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£ UMMAHY OF TfflE EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGtoM * [ The following Essay has been delayed very reluctantly bit our part , till we could find an opportunity of printing th £ whole together . A number of papers of a more temporary nature has hitherto prevented this / We trust that the author , whose correspondence we justly value > will accept our apology . t Ed . ]
The works of creation most powerfully direct the mind to th e * Omnipotent Creator . From all the displays of an overruling providence which continually meet our eyes we might be able to conclude that this life is not the whole of man . From th& benignant impressions of the divine goodness , which are visibly stamped upon all his works , we might also be rationally led to conclude , that God is merciful . But , how , and to what decree *
this mercy shall be extended ^ an express revelation only cat * satisfactorily establish . If we were left to our own reasonings upon this subject , we must be perpetually harrassed with doubts and fears , and could never absolutely say what are the terms of our acceptance with our gracious Father . As beings ^ then , who are possessed of inextinguishable longings after immortality , it must be of infinite importance to us , to be persuaded of the authenticity of the holy Scriptures . Foiv these being once established , the wild reveries of a fanciful imagination are done away , and the path of wisdom is clear and smooth before us .
j \ ow , it we consider these books as a human composition onl y ^ we are struck at first view , with the admirable traces of wisdom ^ and knowledge which run throughout the whole * No other * wri * tings give us so rational and intelligible an account of the ^ origin of all things . We are not referred to any accidental causes , nor left to jrest upon the inconclusive fictions of poefs and philosophers , but receive this plain information , that this world and all this universal frame , Were brought into existence , by one allperfect Being , the only Creator and the constant preserver of ill " ¦ a V - ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ U - * * m -m * — - „ tne
noavens ana tne earth , and ot every hnng mmg . We are taught that this Being , as he is the author of all other beings must be independent of every creature , that lie is from everlasting a pure spirit , without parts or passions , and so mindful q all the works of his hands that a sparrow cannot fall to the ground Without his leave . Again , we have every where the most shining marks of truth and gemuirtenefs- In the catalogue of moral duties we have no absurdities to shock us , nor contradictions to embarrasg us . In- the principal historical relations , the facts recorded speak manifestly for themselves that they mast have happened . The whole sacred volume discovers such an ardeutaeal for virtue and re
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 241, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/17/
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