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tht ^ qmieotida in which it stands , cwraiU e ? ed ais a n i r \ depc nd e n t pro . position , and applied to persons tb uhom neiibvr this , nor any o&feer of the sacred writers ever apply it . The scriptures leli us tfaat ^ ^ The Lord loveth the righteous ; but do they ever say , the Lord loveth ihe wicked ? The
Lord lovetb all , mankind ? Or do tb <\ y apply to them the proposition , God is love ? Quite the reverse . They expressly say , < fc The foolish shall not stand in tby sight : thou ( Lfrrd ) hatest all workers of
inicjuuy . * Again , > Every one thar is proud in heart is an abojnioation to the Lord / ' . And again , i 4 The wicked and him that Ipveth violence his soul hatrth . Upon the wickt d he shall rain snares , fire and brimstone , and
an horrible tempest ; this shall be the portion of ifuir cup . " Is there then any thing in the scriptures from which we can fairly infer the love pf God to tiie wicked , and as a consequence , infer from it their final and everlasting happi . ness ?
There is , it is true , one passage which says , -that ** God loved ihe world , " that is all mankind . But how did he love them ? So as to ensure the final happiness dfall ? No such thing . But he so loved the world as to insure
everlasting life to the obedient , to those wfro Comply with the con . ditioa therein expressed ; but at the same time leaving the disobedient exposed to perdition , to the loss of everlasting life . " God
so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth on him might not perish but have everlasting life /* How unfounded then is * the inference of the final hkppiriess of all ineiu
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from God ' s love to the wofld ^ wfeerj the v # ry passage in which it * is expressed , necessarily supposes , that some of mankind will certainly peribh . But let us hear the Doctor . 4 < Now , " says he , p . 11 $ , - * tbe primary , the essential quality of
God is love . " Oar God , says the apostle , is a consuming , fire * This proposition is ns absolute and as unlimited as the other , and we may as well apply the terms primary ' and essential to
the one as to the other for any thing the scripture says to the contrary ; it applies them to neither * God is a God of love ; J > ut God is also a Gad of vengeance , Is he both these to the same pen . sons , and at the same peviad ? He
is the latter , as tbe copnecfioii informs us to the adv ^ sa ^ ies ^ whom fiery indignation shull cotu s \ ime . He is the former to Mt& ' beloved children , who love him , because he first loved ibe ; n \ v The Doctor goes on , V Loye , or
benevoleiice , then , ough ( . nQt t ^ i'be considered as unconnected . wlh his other attributes , but as t \ i& subject to which they all belong . '' Wlrere did the Doctor Jearn all this ? Is then veTigeaD ^ e ^ is ftery indignation , is wratb , is holiness ; and is justice an ingredient of love ?
The Doctor say ^» ( ibj % ) ic Justice , it ought never to be forgotten "—but surely , tljc truth of what follows ought to inwe ; .. beeft proved before h « had made this assertion —* Justice , " he s ^ . ys 9 4 < is goodness exercised in the capacity of a ju (*! ge or goodness regulated by wisdom in distributing rewards and punrshmenvts , so as to bring about the greatest mm of moral Perfection and happiness . Now /'
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$ && ' ¦ Mr , Mar $ ffift ! s Strictures on Dr . Estlin ' s Di $ c < yitise $ *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/26/
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