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parallel place * - —the former , we conceive , relates solely to-the destruction tit tile Jevvuli state . - « : - ^ v This poacher-insists u oo thtiftHir fbllovvfiig purttsidars as © ecessaary to entitle * u $ k to the denomination and ichafSei £ Fo £ Ti § hteoiis raen . * isi , The establishment tftgifehin us of good
prinqiplea ^ an 4 ^ Ujl $ from them . gd ^ The swaerlpr "" eilipqtcy of su < fn * principles w * i £ Jpin , u £ to > tb . e ~ efficacy of al 1 6 $ ier principles . „ 3 ^ 1 » The manifestation of their jsiiperiorily by avoiding ; all hajbitiiiffc guilt and practising all known duties : and 4 th , a constant endeavour to grow better . " On these important points ? he enlarges with his usual excellence ? ' '" ' - ' ¦
Two " sermons * the fourteenth and fifteenth , follow " on the evil of sin ;* the text Being Prov . xiv . Q , Foois mdke a /« oca : a / si ? i . Here sin is represented as a transgression of the eternal laws of truth avid ^ righteousness , a 3 contrary to" the order and constitution of £ he
world , and to every pers < m s |> rivA 4 ^ jtfeigment and Conviction as v ^ enas ^ tp the will of the Deity . Such ; is sip in it ' s nature t snd it ' s consequences are most pernicious . It pollutes . aud . ijvjures our muids : it renders human life / miserable ^ and filfs it with groans an 4 laqnehtations . All that * -we ' tiftiiV see of it ' s effecb , fs btfflWe H ^ irinins
of the wre tested ness aniVcxea J to Tf . The complete iy , flic | ion of It ' s assijgiied }) unjshTnent , _ j $ reservecl for another % ^ orld . It i ^ 4 ; very iiatiiral inquir ^ , whence came this evil ? wh& . i& ^ it #$ kmkttfd ? In an extensive asidkopnip l ^"
cated plan i G ^ ntwved by Infinite NVisdhru , l ^ tlmH * M h ^ -many thintta ^ that ttie reascfrf ^ of man cannot explain Or accoiftit fof . Yet' there ^ a ^ e > severa l coivs 4 Jeratitf ^ w hich may he \ p wr * - \ tieve our' ' i ' i&pTe ^ ttjr . " Ylife dfecilibn' 6 f Ix ^ c agen ts , t bjl ¦ t [ fej * o f' hei h ^ s en d tied wifh active ^ aud ieffdire ^ tjn ^" powers , Vs aoi » oiuteiy necessary to the pTc ; anction of the greatest happiness ;' such do were feeing the founaation of all ijjtrtue an ele ment . Nc ) w moral agency jjpnfp lfes , ^ tn fti <* very notion of ir , a c ^ anacity of adtlng ' wrong cts well" as nghtV J 8 y o of eratltiti ^ ^ uch ]» owers , op b ^ re ^ trarnin ^ tne eatierfc ise of thenri , cvif might n ^ V ?" becn ' excludexl : but in t | ii | L way wx > dltfhav ^ "fceen excluded » W IB irar *^ f ' rtWKt hoiiawtibte and Wortto m trie * Creation . Fcthher 5 a sjtate " rk » rh ' Wflicti raoml evil is ba-BI&KK 1 , "hr wb «* tf ¦ it ^ > . jfelttce' is
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rendered impossible , cannot be a state 0 fHtria 4 ^ a ^ di ^^ ipe . ^\ dd to | h ^ tl ) at the ends of goodness required the creation of the Jpwer not less that ! of the higher SftUrs qf creatures . Somewhere or other Inth 6 scate b'f existetiA there must be / iri ' trocluced such a be ill ft ? ¦ ^ ¦ " ¦ : t " • ¦ t ¦ ¦ T « T as man . *
; This ** perRlexecf ^ and difficult ^ Alf cussioti bur aathof cldsps b ^ exhortittg his hearers to remember that eiffil !? permitted only frir a tim& . He then observes that the account which he has given of sm recommends to our
approbation arid belief the Scripture history , serves to prevent or * remove our surprise [ astonishment ] at the severity of the future punishment threatened to it , demands our gratitdde to
God for the hope he has given us in the gospel pf it ' s being pardoned , an $ shews the presumption of those per * - sea ^ s who imagine they can atone fox it , and deliver themselves from it ' s
c& » s « q ^ eii ee 3 , by the tricks of super * sikiofl * -At therefore becomes us tp reflect what reason we have for sorrc « fir that we have ^ ver ^ practised thia e * 4 it ; although no sincere penitent oughts $ 0 ¦ ¦
give way to d % sp € fndence . . - * 5 V Thte ete ^ nai and eternally iapproving happiness of the righ ^ eous ^^^ future state , " forms the topic of ffoe sixteetith and seventeenth discourses :
and the preachers text is I Jo . hH . ii . ^ 5 , c < Aitd-this is the promise tjbatliie hath p . $ omifced , -even eternali lijfe ^* f ir-stj-the oredr ^ i ty of . the promise is considered - ^* fcfo ^ j * the cireu ^ nstance that the futtate Hfeis ta be an existence a * Hvays intprovi i ^ fc £ nd@r * 4 h ^ fo nxier of these heads . ti frothe ture
D ¥ . P . a ^ ge ^ m ; na of tbe . hiivhBtitoal . * It is , " sayshe ^ " a simple arvd indivisible substance , ' * and therefore as such incorruptible . On this idea he enlarges through four pages . Surely it is too metaphysical
for the basis of any reasoning on a subject , sg infinitely momentous ! W j ^ cannot admit the premises , and sliu less caw we accede to the conclusion-The human soul , fyc it what it ii ^ ay , is the work of Omnipotence r it ' s duration must accordingly depend on
the will and energy , of the Creator . It cannot be naturally incorruptible and immortal . What Almighty ft ovyer has made Almighty power can destroy . The utmost which , even on trjis &X £ - ter ' s own principles , caji be " p ' rjgjjd from the naAure , Fe ^ l or sopposec ^ of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/49/
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