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together very , unequal to any literary undertaking , yet am not truly content to wholly disregard the piece entitled , A Defence of Mr . Cappe . [ P . 4 . 06 . ]
The writer begins with statins : The Writer begins with stating thatN . D . admits that u all move , rnent and successive effect may be the result of Divine will and determination i" and then he
subjoins , " Now if all effect and result proceed from the Divine will , hour can those lesser circumstances upjoh tj ^ hich they depend be con . ttary to it ?"
Now in this , Mr . Correspondent is not altogether correct ; stating that to be admitted which was not literally so , but was under denial in his acceptation . He
professes to use , my w&rds but I said , u we mean not to comrovert , ** &e . And my meaning was , that I would not contend but that
all movement and effect thereof was natural issue , and might be justly deemed consequence of in * stitutetl ope ? rant principle . _; but not that every effect of such principle ,
was object y' or devised end ^ of divine insulation . No ; so far otherwise , this distinction is the essence of the business in hand . K ^ " doubt Divine Will is the
ground of all active quality ; and of . course all consequence takes place somehow in virtue thereof . There is , however , some inconsister . ee in consequences . At least this is supposabie , inasmuch as theje is apparent contrariety — positive opposition in natural ope . ration : lacts inconsistent and at
variance with divine character — ( universally acknowledged character ) . It is in these instances alone , that we question Divine will , pleasure and purpose . It is dot contended or do&bted but
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that the Creator of the world i * positive source of all active prin . ciple ; and as such the author of all movement . But whether God is the designing cause of every distinct motion and result or
consequence thereof , is the consideration , —the ground expressly marked out for consideration :, but by Occasional Correspondent , con * founded with one excepted view , and together finally settled with an interrogation under appearance of complete confutation , ( as evi .
dently absurd ) independent of any argument whatever . And not one direct sentence , first nor last , is there in attempt to evince " that all movement is actually in accord
with divine pleasure : that all facts , all temporary ^ relations of objects , and every result thereof , •—every operation of active prin . ciple is an object of consideration ,
and justly ascribable to the direct pleasure and determination of Deity . " Now this wa ^ express sentiment , advanced to consideration ; but ' , nevertheless , left entire , wholly leapt over , by the defender of the faith , that nothing moves
but b y command of Deity . u ar « ready ( says he ) to admit , indeed , that many events may and actually do take place of which we * may not be able to ascertain thW purpose ; also that
there are others which must appear to us as being productive of evil ; but it by no means follows that they may ultimately be so . " True : and what then ?—To what
end is this noted here ? What is hereby evidenced to the relief of the doubt , whether all events are in perfect accordance with Divine pleasure ? Well but , u innumerable instances lire given incase of Joseph and others , that all
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67 s Remarks on ihe " Defence of Mr . Capped
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/18/
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