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the rrdtoe : o £ tlie Lord ^ JeiUta , giviag thanks to ©< wl add * the Fafit&fhy him /** The motive tia ^ n , if ike scriptures . ' may be defended m * , is fdH as ? necessary as > the sect , "or rather it is for the motive ' s * sake
alone * that the act can be accepted by Gedv . A jrHoii ^ aW oar &c * ttofis auifct be e < fually indifferent to him * for they are all equally
unable to effect either bis happiu liess , gm * fcntes 9 $ s giory ^ or paweiv To * believe this is nebesssitfy to our notions of aq all « perfecd beings None of our sections : therefore c # i *
be acceptable to God for their own sake ; none of them can be acceptable t& him * , btot as they are done , because foe 7 mW # to h $ ve ? them done , and a * he zeiZ / s to have tbe ^ i dbrie . JffxiW we h ^ v e
no , crvBti ^ pretMutd + cfeclaratiort € ? # © od ^ s wiR but t ^ batvvfeich appefars rrp the scripfures , unleys it be thafti ^• tiich k affirtned * nia ^ b ^ gav tbe ^ ed' from tbe suggestions of reason or conscience , apd I have
^ B 0 i ? iW w efttireiy iTnabl e these a * tf to ertlrghten bs on this m ^ - nteritous stibj ^ ct . On' the whole then , we can harsre ho reasonabi « ex ? pecfauoiTs that our actions
n \ ia \\ b 4 atcvpiwZhy ' ^< M y Bb ^ i && iftyy agree ? wiuh the injunct ^ ns otf 'ttrer scH I « ptare ^ , and the scri ^ Jttires a ^ ha * vfe shevrti , insisfl < M thenimi ^ e no l e ^ s ^ thaw the act .
I itvtiitb ^ g teave mtru ^ e on t ytf « lr pa « ieAe '^ y et ^ lfttte l ^ rig »; Mr . Si 6 ays that I haKwmi $ fr # i # « & jjait cd ^ fict-s aii it l ^ ki ^ s to < the c ^ vrvi tm oP ttf ^ e - ancients witl ^ rei » f e « lo * fev ^ ngc ^ If wh&t I said ow this ^ bj ^ rimpliWnhat the ^
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never * w ^ m amoB ^ s t aueren ^ apfy kidividuads wbq thought pe * vei | g ^ ^ rorig , I WiHi * Sgly confess that I spok ^ t 6 o m « cb ai ) large . Mr . SI has * made evident by hi * quotations , ( what ; w ^ s jreaedil y af .
lo \ Ved bef (> i ^> that' i& the lon « cacirs ^ ' of ^ tiriie a ilw sucb ^ nien at teaat , . have , exmedv m ^ en who tbmight th& $% we ought not to b £ 6 C greatty o € e&ded even with oiir enemfeft ^ and tha t
pMca ^ bility ^ ' asnd clenwKicy /* were graiceful . BAt sio small b ^ beetr thleir noi ^ ber , that , t ^ ey should rather be ad&uced wA exceptions to prove ; this geileral : rirfe , viz . that reason and ? conscience do
not point cmt or d ^^ o ^ pr rcive ^ ge to be a crimf , than ^ fon aaiy oibfer purposed I . wcruld nei more say that the ancients aie ^ otri ) tW revenge a crime , because a few
iiwlividuals amougsti tl »? in ^ dM so than I vvoukl affif ^ u :. ^ tha % proleising Cimstiians mafce > tiie Scriptures a Ue ^ or a i | £ ** d f let * ejy or a um ^ ot contradietioa ^ aatd ^ baqrclity , because a / fe ^ iiidm € toa& a ^ G «^ t tfeeiw dosD ^ .... „ ., ,.. > -. / .. ; ..
To CGnclfQdc Sin ' , ; I > thiQb it ik prifety { obviou ^ o « tbe » wfaol ^ , tha ? t Mr . S , » ivoitH iWiWfij ^ tjf ^ Ife ^^^ CpbSt > ate Kaok ^ of ph « il > o « ophy : iwthe ^ ol-. _ a _ i 4 _• t _ , . __ ^ - - * 1 think it would , be easyy but certainly hot ' yiorih the trouble , to shew that tffei ^ 4 ^ M e&saat 4 i [ Miilference
be-KKjmn VKriw \ m > fQrgfrgtf *** add » eajt ^ h ^ n pluz&bUhtofrt jvhicfe , i » a s ( J *| - < tf qualifted ^ conditw ' ^ al fpA ^ iv ^ oes ^ ^« - supposing sometfhitta ocrtic < ede < l <> & e p 4 H of tfe ctm > M $ L Sfeeiy , 1 ^^ ^ ftt ^ y miserUofdia ^ artd tb&Uentia , hm e m& ** VXS * , very differ ^ att fw » W-i * W which we attach-to lh ^ Jfergi ^ » csft . •¦*
cnlcut . ed by the gospel ^ wa ^^ 0 y ^ c ° f comes 'j aettmi ¦ tp * tV M ^" * » fe K *^ i &x # i * fitt * fv < k * Ai ^ % v ^ f& « t i 0 gfi ^ CI ( itatbUv ^ hM ^ f fulii ^ pj ^ 11 ^ WM > f tkfe meflhft amW ^ le U < 5 tw « $ ^ cnttattty , tKe acL ^ i ^ Dta mwrt » r € Hi ? ^ FCh ? ietlaa l ^ mUity :
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t £ Er VindicatiG& of thm IH&l&guc ort tlte Scripture *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 740, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/48/
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