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that he h ^ A ae ye ^ any bo | dk ^ pf a Ijj ^ e . description , which vt $ l $ read \ yitti sq ^ much avidity Ky his bpys . t do uoi jrecollect any other wprk which is not too well known to need recommendation . Mrs *
Bsyrbauld ' s admirable Prose Hymns , and Dr . Priestley ' s Practical Instructions , stand foremost on my Jist , and that some living author would enable us to add to these others of equal excellence , is the sincere wish of > '' Sir , Your ' s respectfully , M . H .
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2 | $ f % Mfirsom * s Strictures on Dr Estlin ' s Discourses . Letter II . ^ . J fi gh Holborn , June 14 , 1813
In my remarks on Dr . Estlin ' s t ) iscouses , I proposed in the close of my former Letter ( pp . ioO—103 . ) to examine what the poctor offers in support of his third proposition , which is , that
the end of punishment in the divine government is to reform . * ' I now proceed to that examination . The Doctor enters on the consideration of this proposition , p . ^ lp , which he considers as the basis on which the whole system of universal restoration rests . He
sjays p . 6 , "I shall endeavour to e ^ stabiisn , on the immutable principles of reason and scripture , ffiij " greftt general truth , from ^ n ^ ch every thipg else which can be vvjsbecJ for will undeniably follow , that the end of punishment
ifi | he divine government is to reiqrrrj / ' In the foj ) lowing page , lay ing ad | nitte 4 jthe facl that the wicjked will be punibhed , he says ^ ^ M ? m ^ ° * S ^ c ei i ^ s opl jf ^
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nature , ddesigB , f \ ar ^ A Td » r ^ t | ai > f 5 > l this pqnishmenW '' ^ pd g ^ pialS ^ lie adds , - ' I ^ wi sk it ¦ wsjf . vtpiip ^ forgotten ^ that ail ^ rwhich 4 f ne ^ cessary on this subpefc ^ i « Tto piroare that punishinent ^ nttbe ^ dijgui ^ gor vernment is coriiective ^ oi : design ^
ed to cure / V In the next plaj C ^ where the subject is irterrtioM ^ d , p . b % be says , that , ^ These shall go away In to everlasting f unisbimeut , has been shewn to irieaa
the correction of that period * ' And again p- 78 > fc' Punishment it has been shewn , means corre ^ c ? ] tion or chastisemenu'V-, i . But gpy
far is it from being true that p ^ i has shewn this , as besay % j >* & $ Sjj that , in the preceding ^ pages ^ tb ^ a Doctor has neither ah ^ wri ^ oral ^ tempted to skew any thijng of t ) $ 0
kind . These assertions * apg , erare to me so extraordinary that Iff iv a ^ j induced to examine ihose pageis , over ajid over a ^ aio ^ ap 4 feY £ > collected and referred to all liic
passages where the > ubje ^ Q QW&b * and find that there is not ajv &r ^ gument , nor any t ^^ geJ i ^ 1 he shape of an argument o ^ tfee s ^ bg ^ ject . The Doctor § £ ^ $ . ;} iQ ,. tetak
assertion for proof , and th % ; i ^ i % & bp sure , a very compendious way of proving any thing * : h ^ b ^ w The Doctor asserts that pitfiisbf rpent is correction or ch ^ t ifce m ett ^
if so corrective punibhmentmean& corrective correction &ut } \^ M ^ examine the matter a little , mid I think we shall find l ^ tilii 0 : words punishment and ^ hajgti ^ ie ^ ment convey distinct ** &&& v ^ Fy
dissimilar ideas ^ The woiU ciiastisement is pever Osedojf ^^ Wld ^ the character of a j \ k $ gpvoj , ; m fttfok ing in that citpa ^ ily , J ^ ut pnly t ^ a father , p ^ ftcti ^ ' tybi&uoh 4 ^| i 4 < sigRi 6 ^ irA ^| c ^ c t ^) fe wfb *? tb « is
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J rmet with < M 85 ^ Mr * txwm % &triclmeskCn ^ Dr . Jto
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/22/
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