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to j £ l ike families ofthe earth . Bu t ^ tfaert f tbis grand consolatory ( filth should be stated as a scriptutftl doctrine , and not as a new dis coveFV of their own .
In the concluskm of the . same paragraph the compilers- of this Ep istle say , * We have desired in he . directed to imnart to von
sock information and counsel as aSay tend to yottr increase in the fear of tfa Lgrd . " That is , as I supple the connection requires , of God , ihe source from whence all the benefits spoken of just
before are . said to have originated * I ami the jnore inclined to this con . stfuetipn of those words , as I conceive tbe " rn iq the language of the saqrgd ^ w ri ters , as always meaning
Jehovah , or God the Father , unless their application is specially limited to the Lord Jesus , or to some o ^ her pe rson . , Xhe S 3- «> e expressions occur in the next paragraph , so directly of
aft ^ r the inention Christ , as to i ^ cler thei r intended application JQme ^ Vket ip : orje ambiguous , but e ^ njbere , it is so coneojuaot to the foregoing assertion of the boundless ( qiercy of God through Christ , " thfl £ J canuot hesitate to say such is its fair construction . According
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love 9 Joy and adoratitin in the pre ^ sence of } him through whoise Iture we were first a wakened , ** I do not understand . The scriptures appear to rr * e to hold ou-t the prospecr df
a vast increase of knowledge in a future state of existence , and not merely * of love , joy and adoration ? in degrees far beyond Our present highest conceptions . We are
encouraged to believe , " we skail * then * * see as we are seen , " wher % *» as now , we are only enabled to see many things tc as < through * k glass darkly .
In recommending ^ Friends to be prompt in undertaking , and prudent in executing the blessed office of peace-maker , " I most cordially concur ; but I do note know what they mean , when they speak of " seeking to Jestts ^ foi assistance in performing an office
on which he has pronounced bis blessing * "' That is , whether 'by ** seeking to Jesus ^ ^ they mean praying to him , or seeking to finderstand and obey his precepts , and to follow bis example . If the former J am not aware of any scriptural warrant for such an exercise *
If the latter it is doubtless an incumbent duty on all Christians * This paragraph concludes with holding up- the absolute ufrecesw sity for all true disciples" ( of Jesus ) to live ip peace one with ' ano ^ hery and to forgive one another *^
Granted ; it is the true badge 6 f discipleship , and is so stated in many genuine texts ^ But I canw not , grant , this jto be a Chrnti&h d uty * - . ' op account oftbe reason
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1812, page 613, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1753/page/17/
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