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must they &t& remain with maay additjpns ; while * bo $ satisfied with general principles * \ VQ rtf * i $ t seek fora solution of difficulties of our own creating , and be prying into those
inscrutable dispensations of Providence , which , being totally beyond the reach of our intelligence , " it is folly t < attempt to scrutinize . I do not presume to say that no such difficulties exist on the hypothesis of a general Providence , but I believe them to be
neither so numerous nor so insuperable as the other side of the argument affords . In either case the subject is much too abstruse to authorize such short-sighted mortals as we are to arrogate to ourselves the delusive
pretensions to infallibility . As Mr . T . has passed unnoticed what I consider as the most important bearing on the question , I wish here to be allowed most strenuously to repeat it , viz . the doctrine of individual and
universal responsibility for every being endued with the powers of reflection , and the fears or hopes connected with futurity . It is the safest side of the question ; it appears to have the common consent of all mankind ; it is the invariable language of revelation ; it cannot exist with the tenets
advocated by my opponents ; and if Pope was not the soundest philosopher , he was the most practical moralist when he describes Providence by its operations : " Who binding nature fast in fate , Left free the human will /'
Mr . T . may accuse me of presumption ; but to which of the two will the epithet most closely apply— I , who seek not to dive into the inscrutable dispensations of Omniscience , who adore its attributes , and acknowledge my unbounded and
happy confidence in its universal regulations and appointments ; or he , who , not satisfied with this , must undertake to explain what must to finite beings he incomprehensible ? He may taunt ie
» oy saymg , that in Mrs . C / s statement of her particular case , I find " only a fit aufyfeet for ridicule . " This charge I repel with a conscious feeing of not deserving it . Here he is unguarded , ail (| if he should think well to continue tfie controversy thp 0 « iBfh the- sfcitae channel , I think toysetf entitled .. % *? Ihq iwAndwkc ^
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ment of iddiacretlort . I have no j&b jfectlori to ' a Ik tie pungent 4 ea $ oj * ittg ra a t-ontfroveray , bfct it should IBe kept strfctly witWin the line of Civility &ntt truth . To trifle with smha
feubject , is , I can truly assure hitfi ; ad far from my intention as it can be frottt his ; and the utmost I meant to ex- ? press , whs , that I though sire had ventured to expose herself to th £ charge from other quarters .
Here then I take my leave of the subject and of Mr . T , A volunteer in the cause of truth and virtue , a favourable opportunity seemed to challenge my pen to oppose what I considered an error calculated to produce more mischief than good ; and at the same time it served to divert
the current of my thoughts from another ciiannel . Having thus stated my reasons , I must leave the dispute to the examination of those who may have the inclination to attend to the arguments advanced on either side . I regret that I never knew the worthy Mrs . Cappe : having nearly forty years
ago had some intercourse with the family , it ended with placing them high in my estimation ^ And as to Mr . T ., though personally unknown to each other , I freely extend my right hand in imagination half way to York , persuaded that he would not refuse me the ideal grasp of good fellowship .
JAMES LUCKCOCK . P . § . I have hastily glanced over the remarks on Mr . Owen's plan by your correspondent Philadelphus , ( pp . 450—457 , ) and though they contain many ideas I cannot approve , yet the
general philanthrophy and good sense they display deserve in my opinion , more of the public attention than the imperfect sanction of « an anonymous signature is likely to impart . No rea l name can be so insignificant as a fictitious one .
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Tenterden , Sir , August 2 Q , 1823 . AT the united request of the Unitarian . Baptist congregation at Crantirook , ; I here take ^ he liberty of bringing tiufir situation again under the notice o ^ the Unitarian- " ft ^ ir in general . ' l ^ hejr ' have ' feslsikr ^ dilr Deeb for some time labouring urideif great difficulties and diac ^ urtigemeatff , btit
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1823, page 525, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1788/page/29/
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