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so hujnble an individual as myself , Wfth | vbteb 0 * e I > ean 4 s pleased to load hiif paj | esr hi ^ Itog ^ lver unworthy of n £ ft * £ e . It is however somewhat surprising that the VeTy Reverend dignitatry does , not seem to be aware that extravagant exaggeration defeats its own purpose , "The Dean of Cork does
not leave me a particle of learning , a particle of science , a particle of biblical knowledge , nor even a particle of common s ^ n ie or common honesty . With such an opinion of me , it is surprising that he could condescend to . waste so much of his
valuable tifrie in writing down my publications . Be that as il may , it is a satisfaction to know that every body is- not of the same way of think ing witn the Dean of Cork . This will appear from the following extract of a letter from a _ person who ts as much superior fa the Dean in rank and station , as he
is in sound learning , in urbanity of manners , and in every estimable quality of the mind atid of the heart . After animadverting with some degree of animation upon certain passages in
my writings which had unfortunately incurred his disapprobation , his LrordsHi £ adds , " 1 certainty have risen from an impartial study of tiie Scriptares with a conviction on one essential l > omt entirely contrary to your own .
But I never on that account entertained the least unfriendly feeling towards ycfrifcyor the leas hi g hly esteemed your talents , your learning , or your surety . " T . B .
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The New Morality . MR . MAUTHUS , in his book on the principle of Population ( a work worthy of the greatest attention ) , teems to think that it is the first duty of the poor not to marry , and trace * all
vice and misery to this source . This may be called a new morality , to shew wfitch 1 shall take the liberty to slate the doctrine in this respect of the Old and New Testament . I begin with the Old Testament . It is most evident
from the whole tenor of the Mosaic institution , and all the previous history he has given , that no discouragements t ^ en were throw n In Che way of marrid&e . An increase of the people appeifs to have been an object of desire taitbw gfeat legislator , and to be married w «* then certainly no reproach to
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the Jew : nay , h appears jlu&Jtr * ** & rather a . reprofcdl not ta % ^^»|| pd ^ eri . Polygamy was cen » my ^ t ^ i 1 lt ||^ and provision was made in the law tnSt the eldest son of the less beloved Wife should not be deprived of his inheritance bv the son of the more beloved
wife . Such were the views of thu divine legislator on this subject : but the Christian dispensation clearly points another way . Pol ygamy itf there utterly exploded : a virtuous celibacy is preferred to the married state , both by Jesus Christ , as his discourses ar ^ r
Recorded in the Gospels , St . Paul in all his writings , and St . John ' s Revelation , Marriage is permitted only to avoid fornication , and celibacy recommended to those who are able to support ftJ * * a course of virtuous abstinence . So that although marriage be permitted to those to whorix it is necessary , it seems
to be considered as a state of less perfection in a Christian than a state ^ of ceKbacy ; and accordingly in all the early Christian churches , the virtuous single persons were held in the highest estimation .
But yet riches are never assigned , as a reason for the permission of marriage amongst Christians , nor poverty as a reason for not ponttactrng carriage .. Jt is permitted amongst Christians m tli conditions in life , to avoid immorality , and is so permitted for this causd Only .
Mr . Malthus ' s scheme is to proliibit the poor from contracting marriage , and their marrying according to nit scheme is the greatest imi ^ otal ^ jr . Here is no allowance made fov difference of constitution , or , as the Sefcifutures express it , of each , one having his own gift of God . This is what I call the new morality . He sitys . the two great evils of human life arci pro *
miscuous commerce and large famlues , which all may avoid if they plcaie . This is going farther than the apc > $ t } e of the Gentiles , who does not cohfeler that all may live without marriage if
they please . Now if this great apostle be right in his view of human nature , and if Mr . Mai thus be right in stating the marriage of a poor man and wofrfon to be a great immorality , Mr . Maltibw ' f system wants one e 4 »« a 4 al JBpe « vl » er fb make i % complete qi > d practical > death
is certamly tp be cti ^ cn raftbeir Wan ? ice &MJ oiiiQn ^ ^ ^ iKf ^ -wm ' -Mmmi' wm morals wo ^ M ^ CQS ^^ ^ m i ^ w ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/24/
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