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    X ' l > at xvb&m fa *^ , j ^ &es < y % W&k will Ga&tafyggiew * iipd the < as tUey at first appeared to jn * & and as I &ar they will appear fc <* some ^ f your readers , ) almost impious assertions—that it was wn $ > # ssible for Infinite Pq ^ er

    in creation to dispense with the ea ^ tenee of < e ? il \ that evil is the unavoidable attendant of limited attributes 4 that it is creation ' s inevitable eonse > - . quence ; and that there never could be , and never can be , ia any state whatever , a creature wholly free from

    its influence ? Cantabrig-iensis is perfectly right in supposing that I consider these propositions as incontrovertible , for the more I fchink of $ he subject , the more thoroi ^ gWy &w I convinced , that nothing caa overturn the hypothesis in question ; that it has

    been shewn tp be dernonstrajjly 4 * ertain ; and that the inferences drawa from it stand upon the same immoveable frasis : and I h ^ v $ had the 4 ^ 1 y satisfaction of receiving the concurrent testimony of many person ^ <> f

    competent judgment ,, among whoia have been same eminent theologians , whose oplr mons have fully eonfirined my own convictions . I subedit to your eivlightened readers , that I am by np means bound to follow Ccmtabrtg \ r ensis in all the loose apd desultory

    remarks he has made upon the kypQrthesis , until he has fairly ntict ^ nd aaswered the line of argument upon which it i § founded * as I ^ ppr ^ iend every writer is bound , in the first instance , to reply strietly tQ , wd e ^ ppae the fallacy of , the fvrgmjuents which support tho hypothesis of his

    opponent , before he has a , ri ght , / $ o . wander through all space for objections , cquuter arguments and p ^^ ition ^ : ^ d v&r less this rule be obseryi ^ it will be difficult in argutnertt me $ % p arrive % t any certain , coj ^ lueipft & for poor indeed tniast h ^ ' < -. tbat position w ^ ec-4 on whi 0 h . wU » pt ttife ^ ^ cjed wjjfh tee togeawts : M ^ oiltivftted mtad , ) %

    some piim « a *|^ m % v * imte& q pwtro-YJ or m ^ p ^ Orjl any theory jvhatpver Howler , tfc ^ tgh |^ Q ^ t ^ on % i 4 ? r xnyself ^ Mi ^ e ^ iby ifo ^ jriites ^ ftrgiu-^ K ^ t ta f ^^ ^ ii ^ i ^^ tV i ^ m J ^^ fti : Jglii | fe «;> lfe « ^ € jm » t ^ kf §^ - 1 t ? tte ^ H ^ . ^ w | Bpj ^^

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    JBtfwiijtrTttw first tbtng ^ Mie ^ that squires n ^ tLfe is (^ a ^^ tiop ; t ^ at + he D ^ ky ^ inig ^ % y * I * e Ife ^ g ^ ii exertion of his power , ' - ¦ 'hglfo-jpftp * tuatcd a future state of felicity from

    the beginning- ; and jni ^ h ^ JwyG * f § $ r dered permanent , by the same means , such a concurrence of moral circuBp-Btaaces ^ s would , in the first instance , have prevented wrong volitions of his lational creatures . " To this position 1 give a direct denial , grounded upon

    the arguments whkli found the hypothesis ^ since to perpetuate aoy partii ; ular mode or manner of existence > could be nothing short of conferring the attribute -pf infinity upon finite beings £ and no created being ca « possibly he c ^^ bje of reeeiviag " sueh . li concurrence of moral circumsfcaBces /'

    as would unif ^ imly prevent ' wrong vt ^ - litiwa ; l $ tT because his attributes are limited , and must ; necessarily produce the iaevitable efifect 3 of limited attributes ; and 2 ndly . because those

    limited ai > tpibutes necessarily ^ require change and transition , grounded upon jopposite ai > d contending causey , one of wkich ideatines itself with evil , in order to produce , m &is raiad any y c ^ lV < tion ^ t all . .. ¦;•"•

    2 n ( lly > la reply to { Zantabrigigmis * * -observation ^ that ' . the suppositic ^ i ,, that misery co ^ ld not hive been pr ^ - vented in the original ftwoiatiaa of the world , must impress the ifi ' md with

    degm ( $ ing ideas of the attributes of th ^ ^ prewe JJeiag , ia , ^ .. present the most gloomy vj ^ w of hfe siipeiiirtwdin ^ prpvidonop ^^ I need oniy observe ^ that as it is agreed , that e ^ il &oee

    exist , I ^ 411 vie the following < Jf ^ e ^ - ftiG ^ n for ttiedeqision qf y ^ iBMrirejid ^ r ^—Which fty ^ tern tends . m&i , $ e tfegrfwie th ^ Diviw i ^ trifei ^ efi ; presents tfte w ^^ gtow % & ~ s * $ w of , prQi ^ dJmce , and most iuipe ^ eh e ^ th ^ Divine beaev ^ that

    lence , that vyi ^ cU auppo « ^ jes the JDeity had fvm p ^ vmr io ;^ er ^ n ^^ e e ^ st ^ mqe oi % y \ h m \^ 3 tt ^' tMmKM n ^ i ^ eries ^ b \\ % tmtMftot * w t | p } tfp WppoBpaifr - itteW v -IWq W ^ VJBm ^ l ^ ftaduig tWt 1 e ^ i ) w ^ t mmm ^^^ ffam Umiti ^ l P ^!^ t ?^ W ^ A >|| teP < &tt 4 if , li ?; A > y , cpBbtriy wffji ^|^| i ™ p ^ iW 3 «» - ' » 1 # » cj : , 199 : Akft . &flMH ^ R ^^ isi * rp * s 8 ijo ^ ^ u 4 jg ^^ 4 of - ^ # i ? r -It WIKMJ ;}^ « ^^^^ P ^^?^ W * I ^^ ^ tota ( jy irmooneh ^^ m ^^ tU wp S ^ iap

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    Mf l ^? E 'V-^/ r . ijinton on his Hypothesis of the inevitable # i * rfatice qfi Eq ^ ffi $ >

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1823, page 705, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1791/page/25/