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Very powerful check . to a vicious course ? Indeed , what more could we wish for ? What else can we imagine that is not included in this i And how does the doctrine
of necessity diminish this check ? It certainly does not prevent the bad effects of wickedness in the present life j and we are assured that it will not hereafter . Indeed , reason alone will tell us that we must be cured of our vices in
order to become capable of happiness . And when we consider the force of inveterate habits ^ and how very difficult they are to subdue ^ we must be convinced that it will require a long and painful
process to eradicate them entirely ; the longer and the more painful in proportion to the malignancy and inveteracy of the habits . Is not this enough to deter a considerate roan from following those courses which will lead to such an
abyss of misery ? The only difficulty is , to induce men to consider , reflect , and attend to the consequences of their actions . There is no meed to invent fictitious ar ~ giamienis to reclaim them * fo > om tiicir sins ; they need only contemplate those that are reai ; and
necessity certainly leaives such arguments precisely ajs it found them . However ^ I agree with EL N .. that ( this doctrine is very capable of teeing perverted both by the « uniuforit > ed ; and thte dissolute : and
for this reason . Ifehould not be ex * tre ^ n el y jgtnxious to promote its Tecepii < on * except amongst those wfyo / are fijrml ^ convinced of the truthJof CiirtJistjamty ^ and wlio are flatty sefrlstfrle of theimpGtrt & nce of
religion and ivii ^ tue . To athers it lifc & y be . pr ^ u-aupial ; to ttbetn , I cwapeive , it Cannot bt | t be service *
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able , by promoting . , in them a spirit of candour and liberaltty , of meekness , forbearance , and dampassion for those who are * ha & eii * ing to perditions—E .- ! N . ' apj 6 eiai ? s to have written with a
sttfioits'Concern for the interests of true teHgion , and the eternal welfare of mankindw His objections , - there » - fore , merit a respectful and caWdid attention . Such , I trusty thjgy have received ; and if what has
been offered above , towards ate ^ moving those objections , may He thought of any weight in the biau lance of sound reason , he wi 4 L doubtless not persist i « asserti « gk
that it ought to be to no . purpose to prov « that the doctrine of H > - berty involves a coiitradiction and ^ tn absurdi ty . " The religious world have boo long been de * . ludtjd with absurdities in tlmr
creeds ; and as many of them have been extremely pernicious , ^ d none can possibly answer any valuable purpose , it is devontly to be hoped that erelong they will be universally and totally rejected .
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Mr . Allchin on the Churchman ' s Reasons . ** fgS
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Before I conclude ^ if 4 t would not be trespassing too far ion the ^ age s of your Miscellany , I w 6 xild briefly state «© ne or two reasons * for dissenting from the Established
-Church , wich refeueneeito iJie- ^ yu sons assigned in your da $ t ^ far bdng ^ a Cbujnofeman . ^ ' Iliere is a great variety < rf » opi « iio « s ; Idt every / one be iully pers » u « ded in hi « own mind . 1 have , however ,
no new objections to ibnag 4 © rL ward ; but shall briefly state one or two , that appear to he of the greatest importance ; fully siiffirient to jvistify . and even rdifotrt a dissent from tlrat church .. ' 'If any think otlienvisti t \ k % dre
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/19/
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