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a ^ k apiqusChristian , and ^^| th ^ tra , de of a ,, crafty priest , ko 0 Q $ es soixie ^ worthy use of an | y | erjn ^ edlfite 4 t state . This can f ^ JfCeJly be % s ^ i dt of a con 3 cions cxj ^ te ^ Qe tl ^^ t ^ excludes all change and
^ Habft char ? iqter , while both irofions unhappily . depreciate the ^ u ^ qf ^ r ^ surre ^ upn , the sum film ' s ^^ ta jxce pf the Christian ^ I ^ W ^^ . v . f ¦ ft . ci ^ lf 1 - *^ H ii { ' ^ v - f-: . • - ¦ . ¦ *
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n ^ Mflakjektily lOofMtiori of Man . io n * 'titi » (!*> ' $ : i # ? r « i' - ^ . . ' <»— j ^ oaflf' ^; h . fi ? ,-u g , ¦ . ¦ < : ¦ , *_ iX i ^ m one of those who are looking . out for evidences ot a luto
-tikrej ^ isrence ; trusting reve-Iati 4 > n , but desirous of strengthjenins the declarations of scripture D > y fne te&tiniony or nature * When T reiiecf updn the make ot man , blSrCreat powers and his capacity 376 dp 8 . e mj&m jv *« r .-. y - ' ^ ^ a unoroveiaent . 1 reel convinced
jot the paomerit that we are desifined to efernaj being , and to eter-Jw ifaofiiess io fhe scale ol being ; Qjut mv conviction is shaken when Ml ; PTWUV / i f / TTr-1 <| ; J \ : - ^ : ; j . -i ; i ' -. I ; JT oofc further and see our nature ? ut of I iii ^ y sq exwe ^ s myself ; ,
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^ ndj be ^ old ^ lbe ipelagcholy end of toe ^ rejatest ^ , rid pest of mankind . j \ fter a sfiort time , the r * is a pause in the human being ' s improvement ; then a rapid de « cline ; andi if death do not mer .
cifully interpose , more than a second childhood . u From Marl borough ' s eyes see streams of dotage flow , € t And Swift expires a driveller and a shew . '
Examples more distressing thai > even these may be found : —tKt biography of Newton , of tVattal of W . Penn , of Theoph . LinaieV ^ closes before their lives ; the % gm count of their last yearis , if it vver £
circumstantially given , would thill the heart . Reviewing this , iisjt consider , undoubted fact ot the intellectual degeneracy of man , I am afflicted and confounded , an ^ . I ask myself , and beg leave ti >
ask your thinking , serious reader ^ 1 st . Whether it be possible thai there is a mind a thinking beiifig ^ not partaking of the properties of
matter ? and , 2 r ) dly , Whether a proper resurrection of the conscious creature man be not in this dilemma , either that the very man who dies cannot be raised , or that the raised man , though once a Newton in understanding , or a Watts in piety , will be ori the level of a child ! * I inquire , I &o not object : t wish not to raise difficulties , but to learn how to overcome them ;
if any of my fellow readers of your work can helpme , they will have jmy heartfelt thanks ; if . ( Key tell me that thiey capnot , i % Wv sympiatriy and fellowship \ i \ serious doubts , Will Be some , though iiielaiicholy coniolation , to A SEEFCER . '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/23/
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