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^ eW ^ MK ^ ^ * B ? ff ? Me for aw SBBffixiHF M ^ i ?; ^ - ^ WT ^^/! T * ^ - ^ * S& * WW ^ # !^ e miracles than tp , pel 4 eve , me testimonv-. But whv ? J ^ # } i ^ a mr ^ m £ su spicion , of which tfipimpVopabiilty of such miracles is ^ 6 vUi
tJ ^ , daXion * He begins to qisis-^ n ^ . jLesumony , and " tc ) bring for-M ?^ £ q \ je ^ f £ ain g en ^ reasons against it ^ j r ^ rp dfiDlUty , such as that it was tjip ^ . ttje , interest of many that such p ^ r ^ ci ^ be believed , and that men ' s ^^ ty ^^ y-ere then prepa red to receive ca £ . yi * proOr of miracles . But these are wero /
^ n ^^ -e " and indeed very flimsy \ pftSQgs * by . which to impeach tfie vejac ^ ity , or observation , of multitudes £$ i religious men , who were ready to 4 ' pS ^ t dentil for religion , and many of lyjjom did suflfer dcaui . If yv * e mate tbus free with human testimony at 4 & , * s distance of time , when the
circumstances are to us most imperfectly ^' qvv q , where are we to stop ? 1 f ly . . agpee with Mr . Cogan , that the j ^ gr ^ e of testimony is to determine t ^ e particular question concerning any ^ p iracies , and . I am quite sure that
testimony u . i&y t be such as to establish . ^ uy ^ jfaf ^ fre ; it miraculous or otherwise , ij ^ th f \ uman mind is constituted , r <* - * f& VRS **^ $° JTftprptxibtlily , and one miracvflQUS fact bemg . established , the qo&f $ \ xc * k i | ri |) jrQl > api } ity of others is 4 iffU ^]^^<^ until tb . eir frequent occur-SG&G f t 4 ^ 5 ^ J jW . ^ y f'l s ^ ense of improbabiUty frofiv , t&e tpind , and their easy ibat
fj ^ pp ^ / b ^ ccfmp as as of any ptt ^ r fact . In the abstract , therefore , cberc u t > othiug in Mr . Hume ' s argu-4 kle ^ tv yet it ia ouq whic h wil t ever ganry wUh it op imposing air of reason , ff riaese ^ e n ^^ rks procure us a few more lin ^ ftom' fyix . Cogan , your readers wii be pfoa 9 c ; 4 « A . B . C .
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^ SiK ^ J } j ; fcto ( , Nov . 25 l 1815 . : < A ^ W ^ v ^ it ) le ¥ isceJlStty ; f \ e ~ ^ rltti ^ H ^ yy ^ qri ^ a ins hints tb minis-• ' «« i ^ prov m ^ nt in the mode . ^ j » i / 9 BW » p « g tb ^ c m ^ ej ^ g ! ^ - i . >* W < 4 ^ & * e m # Wc »< ls it to UaUaffan aTp * Sa ^^* WP ^ o ?! i ? fc ^ i ^ m ^^^ i \ m m s fflM ^ whfiefcife ^ v 7 ^ 3 ^^ 1 & r % ah ^ usi at heannjgf in its steaa k art / ,
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ino ^ i ^ siidu ^ se : ' Th ^ iyiVhetd ^ Is ^ tf fi ^ tjeiftljr apolied fo tti ^ ati ty , t ' thAt /| Wish to ft now % Vhdt th ' eVe is in k W justify'or occasion lb . be ? hg sti called . 1 ' tiimk it must tileet some inort > # qViairt ^ io'ihe triinVl which rbceivh ft with dhgfht ; to such a n ^ ind , how very dry and disgusting must be our SavioiiW Sermon ou the Mount , as that is entirely composed of moral precepts . Were these precepts reduced to prac-Uce , it would so improve the mental taste and moral constitution , that what
?< T now dry and disgusting would be received even with a zest—that ha ^ ppy union would then take place between faith and Works which constitutes the religion of Christ . ; That Unitarian ministers should Occasionally preach doctrinal seniiohs , and defend their opinions against thetr
opponents , is useful and necessary ; but while so many preachers &re depreciating morality , ( and the relish with which this is received their crowded audiences declare ) , it behoves the former / ather to increase than to abate their exertions iii ttiat important part of their Master ' s work , the , enforcing the 3
preceph 6 f the ^ bSpe ! . Who are they whom the ScriptVreV dignify by tlte appellatioh of nis peculiar f > eopJe ? those who are zealous of good works . I would recoirim ' ericj it to J . K . when he invites his frifendsKtoa controversial
fentertaintneutfait ^ UriitJarfem apel , to warn them Of the ^ dfisihi lity ot their meeting with 6 r \ 4 f moral fare , which though lesfc tjal ^ Mble , iti ^ y , if it does not meet a ^ nosit ?<^ b'lo indigestion , afford stolid and wfitftedprfte nourishir fent :- ' r _' ' : : A-
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7 oi " On Docffimi flctemg : —t )* MfcfitdhH * * fminimi Chapeh
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Sir , >¦ > r Bee .-3 , I » i 6 . WISH our fHemfs at Edinburgh I all po ^ si hle success ift tbefc p lan < -of raising a fupd for a hew chapel ; ahd shall be happv to contribute aif nntc to so desirable art object . I tbirik * hpwem ; , they would * do well , in ^ ie first instance , to imitate the fcoridufePof tlheiirWehferi dtYork , Thorpe , «^ - See' what the ^ ean ^ raise among tft « niselvei ^ id tft ^ n lay their eAse fce forc tti e l f i
publfe . ' ' ; '" - Thkt&&etrfi- ** 6 itiod ^ of s opp&rt * n ? the ' grctfk- &fth&V > TiJnltVriatt ^ rti ^ # ce HMn dHjtfaiott ; diHmt { t > f ^ rt # * ncMmetaAii K' * iif *> b * iMtoig <* M * + ^ WiiMftg 0 J 6 f ctia p&tei '''• w ^ Ure rittcum-^^ JSncer ^^ d ^^^ cH ^ S ^ ir ^ P ^ ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/12/
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