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    maryQ £ ; th £ arguments both in favour of eternal misery , and of annihilation or destruction ; replies to them distinctly , contends that

    the onus probaiidilies 'with l j isopr ponents , and that as they cannot dearly prove from the scriptures either of those doctrines , the restoration of the wicked to a state

    of purity and happiness follows of course . For ourselves , we regard the doctrine of endless punishment as

    ao utterly incompatible both with lj * e goodness and the justice ot God , that we think it ought not to be received upon any evidence whatever * To affirm that the

    Almighty will render any of his creatures miserable to all eternity , and especially when those creatures , like mankind , are frail and ignorant , arid exposed to numerous temptations , is but saying in

    other words , that he is neither merciful nor just ; and to such a doctrine what evidence ought to obtain our assent ? It can scarcely be reprobated in terms sufi } - ciently strong . "

    The final destruction of the wicked , though , not so absurd and impious a doctrine as the other ,

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    does by no means reflect equal lustre on the divine attributes with that of their ultimate recovery from sin and misery . For what purpose , may we ask the destructionists , are the wicked to be

    raised from the dead ? to gratify the righteous , the compassionate , and the forgiving , with a view of their merited sufferings ? or to satiate the-vengeance of him who is infinitely more merciful and compassionate than any other being ? The doctrine of a limited and

    corrective punishment insufficient if properly considered , to deter men from the commission of sin ,, ' and to induce them to regulate their lives and conversations by

    the precepts of the gospel . In confirmation ot this assertion , we quote the following passage from the conclusion of Mr , Wright ' s Essay : —

    " If you continue to disobey the gospel , and go on in the paths of iniquity , nothing remains but a fearful lookingfor of judgment and fiery indignation $ .-the only prospect before you is thitt of a most awful punishment , the nature and duration of which are involved in such terrifying obscurity as should even now make your hearts tremble , and fill your , souls with anguish . "

    Art . III . The Christian Name : a Discourse , addressed to the Congregation assembling in Mill-Hitt Chapel * i 4 eeds * on Sunday Oct . 30 , 1808 , on accepting the Pastoral Office in that Place . By Thomas Jervis . 8 vo . pp . 3 ( 5 . Johnson . 1809 .

    Mr . Jervis , for many years the respectable minister of Prince ' sstreet , Westminster , has succeded his friend Mr . Wood at Leeds , as the title of this discourse informs tlie public . The congregation at Mill . hill , Leeds , has been

    favoured , with a succession of learned and able ministers , and we have no doubt that Mr . Jervi >

    after describing the origiq and progress of the Christian narne inquirus— . . '" . ' .

    will maintain the respectability of this religfnus society , raised to so high a pitch by the ? labours and virtues of 6 ; a Cappe , a Walker , a "White , a Priestley , and a . Wood . " In this discourse the preacher .

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    Review . — The Christian Name . 341 i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1809, page 341, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1737/page/39/