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tion is accordingly two-fold , presenting a mixed prospect , in which universal death is followed by "universal resurrection . This last event , this universal triumph of the vital power over that of death , even after it had inflicted its last
fatal stroke , and reduced the whole race of mankind to their original dust , corresponds Avith our experience of the manifest superiority of the intellectual and moral powers over their tendencies to error and excess . It presents a
glorious proof of their superiority in the eye of the Creator , who , after having suffered sin to complete its work , inflicting at the bame time a deadly wound on
itself , by the universal destruction of our species ; rescues them from his giasp , removes this sentence of condemnation , and by a judiciaiy act of justification , recals them to newness of life . This
vital principle being thus restored , with new powers , new light and motives to action , will proceed in its career of advancement , dispelling yet further the illusions of error , becoming in a yet greater degree cleansed from the impurilies of sin , and approaching , though by very different gradations , indifferent individuals ,
toward \ that perfection of virtue , which will secure its exemption from the discipline of . natural evil , and become the pure source of unmingled , immortal felicity . The design for which this future
life is previously revealed , is in-< leed to engage our voluntary powers in a course of preparation for that great event to which we are all destined . And when the mind is sufficiently opened to receive , and to estimate the value of this sublime information , it cannot but
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in proportion as it is made tb « subject of attentive reflection , abundantly promote the process of spiritual and moral amelioration ; the
gradual elevation of the huma # i mind , from its low terrestrial origin , to its heavenly destination . On the other hand , inattention to this most important of all objects , or the ranking it as subordinate
to the fleeting objects of this world , must be productive of great obscurity in our views , and great perversion in our moral habitudes . When , therefore , the event actually arrives , and all the different orders of mankind shall stand
before the tribunal of Christ , verv different , and even opposite , in some cases will be their state of preparation for this renovated being . The mind which has previously placed its affections above ? will find the new scenes into which
it is introduced , entirely according with its views , though infinitely transcending its most sanguine expectations . Its sympathy and piety , its love of rational and tublime enjoyment , will now
breathe an atmosphere , in the highest degree congenial , imparting new activity , new purity and expansion to every power and affection , and introducing it to the immediate fruition of immortality . We are moreover assured , ihat
there will be a certain order observed with regard to the time of resurrection , Christ the first-fruits * afterwards they which are his , at his coming , thin cometk the end , SfC ' How distinguished in this respect must Jesus himself be above his most eminent followers ,
and how far must these be elevated in the scale of wisdom and moral excellence , above the majority of mankind , whose slum-
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410 Considerations in favour of Universal Restoration .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/26/
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