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    has interposed ; bufr the benefit of the interpositio n is not commensurate trith the &tal consequences of the ok fence * unless a part be made equal to the whole . All arejruinedand a part

    are saved : yet , if the satisfaction was infinite , does not justice require , that the entire result of evil from Adam ' s offence , even admitting its guilt to

    be infinite , should be at once exterminated , and that none of his posterity should come into being under worse conditions than if Adam had never offended ? It may be said that were all men believers , the benefit of

    the atonement would be extended to all , and that it is therefore the fault of man if the benefit is not commensurate with the evil . But there is this material difference in the dispensation of justice , by which sentence of death was pronounced upon all men , and that of mercy , by which

    a propitiation is set * forth , that in the former all was absolute and unconditional , and nothing suspended upon the concurrence , acquiescence , act , or volition of Adam ' s posterity - while all the benefit of the latter is

    suspended upon an act of faith in him who shall receive the benefit . This act of faith also depends upon the operation of the spirit of God ; and that operation , not upon the will of man , but the election of God : and as that

    election embraces but a part of . Adam ' s offspring , it follows undeniably , that though all are comprehended in the condemnation and injury of Adam ' s offence , a part only receive or can receive any benefit from the atonement by Christ . Let this supposed

    dispensation of heaven be compared with Pauls view of the Christian dispensation in the 5 th chapter of his epistle to we Romans . Whatever be the

    interpretation of his meaning , it is manifest that ne there affirms the benefit of Christ ' s death greatly to' exceed the ruin of Attaint olfence . But if this be true , the ortlio ^ x systeiri is false ; and bo directly 18 ?» € final issue of the divine

    dis-P ^? a * i 0 lM ; ' ^ pectkig- *« an on that system opposed to the apostle ' s deuartftaon , that it is inconceivable how j ™ passage coidd have proceeded from * ° pen of any man who looked on to

    vi * w ^ < * S 8 u ^ and whose religious ^ T ™* any consistency w ith th ose Jj T * : ^ alviniaiie theologian . See the JP ™ £ to the Romans , 5 th chapter . " * «** 15 th w * se to the cad * J . M .

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    Sir , York , Feb . 13 , 1815 . HAVING reason to believe that many persons besides your cor * respondent Biblicus , [ ix . 412 and 6 a <} . ] are desirous of hearing what progress has been made in the

    proposed Edition of the Family Bible , I beg leave to inform such of them as may be readers of the Monthly Repository that it is proceeding with as much rapidity as the difficulty , and importance of the work , and the other occupations in which I am much and

    necessarily engaged , will allow . Not more than five months have elapsed since I felt myself authorized by a return of the lists of Subscribers , to enter upon my arduous task—and no one who will for a moment refer to the Prospectus , and consider what

    that task is , will imagine , that any great progress can yet have been made . I have promised , and every day more fully convinces me that it is essentially necessary , most carefully to revise the public version . This is the first step in my undertaking , and till I have corrected the text , I cannot venture

    to write a single note . Let any one reflect upon what such a revision implies j upon the many difficulties which must arise in determining the true readings of the original text , upon the many obscure passages which after

    that process must still remain , upon the time arid labour required to compare even the principal of the ancient and modern versions with oiir own , ajrid he will not be surprised to learn

    that I am still ,, and probably , for some time to come , shall be occupied , in this first part of my work . It is impossible , at present , to fix any time when the Pentateuch—which I apprehend will form the first Part . —will be

    ready for the press ; but the subscribers may rest assured that no exertion shall be spa red to hasten the publication , as much as shall be consistent with other important duties incumbent upon me , and ' the extreme care and caution which such a work demands ., * " ¦

    In reply to an inquiry in the first letter of Biblicus ( ML . Rep . Vol . ix . p 412 ) , I beg leave to state that I do not mean to adopt the form of the common version , but to divide the text into suitable sections and paragraphs , and place the numbers rjy which the dit ^^ rb and v 4 rse * ajre distinguished , irr the margin . It is my intention , at present , to print at

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1815, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1758/page/13/