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some individuals are to bQ ^ ternalr ty juisei ^ ibl e for the benefit of others , thpseiniseirableindividuals x vii | L fe # v ^ , very serious ground of ' cvmplainfc against their Creator . * ' KtJiy h yv ' , they ^ fty s ^ y » " didst t ^ QU eve r create an uni verse to the
welfare of which , oar eternal misery ^ was . . necessary , ? , Others have ik > greater claim on thy benevolence than we ; vyb y ^ then , should we perpetually suflfcr that they msjy for ever enjoy ? If misery ^ jndispensable in thy creation- ,
let others at least alternately bear xi part , and ,-let soine periods of our existence be rendered supportable . 11 is cruel to afilicfc . us wfbpu ^ eiid or intermission , merely as ai ^ eans of procuring happiness for others , ftx > n \ which we axe It is unjust oil
Vjtterl ^ xcluded . to Cflfff pf ^^ oyments them , at tite ^ pen ^ of a vdsft portio n of ini ^ er ^' i ty us , for which we are to recjefye , ^ ^ eeortipense whatever . 31 ^ j ? r sttff ^ riifigs be indeed irre - inedifi ^ ie ,, take back the existence \ Vhic 4 i thou hast given us , and rodiice ; jus J ; p that enyiabip state hth
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& ' fawi !)?) ^^^|!?»^^ djea ^^ L as MijiteA [ lei ^^ T , u ^ , If E . N , think Uiat . sucha ^ e ^ , postulatipn , in such circupista ^ ces ^ ^ wpi ^ a be : unreasonable
^ presumptuous , let lum endeayo u . r to show that it ^ qjuJW b ^ eqi , ia ) J y just and ben & YoJLpnJt ,. iii the fi ^ te to inflict eternal .: p * iiery jpn , Hia
creatures , p * toc ^ g ^ i ^ tMen ^^ i |^ tenapw ^ ry sufferings ^ the tendeppy , of which would Jbe r glpmat ^ Jje ^ ,. neficial (> oth % o others aad tft ^^ a ^ SelWS . ... , ; . ' ... ; ,: , ., j -- ' V ^ tffJr M . r Wh ^ t h as be ^ n _ sai 4 is pa f |^{ suppositipu , ihat tfce ^ rDaJ ^^ j ry of sow might . jio ^ ibly c ? 9 ii ^ u ^ to th ^ eternal feiicify ttf ^ the ^ ^ and i ^ appears tQ beJjigbljj u nj ^ g ^ eveii on that typotiiesis / Bat what ground is , | heV ^ fo | -. supposing , that the happiness of some . might be ia ^ auy degree promoted
by the endless suffenngs of q ^ ers ? It will perhaps 6 e replied , as well , for aught we know , as by th ^ ir temporary sufferings . Bu ^ teiiw porary evils , saf *& a $ J . *^ jf § fe pcca ^ ion ^ cl by vjfee , m ^ be ^ fftJv compared : to , the m » sfbftun ^ which infants bnq ^> 5 jEpP 9 . ?» Wn selves from their ^ toiak i gno ^ ga of t ^ j > r ^ pqrties ^ pf tn & tteY . VVTOtj are now in the , infancy o ^ ojLi ^ e ^ istence , and scarcely know ' toW to choose the ; goqa jsuvJ ; refuse Ane evil , th ^ t is set before , us : ' ifi u£ jt $ t ^^^^ wii ^ ^ « m V ^^ mk ' S ^ a ^ of ie des &^ veBoK . foit efc ^ Vif . ce ; Wt ^^!
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ofa ^^ 1 & . AucTiin on Piul & sophical ReCes & iiy . 724
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 721, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/15/
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