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      could Jiot God 3 s well finish , a $ to ev ^ y ainiiiial ^ 4 r ! s'idhpeiisitfbii ' of pleasure and pain 5 in

      sy ^ optim / sxn . : ^ ^ n If there , l > $ . np ^ pg , worse than , pain , nathipg ' iTi ^ re ^ iua ^] er | l ^ pleasure and If ,, according to Di \~ ' Priestley ^ " natural' evil ^ be ,, ^ e « ause and parent , of all moral eViL and without the ^ f ^ rmer the

      rattercould have no e > Listenc ; e ^ heajp ' ^ pearances of nature can pey . er be ; , reconcile 4 yviittv optirpisip ,. , , ijf , moral ^> od and eyil be of i n ^ - J jiitely greyer c . o , nseqviencq th ^ in ' suffe ring . , apcl pmiiy ip a , $ < ?? & < # system , it is possiiblc jp ' cppcjelye ttiat aii ^ the , suffyrings } of men ^ ay . be for t l ^ gr ( West possible gmHl

      to them ,- but pnr any t > t ; her sunpo * sition , the coi , icU } sio , nis impps | f ^ e . He whomak ^ pWsure or n ^ tjiyaX good the end of the ( Ji . vine ' disp ' en * , sahon , hi r u ^ t adrni . t t ^ t fy } i , tkfr pain thatexists ^ CQpid ii ^ t he ^ ope without , and' that the plc ^ sur ^ , ainiod at : by . ^ e ^ yep , coutS n ^ t bq '

      attained \ vithout the ost >^ startc e . of all the misery we J ^ hqw . p uit t ^ is is to disrobe the . Deity of vhU ' 4 l-Hiiglny povvcK ' "tf ij ? to pij t ^ cjlb ^ c * : tiling above ^ lij ps > ^ n ^ pb ^ Wia ^ ' ionj to his eW'tlpnj * . . . Jt , is . , \ n on& word the aWrtion . or two prjrj ^ W , pies ; " and the ration At- . &t $ f $ fi * tevs , arc b ^ t the . idescend ^ s ^ ot au an < pjent sect . ' Upoa the ' . grin - tyxtfWviffi ^ tiffiw . Jnnonal r ^ ii ^ dn ^ e nn c \\> ujph \ .

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      All that can be said of the conditi 6 n - ( rf ^ rliatrPJSeirigs i ^( % id . t hojie ^ hat may be said with . truth , yet- the matter is doubtful ) that tfeeir existctiOe v is fended by a balance , of ^ nat ^ raL good , a bov ^ the -natur al .-revilj which . dppresies th ^ m . Ye ^ ' fh ^ evils ' UTli d vY w ^ c ^ t . men eroan . are : so variousr s& complicated , ' , £ " 6 kehefaL that to ^ suppose them , all . necessary . For tne result of- ^ gopd \ Vhicn t ae Da-, lance is thought to prove , is clearly to suppose that the Deity , if ttoe

      superior actins principle , ik Dut , a little superior . lnis mass of evil , pervadine all the parts of nature which we see , exists then in , qpp 9 § ritiort . the will , and in contempt of the power ^ of Almight y ^ God ! If any reader be shocked at this statement , so . am I , yet it ^ npeers to nie to be the legitimate dp r c trn ; Q , of uie . rational I > i $ - senters ! I . thinjc ty have provf ci , nVy propositian .. Unitarian * ! I allow you to be respectable men ,

      to be sin c ^^ Ci j ristiahsy as hpnest a ^ vd jn some tr ^^ ngs , sls wise , as qt ^ er ChVistjans . ; in this kipgcjpm ^ second in le ^ rnjin ^ and . informal t ' ipn only to , the Es tablishccl ' Church ; and j aim to rebuke y 9 ur ; unworthy pretenstons to su- ( perior reason in religion ^ only ,

      that , you may consent ^ p measurQ , bfick your steps ^ and lay the foun ^ d ^ ji qn of pie , iy in t , ^ e af fections pf tlic heart , and not think to rear , a fabric p f r devotion , unon tha s ^ rxds ajty cji . ' . ' c | iis , t of tjbie weak an 4

      erring unx >^ usTxV ^ pi 1 n 9 of mortals 1 If you seefe Qqd a ^ id Jqsus Christ whom , he has sent , learn , a ^ n ^ ep diAof " old time , ' to * , fiLei ^' ^ fter them a , nu t ^ nd the ^ n l ]' A tWURC ^ IMA > r ,

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      Unitarians not } l Rqftonal Christians . " IQl .-.

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 191, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/19/