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    time without a minister ; we waited long but are abundantly recompensed in our happy choice . If it is any advan * tage to mankind that their judgment should be informed . ; that their duty shou Id he explained and set before them in t ; he clearest light ; that the practice f it should be enforced upon them by

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    letter II .

    Dec a 9 , * 735-Rev . SiTj I happened lately to be in company with some gentlemen , who entered into a strict debate upon the immortality of the soul ; and one of them started an *

    objection against it that appears to be of great weight , but yet I believe is capable of receiving a satisfactory answer ; though 1 own I am myself at a loss , and can find no way entirely to take ofF its force . What he said was this : it is

    evident that the mind is not only strongly affected by the ills which happen to the body , but also that it increases and decays together with the body ^ As the body continually improves till it has attained its full strength and bigness , the mind is ever advancing and going on

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    Letter HI .

    rUcy . Sir , I ' have several timek perused the letteriyou were so kind to favour me with in answer to mine , And every time

    receive new pleasure from it- You observe that the objection in my letter against the ittimortality of the soul is ' wholly philosophical . I did not , perhaps , express myself very gTo ^ rly , ; but it was as such tnat I understood ! it , and

    * u as desirous to have it answered $ wj | icl * with great satisfaction I now sc 6 abundantly done by the most clear and convincing arguments . If I mistake not the chief strength of the objection lies in the latter part of it , viz . that appearance which there is of decay in the

    faculties of the mind together with the body .. But to this you have fully an * swered , by observing that the mindtfrtiatiy times far from shewing any decay , continues to brighten and enlarge ; it ^ powers , even tb ettreme old age ; wtien the ; body ia become quite feeble , ' and ! fe senses ^ arq grown quite dull and languit : Whereas i £ fhe , state and circuxn ^ aace

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    the strongest , the most engaging fttotives * thifi ~ surely ¦'¦^ 6 have great reason t ? vldcss thatr 1 cihd- £ rdVi < ienc£ whkhled ustaiixw you . ¦ ¦> j Go onvgteatV | lr , ih this happy soulwinningfnetftoi , fchd tnk y you long continue to be a blessing to us , • ' " ' - ' ¦ - ' ' : ¦ " ± :- ^> : . " ¦ ' ¦ M . S . "

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    till it ; has ^ fe achect its prdper point o£ perfection : after which in a few years , both the mind and body become feeble and decay . y 3 ^ dw licw is this to be reconciled with a belief that the soul is immortal ? r To this there-was ttothitig offered in answer that rave satisfaction ; Biit call

    there nothing be said to fecohcile them f I am apt to tkink there fnight , and If there is , am certain that 1 atti now ^ supplying to the most proper person wt that purpose . [[ ^ " I am your much obliged friend and humble servant ,

    M . SEDDON . P . S . A line from you on this subject I shall take as a very great favour .

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    of the soul entirely , depended on . the state and habitude r f 0 * £ l } bdy , ^^ and were indeed one and th ? sanie substance with it , it should seemT ttat ikef would rikr turally and necessarily and for tfye same reason unifornil y ai ^ d con stantly grpw and decay together ,, and , ip all subjec t * alike , and not with ! an almost infinUc

    difl ^ rehce between one the very same species , ancV a ^ oj ^ feerw , ;_ . ;^;; ; . - ; , ^ .: :-, ;; : To me this argument appears in such a light as tol ^ wn ^ r ^ ni fc ^ of weight to Be said ohthe sfde of Objection . It is true the ^ immortality of

    the soul i » aipoikt that can never strictly be demonstrated by the principles of philosophy ; but though it cannot absolutely be proved ^ it Hs capable of being proved so far as to make that opinion much mbre reksbnalift " than the

    contrary one . And though the Jiopes a Christian entertains Vft > iinnicrtaHty ire J difFer , ently . foundc 4 , ) xqk Jfcqr , nof m « ap « think it right tqjrelea &^^ nee ^ les ^ tridise arguth ^ nt # w h¥ ^ ^^ y ^ soMe ^ ted to us for the bel ^ f dtid ^ peefcati ^ ^ f a future-state . 1 A ^ -K ^? - ¦¦ 5 £ & & g » i ^

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    634 Say Papers . —No . XXVI . . .. , .,-¦ < ' - - • >\ - * ' : ¦

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 634, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1708/page/14/