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h W ^^ WW % ^ i . ## yfeWte - $ m fcstmm smm ^ mM £ * & > question the intimate connexion between your mind and body /; j $ ujqffrp ^^ comprehend the nature of that connexion ? You knpyv $ hat #$$ ^ eplition you can put your body in motion , bujt cap you explain . t ) $ W ; c& ? is o ^ at by this volition you can move even a single joint ? How absurd $$ w v ^ ere fo sit in
y our cpncjuct , ^ exe you down inaction , tUI yqu ! COu } 4 ^ j ^ iGie | il , ly cdin ^ rebend how you live and move ! You cannot comprehend how the tr ^ eJOTd ^ lly p ^ pome , s loaded with beautiful and delicious fruit , but ; would you 6 h ttiat account refuse to partake of it ? Equally unreasonable would your conduct be were you . to refuse the benefits of Christ ' s death because you cannot comprehend the principles on which it was deemed necessary for their procurement . ;
A . This reasoning is analogical . Do you recollect how you characterized such reasoning ? O . Though this reasoning t > e analogical , Jt is for the purpose of illustration alone , and not to ini sle ^ d your ju ^ gqaenj ^ ( L A . If this doctrine then , that Jesus , though innocent , died for the guilty ,
be as you state , ii ^ coniprehe ' ^ s ^ ' l £ ^' ' uppip ' ^ ' at ' > grounds $ an _ I bejieve it as a rational being ? ¦ ' . \ ,. iS 7 * j ~ . _/ ., ] . ^ \ . ^ ? ^ mir 1 . . .,. > ¦»^ = :--- - " ¦ ¦ O . Upon the very strongest ^ but permit me in the meantime to observe , that we live in a y £ pj ? i&gf j $ QQtypTe hensibilities , It is biitjittje that we d f ji jt ^ y ^^ 0 ^ a ^ Jefe ; l&ijphfefly confiried to facts . Now amongst these facts is that most important oi vaJk
of Christ having " died the justj ^ , ^ Jjn | us ^ ^ . ^ in ^ h ^^ rinf us to of ^ iis Son , ; " ai | d if ye recavfi t ^ e lest ^ mpiiy pf men , % t e ^ j ^ fty 1 ; Q | i ( jiort is ^ eater ^ '• ? . . . , ' ' , . ; , , . " .. "' . " .. ' / > r , ;! ; ,., // - -i ^ r-o vinoi those to
41 . But tji ^ n passages which you ^ ill unguestio ^ a ^ refjgr mu ^ fe eitlief a < dtfeaW ( if a drflferent interpretation , or I must give up a } l ^ el ^ nsj ions jto fUrm a ^^ dels ' b ^ rig : ht ' and wrone , of truth apcJ ifalsedooi r » .-,, <* ! ,.., <* -vr ¦• , <• , * y 17 . Now , Sir , dpypu really presume to regard yourse ^ t as ^ a juflge ^ q ^ Ufied ffi $ 8 ! fil&W ® h $ . r ; t , () m ¦ n . i ' ^/' ifet ^ i ^ Mely ; but when a proposition demands ipy assent , may I not Be allowea to examine it , and if it evidently appear tQ . ^ e j mc ^ gru ^^
may loot reject it a ^ false ? t , ; / ; ^ y ¥ Sfifc ^ r ^ ypur judgment is not infallible . At any rate . Jt weTe ^ nl y , ;^ aStr of ^ & ^ ing humility to submit your judgment to the authority pt Qp& '' ¦ '" ^ ' ^^^ eTitiit ' me to say , that it is my most earnest desire ' a ^ q s |; u ^ y , ^ pay the utmost deference to the Divine authority ; and were , I hut ] CQmviy $ ed m £$%$ v < $ jlnh&i with all its incomprehensibility , really weret of d ^ ne ^ a ^ n iWVitVjj * J "would receive it with most cordial and implicit supmjssion *^ ^ uj . Strati " iVk . iluty which I owe to myself to satisfy my own cqnsc ^ n € , e ,.
tf-B ^ jK ^ whicJi ' is enjoined in Scripture "to prpye all things , a » cj tttW ^ aflv ^ f ^ ays ' to , give an answer to every man that plfljl a ^ ra ^ .-a f MUcfk ' qf * t | 5 e ^ hope that is iu me . ' * To do this I must qmplpy , my xfflBQfo an 4 ^ refpre rrijast judge of th ^ t interpretation . whichjs ^ i gnea . fo par-, imim ^ M ^ iW ' of Scripture ; Now , if I find that in . tpft& ^ ptaj ?) th ^ itfftmwe ''' a ^ im (^ pn'bf ^ n , is made to depend on ^ . he na $ wfr % W $ , tytWtih t ^ n u ^^ as ^^ support of w ; hicn L » ee 4 pot n ^^ p ^ ad ^ to ydu ^^ refyf may regard th ^ q do ^ i ^ e p | f ; ^ e % ^^ dying iin . t ^^ Qnj ¦ ... . .. I' ' , ; . < - ' 111 "" ! ^ ^' . 'V <*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 799, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/15/
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