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iViestlep Allied to I > r . Priestley , in ^ Jfcts modest merit s is Mr ^ JBds fe am * who -san k * hus&elf - * & ¦ . no higher order , a&d ^ I ^ a 4 ^« , pjwh af ^ no supej ^ or at * tins < dtt § fc 3 V * na&gal ^ philosophy , theology aud ^ agftcal good conduct-^> £ V- ' - - ¦ ' - , - ,-. ' JluJEt . - \* » »~ . ' " - ¦ -. f * ¦ -. - , * r ¦ r * mtmmmmmm + —r . - _^ . *_ .
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> -- » Sf « y ^ • - ¦ - January \ 2 my 184 7 * J m ^ te at , because a very plai « tbm& ; it is nthner encompassed with difficulties * nor involved in obscurity ; its docttiitez ' are the ^ ust- deductions of a cukyeate # &fsd enlarged roiitd , from the contemplation of the character and peri « ctioRS of the Deity , as displayed in his vttibfee works , and of the wa » ts # nd
ootidiuoa of man m-cim society . Its founder , who wa& the best and wisest ^ f oief * , whose life was one continued scene of -benevolence and love , and all whewe eSbrU were directed to the e&tthia of sinners to repentance , imd ^ Eie refoiining of mankind * by teaching them to do unta others as they would
that oth « rs should do unto them , was , n % one wen ) , ateacher of goodness $ and the t « at by wbick his disciples were to he ktiown waft , the € > feservance of his (^ mmafnds and , tbe imbibi ng of has spirit : goodness 9 therefore , is the crifiernm m belief > ladnns * o £ unbelief .
With this view 06 ChnstiaBity , I ha ^? e been > aoctaatojned to-eoxtsider etnery ftea ^ that was not purely pmeteeali asv at least , unicoportent ? aim * oct ttie subject of f& £ raci&s * I had f * Uect into the opmioa o ^ Ml H ^ inae , tbat ^ , mi rac ^ being a violation of theo ^ deat ef aatuire ^ ar , as Mr . Gogart ? wotiaLd define it , a 4 &mt ^ am from ; the ardet « £ rxa ^ ace
caa » ne »« r be se&deied QiedibW b ^ ^ cstimtmy . . -. 1 % » historians or biographoia ofi the life of Jesus ca » rjot , ras / sucb ^ be entitled t o ^ r ^ r eater degiee of credit ; , than the jtmtoriam © r biogra ^ tiury of ^ o ) f oth er otan . When ttey stsde hi * mews a £
the Duvine Bcern ^ , a&d * thei raor * U prbi ^ ciptes he tanagbr ^ w « give full cceoit to thteir stat « aiesr 9 beeaostt * of th « fitness f ^/ Acftff-to th * - ocmdkiojK o £ m » n as a i » icksk wad raJaftoe beui ^ arrd of tbte justness of lAfltfe with the order of n& ~ tucrCTi Bt ^^ wh « ttth € yaecojnia 77 n ^ Hffj * 4 ^ ftn > f t »; mtat mnriMitsibat sceptical if the ^ < wife rtrfes ei estiai ! alaiigitkeLcnwiife <) f aU « r ifain » WHtmaa » & ^ # Htfttateng rtto * m # . We ^ iy ^ eredit to ? M . Bxpo 8 , V *> L XX . p . 644 ^
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^ 0 4 M | fi « c : hfejpri ^ . nmr . e ^ uiSr aoeKell ^ i ^ s ^^ M ^ pi ^ m- ^ gA . whajLiip ^ mni to be rr | i r 4 c « 8 i | i : ; 1 # c believe po historic feet which does n 6 t appj ^ ve ij ^ eiC . to . par experience , or agree , with £ &e f ^ a ^ lUfi ^ d orc ^ i : £ f things . tfi The actions and fat € of ifi » $ m Ern ^ er ^ of &ra rt £ e" ooMe WilS ^ tftis jri ^ e ^ . bat . were . the historian : j ih ^ t great man tq ^ decfefe . tnait he oti ^ rtyseda dead man to fife again * I $ p ngt apprehend that J > is testitp ©^ would proijuce a / COn , tictipti tuj ^ i i $ k
mind of anv individviak . Whgr ; , t ^ j , should tbajt degree of credit b ^ f ^ licjpfid to t ^ e histotiajis of Jesui t ^^^ 4 ^^ kt ^ w , . were fr ^ quent lv reproved hbJRtok
for iheu gr » 3 M ana inadeytmjt * ekppr 0 £ e x ?< wtf of t ^ nature of the JV ^ eJsia ^ ^ rtt ^ the mjality of his dispensation , Mi ^ i ^ is w ^ fcheld from t \\ o th ^ r hbt 0 itel *
If ' thd evidence ? of testimbriy begiff * cl $ * sive ^ re , can the testimony of Cartil Bradwai-dia « , M ^ a *» bnry , F < j * te « tb 3 S .
and many others , . be rejected , * p | £ * i they js ^ 0 vi §| y declare that tti ei wil nessed the inwaataneous cure of the
king ' s evil by the tOwehf . B&t , ^ though the ; are acknc ^ wledged authorities upoji otb ^ T ma ^ tes % w h «> ^ ves credit to their testimony upon this ? J 8 efi > i ^ , bowwer , jt . cfttt tiF >^ i ^^ thai the Divine Beino : int ^ rferrtr twU
p acMloust y t ; d comuiumcate Cbrisfeiistity to Fiianknid , it must be shown that » uerka& ititerf « ferK ? e was nhc * i $€ try 9 antl tb ^ t th * gsm ua of that religion neijcartd it . This aD ^ eaci to rot a exuding point ; and I am sotnewhat $ urp 9 i $€ 4 that my worthy ffienrf Bf r . ' ^ Wi 4 Jbt ^ who has wriuen an J&tajr HpO «^ jtftgs subject , m which , as is usu ^} # ^ h hi % W ha » said a . j ^ t ^ M things ba « « 3 » to ^ ly < rHWl < poketf % k If 5 w in viewing the o ^ eriafemfir $ F tiie JDeity , both m thf natural , arid njorat warl ^ we percerye ^ e t 3 U »^ v . i « Un ^ unbroken eh a in of cs * u ^ -J&J effecu Trqe it is that ^} g : t& ! place wtthovH his direction
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/32/
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