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Caution &n < L suspicion : first , it is commonly urged Weacfjr party against their opponents , by way of controversial main- * oeuvre 7 secondly , where other men feel and act very differently
from ourselves , their sentiments will naturally appear extravagant . In the present instance , the charge might perhaps foe fairly retorted . But the best mode of proceeding is to consider ^ what it really contains . It is shewn by an examination of Paul s conduct , before and after his conversion , that he is unjustly accused of the extreme of violence in one , if not in bolh these periods . His violence was equalled , and even exceeded , by that of his
countrymen . The reason why so much notice is taken of the persecution of Saul [ persecution by Saul ] in the book of Acts is not because he was singular m this respect , but because he afterwards became a Christian and an apostle . Nor wks he afterwards remarkable for an unaccommodating humour , for
implacability in resentments , or for a disposition that cannot beatf contradiction and opposition . These , however , are the mosjfc cdnspicuoiis forms under which a violent temper manifests itself .
In the course of his argument , Mr . K . takes occasion to explain Tit . iii . 10 . * A heretic , after the first and second
admomtion , reject . € t By a heretic in this passage is meant not a person of mistaken opinions in relig ion merely , but one who had separated from a parti * cular church , formed a distinct congregation in another place of wor * shi p , and wished to join the first society again , evidently for no otlier end than that of increasing the number of his proselytes . Such a man Titus was to refuse to receive into communion , because he was actuated by a lase temper , and had in fact separated himself from the society of Christians /*
After characterising PauFs warmth as that of an enli g htened and firm , an ingenuous and active mind , and his zeal as rounded upon knowledge and guided by discretion , JMtr . K . concludes with the following admirable wish and prayer :
Tf this is to be violent , God grant that we may all deserve the imputation- !** Mr . Paine having said of the epistles of the New Testament that they convey no idea of what God is , &c . the design of the
seventh discourse in the present volume is to shew that this charge is entirely without foundation . ( Text 2 Cor . vi . 6 . " FotQo d who commanded the light to shine out of darkness hath shined in our hearts , to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God , in the face of Jesus Chrisu" ) . Our author well observes , that the Qpi&tles were < ieyc ? r ia ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/39/
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