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not ! . him ^ aimto '* y > hmiffl mii M ffl $ f&lL ^ jp * wi &uwftiftrw ¦ k ^ & *^ &Utr * yjfiori ^ gnit ^ nidi V > Y aw ° " *» 1 " Ictp $ tW ^ ff ^ ms odw ilfi 'Jo ^ rm-fctemi ' DW * M * MamT ? . mrli V : > . > nt > a / m * v ; m « t : s J ^^ fatJBfWOf * * v ; s M ^ i . > T « ^ m- < h < s ? -b ^ *» fc »< U ; tP , tmifPmi O ^ h ^ VZ ^ Tli £ - . WJ ¦»? H'if / ltt < rj ; v ^ ifjr > i ? . ^ Or' / m V < " <^^? ^ CtosJfcW ^ ifJ&flflMi ^ ain against an Infinite % > $ g ^ mj $$ jfe $ infinite , fcaad i « lraite sin aoaust t require \ an infinite satisfaction , $ fflp f qfai § iik against firpd must require an iolimte safefaotioH ^ r- ^ da they * not instead
• S ^ W t . W 6 l r ^^^^^ deilsiaodijig ^ with words of arguments ! \^ , ;^ . ^ n |^^^ . | p - ]^^ . S ^ g is . iiifii ) ite . sin .: * . ; ( » > J . Iafi ^ i t 6 sin requires infinite satisfection . . ; . « !; ! wt ^ ijef ^ Tore , si | i ( against £ » pd , who is an Infinite Being , ) requires infinite satisfaction . ' : ' / ^ u .
jpterei the medium of comparison , upon which the whole argument hinges , is infinite sin . Now , let any person reflect , and try to state to himself , what he means by infinite sin ; what idea he attaches to these words ; or whether he attaches any distinct idea at all . Unless this idea is different , on the ^ one hand , { fg ^^ n . Mgmr ^^ n . Ii ^ mte Being and from sin that requires infinite sati 8 fdmi 6 tibrhlMo&i& narraf its value as a medium of proof is nothing . And the arg ^ m ^ nj ^ statement , that sin against an Infinite Be ^ g i ^ u ^^ in which , whe A re is the force " of ^< # P ''' ^ 1 , ;*^^' ' « gain : if infinite sitf in ^^ w l £ ^ lfl ^ flkj na than which no
sin can be greater . Whence , if alfkns atptinst ' an Infinite Being be infinite , it follows that all sins must be equd ^^ enbu&nffi $ l ® m mH greater than another , that other could not be \ nj ^^ vir ^^ ri *^ ei ) nojttsion in which a certain sect of Heathen philpppherB ^ CQlled Stoics , f havehadnthe honour of preceding us by many centuries . I £ it / foe ^ aidi that it ^[^ a as regards God , but not so as regards men , there the requisition of infinite satisfaction is unjust as regards men . " ;
Further : if infinite sin be sin th # n whi 0 i none ca | i be greater , then infinite satisfaction tfl , ust be piintetonent Ami which tiohe ;;; can be greater , jand such must be infinite in duration ; since , however greart ; the sufferings endured for a few hours , the punishment must be greater wej ; e these ! same sufferings endured for as many centuries . Whence , it is , ot > vious , that infinite punishment cannot have been endured in limited duration , nor infinite satisfaction made in a finite time . . . . , ..-. ¦
Let ^ t calmly considered whether the sin committed by finite man against an , Infinite Deity must not take its character from the former rather than the latter . Who is the subject of sin ? To whom roust thetein be referred ? Surely not to God . Is the great God infinitely offended , at every folly of perishable mortals ? Can we dare to pronounce him affected by the sins of mortals ? Yet , if not , how can that sin partaJke of the infinity tjiat dwells with turn alone ? If the sin which man commits be the sin'of man , is it not
absurd to suppose that the act of a finite being can be infinite ? When we sin , we s % y ' that we have sinned against God ; but what doesi this imply ?—* that we in sinning have despised or neglected the authority' of * God , have sullied liis image in our minds . But though the Great Original \> e > infinite , is the image of Him in pur bounded minds infinite ? . Thpjugh men , should rave in tneir spora Qf God , how is the Eternal \ Siflfecte 4 thereby : . ? :.. .. Ortow does He
dignify madness with the character ^^ of infinity ? - v ? r lf ^ cj ^ g should slay a mona rch , would anbther monarch be sought to meet die-fleflfcads of justice ? If a worm despise the Almighty , must another
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 817, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/33/
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