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proposition , jx lit ) * he flay ** tie * h * l I emJttarour positively 4 o shew this * JSui 4 n « or < kr to get rid <* f the diffic&ky of proving , he immediately udds ? " Much of out labour un < ier this head has been
superseded by the concessions of our adversaries . '' But what these concessions are , by whom they are mad e * or where they are to
be found , he does not inform us * He probably refers to the abov « citation from Mr . Wakefiedd , but that contains no such co&ceesiofi , for it does not rebate to paai&h Hres * t Imt only to chastisement .
Bat to come to mare positive proof , he had said , in p » Sy ,, 4 i Tlie ends of pimishaie&t can be but three : to gratify a vindictive disposition , to deter fliers , or to reform the offenders * And from
thi&he concludes that the two first cannot be tbe ^ nd of tbe J-fcrriae Being in punishing , and therefore ( taa £ it nva&t i > ecessarily follow that the last is tbe end he lisas in
view in 90 doing , Tkifc be repeats in p . 115 . But let mm a « k , Was any law ever passed the " penalty of wJ&dh bad for its end the gr » tu ficatio »» of a vindictive disposi ^ fcioji ? What would be thought o » f that judge whose decisions mid . whose sentences were dictated or
ittflaenced by any passions what * « re ? 7 Tbe atoence of every pas * roatbwt wnoukl bias the jadgme ^ t i © ^« ces * aiy to 4 k < e proper ad mini ^ ttateaa of jus lice . The jadge is tHKpposed to have neither love nor Inutred 40 like ciimirval on wbowi
ive passes sentence ^ it lie bad either he wouM he « nlk for tie « ttce and uwwortby ^ f it . w In ibuman govOTnn »« it » ( live Doctor « ays ) tbe first of these , u ^ e , vin-Klictive puniihmem ^ efte a take |) 4 aoer ^ H « nc « 4 mi crim «» - « f t * w-
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som mod rebellion 4 td fN ^ Mie # with the great&it swwity . ^ fei * crimes of this kit > 4 ^ ( he « dd «> « an ^ not exi « t under ^ &e gowrwoi « flt *§ Ommpotimce * And tte pawoni of anger , malice , and revemge * Cffft bave no place ki the cbamcter of the God of ioro ^ - But ^© es th ^
Doctor mean seriously to Q&rm , in opposition to innui » cmble texts of scriiptu ^ e , tha t sin ^ that n ^ sir agaiost Ood , » either ^ re »» on or rebellion , ^ nd that those ^? rim « 9 caniiot exist ? If ao , how sbatl we account for the iaoguage of scripture in raa « y plaocft ?
Th « Doctor < xrtae $ in p . f 1 ^ to draw bis gmtid c ^ rtcluttdtt £ nmh the preceding premise * , m whi € k he seems to cofK ^ Hne * b € main
strength of his pro « f h \»* ^ A ^ vift * dictive passions tfe ^ ft , ^ ht sny * * u € atmot exist in Ood , tiie « n ? d of pam ^ m ^ nt in bis ^ oveti > m ©« t rows * be to reform . That thfe
Di « 4 » e Being cannot bt sutjj ^ et to those p » s » ions wbicii lie fetfl ^ Wrt be admitted . His ai ^ ptifaci mind cannot be disttirbedv « g * ftted , and conv ^ he 4 , as o » i < s foN |« Mtll ^ ai ^ * Love and hatred , to b »*
* k mi& , hare no place < xb biiw . ¥ et f fwtvritbstmdimg &m + 1 < & > not the « criptiHres utwformly i ^ ppes «« tbe conduct of Go 4 , m puwfeiiing Hit eneim me respfect , analogous to that of men a « W > g w « der the iflftueTK ^ of ibe most
vindictive paeeiows ^ Wilt titate « Ibe tneawfig . of those * teq * tg « iu pressions whicAi so ^ freqfu ^ ntl y oecepr , such as ^ ' m&gNt « f tfc wrnth , the T « ngeam ^ tbe ifniignati ( m tbe fu * y" «* the liOt *^ And to these « e * dd « d Krttr ^
stroag termc , such a ^ ** ihtom * e * rtms-oi hu indigimtwon , th ^ po * N « f of bis ang « rr > " £ e . To « f « toi * ^ HMriom ya > satti irf < lbia tofl ^»« W
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/24/
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