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pressed more proplMlj ^ bumafi imperfection lays a foundation , evea in such a case as this , for humility with respect to ourselves , and far candour with frespect to others . He may possess * every Other excellence of head and of
heart . He may be concious of many moral and intellectual attainments , for a deficiency in which I have reason to supplicate my Maker for forgiveness . With ewry friendly sentiment towards
him personally , an& with a willingness to account for a very extraordinary ^ fact upon the best principles on which it * can be accounted for , I feel my self justified in passing the most unqualified
censure on bis i $ ode of conducting this controversy ; and I must take thfi liberty of informing him that he has no . authority from me ; in my . name , or on my behalf to to
de&ne terra ^ lay down principles , to pursue a train of reasoning ^ to draw conclusions , to apply tha reductio ad absurdum , which * wJien properly applied , I thiak . as- useful in ethical or theo .
logical a * in mathematical science , - ^ to admit or to evade , to con * cede or to acknowledge , to relinqui * h QTto retain , to affirm er to deny ^ - ^ -in a word i to do whatever
supposes or implies any kind or degree of intellectual agen-cy or volition . But what is the nature of that evidence to which degrading appellations are applied , for I enn * not but suppose that degrading
ideas are intended to be conveyed by the terms inferential 9 mere in * ference , and ' not- expressed in scripture , but only to be deduced from itf' * The doctrine which admit * of this evidence * and is soppwted * by it ; r is ** true as that
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God is love ; as that G ^ d good to alL' arid his tender mefcifes art ov ^ all his toorfcs : fr What can
produce conviction in thsCt mind which demands superior evidence , which looks- otitfora higher de * gree of certainty ? I have never insinuated that this is all the
evidence which the doctrine of uni * versal restitution has to support it , but 1 have said , and I ck > say , that this is sufficient * That the kingdom of Christ , or the kingdtmif of truth ,
righteousness and bappiness , is represented in scripture as a kingdom wHfch will Ttwotr no end , it was am im * portant object of my Discourses to illustrate and improve * IVwas likewise shewn , if I may be perroitted the use of so confident an
expression , that this kingdom will finally be triumphant attd uni-TersaU This jnod 6 of proof ; vrtlatever it may be called , was certainly made us ^ of : If I mistake not , another kingdom is likewise spoken of in scripture of a much
shorter duration . Now , as Christ is expressly styled Mediator between God and man , and is allowed to be the head of this kingdom , do I use an unscriptural expression if I term t \ A& his me diatorial kingdom f If any terms more clear and : definite can be
pointed out , to explain what is meant by he must reign till h * hath put all enemies mufer his feet , " and " then cometh" ttte end
when hie shall have delivered' up the kingdom to God , even t&fe Fkthtr / ' I am willhig to adopt them ; but until that is done * I to
fitid myself ( iblig ^ d retain tne words which have * been objected to ; Perhaps Mr . MArsoin would h&ve been spared some trott'ote if he had onlV Known thfat the
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is 482 , Ite ** iR * tkifi if ^^ p ^^ to F&tkft t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1814, page 482, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2443/page/34/
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