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tended for . complete ti ^ aetigesoit theC ^ ti ^ f ^ - A ^ ei ^^ iSif'W ^ i adapted to particular purposes , arid occasions' of a ; tf&f&&ri&j& ' og local : nature ? therefore if we do not find in each iiiddvidtoat epistle Formal desGriptioris of the divinecharafcteF ^ we ftafre ti& reason ; to be surprised at the omission ^ which we may conclude * from ; . Aet $ x 4 F'ii ... 2 ** - was amply supplied by Paul ' s prea ^ lii n ^ . Instances are then enumerated in which the several attribttteSf
^ f G oti are incidentally mentioned iri the Epistles , * vizv his invisibility and spirituality ( Rom .-i .-Sb *—26 ); su | iWem ^ e ^ itir * mortality , &c . ( i Tim . vU 15 , 16 . ) ; unity ( 1 Gor . ^ itf . 6 . EpttV iv , 6 . ) jt alittightv power £ Eph . iii . 20 ; -V ; perfect wfedbHa ( l Jolwl
iiu 2 O ); piraty ( l Pet ' , i . 15 . ); justice ( Rom . in 5- —131 ); m ^ rcy ( Eph * ii . 4 . ) ; faithfulness ^ Heb * vi . 18 . ) ; goodness ( l ^ Jbfili ^ i ^ i S *)^ Btit ii has been sai d , that the epistlels are efiiefiy coh- troversial * This , however ^ is na objectiorl to them s cohtro ^ versy is useful when the object of it i& iitip ^ rtarit ; and to * the ? contests in which Paul erigaged with his cotiiitrymeii we ar ^ indebted' for our present Christiaii liberty . Neither should it *
beJfo ^^ atteii , that each epistle is generally closed with ver ^ ya ^ luable directions which are wholly practical . As tcr tbe Ghat-ge of a gloomy spirit running thr 6 tigH t 3 i £ s 6 writings ,- it i ^ i utterly confuted * by the injiirictions \ vhkh tti ^ contain to u give thanks in . every thing / ' ' c * rejbiice &fet £
inore , ^ &c . and by Paul ' s stigmatizing the prohibition . of marriage anA voluBitary humiliations as grand coitmpdoaSf o £ Christianity . S * adhf texts a «; cc love not the world s neither t / he things 5 th ^ a *
atte-ra the world , Mr . K . thus paraphrases : " Weraferidt t 6 ^ make the riches or pleasures of this life the principal object ^ qi our pursuit > but must direct our views to the duties an ^ qnaft *! ties which will render us useful to men and acceptable . to Gfcdi **
He addsi—^ «* There is great reason to suspect , that those wko irbagitie a lieayy 5 glbom hangs over the mind of Paul , and the other writers of the epis ^ ties , have acquired those ideas not from their genuine language , btit fpcon-those modern systems of diviniQr ^ hicfe p ^ ofe ^ to be * foUtided upon theepistles , but which really bear no resemblance tiMthehm * * 1 The ei ^ i th sermon is oh " ** the dfestMction ^ of the s ef ^ en ifa * tlon ^ ofcGan ^ an * ^ ( from Deutv alXw 16 f cc : Butof the < : itie 3 'Oft tbou shal thrat
these , people ^ which Lord thy God doth give ? thennf ^ a * ii ^ eVi t ^ Tic e ^ t save aliv « e a ^ biiig bre ^ thetli ^* ' )^ a » i ? i » . AV ^ fttcti ^ with particular rdfertence ^ to » Mi * . Pdineyr who hitf called ^ thi s action a ? * c murderint eold blood jv ' &o * Mr . It . considers the words prMMfed ta ^ ojrdtr- for -the total pttirpitfio ^ pt the ? setfcn trifeeSf ofi C atta ^ } and then , having stated the objection in all its fbrce ^ and dis-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 264, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/40/
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