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A * m £ J **^ tw Msiay * r onef ^ n the Mf * J ^* oq f Cfttisffanity ; the otket on that Sabbath : By-the late Johrt Simpson . London : Published * by Hunter . 1835 . 8 vd : p p ^ l 2 ; 5 > . - ni ^ HJE writings of the eXcieltent au-¦¦^ ^ TibJr of these JEssay ^ were di rec \ &a to . the illustration of the evidences of
Revealed Religion , and to the develpjksttttto of some peculiarities in the language of the books which record its . ddcmiies ar | d- history . Few of our reaSeYsjcan be ignpran f of the services wh ^ cH he has thus rendered to the best interests of mankind : nor will
th ^ yJtehWgratefulto " the Editor f of titu § pamphlet / ' who " esteems it his mosiijpleaaing and bounden duty to coaajpLy with the wishes or intentions " of J ^ tb tieoeased father , in laying * '* before the public in the same state in which he found them , " the only
papers which Mr . Simpson left behind hint read y for the press . Jjgf ] } i ! fi < 6 ' fojrner , the Essayist endeavour ^ . t ^ jhevv , " that no reasonable objeciioii can be brought against the divine authority of the religion of Jesus , from its not having been more effectual in . reforming the lives of men . "
Heobegins with concisely illustrating the ~** atural tendency of the gospel , wh $ efc' fee * regards as favourable in a M ^ tie ^ ee ^ tjo gptfd moral s and pure rdipttV ''| TOnVte proves , on the auflSbrkyftffacf *; tltfat Christianity has actually caused great improvements of thi ** ft *^ m * V H hixs abolished many sa *^ % tifl 4 fc fttfrnhri national practices , and Me ; &oft $ jtleraply softened and decreaflfcd ^' the baVbtfrity of others . Its
befieneial iuflueticse on public laws , is not Jwer 4 # oked ; nor its success in sptsaA&ig ^ the most prorier ' means of inci % tts $ rt-g and rftffu $ ing these bles ^ lhgs . The ^ bligatibhs of sound learning t 6 the 3 gbspeli are ^ clearly and" forcibly stati&o i * A sfctamary- fbttdrtktff the ' go ^ adtects of- the Cliristian dbctnn ^ : and ^^ oti ^^^ e assigned for as ^ rWnV theeseito * h < kti& ' Hb n * ' ' d btlikr ) && £ Ha ^ iiSg il ^ S fe ^ eH ^ d the oMfectlSri fe '
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this revelst * 0 tt ^ o »^ cedtm t ^ 6 f h avitx ^ produced '«« ad ^^ nta get > us eflfects ^ at alp Mr . Simpson nem v * ftdifeat % 9 Ghrhtiaijl ity from ¦ tke < charge of having fallen short of that l d 4 grpe 6 jf L # Jfic acp itV pro * moting the virtue and welfare oF man * kind , which might-have "been txpected from a divine religion . He maintains
that these expectations themselves are not reasonable . ' ^ They have no proper ground . They originate from igw norance . Even natural religion and the faculties of reas # » 3 md conscience , have failed of improving the hearts and lives of men so mujch as we think we
might have expected- Yet is it fair to conclude from hence , that eM religibn should be rejected , and that our mental faculties are not the gift of Gbd ?^ To the allegation that the ^ O ^ el **^ as not produced so mawy , nor sueh emi nently good , effects , as it is naturally
fitted to * producej" -he answers tb&ti * moraL causes ^ -v ^ ork only - by petsuasion . " A good motal ca ^ se BGtay be , and ore many instances actually ha £ been pereerted * , so as to be made the instDUitnent and occasion Of bringing about , very ill eflfects . " The pxcellehce
therefore of Christianity , as ' * a moral fneans of bringing men to repentance and holiness ,, jna y be manifest , though great numbers will not apply tfe to % ti proper purposei' * Thie excellence in ^ deed the objection supposes ; from thte it argues , however ino » nclusivelyi . A
physician is . not responsible for either the inattention or the obstinacy dhi * patient . Let it not , further , be forgot ^ ten that the first preachers of the gospel foretold its corruptions ; whi ^ h predictions evince the sincerity of the views of Christ and his apostles aiatf the truth of their pretensions . Social union ; , government , learning , arts &tid scie&ce , are manifestly gooa oceans of improving the noblest faculties of men . This ^ 3 their natural tendency , toi it is no sufficient Teason for declining fo employ them , that they arec ^ apaWs pf / fciein ^ perverted to had pxir \ iose « , > an 4 ^ b ^ v ^ b ^ i the ^ ccaflfion : o € inbunaerablei ^ vatfjuj ^ g / JhrjKthlBD sfeoiild ^ toisttaariiy < it > e ^»^| cted ( toi this >^ aco « xuat ?< l - Wim wrw ^ x j n ^ Hicci . on nqparttiaiity ( dd > w ma . ^ f »_ i ^ ^ p ^ i ^ ^ r ^ m ^ for cin ^ y ; l £ ince ^ J'wIw W ^ ri ^ rhicb # m tmth , are not Christian ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 224, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/36/
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