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    % eii follows the question referred toby Mt . W . > u But do they tirer sky , The Lord loveth the -mickt&V Mr . W . had the quesfciort before him , the length of it could not be the reason of his not quoting it , the reason evidently was , he well knew that if he had quoted it , he could not have answered the question by referring to a passage of scripture that says any thing of the kind ; and there - fore it must be suppressed , and

    something I have not said substituted in its room , for I certainly have not questioned ' whether there be any thing in scripture from which God ' s love to the wicked can be fairly inferred . " We cannot look into the heart , ^ and ought not to impute motives to any man which are not made apparent by conduct ; but , under the circumstances of the case , is it possible to conceive , that such a misrepresentation

    could be without design ? The two passages M r . W . refers to are no answer to my question , and " contain nothing in them but what I have expressly stated in that connection . See page 282 .

    « The third , " says Mr . . W ., cc is where you object to the definition , * That justice is goodness exercised in the capacity of > judge . * ( ib . " } These again are not my words , they are copied frbjt « an assertion of Dr . EsU Kn ' s , of ivhich I say , < c Surely 'ihp truth of it ought to have been proved before he made this assertion . Dr . Estlin in his reply has tiot attempted to prove it /* '- ** the last is , " ( p . 283 ) says Mr . W . ' * Your denial that the

    t > owtef of God is ever exercised for thefitfgpifiedS - < $ f the * wicked . ' * This agifhi h no quotation from

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    me , aad is so expresstd a * aot to convey roy meaning , but to |> tr . vert it : I appeal to the p&ssag * and to

    my reasoning on the » ub . ject , and on the scriptures then quoted in support of what I have advanced . There is no cotiduct more disingenuous , or more

    deserving of severe reprehension , U controversy , than a person stating what he supposes to be the mean ing of his opponent , instead of giving hit meaning in hu awn words .

    The rest of Mr . W's . letter has nothing to do with my argu ments , and I have nothiRg to do with it , I think I may now «*• sume it as an indubitable fact , established by the clearest evi - dence , that Mr . W . has not

    answered , or attempted to answer anyone argument that I have advanced . And I feet a peculiar satisfaction in tbe contemplation that my arguments , in the long controversy between Dr . Estlia

    and myself , are such , that Mr . Wright , with all his acknowledged acuteness , and notwithstanding the willingness he has shewn to do it , if it had been in his powery ba * not been able to discover one

    which he could venture to qontroverU 1 submit , Sir , these observation , which are called for by ^ Mr . Wright , in his letter addressed to me , to you for insertion i » ycfrur Repository . Aixi ^ im , Sir ,

    Yours , &c . JOHN MARSOM P . S . Mr . Wright pointsmtt * me a paper , ( p . 275 , ) whicfef ^

    » ays , ^ coniains questions which $ o * ought to answer / 9 But before he made this observation ^ he wooU have done well to huve coiiaiAtrti how far he ha&iAnswered my kt #

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    7 di Mr . Marsttik imReply to Mr . Wrigit 9 on Fmtttr + Mumshtntnt .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page 762, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/34/