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# Kly Miplty a distantperiod , a * *> ur dSfl ^ ui&gedf irsheH ^ . TTi e rentt toa-&kf \ b ? ^ tne Christian dispensation , tft ^ t of eoun& be after tfee judgment , because that solemn event belongs to
it , and constitutes the great manifestation of the glory of Christ , before all meri , as trie reward that was set feeforfc him . But I suspect it is a mistake that the Apostle designed to allege in ver . 25 , a reason for the end r iot immediately following the judgiftent . For the enemies to which he
alludes do not seem to be " death , « $ n and misery , " in the sense iritended by Mr . F . : but " all rule , authority ami powers" \ er . 24 . So that no power or authority will at that period fcre exercised over men , but by Christ Jesus ; and this authority he will then surrender into the hands of the
Father . I suppose it will not be disputed that the rulers of this world ( see I Cor . ii . 1 . ) were in the Apostle ' s days universally acting in opposition to Christ and his cause ; and many
different forms of power and authority among men , even under the professlofti of Christianity , have been ever * fnce in real though not avowed hostility to the spiritual nature and benevolent tendency of his religion . As little can it be doubted that all
such "' rule , authority and power , " will be ultimately * ' put down . " It Iras been the opinion of many sober commentators that Christ- will reign
personally upon earth , for a long period after the suppression of all Ailti-Christian power and authority . If I mistake not , Or . Priestley was of this class . I only suggest this , to shew that there are other ways of interpreting these predictions , than that Which Mr . F . thinks so certain
and obvious . With respect to the phrase " that God may be be all in all , " it seems to me to import that when Christ shall have fulfilled all trie purposes of his being raised up as the great teacher , ruler and judge of mamcitid ; then the sole supremacy and unrivalled glory of the true God will be universally and completely
established . After which , whatever may take p lace as to the future condition of hi 9 intelligent creatures , will relmlt from his immediate operation , iff a way quite different from his present government of the world by myateriafW dispensations of Prbvidence vr partial revelations of hie will .
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Before 1 quit this passage , I wouW just suggest in answer to the question * with which Mr . F . concludes hi * paragraph upon it , that in the Book of Revelation , which I suppose we
both appeal to as authentic , < c the second death" is never spoken of as destroyed or put under Christ ' s feet . In Rev . xxi . 8 . 27 , and xxii . 15 , after the most glowing descriptions of the felicity of the righteous , there are still assertions that some are excluded
therefrom ; yet it has been said before ; ch . xxi . 3 , 4 , that ** God himself shall be with them , and be their God : and God shall wi pe away all tears from their eyes / ana there shall be no more death , neither sorrow nor cry * ina :, neither shall tkere be any more pain ; for the former things are passed ¦
away . » The next passage referred to by my f riend is Phil . ii . 10 , 11 , and I do not feel it necessary to add any thing to my former observations on it , except ? ing a single passage in proof , that .
some may be compelled to give gloryr to God , by acknowledging Christ to be Lord , in a very different state of * mind from that of the sincere'Christy , ian , in owning his authority now be * foremen , as intended Rom . x . 9 . 7 " " I refer to Rev . i . 7 , * ' Behold he cometh
with clouds and every eye shall see him , and they also which pierced him : and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him / ' The pau ^ sage therefore in the Philippiaus may . be considered as a prediction of the universal subjugation of mankind to Christ , without admitting the doctrine of universal restoration .
Matt , xxviii . 18 . " All power is given , fsfc" This passage I had for * gotten in my former paper . And now I do not see any evidence . to prove the correctness of Mr . Fox ' s of
interpretation it . 1 think the whole sense of the text is nearl y a * follows— " AU spiritual authority over men , is now invested in me ; therefore go and convert all the nations to niv doctrine , &c . &c . " But 'this
has nothing to do with the final happiness of all men . Rev . v . 13 . ' * Every creature which is in heaven , and on the earth , and under the earth , and such as are in the sea , and alj that are in thenfr , hear 4 J say , & : e . " Mr . F . says , "if this homage be not strictly universal language * is' unmeaning and U £ ele $ >/*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 159, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/31/
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