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ppnistynent of sinners , these sup-, positions , inferences and dedujc * lions , would have done as well as any others , and would have been entitled to attention , but as
t | iey do clearly contain such , these Caaj weigh nothing in the argument . But the advocates of this dpqtfine come forward in a concluding paragraph , and boldly avow—" That it is of no consequence to their leading arguments in how literal a sen ^ e the words
perish , perdition , destruction , death , are applied to future puni shment . ^ This is taking a most unwarrantable licence with the sacred writings ; for if the plainest
language may be deemed figurative , and figurative language plain , it is making them a complete nose pf wax , that may be moulded into $ ny form that best pleases the fancy qf the artist ; rendering tjiem so vague and uncertain that
they may be made to prove or disprove any thing ; thereby producing complete confusion and the most alarming consequences . TTo apply arguments * by evidence Trom the New Testament , against the advocates of this doctrine is
iiseless ; for they have conceded Jt tie point that their Hypothesis is "incapable of being supported . from it except by inference and deduction : finding their weakness here they seem to take their strong ground in the character and perfections of the Deity , and in further support of --this they add a
popular and irnposing argument , that even the , omniscience of God is scarcely able to draw the line of distinction Jt > et \ veen the best of thjerwi&K £ < r and the worst of the gogd . So imperceptible are the khdtf ^ s / t hiU to punish the one with Wfe immf i ? ) i £ d % W'tii 6 other
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itnrn 9 rtalitj 5 ^ a ^ dh ^ ppio ^ a woxx \ d be injustice , ] < - , , f f ) J 3 ut l ^ ere ^ he , a ^ lvojqates of thU doctrine dp pot appear fetter forti . fled than by revelation ; for unless they can prove that the scripture doctrine contended for b y their
opponents , nconsistent with the divine perfections , is it not a most unwarrantable presumption to arraign the wisdom of God in the plan of his divine government , and to suppose they can frame one more consistent
with his benevolence ? Contem . plating the plan of providence in the works of nature , we plainly perceive , through the whole , a gradation of privilege ; wlu ? ther we examine the vegetable , the animal or the intellectual creation .
life is appointed to each ujdivjdu . al for different periods from , one moment to one hMft 4 re 4 ; yeai ^ ai ^ upwards , according fp its , specif ; this is seen in theaqprn , fr ^ r ^ t ^ t which falls fronxt ^ e pal < ai ^ d js c ^
voured by the anin ^^ l ^ waiting bjeneath it , to that wfyiqlj . is ^ pvvi }) ^ produces the full grQ \ y , n } ree , > yW l becomes the ornament ofthf ? forest , remaining for centuries to it ^ e utmost period of its appointed
duration ; we see it m ourpwn species , from the infant thai , . <^ ies in the birth , to the man that lives fourscore years and upwards . The appointment of these differ ^ periods of life may be justly entitled privileges ; but as it ^
manifest that the benevolent author of nature has afforded to each individual a large preponderance p » enjoyment during his existe ^ j j whether it be stxor } oxJqPJSv W ^ we , weak and ^ norant , ^ , ^ presurpe tp arraig ^^ it ^ er . t ^^ - domor J ^^^ I " divine government i tn tnc
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642 On . Future Punishment .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 642, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/18/
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