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    would eqirafy ex ^ Iata any in n ^ ufal feist o ^ y , # r any r&fel ' t in etoethitmy * fch W riot beefo * emirt * # d fo *; but the existence df tfe £ s £ fafcfo and Results Would not pfcve & systefn of rrtechanishi ' . If thife # o £ t ! irHe be first proved , wfe" Will acfokit the expfari&titiri ;

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    &M trri ^ ht Witli qua l pl ^ pntty fe ^ ^ at ^ M # itb r ^ ect to D

    J ¥ hd % ilHt % H * fergued ( as it might a ^ t 4 ^ i 3 # ith Dt 4 ty , asvvell as With H ^ M 0 thki thfcfce ItiotiVes present th *» l ^ l vfes in ^ blunurily , that they # rfe th ^ fe stli > hge ^ t which appear at th& ttttife-- ^ th * Jt * theftefole , they iare We ^ ^ Wfe ; fctitttecqitently that cbr . is the

    power to deny the existence of the poWer itself ? ' arid to proti u ^ e into its place , a doctrine against Vvhich , in general , the unsophisticated mind revolts , and Whicjk We have n 6 Reason to believe true , but because We c&hnot prove It to be false . No one , I imagine , will assert that free agency is a thing in itself irhpossible . For tjhe sake of the argument then , let us supjpose that man is a free moral agent—now , have we any proof or reason to suppose that his conduct would , in such case be different from What it actually isthat hfc v ^ ould exert his moral pbwers differently frorh the man * -tier in which he does exert triem at presignt f Or , can we imagine that his c ^ ttscibusiless of such a r ^ d ^ er Vested within himself , would

    fes ^ iidi tig & > frjuct result ; Wit , that 1 ft iuch cdiiduct there is iM * ffior&l- " bfeattty or grace , be-^ ti&fe \ h& rrVdtivefc being ii'resifeti-Wtfef-, it ifc iiet possible that God HhtiiiYd ^ tt aifferefttly ftom the irt&ttn £ r in whitrh he doe ^ ^ ct .

    I observed ihttt this kind of ir ^^ 6 ning Kttight be Ubed & priori itt fespeCl to Gad as Well as in fe ^ ect to rriah : now is there any

    thing Hi ^ fe W ^^ Cio ^ hesB < rt ifcan ,

    dt in \ ht Wtisdn ^ bTett ^ ss bY \ he tfiffrfe , Wli ^ h renders k di ^ ntm'h in ahgt ^ rrifeht rt et ! e : ssary ? Oh ' tHfe contrary , is there not an Un'ivefss \ lf

    fe ^ Iihg in the breasts of rneh Whicil ahnost impels thern io believe that they have a power to act , ' or to tefrain from acting according with their own pleasure ? And clS not rfc&son arid revefatidh , in UrdaA

    and jgenei-al terms , dictktfe the s&rae 'Conclusioh ? It seems to rne that it is our ighor ^ nt ' e of the first principles and modes of operation in trie hu » man mind , Which has given occasion to that negative sort of

    reasoning oti vvhich the system of the fatalist depends , and whicti gathers strength nivly fforn our inability to afford explanations oft subjects With r ^ sf ) eCt to which we havie no m ^ edns of inforrhatiohi . But is it reasonable because of bur ignorance ( and this ignor £ n £ e t shall adririt ) of the mode of operation and eitetit of bur rnbral

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 91, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/19/