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difficulties which attend their hy . pothesis will probably prevent tbeir again entering the lists with ils opponents ,, j . I ^ he f riends of the doctri ne of cndle ^ b destruction , though their
puniber has decreased , still keep the fit-Id , and seem determined to assert the eternal empire of death so long as they have any ground t <> stand on . More
than they have done they cannot do , so Tar as relates to criticisms on words , and building arguments on detached passages . If they would lully establish their
hypothesis , and place destruction on an indestructible basis , ihey should turn their attention to great leading principles , and shew the agreement of their doctrine with the
infinite goodness ot God , his character as the Father <> f all , and those other principles stated in the former part of this letter . The advocates for limited puttishment take their stand on the
ground of the acknowledged character and perfections of God , and on this imnuneable foundation * build the great conclusion , that the whole of the divine government and dispensations will issue in universal life and happiness . Led to closer examination
in the course of the controversy , they have relinquished some ground which they once occupied ; and without attempting to prove the restoration by detached passages of scripture , they content themselves wilh shewing that it
agrees with the scriptures at large , and that without admitting it the fulness of grace displayed in many passages would be contracted , and the glory which beams throughout the , whgje eclipsed , . , The burden of proving seems to
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lie chiefly with the advocates for endless punishment , whether that of torment , or total lost of being * As it cannot be pretended either of tbesi * views can have any proof
but from divine-revelation , they are required to prove them frem , scripture . If they fail of doing this , tie doctrine of limited pu . nishment will follow of course , as the only remaining hypothesis , and as a conclusion authorized
by the divine character and per * fections . Occupying the strong ground he does , the universalist has only to shew that the proofs adduced by his opponents are got well-founded , or are not sufficien t
t <> establish the hypothesis in su p * port of which they are urged , and he has gained the cause . If his conclusion cannot be proved in * consistent with scripture , as the premises on which he builds it are indubitable , it will be as
certain as any deduction of reason can be , and will open the eyes of the understanding to behold an increase of light and glory in the sacred word . >
Praying that truth on every sub . ject may prevail , 1 remain , Sir , Respectfully yours , An old Correspondent .
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View of Future Punislmcnt . Sir , I beg leave to be allowed * at
the close , I suppose , of the controversy concerning the duration of future punishments , to present your readers , in a very few words , with a view of the subject with
which I hav » been struck . It does not appear to me that any intimation- has been given in the scriptures , either concerning
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768 View of Future Punishment .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1814, page 768, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2447/page/40/
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