertainment and wise
instruction /' To refer once more to the " Liberty of Prophesying , " I remember to have seen , many years
since , an edition published about the middle of the last century , in consequence of a bequest made for that purpose , in the will of an admirer of the work . His
name , which would deserve re- > inembrance , if mentioned on that occasion , 1 have forgotten . N . L . T . ~
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sitions , to which I have subjoined a fe . w reflections ; < fti - which < && f of your correspondents' ^ refoarfefc will oblige * Yours , & fr .
N . D . " We deny (§ ays Cappe ) that any thing takes place contrary to the divine-will ; or that proceeds not from his determination /'
That all movement and sue * cessive effect may be the result of divine will and determination , we mean not to controvert . Bui that all facts , all temporary relations of objects and every result thereof ?
every operation of active principle , is an object of consideration , and juslly ascribed to the direct plea * sure and determination of Deity * we presume to question , inasmuch as there is continual movement
and issue void of any conceivable purpose ; together vrhh many evil incidents ; facts that cannot be reconciled to divine will , pleasure orUnoial character- of causation . And therefore , also , we assent Hot to the affirmation that 4 * WbaU
, Ever be at any time the order oft the world , is precisely what God " * wills it should be : all things harmoniously conspire and watfk to « * gether to fulfil his purpose ; eVery ^ operation and effect follows his
direction and executes his design /' Astonishing conspiracy ;•> -and most wonderful harmony we rea - dily acknowledge $ but not strictly clear , however , of all dissonance *
mishap and disaster . Therefore 9 that t ^ try operation and effect in nature is positively directed ^ mid God ' s designs perfectly executed ; that the passing state , or successive order of the world is precisely in accord with divine < levice , pur * pose and pleasure , may iiure be reasonably ^ uedUoued ^ w ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/12/
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