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im > f wwti m ; w&eiai £% Mi&&fy my-M ^^ r 'W lijr bdlrY | rfcgaV < l ^ cl * as a suc ^ edanfeuiii / or st ^ afl y piety 'ia'ii ^ ' ^ neyiatiri ' g . ^ Ifrti ^ v tin < \ ^ y the avirftil sanctions e ^ ihmeoiisly associated Xvith tfiein " j * Mt tlil ^^ un 6 f 'f $ ^ # fly inflfae ^ t he ftto ; kii ||^; tU ' Vhit ^ ^ anH ^ Jjdttffie ^ 'its- 'fcnbmies being judges , is j # o $ t siM ^ le and cofnpre ^ ifMfsilitfcr , & > rinicli ' ' ' | b , that they have wtongly supp ^ fed ^ i ^ ili ^ fie pia ^ Veyieti tbdiifne %$ land insipidity . If ften it be cal ^ titated ^ oinU * ffivfiftclV wi ({ i stejiciy principles of piety and yrftue kfi 3 io t ^ arnj InAriieartb witlv benevolence , ami that it is capable of yoiri ^* iKis , | « fitflf bhiify ^^ iVtl y ^ its tendency to promote vital jgo ^ liijiei ^^ c ^ nnot "JRfc ! fej ^ oit ubi ^ ^ bulitc'd ; lor it appeals at once to " tii ^ tihdieK ^ rSdfrik W& $ f <* n k iev ^ r with the conupon sense * of ti rite ^ ftifecJr meri . ^ l
^ hat a , dottripe intended to promote true gorfliriess in' ihq wdild iltlgfil Ib ^ lie , - Atiotial , easy to comprehenc !^> u ! t ^^ :: ^' tM leUiM % f the bulk W ; mankind , and a ^ lltiif tljoii ^ fc'' ^ flri ^ W ^ Way v \^ % 8 ^ ^ He ^ I ^ lifey arid happiness . It is i fti ticln ^ for iia a ^ eifpus a i ^ d 5 Hc ^ x # licable things , generated an <^ fbster ^ ff by a ^ W misc ^ iic ^ iBn Wrrd . pYenidxce , that prevents this being pefcewed . u of t 6 ciethfe rS
^ -tJmmtr an views God have a' tcinden ^ » proffu ; b ^ t ii ^ hfed' ^ iety iand virtue , and iV > endrf " '&e'ri > ^ ¦ ' Ifl [ iii ^ fe 6 . Uhitari ^ iris view the ,, Creator and sujprv ^^ - 'do ^ filibr of ifcp W ^ rib , ^ ho bphoMs and directs ii \ l things , ^ ' ^^ n ^ diidfev i ^ d W < i 4 i |^; ^ i ? f beli ^ v ^ that he Is essenlihUy loving and rnercifu ! ^ at \ Ut [ tjitto ^ itd ' afl his creatures ; that he is the common father of ajl i t {( 4 ! t ii % ^ dKjf&fe ' fevery ' tK'ing in wisdom and goodness , and will tnfil ^ e ^ f ^ i ^ f * ihttfg ' thki talced place conduce to the individual ihiji' gen ^ fal ^ a ^ ui : ^ y % f niai ^ kintl ; that there is nothing in God , 6 t ttvht c ^ rf |/ ro ^ e ^ l ^ 6 ttWiri \ that is in tKe leas t contrary tb ' thc ^^ uir ^ s ^ ffooa ii ^ ^ ^ l ^ t lie ^ i i ^ tli erHviHfe nor desi res qtiiy thing rospecjting' his rittroiikl ef ^ HtjBife but their improvement and happiness . How can ^ tirefcfc setiti Ki dlils £ tt 3 uir kinds' without ouf s ^ i ng a )! things in God . and Go ^ fn all
" TOTOgs / T ^ witnbut our living \ indei * a sense of his preseilc ^ 'Cbrisid ^ ir-: jW ^ feV 6 fJr ittnng ' as coniing , froni his hand , and halving W ^ Wifitl to fe ? m ifl tviry thiii ^ we- do ? They iire certainly calculated to All ias >^ itli the hi ghest admiration of his character , the strongesV ^ onfiderttc _ yn'l . inifj ' v ^ the most cheerful submission to his Will ; to yi ^ Jd ^ i ^ t Consolation iliaiffliction ; to inspire the most ardent t <> ve to &baahd iHari ; iiif < l < v 6 vj , to prpdace the high ^ st-tbrted piety , ^ viii'tu ^ artd ¦^ iit ^ pl ^ ri ^ ' 1 1 know that the $ e c flfexrt ^ ctfi oitty bi ? p& < ii& < tf £ &-• ^ d \ i ^ fV , W-tiie iethitiiiifispio < lucirtg them niibueM itfirifc- ^¦ iSfet ^ aB ^ sockfc ^ M ^ theWti ^ ^ " ' ;>! ; ' — ^ ^ ' - - Vv' ^ '
Unitarian views of'Christ hav <; a direct tendency t : d ' proitfotfc ^ mil godliness . Viewed simply as a man whom God hath . exalted , and glorified in consequence , of liis obedience , Chris ^ is perceived to be more nearly related to us tfian he could be , if a being of a different order to ouis < 'lves ; and the suitableness of his example is more evident and striking . Viewing him as our elder brother , made in all
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 78, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/22/
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