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Taythe Rev. R* Wrtght;— On Future Punish...
put " that n 6 te to prevent any doubt , tVat wherever I used them iti that fetter I 'inf ended them rti their finiimited sense to mean eiidle *** . iti ypiir next paragraph you cavil
fit my second preliminary observatfon "' a $ J needless , but the pro . Jfrriety of it is shewn in more than one passage of your letter . Bur you say 1 have mistaken your
meaning , in that important pas sage where in your pamphlet you state "it is of no consequence to our leaiJirig argument in how literal a sense the words punishment , perdition , destruction ,
qeath , dre applied to future puiishment . '" I have this moment rf & ad this passage again wifh all the attention of which I am capable , and declare it still conveys
to my mind the sarae meaning I annexed to it : but you endeavour to do away my construction of \ t fr y an explanation ; in which you s & y , unless it can bt- proved that fflris death , destruction , & c . will £ e Endless C € a restoration MAY
fete plac £ - > but where , my dear Sir , do you find this bew doctrine of such a restoration in the scriptures ? That immortality arid endless ]| ft * will be the portion of the rig hteous ( before 1 r < etd your fet- * ter ) I did think * all wi * rr willing
ft ) agree ?* ' but yoii surprise me w / hen you $ ay you afe not eort-TthCt ; d " that ; unmortality Will be ( Heir reward , ^ because ( here must t >* degrees in their reward , and tbVn £ sk if there can be deafe . es in
irntnorialityl You then desire me to explain the degrees in the pun isjjinent of the ^ wicked * As I do | K ) f pjreiencf to be wis ^ ibove what 13 written , I can only ivply , I CCtvnun explnin ; 1 do not feel my * - sellf s 6 bold as ^ tlie friends of Vt & i
Taythe Rev. R* Wrtght;— On Future Punish...
versa ! FUshttttion , atid lir * ¥ ^ tor % cannot - form an hypoth ^ sbv" of frame a plan for the ^ ivthe g <* ir vernment , as they do , by the standard of which to try the jiifc- * tice of the Almighty : all -that' I
know is the plain declaration of senpture , that every one will h & jtuiged and rewarded , or punished acccordi ng to his work ^ , 1 ho $ e 1 hat have done good whh immorfalif y and endlebS happiness , and * those that have d ne evil with !<> ss 6 {
life—utter destruction , death * Confiding in the power , Wfsdoiifj goodnes « and justice of God , \ M * lieving in frm threafemngs ^ ftttdt resting satisfied with his ' protditi ^ si as " reveal rd in the scriptoy ^ I place a firm reliance , that heNfrlii *
sees the end from tBfe begTnnii % > and who b y his bttiniscience knowi the tht » raeter of each , wiM ^ U 6
* hat is right an * Best tfoali - thfriigli I know not , be & tO & ii i § hot re . veafed , exactly how , driiv % ^ r ^ > < b ^ when ! r riiat there is ffguttiMMfe language ust d both ir > tHe re w ^ t ^ of the righteous and bdm ^ hihUHl *
of the wicked , I aVh r ^ ady ^ t ^ W Fow , and particnlaffv ih ; UK ^ 'A ^ jpfefc cstl ^ p ^ e ¦; but I contend th ^ 4 b % ffli is so much plairtfrnd- ' ^ itefttMlAil guage on this subjeet ' by ^ fMyiCft to ' explain the figttr ^ trve ^ -Hhttf ^ l e'inno ' f mistake or mistiii & erMtfm
its leaning ; -: ; ' ^ .: wAm ~ j I t t ' tn humbly attempting to vinffi * c & tt the Divttie Jiistice ^ piti ^ t ( he charge bf-Univ ^ anst ^/ 'flNAn <> bs ( TvatrrtiS '' oirthti-Wo ^^ - « tf ' ^ if ^ i tion , I ventured j to ^ atiita tfifo * 1 ** s
versify of privilege ^ appeared ; -tto be one of ifir impbrtant taws , ^* fd that diverSiiy : * wai- 'visible * ¦ in tHe different species - wfiifcK I liriis . trated 'hi tn ^ vigrtatBfe b > the oa ^ , iti the animal sp ^ cie ^ b ^ friti n , the | % t obrett ^ i ^ WKiifcb & e mml ^> gy , » ji i j
3l4 T&Tfie R ' 9v. R. Wright, Oft Fiku R...
3 l 4 T & tfie R ' 9 v . R . Wright , oft fiku r * Pitntsttnen t *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 344, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/24/
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