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he can soar among the clouds ., and penetrate the secrets of a spiritual world ; the natural sense of Scripture is too low and meagre for his sublime genius ; he is conversant with the internal senses of th ^ word , called the divine spiritual , and the divine celestial ; versed in the doctrine of correspondences , he discovers ^ and asserts with confidence , ( see page 6 & ) that God is a man , yea , that Jehovah God is the only and essential ma . n ; though the Scriptures ^ p lainly declare that God is not a man ! What have I , whose senses can discover frothing * but rnaterial objects , who have no acquaintance with the spiritual world of the highly illuminated Swedenburg , who hav-e nothing but the plain letter of Scripture and reason to guide me in my inquiries , who da not understand the doctrine of correspondences , by which the profound depths of mysticism are to be explored , I say , what have I to do in controversy with such a singular theologian as Mr . Proud ? And how is a man to be reasoned with , who finds a sense in words contrary to what eould be collected from the letter ?
4 . That I am neither reluctant to use my pen , 4 ior afraid of entering the lists of controversy with an abler opponent than Mr . P . will be credited ; but I had rather leave such disputants as Mr . P . to write m ^ down , if they think they can do it , than run the risk of writing myself down by replying to their unintelligible effusions . 5- When Mr . P . s pamphlet first reached me , I had an Essay ready for the press , which I expect will be published in a few weeks , on the Humanity of Christ , written in a plain and popular style . In this essay , after stating the evidence of the simple humanity of Christ , I have endeavoured to show that the most exalted names , titles , offices , and works , ascribed to
him , in the Scriptures , are ascribed to him as man , and agree with his simple humanity- I have next attempted to answer the principal objections made to our Lord ' s simple humanity : and lastly , endeavoured to exhibit the practical utility of the doctrine . Had Mr . P . written much more to the purpose than
he has done , I should have thought the above a sufficient refutation of his work ; as the matter stands , I request Mr . P ' s readers to do me the justice to examine the said essay when it is published . Such are my reasons for not replying to Mr . P / s Book . I
hope they will satisfy my friends and the public ; I should nc > £ have troubled you with them , had not some of his readers put y ^ ui unfair ^ construction on my silence ; that being the case , - J hope you will indulge me so far as to insert them in the Repository I remain , Sir , your ' s , &c , Wisheach * Jan . 27 , 1807 . R- Wright ,.
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Mr . Wright ' s Reasons for not replying to Mr . Proud . 123
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1807, page 123, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2378/page/11/
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