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But , waving this argujaaent , kOw wv we prove that the retanbp ^ FJo ra ^ hgp produced more ill effects thati good ones ? In ecclesiastical as well as civil tysLftQfoif be ^ imft ^ ; & > meq * mnGe& , of p * % » ^ n }>^ i ^ di _ t ^ Ktjf > th ^ rqhiI ' pas * sioufr : j £ ^ ft 'tyok * 4 ^ eit upon , Wdhea
peacg $$ 4 its attendant We § sing 8 * prevail , thc . ^ j are n ^ A * soally thought by historiji # & to be subjects &ufrlci © fitly in > - tergifcing to engage $ he public regard . N < £ F .-.. »• computation , the truth and exiq ^ ies ^ of \ yhieh is beyon d the limit of human faculties to ascertain , cannot
ba& proper ground of human judgein ^ and action . Aa to the allegation that » a doetrine communicated by God for we best of purposes * can * never U the ^ cjpafiqtt ^ -pfiniquity in any instance , the principle which this
objecfjajiabsui ^ s , ; namely , that a divine law ^ r t plaa . for * ( the general good cannot be ^ qco iB jjji ^ ijwi with any partial evil , is e ^ atr « a ( lic ^ d ; by the whole course of nati ^ and Jt ? residence . 'To say that not
reljgi fl ^^ a restraining motive , beq ^ se if 4 ^ 8 not al ways restrain , is eqq ^ y absu rd as to say , that the civil la \^ f £ re .- © ot a straining motive '* Evgjril ^ id -fjBolHJ ^ broke has confessed the ^ tjiuy , of , this Kfiharee * Indeed , ^^ H . ^^ n be ii * i > r ^ pal pably unjiast tha& ^ jaBfi ^ ibe any cons equence ta a has the
caq ^^ hich strongest genuine ter ^ kfl ^ y to p reven t it . Yet whoever ac < # u&sh ] the g «» pei of producing vice of anyj ^ kiadk iadc ^ ts < this £ ilse mode of rea £ §| iij ^ g 4 A ^ a d noi afgument can be P ^ l jljdwwo-i ffoni tim qonduct of theypw ) % j ^ 8 Qrs . of any reli g ipn , either for ^ riflgainsk the religion iteclf , unless
tn ^ ii $ ofeduot natural ly flows from its priiKJ yfefc ,:. 1 fe | si 9 iari ^ ib 8 tract of Mr . Simpson ' s Esa ^ yItoii the Effects of Christianity . Y ^> hi subject so often and so amply ^ stoassed , novelty was not to be ex >
pelted . -The author ' s reasoning is dia-^ ngiwshed however by perspicuity , e | # ace ,: precision , correctness of mel"odj-extent o £ information and unj ff ^ Kted cando « rr . « . In a small com-paisa the
" ^^ i&presented us with su bstance ° j oWlrxyi bulky volumes : and he em-P > Jjftiino ; other weapons ; against th © Q PPKlaenjt 8 of the gospel ) t'hanisuch ^ aa ^^ itogenial with-ito mild'and ^ entld ? P * wlitohiefa , * h&rseerasr faUy 14 » hgtvo l aibedit > His dj&sign and plttii ( ro ^ i" ^ Q ^ n ir 11 in 11 ii fl ^ .,. . - » .. fMiwcrfit' , ti a » i j j a ¦ ft
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4 u 4 l-Qdll » trv tQ discuss some objectioirw of unbelievers i ^ thet | han represent &f FarP ^ # 1 0 1 effects of Chr iv tianity on the temporal concerns d € xnarifej i ^ ^\ | fce §^ a ^ f , i ^® MC $ l"fFOH » his « tory an J fro hi fac ^ r ^ i ^ t ; a ; { f a £ fcofct& $ lat ^ j ^ hop Pwleus ^ hich » cbkkr ^ that tftle , -.: ¦ ' - ' " v - ; . T- ^ dCfrnj 2
As a specimen of , otar a ^ hoiVmail ner , we extract his remarks , p t n ^ a cffff ^ r tence in the History of ^^ - . 'Xift ^ aefe and Fall of the Rprmin Eiiipire , ; ^ ij " ' By the industry-and zeal of th £ 3 $ B ©>* peaps , Christiaaity has Oe < m vmleiy dH&j ? e $
to ihe most diiitaiJt shores of Asia ^ IW Africa and , by the ineyns of their coloi ^ fj ^ has been firmly established from Qau ^^ Cto Chili , in a world unknown , to the ancients *' 'Gi&bQrCs Decl * and Pall , ice . Ch . xxy . ge 535 ' . t . " ' " *' . '*
' rhis observaKon of Mr . GJbbonr' wa ^ made long before th ~ . formation of tHfe Br ? - tish and Foreign Bible Society ; an instit ^ tion by means of which the Christian Scr ^ pfe tures have been most rapidly and general !^ distributed throughout the earth .
Thivery idea of forming a plan for dissemina-r ting tliose best instructions in- pure neti ^ kax aod good morals that were ever detyv ; e $$ tll ta all nations of men , in their own respe <; tiy ^ languages , derives its origin from the gospel tt is the natural effect of that enlargemeilt of mind which Christianity produces , an <|
of that universal benevolence which is h cbaracterisiiq feature of it . What radfe * eiFeetoal means could have been employed for the speedy and universal diffusion © f truth , righteousness and piety in the we # ld $ for reiTning and exalting , the huraau-chajte ^
t « r to its highest perfe ^ t ^ a ; , aw& faxt p ^> mqting the purest , happiness o £ Tmnkw $ U ) general , both in the present , &o 4 . in . t ^ k t ' utvvre life ? " ( $ 9 . ) , Wu shall next attend iaMr . Si ^ p # « son ' s thoughts oa the nature and ob ^ gation of the patnanahal , the Jew $ | and the Christian Sabbath . " Hiesj Appeals tQ Gen . ii . % , d' , as " a po&i $ r * f t the rst ren
lu ^ v g ^ ven to fi pa ts of omt race ; * with the view of determining << r the fixed periods of time at wbigh mankind should statedly join , tpgetfrer ? in divine worship . Against this /^ rjo ^ sitive evidence * U'WOuTd be irratiojial
to place the conjecture that M ** s might have inserted the above orde * for sancti fying the seventh day , wh ^ ni he wrj ^ ipv the book of Genesis , a * > a reason for his giving a similar command to th # Israelites ; especially ^ aa
io fii cp 4 concfern ^ t be qb ^ pten , > whieh * ^ houfd be xv , the first paragraph , J $ j > v *
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Jxevietv . ^ &itaQsoifrWwo Essays . %$ 5
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 225, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/37/
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