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Doctors conviction , that the revelation of this doctrine was reserved till some centuries after the scriptures were written , why ,
in proof of it , does he appeal to them ? Why not rather inform us when , and by whom it was revealed , and by what evidences we are to be assured of his divine
mission ? The doctor having admitted two things , first , that the truth of a doctrine , if revealed , depends not upon inference- ; but muj > t be ' conveyed in unequivocal language ; " and secondly , that the doctrine of Universal
Restitution is not so conveyed ; but does depend solely upon inference , and therefore not true : we might here close our examination of what he h ^ s ad vanced by way of inference to prpve the contrary . But not to avail ourselves of the
Doctors gross and palpable inconsistencies we shall proceed to inquire whether the texts he refers to warrant the inferences he draws frojo \ them- For this purpose the Doctor refers more than once to
1 Cor . xv . 22 . In page 89 he says ' it was the exulting language of the apostle , * as in Adam qjjl 5 i , even so in Christ shall ail be made alive . ' What ! ( he exclaims ) made' alive in order to be made miserable , and then
destroyed for ever ? " Again p . 160 . * ' We cannot repeat it too often , Vas in Adam all die , even so in Christ shall all be made alive / "
Now , in order to support the Doctor ' s inference from this passage , he must suppose that the death mentioned in it includes the second death , and that that death is to all mankind the effect of
Acjam ' s , transgression , and not the punishment of their personal offences ; or asfthe CaJvinista ex-
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press it , that by his transgression all mankind were exposed to the < 6 wrath and curse of God , and to the pains of hell for ever ; " for without the admission of this mon
strous doctrine the premises will not warrant the conclusion which the Doctor draws from them , that is , the restoration of the wicked from the second death , Tiiat the apostle had no such idea when he penned these words , is very clear , for he is speaking of the universal resurrection of mankind . ** For
since by man , " he says , ** came death , by man came also the resurrection of the dead . ** How much more natural is Mr . Wakefield ' s inference from this passage .
as quoted by the Doctor , p . 102 . iC It is very evident in my opinion /* he says , " from the whole tenour of the sacred writings , that if Christ had not lived and died , all his brethren of mankind would
have been annihilated , would have returned to that dust whence they were taken , without any prospect of recovery , for , as in Adam all die , so in Christ will all be made
alive / " Another passage from which the Doctor infers the final restoration of the wicked , is the 54 th and following verses of the same chap * ter , p . 123 . " Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written , death is swallowed up in
victory , " and so on . Then will be brought to pass the saying that is written , when will this be ? The doctor answers , it will be 44 when Christ will deliver the
kingdom to God , even the Father , ' that is according to him , when Christ , having restored all the wicked from the second death ; shall reign no more ; but does the apostle say any thing like this i
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Mr * Marsom * s Strictures on Dr . Estlin ^ s Discoiir $ e $ 4 275
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 279, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/23/
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