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ave * y vicious man m tt&kf , * n& witiiont * figure , a siiive /* f 1 fhe " anal ogy between . 9 iy . 1 l and femoral Iiberty , *^ s finely pomt ^ Joiit , 1 st $£ *• . F # * - *"• l ^? discourse , ffe fSenrecorhint : u 8 i the tatter" from a ^ n sic } e ratio n gf the hoiior . whic 6 it ra *^^ irjd of th ^ jM ^ va ^ taiKjs and $ T
•* In ejtery , sen * e of the word , liberty is one of the first and most essential ble « - » u > g 5 « We are all in this country justly zealous for civil liberty . Would to God we were all free in the best sense ! That civil liberty which ytfe so passionately admire has nothing valuable in it- compared with the liberty which I hare been
explaining * To this then let us apply our warmest zeal . He who is conscious of wanting this , should be ashamed of psetendiug any real for tfee other . " •* I am exhorting you , fella w-Christisto * , % o be free . You may say that y « m are
Mritous , aud therefore iu possession of Jfetedom . But the proper reply is tba ^ t * i ade by our Saviour t * the Jew * , he that titmmiiteth im , is the servant of sin . " Of the twelfth sermon the text is
Isaiah 1 . to , " Who ^ is among you that feareth the Lord , &c . " and tbe subject , Trust in God , the best support of the righteovis under affliciious /* In the words from which he discourses
I >* . P . considers three things : ' * 1 st , the circumstances tbey describe , woUurtg in darkness , and seeing no light * £ d ^ tfene very important truth ^ that in such circumslances our best relief Ls trusting
in the name of the Lord , and , staying murseiues upmi God ; and 3 rd , this farther truth , that the relief derived from htnee c ? an be enjoyed o » ly by these that fear the Lord "
The words K < walking in darkness , * nd having no light , " are properly'applicable only to circu instances oC the vdeepest distress . In such a situation we should consitter that the Deity w always intimately present with us , that tie stands in the nearest relation
to u $ j that he is almighty , all-wise , and ^ It-benevolent : and hence we ityali obtain relief : The exhoriatio | i "BiQWever in the te i ^ r , is addressed only ||> jQie j ^ tous and obedient ; it is in igjpft-doijig that we are corn rtiaoded to ^ ta ^ niU our souk tp < jrod . ^ ^ = ^ : — » . ¦ . ... * r « ¦ ^ f Works , Vol . II . 146 , 14 ? .
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This discourse « orttains » f ^ eneygetic and heautiful sumfD ^ iy ^ 5 f 4 l | p ^ a ^ rguments for the goodnefl of fCfod vrbteh l > r . Price advanced in i yolvvitv of * serinona pnblt ^ ied darin ^ his . UiV % We ha ^ e been . par 4 ic * &fcrl y ia ^> ce » seU by the following pasbdge :-
" My feelings Have ^ eTi iwirttimes *• » hock «< l wken I have teeii a feflow ct « rf ^ afc g « j » ning uuder distreiA , that I % a . re Wteti reatdy tp cry out it * my 1 u »< e , * b ^ ir -9 i It pos # ibl « thut such iuffcrings sho \ t 44 * bc « o < F sistent with the goodhess © f the E ^ i fyi '
Bat I have soon corrected niy « eif by cousidering , whence did' I receive these / eelings ? Can I be more coropa $ 3 iaa ^ te tb aa the Being who gave me compassion ? Were be malevolent ,, would UeJsiave ^ jiMide me to detest malevolence ? I * it credible
that he should bave planted mttgiR me principles which render his own cajsacter sbockiog ta sue ?" In No . XIII * Dr . P . ' wepresfems of
• ' ^ The nature true rig ^ teout nessJ * amd prefixes the memorable text , Matt . xxv . 46 , ** And these shall go away into everlasting pusishmeut , but the righteous into life eternal . " In explaining these words , he says ,
** By everlasting punishment here is plainly meant tit * sai ^ e that is elsewhere qaUed cverjaatip ^ < leatr > ictiim ao 4 the ecetid deat ^ i , or the saaie with what our l * o ? d meant , wUea ia other place * te »^ eak 3 of burning up the € & $# * utth ufiqucnchablz fire % and thntuiiztg th + Utrep into a furnace of firey whire is weeping OJtd gnashing of teeth . It would be exto
treiner ^ absurd andcrataiidsucli j ^ bra »* tti a sense strictly literal . They cap nte # a no more tliao a mUcr ^ ble ext « rJB £ Dntiof ] , lii ^ e that of chaff or tares wben tbro ^ n i « to an inexting ^ iisiiahle firei waiftU cpn-» unoe « them . Oo the contrary , fry- < : V « fiaatu » g ; life in my t * t » t i » plauily mcrant preservation , in opposition to- cxtmrm&nidr a ^^ tracf
tiQit ^ ropn everl g « x ^ « in o pj ^ a slti ( WA to everJa ^ tip ^ destrttetion ,- ^ tk « tii immortality in opppsition to ^ < £ ^ CU death .
We have made this cactraql , ^ hM onx readers might fu ^ rther j « 4 ge of 1 ^ . Price ' s opinion cancemtDg thfe hafiiiffe and duration o ^^ ftttire ^ p u i ^^ BS ^ te ^ tbpy will confer % aw | V , lP wS % pB |^ tion of hia t ^ Kl n ^ M ^ kW ^ # d t IS&iJbl ^ aS& 4 £ i Jft ' the la ^ i ^ j ^ pf 2 p ^> W ? iS ^ a » 4 « ftU * &ON * MSW ^^^ v ^ - ^ fe ?^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/48/
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