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    these ( o 6 e ihcfcthrfcct , they would have in jit red rtreir cause by attempting to rectify them ; ' 'therefore , ' toriiti great prudence , these teachers of Cfrristianity were sileet on what it was not their com'mission to teach . " That a part of the man continues to live after the death of

    the body seems to be supported by the language of Christ , * Fear not them who are not able to kill the soul . ' " That the body of Christ

    is present in the Eucharist seems much more strongly to he supported by the word ^ of ourJLord , — "This is my body / ' jf Mr , P . argues thus * * we must not wonder that

    Papbts behave in transubstantiating ; for , it is quite as possible , that the , spiritual Jesus should for a while inhabit a piece of bread , as that a spinuml man should for a wbilejAbpbiia material man—and

    the scandal of thor doctrine , that qIgating theit ^ Godt may fee got rkl orky % | lattsVileft of his slipping off like an electric spark a& spoil- as the bread touches the sick

    m ^ Vtwiigae . , TtotsptrftttMi de . momv of the same substance we jirt ^ uflje ^ as fiie jjpixit '^ f a man , did actually ^ p ^ t jlTo ^ v thV demoniacv and , t ^ fce theirsta t ion on

    t&g |> i # ea | j ^ fafi dj ^ irf the swine , sterns to l # J&vfijwrtied by the words of Matthew , Arid that ih $ spirit of Lazarus was ac * tUAllyxan ie < i Jby ^ ^ p i ritual angel ,

    or perchance a substantial one , ifljnd 4 <> d ^ ed in the material bosom ojf Abraham , « ertw * to be supported kyLuke . " Can any one seriously teheve that the poor man on the cross understood our Lord ' s words

    in the tense of the materialist ? nothing can be so trifling , so jejune as bisexpJajiation . ^ Now here we lmve the old-faihioned way of re *

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    butuhg ^ ir ^ gui ?» € ht pur doxy does not ^ appe ^ r beautiful ^ a © uj neighbour ' s eye , and he ridicufe our taste * Our arguments & not go to support his propositioiL and he declares them forthwittto *

    be jejune * There are several things jejune enough in this second letter . But in what sense doe * Mr . P . think the multitudes re , ceived the words of our Lord respecting the Lunatics and maniacs I And why < lid he insult the on . derstandiogs of the philosopbfn

    of his clay * By using a popular language , and therefore cherish& g vulgar pre | udices ? If Mr . P . can tiell me this , jand can tell ipe wij the abominable libel on the JDn that

    vinity , of s \^ 0 qmig old witcli has power to call tp Jk spirits of thejjdiead j is ^ ermittcd to be in the book of Safimel ; | bd why fHe great botjy of Christians are encouraged still to think from the plain larigtiiige of s ^ fipUib that he who h ^ d bien chained

    to the bbiipWess pit , fottnd-iai ^ M to break his chains arid % \' } fo asked , jrfta heayeiiV lii ^ li >^ to m t his malice ia ^ aii ^ rili « : « oan of JJk , & > d iell the A 10 \ what he did riot know wlbrc ,

    I will return him his cWii words aifan apciiogy fo ^ *> w ' ? $ * & \ tion , so tritting , sb jejune- ; - t j Ttie ft&le is k simple a ^ f i of evente , wniten by rf ^^ Kid never stud ied metaplijsrcs , its language m ^ tsA t ^ ^ ideas and in Cbminoa use , mw ^ spersed with parables , alfegon ? and allusions ; an 4 if ^ angPT losophy will opt bear Jtfftift ° ^ in proving , that there is ini *» J an immaterial principle W » ; and detached frojn his bodVi * guments from scripture , ^?] ie ; a Uu « way , by which A ^ h ? °

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 650, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/10/