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    fttfte cffeftfctflre to e&plftih , I am , tfcSr 6 &re > BtHl ^ etof ^ il ^ d to believe , th * t it 1 * 4 af * beyond tl& $$ fee * s of the htttnap understanding t # Reconcile by any thing like conclusive a ^ d satis factar ^ a ^ umetits , the difficulties attendant imbn either of tiie opposing ¦

    &yateti > & ¦*¦» Aa to the practical ^ ndenqjr of the principles held by the Necessarian , and which your correspondent is of © pinion must " sap the very founds tionoif moralsy ? I Conceive the only Jast groftild or J freeh apprehension to be in the duBger arising fr 6 m a miscoaception 4 W pfciireFsioi * of those runociples . * Hfete it must be granted

    that ** ft little fendwledge is a dangerous thing ; " and should a superficial Tiew of the argument lead to its abuse , the demoraEzing-consequences that must necessarily 6 asue , need neither illtrs * tration cor comment . But whether

    actions in themselves are necessary # r otherwise , all parties agree that the consequences which foHow ( either of pleasure or of pain ) are necessary too . This conviction acting upon the strong natural desire in man to se * cure happiness and avoid misery ,

    must , I should think , in general be * sufficient safeguard against the abode of any theoretical principles , when such abase must inevitably be attended , with disgrace and Infamy . After all , there is an mstinctive principle in

    man , closely interwoven with th * fncfr * ml sense , which Seems to tell him that he cau t ^ ftise the evil and ehoore tUfr good , and that he Is respotmtile to his Creator for his actions : a prin ^ ciple which our h ^ ly religioit is evidently framed tfr work upon , and

    which is wisely planted in the htlman breast , by that Being who sees what degree ^ f insight into the mysteries of hb Providence is essential to the haBpin ^ ss and welfare of a rational

    and mor ^ l agent . Metapbysifc&lreason ing ^ an ^ tH ^ Wti J > « reeptiuo Are ^ ery different things : tbfe one xbfy lead us iMo pet ^ te ^ i ^ labyrinths , ihto which if ; wtLs neVer lutendetl tlo ^ tt should \ Vfi | mler and bej ^ t ? the dthfer is the VjN ^ erent of Odd vvfthin $ fi ^ Soul , n « pfir& M cel ^ sti ^ l ortgitt , whiel * , if faniied by the breatti M g ^ tltode and p ^ ety oi ^ i&e altars of devotion , Soon Hfifea above th ^ noxioiw atmoaphe ^ ef tiMrfifl eomattiiiia ^ on / to vvard ^^ i ^

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    atd the ^ Bofs ' for ev ^ ihd ^ vet ^ > I id ^ J j j i ' I '¦ i I * , i . . '

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    ¦ ' . Stuplbton , Sir , Z > tp 0 W * r-S ; f 828 . OAN ^ OT but tkM $ i 3 &t if yoW Ieptrfes ^ oii ^ it ^^^ 4 \ tia ^ tahrU giehsis , ( m > . SSifi ^ S ^ , ) ftrtad deeply considered the subject of tby hypothec gia , on the infa-odueiion ami inevitable existence of feVll , h ^ ^ roWd not have

    confounded it wittt the hypotheses of Arch 5 fe ^ 6 ^ King , Soame Jenynsyor Dr . Smithwo <> il Smith ^ since I ap * ^ rehend that the sentiments of ail thes g gentlemen , as well as of all the

    other enlightened writers on this subjfeet , will be found to araotrnt only to this—that , whife they assert that evil is made by Iadnite Wisdom subservient to the production 6 ^ good , and therefore necessary fofr its production ,

    Inasmuch as they suppose it conhj not so well be pT ^ € htee <} Without Its agency , they nevprdieles 3 freely admit the power of itfjie Creator to hAve dfepensed with the e 5 ^^ tence of eti ! In treatkm , if he had thought , it ; best & 6 'to do ) whereas it & $ ie pr % ti 6 $ « pQi object f hiy hypothdsi ^ to asset * t ^ e irety coii- ^

    traiy , t&d * t ^ frtHyre that this power could H 0 t possibly exfet , et 3 bfeaig an inevitable consequence df ; and attendant upon , creation itself . { hrifftoM * gi&nsis tnfcy , kowe ^^ te * t satisfied , ni to

    that ^« y cM I may have novelty in the 6 Hg # esfci <> n of tbis hypothesis , is but Of v ^ little importatice ki my estirtiafio ^ - and 1 beg % o nsfe ^ fe him , notVritlBea ^ dhi ^ the m&ntter In \ fhieh he b ^ e ^ l > fe ^ ed bito ^ lf 5 ti l ^ e oUt ^ t of h \ s letter t > & « kk jwit ^ ect ; that I Bfaoald tHJ ^ t h ^ e thft 1 ea ^ j j ^ bfeitSoti to

    bfc indited ; W efthar tif the wtiteH lie mentions , and JWtt ^ liWW ^ ly to itoy valued friepd & *< Southwood Smithy to vl * o&i e&fefi y I ovr ^ thtt ^ resexU con ^ titutioh iE ^ a fr ^ mfe c ^ f ^» y mind , theologically , ^ dttriUy «|^ l ^ Wt f ® ° - itttt ^' r i ^^ ^ wwdse o \ V ^ l udtenirable tircrj ; ds , \^ ett ^ ttkftiff iFf ^ ! H « tf % : " I « - ^* he ^ kfr ftret ik toe irttb ttrfit triin rf th 6 uMit # h ? 61 i diffectet ! « r » fiittire piiT ; suitfe of my toipd- iiiitt ^^ ^ dtj ato , totf Ft ^ pdefe ^^^ d ^ Iam 4 T ;> tod ta whdin ^ otft ^ fladly < vvd ) iW I U ^ i ^ tto hypdta ^ i ^ & ine 8 tU ) ir ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1791/page/24/