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they not be * cqinp } etely solved , or greatly diminished by supposing th ^ t . the season and scene of Christ ' s judicial process and ope * rations were soriiewhat altered ? Instead of flying to a heavenly and invisible scene , and referring
to a Tery remote and uncertain period , to obtain a solution of this and sonic other scripture doctrines might not more simple principles be adopted , equally adequate and far more satisfac * iory ? What can be fairly objected , jp the present inquiry , to the hypothesis , that the judgment of tk $ world hy Jesus Christ ( or , which : js the same thing , by the principles of fiis gospel ) cam
mcnced . af the time when our Lord ' s commission to our world was fully established , and the Christian doctrine first revealed to man ;—and that it ( the unin versa ! judgment ) hath beeih
perpetually advancing on this our earth , ever since that period , and executed according to the same principles on which it first commenced and jnust be ^ necessarily conducted , wherever the scene of the procedure may be laid ? or wherever it began gr may begin ? Is not tbe hypothesis strongly countenanced by John v . 22 , 23 ? and abu by John xvi .
* 8 ? And that noted passage in Acts , the xyii . 29 , 30 , and , 31 , dfeth not positivekto ^ iid clearly contradict it : ^^ Hp e phrase , u 7 ^ i'f ^« sfet ^ ^ IBP ^ - vers ' ° ? ^ ycpressc ^ Pln r& ^ Hi » nn s , wh $ f | h always serve to niafk a transaction that is likely to take place immediately or soon after its prediction or annunciation This hypothesj ^ , itmay likewisef be ac |<| e ^ -. sfcenap to be . tpPvpnly . ont that fairly admits of the idea
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that the saints ( meaning all trtity sincere , faithful ,, and consistent Christians ) are constituted to b 0 assessors with Jesuf Christ in the execution of his judicial opera * tions . For do not the . faith and
practice of true Christians % > ir * tuqlly judge the world ; perpetu * ally censuring and condemning the wicked , and approving and encouraging the sincerely pious andgpod ?
The absolute supremacy ^ per * , fection ^ and all-sufficiency of Jehovah forbid the necessity of his having a deputy or an associate to judge the world in th § last day * according to the com * mon ideas o £ that transaction .
For being every way adequate fo £ judging t&& wcM ^ , as he was foi " its creation by himself , why must he take a partner in the one inore than in the other ? Indeed one of the principal arguments for /
a deferred and juture judgment of the world by Jesus Christ , seems to impeach the justice and impartiality of Almighty God ^ s present government of thefivorld ; for the delay of justice is injustice ^ and that which demands
amendment or correction must be wrong or imperfect . But who will da ^ p say that the Almighty at any time or in any place * doth things By halves , or any thing that is not the
mpst fit and proper to be done in the administration of his universal i ^ nd mora l providence ? . The : scripture saith that Atoi g ^ ty God , the father of Jesus Cltfi&t *
willMdge the world in the la $ t day ^ rhen all things old thj $ earthly theatre shall receive ,, 4 hcir finm consumnuttion ; andt the advocates for the CQinjno&i , hypothesis of < tker last judgment allo ^ thftttbd . me ? - / diatoiiaL ageiicy ol . J [ Q 9 Ud ( Ch f ist ;
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40 judgment of the ffiorid by Jesus CfygUh .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/40/
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