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With tke « i 0 ^ t | t > 'el , y seriser o £ the numerous and gipss failings , perceptible in th # : primitive Ghw ^ n nans , it i £ ^ undeniable that ( tfa % great fundamental truths ^ gj ^ the , unity and providence of God and of a future life * were brought by Christianity into a muck mom
general circulation than they had obtained before , -especially aflioog , the young and the illiterate , whpse ' improvement arid ipstructipnf h ^ dt been uniformly neglected , by the philosophers $ arid that these doe ,
trines must make a ftMjcfa , deepen impression , wheii taught in con- ; junction with other positive pije ^ cepts of Christ ^ apity , th ^ n ^ benr delivered merttLyT |* S ; truth £ of oatural religion . * - > li | ust not , such , truths , made , current , amoi ^ the
people ; ; made e #$ jrer ) t too , as po- ^ sitiv . e , -d ^! fri& $ S r # afc : as reaspning ^ and ipfeireBces ^ p * qdwe a ^ ri ^ g effect ? Was \ fe . - : n ^ s ^ ary ^ % o ; ; this end that the manner ih which the
fathers proposed and illustrated them , should bei perfectly gust / and metaphysically ^ correct ? Or is it such correctness which caa * . stitutes '^§ pe efficacy of truth ,, on the minds of the common people ?
Till Christianity : appeared * them had been nothing capable oft Iprdduciiig-i fchis . effect j for ^ ; , eyen the stoical philosophy ' » faaid ? W 4 claimed orilt a ^ ery , small ibady
from the- overwhelming * floowicqf moral depravity , let Ghi ^ mt ia nj ty however the wp ^ ld racefe ^ d s */ re , Hrt gion which ensured itself a de « ji < Je 4 influence' oventtie minds of | h ^
unfettered m ^ ulti * ttcle * froti ^ n it > b / e circumstance that ifaM prfe < J « iptsr ^ n 4 * evidences are cou ^ ey < ed iiEi ( th « ib ^ T toricforra , ¦ ¦ ¦ •; - ¦ . ' : i . ' ^" ^ : n Nor must we ov ' ertoofc la ^ Gtir estimate fbe iextraoj ? din » ryra . dyaiiT tages which unlettered mtipm , ir ^
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qqivfdrr PV the e ^ fl ^ ages ^ jfrqm ^^^ W ty . ^ t ^ ras fb un ^ ec }; ^ a ^ bpqk , A \ y \\ t $ fe - ^ a ^ . ^ o ^ at ^ nfSy ^ read in public worshipi and would be studjied byj&vei ; y Ch ^ stian . \ % hereyer , thcrjefore , jCbri $ ti ^ nity 5 \ yas intrqducedf /^ nvong af pepple uiiftcof
qu ^ iinted with the iise lett ^ r ^ , alplia | ietic ^ l w . riUng , wo \ ild be iuf ^ pducedalona with it . and bediftuse . d ^ widely ,, % s pp ^ ib ) e . This r ^ li « ioi \ thus gave to man y nations tho first impulse towards civilization ana
knonyledge . And where fire $ i < $ philosophers >^ ho h ^ ye l ^ as , tenecl from country to country to , car ^ y the ^ eeds of i mproyeBae \ > tt Or who have diffused their opinions with " that unwearied , zeal which was
m ^ mfested by the Christiabs of the early ases ? It would be , gross . partiality tc * er ^ y that the state of these new societies was fay better ' t ^ aa that of tHe old , and that / iriclividqalf were improved and exalted by
connexion with them , though they . attained' voryu : hafac ( efi |> tic traces of their former condition . To this jeven their enemies bore testimony , anil examples s of active * benevolence , of astonishing fortitude , of
$ ej& < je ? ijal , an ^ d the anticipation of ani un $ ee # i rew , ar «| r o , cqun | p ^ b « i r bistQry , ¦ Wtfci ^^ fi ^ qe ^ y ^ ij ^ fii ^ tfa y $$% sti ^ kingr . ) „ £ .. -,:, .: > > , ' •» : ^ . , ' . i WitJi ¦ ¦» 4 hp | t extgnsipn of . ;> fl } e chV ? ch , > vifji r | the 7 in ^^ e , ^ f , 415 ag ^ ^ e , ze ^ l fqr mo ^ ity ^ me , ^* Int ^ hq , tWrd ^ fiJWUTjf tfee p | S (^ CQi&bisfced ^ tfiefly , of fhe ^ W ^ eivV ^ f Chjrist ^ n-pA . reg $ 5 c SW , ^; w o ^^ tfeat f ^ w pf ' ^^^ ^^ r ^ j ^ i ^ j ^ dl witjh the nerg ^ tic ^^ l of itp ^ ijs ance ^ prs I f ^ esi ^ es , ^ hf ) ji ^ f examples gfyi ^^ wh ^ b ^ t ^|; thce ^ forq ^ ly ; > # « n ^ i bi ^ 4 en a wwpw sf ^ lQ ^ ilje ^ * fe $ > v ^ n d ^ plpyfff | j i % % t | i ^|^ W < Jfe
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 73, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/17/
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