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To desire tht Filial Happiness of alVrneh a Moral jbuty . Happiness is the end of existence , that alone which renders it yaluable . The < Jesire of happiness is * uch a radical principle of our ij ' atuie that its influence never cea ^ e ^ , nor can any one act iru cUpendemly of it . The universality oi this principle is a propf of the universal goodness of God , and that however lung man-in ay lo $ e ljirnself in mazes of error , w . ben , instructed by experience , be clearly discerns the way to happiness , his self-love will determine him to pui ^ ue it .
AJnje oi the first principles of 3 ji < - > raUty , founded in the nature and fitness of things , and plainly taught in the holy sciiplures , is * / rhou shall love thy neighbour as thyself . ' Christianity teaches that all men are our neighbours , that we are bound to love them as such , irrespectively of any political , religious or moral distinctions , though they should be divided from us by lines as strongly marked ^ and by prejudices as many and as great , as those which separated the Jews and Samaritans ,, or the Jews and heathen .
Their being formed like ourselves , constituted our brethren in nature , fcy the God of the universe , the common Father of all , places us under van mdispensible obligation to love them as we love ourselves . As our s > elf-lov < leads u * to de ~ piccate vur . pwn utter destruction tu , desire and seek endless happin «*> $ for ourselves , so the love we o v-e t b o u r fe 11 < j vv ere a t u res s h ou J d oblige us to dt » precdle their utner dtfrfSi u € tio ;» , ' U ) desire and seek trf « # i"P * - € ttKHt : b * iudppiMtSS . ' But IS it possible the mortfl law should
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Deductions of Common tSem % & % 0 * the Subject of Future Em- . ^^ nisAment * * , » , , ; - « ¦ ¦
, . -- ¦¦;¦ < -rr-r r-. SlR , - : ¦ :. ; . ~ . * , ' . . - . ;" : ? j . , ^ 1 J am glad toHad the doctria ^ of fttture pitnishmeiU ex ^ it ^ s' ^ sm attention of your correspcadeilts ^ and is likely Ao * be fully discussed * in your valuable Rcjpository ^ * * 'l ? b ^ notion that the wicked will •¦* lie endlessly torrnented * and the l ^ fi popular notion , th » t , M ^ er It bey have suffered for an indefihiteti to ^^ they will be annihilated , havelong appeared to me incompatibly v ^ iw the deductions of c ^ nainon » edse from the acknowledged ch&ra 0 t # r and perfections of God ,, « ' V >
I'hat Gdd should & » i ^ ^ g iv « lii : existence to raiiorr ^ l ^ eatiure ^ whea lie knew it would e ^ enMi ailfr f prove a curse to th ^ m , voani < n «^ i ?« 1 bo tBconcikd witb ^ 4 k ifirfibjlt *
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require us io deprecate $ lje CudlejU 5 destructipa of th ^ se whom God will endlessly destroy , or to desire the endless happiness of thofjp whose endle $ 3 happiness , if he e #$ p desired it , he wilir eternally ceasfe to desire and seeJi ? Tor admit this would be to suppose tV ^ t 5 ^ are required toi < xve ; some of * & *! $ fellow creatures iripre thaa ^ tfc ? eir heavenly Father lovestfae ^ n'Y ^ f it can hardly , be thought t ^ at ifete will either annihilate , or m % k » Q endlessly miserable ^ any of th ^ st ^ whom heso lovesasto deHf : e thel ^ happiness . ; - / ' ¦ ¦ i ' -i- z it to
H ^ nce appea rs rnQy ^ ftfl consideration that it is p 0 r iju ^ 5 to love all mankind , co # seq \ ie aif $ > , to desire their final rjappiaess ^ iuff nishes an inferential £ | rgurne ^ t- | i |^ 'favaur of the universal resto i ^ llp ^ i AN INQUI ^ Ejat % 9 I . . •• - ; ¦¦ ¦¦ v > 6 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/24/
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