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    lie remarks ,, too , that — «< By circulating Unitarian tracts , we penetrate , as it were within U * e entrenchbk 9 » $ s , # / © rtifeK ^ xy / ' 23 , 'The ^ tiBjeci of th is' disetfurge is sd interesting and appropriate as td cfarim

    th 6 attention of all tne professors and ' friends of Christianity : a ^ hd the judicioa ? manner in which it is treated by -M # . Jevons and the excellent spirit which pervades his observations , further entitle him toour gratitude .

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    ^^^^ P « ^^^^ T ^^^ W' ^^ SSPi ^ PlS ^* " " 3 ^^^^ Br " ^^^^^ ^ wf ^^ ' ^^^^^^^^^ j ^^ w ^ R ^ i ^^" , ¦^^ KJ p'a ^* t ?^ reason ,. t&itommMhy nemtr ap ^ liftj ; ami in the latter , unb&fttMly , it ao lpager softtiuued to do so . If the reaaaaiiij | utt **? he cultivated and impfffeved to tiw » uftaost * a witling and easy obedience to the Divine cozamands follows as a consftgu * &ce j if iregledtecl altogether , or m p ^ £ t , aMU is adiice ttaable &nd unwilling ; td «« eeitte tliem . Present comfort and future ba ^|^« ness are the reward of obedience ; disquietude here , and misery hereafter , the punishment t > f disobedience . "

    These remarks prove that no aocountableness can exist where the invaluable gifi of reason is with holder : they do not shew however thai a $ * countableness is independent an tttei state qf the wilL Mr . Spurrell ' s nep hypothesis reminds us of those writet * on ethics who resolve moral obtrgat k ^

    into a just perception of the cpjaluifesIff actions . But we ought to distinguish between the foundation of virtue , ' &tftk- \ sidered as the command of tbe tJnwl ' versal Lawgiver , and the nature of the capacity for virrue in an individual agent . A course of conduct which 13 not voluntary , can be no proper o ! $ &ct of praise or blame , reward or

    punishment . We are of opinion that our authot should have taken habit into the account m his ethical definitions ^ nd arguments . Yet , although vm th ^ nk his theory in same points defectayQ , and in others less clear and salisfaclOiry than mtght have been wished , we greatly admire his concluding vddr *** to tfte yming * a few sentences of which we extract :

    ( i Remember , that on your active w * ertioQs and jqdioious decision now , erery valuable expectation either here or berr ^ after eventually depends . * * ? . If aa yearn roll on , tbe period at length mrovm + wlw > n passion baviog at tapi ^ Kha « t « t | R 4 . itsaM in your weakefied fraii )^ a bq $ &w principle a&d practice ^ hou ^ il \ m » r swf ^ ; , the greatest b ^ ocfit , ta be tbgja ^ nyper ivja ^ i ^ cop Id i \ t the utcaost sMuount ta up more »

    than to stay for a while the fcU r * v ^; es of bodily disease * * * Soocvcr , #% i a ^ uaer , shall virtue cease to be virtue , and v ie * ^ , be vic « , than then inevitable c ou « i ^ u « iM ^ 9 ) M / i // bit found t 9 &ta& been fli&fumd ¦** $ & As-easy- ^ re - it t ^ de ^ niw tt » e liocw ^ y c ^ it '« « w « oti ^ As , « ud lite jajs of it !^ mr v « jnr /'

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    AitT . VI . — -Vice Triumphant , the He-~ Medy Proposed Rosy . and Effectual * frith the Statement of a New Hypvihesis to Explain Accountableness . Sky S $ n ** jel SpurteJL London , Sold % Hunter . 1817 . 12 mo . pp . 83 .

    TtffltS j 5 ^ ffe wor k consists of two jp ^ t $ , -in the for me r of which a new jjypQth ^ is Jjs ^ subraijted to explain acgouat ^ len ^ & i whil e the Utter Js a practicaX cs % ^ , , buil t ^ pon the pre-Uminary theory , ; 3 and ^ i g ^ id M ) arouse , the fefejijigs , and to dirept th ^ youtbful mitld 10 fefee ; easiest and must efii&cta ^ l means of resi ^ taoce to v icious . Kge&femente . r ^ be ^ author seems to assume ^ gkt vice is triyMipktint , or has €

    a * g ^ lifeiN ^ ptewfe ^ ce . Mut we d ^ tr % t wlie % tter be H ^ ten cb ta say mare tfefe'JKjSfft exists 4 ti a v ^ ery great and dktroJoit 4 fegfW : an ^ ^ e give him ample creoit for the ^ &eal ot ^ his eflorts and the benevolence of fiis Wiotives . We lay before our readers , Jh his own words , an ' analysis of his hypothesis : $ & , 3 i 9 . \ 1 l fa cipd

    M U ^ « l p ^ m circuoiatances in wl ^ ch ItffjQH ^ a ., apebatatable fer hta ac | Q O < |^ i | 9 . ,, ] be 4 ^ ie fp the yrit l of hU MaJtcr ^ tfee reqnjrement ; a competent mean is ajfordfjj whereby to ascertain it , in tJU « «» V 4 f ^^/^ j § : ^

    he become ^ jresnoa&ible subsequent uiQfal result $ depending upon it . Or , if any dpi ^ bt cguld fur a moment be cntertaiJQt $ 4 < m Uii sutject , the e ^ mple 4 > f the i 4 jj $ I fa VaW ; lm < tite deranchoiy aelan ^ ment of intellect in after-life , incident ta » £ ot ? 9 pr ° ^ * to adtmoYi ^ tratioii . la'Wkmmtit &m > % * vi ** g h $ no thne had

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 305, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/49/