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toping , to " obtain ' a better resurrection /' 13 th . The New Testament
plainly declares , that we are all to be judged in f . the day of- the Lord , " according to ths deeds done in our body , whether they have been good or bad : but a state of consciousness between
death and the resurrection must make some alteration in our moral state ; unless we suppose it ^ to be entirely an inactive one , which would be a very arbitrary
supposition : but that the future judgment should not recognize this state in any degree , is one argument amongst many , in favour of its unconsciousness : —A state in
which we know nothing , and do nothing , can involve nothing ! 14 th . The miracles which our Saviour and his apostles wrought in raisi 112 the dead to life * are in
favour of this doctrine ; to instance but one of these , vie . the resurrection of Lazarus , the friend of Jesus and his disciples .. Can we suppose that our Saviour would have recalled the virtuous
Lazarus from the mansionsof bliss and immortality , to replace him ina situation which would expose him to all the difficulties which
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LETTERS TO MR . ( NOW BISHOP ) BURGESS , ON THE TESTIMONY OF THE JEWS TO THE PERSON OF CHRIST , LETTER VlII .
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SIR , You have heard , that Galileo was confined in the Inquisition for asserting , that 'the earth moved , round its axis ; and the variety of observations , which proved the truth of his assertions , as well as the case with which he solved the appearances in the heavens , failed
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he had happily escaped ? Can we suppose that Lazarus would have left this state without expressing some regret at his being recalled ,
or at least making some instantaneous report of what he had heard and seen ; to all of which , the history affords not the slightest allusion ? Can we suppose that our Saviour would have
comforted Martha , the sister of Lazarus , with the mere assurance Ci that her brother should rise again , "
and that therefore she need < c not sorrow as one without hope" wbea he could have relieved her distress
more effectually by informing her that the loss of her brother had led to his immediate gain;—that he was not really dead ; but that his spirit had escaped from his body , and taken its flight to the realms of immortality ? Or lastly .
can we suppose that Martfya
would have consoled herself with the simple persuasion that her cc brother" should « " rise again at the last dayVnif she had possess * ed the common belief o £ ta cdn * scioua intermediate ' istate ? We are at a loss to aefcount for every circumstance which this miracle
involves , if the common hypothesis be true !
[ To he concluded in our next . ~ \ '
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of satisfying bath the priests and the philosophers of his time . His theory is now adopted in every part of Europe , and taught publicly in Rome by professors , who declare their unfeigned assent and consent to the decrees of the popes , which condemn such sen .. timents as umcriptural and bias *
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On the Testimony of the Jews to the Person of Christ . 595
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1808, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2398/page/19/
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