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    cpuld h , ea ? pji { hen make no impression yp ' on courts ; and < U $ it not know that its messenger must speak to them , in vain , wHen be was sent u ^ on his erra nd ? ^ Jb yere is the fulfillment of the promises of peace , contained jn the Gogpel ?

    Where is the child-like disposition it . describes to be found ^ Let us then turn from tfoe courts of their most Christian ^ Catholic ,, and most faithful and gracious Majesties , who have , during , so long a ; period , adorned the Christian name , and see where we can trace the

    reformation of the inferior world of humbler men ' . Hfave selfishness and a worldly spirit disappeared from amongst these purer animals ? Ask the most Christina

    farmers , artisans , traders , and meiv chants ? Is it apiongst these that we are , to . look for a universal reform ? Djcl 4 jver less of an ah *

    straction from worldly motives prevail , than in * the times ap 4 countries distinguished by the establishment of the Christian reli » gion ? Let jthe fyosk bigoted Uni - tarian lay his hand on his heart ,

    and cooll y answer this qijcstiom As to the irregular intercourse of the sexes , the comparative virtue , in this respect , in different ages , i % is not e ^ sy to ascertain . . We axe not to take our notions of Roman

    inannejrs from their satirists ; { as these writers , in all countries , deal m extremes , and there never h ^ s keen a time , in the South of Ijurope , either before , or sinpe Christianity , in which tt ^ e repvesquts * - tions of St . Pa ^ ij ^ puld not alp pjy , as to the li ^^ pps WW fW&m * occujrina aro ^ men ^ f ) jk ^

    cui ; atp : ii ^ pf ^ p fesse ^ . pi ^ o ^ i t ^* , 3 n dj % re ^^ ftgwH qn $ ? i d&fefpm ^ Wtnes r ^ o ulc | ^| r fh c « ri 9 K ^ e ^ ciiimeiu , and \ yo \ ii 4 , p ^ b ^ p ^ jftV 9 ¥ e ,

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    titat tho world ; is not a whit re * formed * Although this is a memnpholy subject for the contempi at ion of all Chtisti | ansj it , in a pre-eminent degree ^ shews the ir ^ inationaiity and incpu&istency of the Unitarian scheme : for other

    Christians Relieve that the mission of Jesus had othar objects than that of the reformation of the worldj in which its purpose hair been effected ; . one of which was to make atonement ^ o God him * self . Besides , other Christians do

    . not believe that az , jl men are ultimately to be saved , as the Unitar ians do , which involves them in this greatest of all absurdities , which is , the conclusion , tk $ t the discipline of the present world , i § ineffectual to an immense majority

    of mankind , who are to be put upon a new discipline in an utter world s iji . o ^ der to their reformat tion . How absurd and inefficient * Recording , to this scheme , is th © mission of Jesus !

    5 . The fifth point of / iRRATro-K a 1 * doctrine held 6 y thetJnitariaus is , tbat man although purely material , sliajll fee raised irom the dead , That ' may be fairly pro - nounced to be irrational , which is

    contrary to-.. fa . ' ll appearances , all analogy and consequently all probability , If nian be coii ^ posed of two substances , matter and spirit , the existence of the latter in . activity an 4 conscioi ^ ftess , after the other is .. tjissolved * cannot be probe to

    pqunced ^ o contrary appearances of analogy , for by ^ he very definitiqn of spirit , it js exempt fijom ' . tfie operation of thq Ja \^ which dissoflyes or cprrijipts ^ 1 matem \ body , M ^ fX > Va 3 ;^ > ^ eani tjj op ^ . or ^ scpif tko ^ f ^ pp ^ fi ^ a ^^ ye . ptym AWft ^ K ^ ni ^ VP ^ J ^ W ^^ - ^ jo ^ ^ W ^^^ .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 189, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/17/