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inaiiy crffier waiyt' the 43 reek word is -derived frtfm Tra ^^ v child . It i # usedyfActs viiv 22 , of Moses arid there translated * * * learned / 1 ' ^ Atad Moses \ vas learned in alt the ; wisdom- bi the Egyptians . *' It is reiidei * ed ** taa 2 ht > r in the
accbtfntwhich Paiil gives of himself ( ch . xxii . 5 , ) where he says , that he W 9 s brought up in this city , ( Jerusalem ) at the fett of 43 amaliel , and taught , according to the perfect naanner of the law of the
fathers . Now let any one substitute the word " punished" for the words " learned ** and " taught" in tfuise passages , and in many others tk&t flight 4 > e mentioned , and see # feether chastisement and punishment can possibly be the same
tMng . ' Let the reader try the ekpefiiriefnt also on the reasoning of the writer to the Hebrews , chap , xii * 5—11 , and he will be tfftfrvin ^ fed of the absurdity of such af ibbitstutior > and that punishment neither does nor can mean
chastisement . ^ Punishment is the conduct of &bd ^ # itlv respect to the wicked , Jfrtlie capacity of a judge . Let lis hear the same writer on this
$# fe } ee $ $ arid * ee whether by it he means chastisement . In chap , x . 3 dy&tc . he says , 4 < If we sin wiK t&Wy after we have received the
fefitfwledge of the truth , there remaifteth no more siacrifice for-sin , but a tertaih fearful looking for of Jydgmertt and fiery indignation , wfaicli-shall devbxir the
adversatlftoJb- 'fheny ^ fiery indignation , ^^ teroiiringadversaries /' a salutary cbastisemvnt ? Can its ejid and design be t <* reform ? The w ri ter gots oh , ** He thiat < J «* spised Moses ' law -died without mercy ^ under tw 6 - ^ Ir thi ^ efe ^ ifcn ^ s ^ es . * Now this « WM punishment In the go .
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vei-nment of God , ** fait the jeite werd und ^ r a Thteocrttcy , and the law of Moses was the 1 saw of God ! Will the Doctor then affirm that punishment without mercy is chastisement , and that it has reformation for its end ? But the writer
supposes further , that he whp despises the gospel is worthy of a severer punishment than even death without mercy , when he asks , * Of how much sorer pti * nishment , suppose ye , shall he
be thought worthy ? " and concludes by saying , ** For we know him that hath said , Vengeance belongeth unto me , I will recompense , saith the Lord . It is ^ fearful thing to fall into the hanch of the living God , *
But let us proceed ia our examination of Dr . EstlinV manner of praying this point . In p . 105 , he makes the following quotation from Mr . Wakefield , " God d oe ^
not afflict the children of meij willingly ; his chastisements originate from motives of the purest affection , and are inflicted for th $ particular benefit of the individual , ' ( observe , says the Doctor ^ in a parenthesis , he is pleading for eternal death ) " and th $
amendment and admonition of mankind in general ; as the sacred writings constantly declare , " A | t this is very true ; we all admit it ; but what has this to do with the
subject ? Mr * YVakcfield is not speaking of punishment being fo ^ r the benefit of the individual , but of chastisement and affliction , and we have already seen that punishment is not chastisement . »
Dr . Estlin has told us once and again that he has shewn , th a ^ ^' the end of puntshment ili tfie divine government is to refoi ^ jto , ^ but when he comes to hit third
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/23/
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