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HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.
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Memoir of the Rev . J . S . Buck * minster * ( Concluded from p . 667 , and p . 594 . ) It cannot but be interesting to know , in what views of-religion the inquiries of a mind so active ,
so candid ,: so enlightened , and so pious as that of Mr . Buckminster resulted . It is apparent from his posthumous sermons , that the foundation of all his opinions was laid in the belief , that the great design of the gospel is , to produce a moral influence on the human
character—to raise it from the degradation and ruin of sin , and fit it for the pure and intellectual happiness of heaven . From this simple principle—so obvious , so undeniable , and yet so often forgotten—all his views of
Christiantytook their character . It ne ~ cessaril y follows from it , that all we doctrines and views of the gospel—as far , at least , as they ffcgard men—are to be considered m the light of motives and means ; 1
2 IU intrinsic value , except as lhey are auxiliary to this great * ad ; Christian faith , therefore , Jenves none of its efficacy from tte "umber merelv . much less
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from the mysticism and obscurity of the articles that we believe . Its genuineness and its worth are to be determined by the energy and permanence of our practical persuasion of those truths , which
supply the strongest and most affecting motives and encouragements to repentance and a holy life . These , in the view of Mr . Buckminster * were , the paternal character of God his constant
presence and overruling Providence—the connection of his favour always and only with moral goodness—the pardon of sin to the penitent through Jesus Christhis mission to enlighten and re * deem mankind—the confirmation
of our immortality by his resurrection from the dead , the just and impartial retributions of eternity to all the human race , according to their deeds * These , surely , are views , which , every Christian will acknowledge , enter
largely id to the grounds and support of his faith , and hope , and charity . And who will say , that any man , whose understanding acknowledges , and whose heart is imbued with these truths , w ill want any essential characteristic
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No . CVIIL DECEMBER . [ Vol . IX *
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MONTHLY REPOSITORY OF Theology and General Literature .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/1/
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