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distinct from the body , and can exist without it or not ? This , I presume , will , to many persons , be in general an interesting topic of inquiry ; and is , perhaps , at the present time more peculiarly interesting , on account of
the expected approaching trial of Mr . John Wright , on the charge of blasphemy , in consequence of having , in a discourse , idvanced sentiments upon this subject contrary to the popular notions . Sentiments similar to those
espoused by Mr . J . W . were many years ago publicly professed by some persons of high rank in the Church of England , as well as by men of research and learning amongst the Dissenters . Your Correspondent V . F . ( p . 276 ) , has made some just remarks upon the speech of the Bishop of Chester , in
the House of Lords , as given in some of the public prints , in reference to the case of Mr . J , Wright , The father of this prelate , the late Dr . Edmund Law , Bishop of Carlisle , was a man whose soul could not be confined by the shackles of an established system , but would avail itself of its natural
liberty . Those who wish to make themselves well acquainted with matters , which have a connexion with the topic discussed in your learned Correspondent . N . ' essays , and with the subject , which is the ground of offence in Mr . J . Wright ' s Sermon , would do well to consult Dr . E . Law ' s "
Discourse on the Nature and End of Death under the Christian Covenant , with the Appendix and Postscript , " subjoined to his ** Considerations on the Theory of Religion . " This judicious and learned writer , in this Discourse , considers 1 , " In what sense
we are delivered from death by the sufferings and death of Christ . " 2 , " Why so much of the power of death is still permitted to continue in the world . 3 , ** What notions of it nre now proper and agreeable to the Christian state . ' Under the first
head he endeavours to ascertain the meaning of the word death , as it is strictly raid properly applied in Scripture j and to do this , he refers to that " remarkable passage , where it u *
first used in that denunciation wliich brought Adam and his posterity under it , and where , we must suppose it used in all the plainness and propriety of speech imaginable . " ( Gen . ii . 17 . ) Our author asserts , that the original
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Szshop Law on the Mortality of the Soul . 605
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Sir , Stockport , July 9 , 1817 . AS a friend to free inquiry , and an impartial examination of subjects connected with religion and morals , I rejoice that so convenient and valuble a medium for discussion is presented to the public through your Repository .
1 he topic of vitality has , in some late Numbers , been considered by your Correspondent N . ( pp . 210 and 342 ) . In his two Letters or Essays he has , doubtless , discovered much knowledge of natural science ; yet it appears to me , that the points which
he aims to prove are not so clearly established , as I apprehend he imagines , and that there is much justice and force in the remarks of your Correspondent E- ( p . 341 ) , upon his first essay . The subject , if I rightly understand the author of the two essays , is the same as that which has often been discussed by metaphysicians and divines , whether the soul is a principle
* [ As another Correspondent has , for many years , used the signature of N . attached to this and the former communications ou Vitality , we ought to have requested some addition or alteration in the subscription , which perhaps our present correspondent will hereafter make . Ed . ]
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terial it cannot have extension , and , therefore , all belonging to it must be simple and indivisible ; but our ideas , the archetype of our minds , are facts retained : these ideas are divisible or they could not be reasoned on , and such reasoning is an extension and
divisibility of the mind , and by it proves its materiality . If I have , as I intended to do , rightly stated the learned Doctor ' s objections , I think they can have no force against facts and Scripture , and that the reasoning of them confounds the distinct principles of mind and body , and are no more conclusive than the Doctor ' s
argument would be to prove that himself and his pneumatic trough were one person , because the one never did , or could act without the other j but my paper being- filled , I have only
room to say , that I mean not to be disrespectful to his memory , by observing , that the premises and conclusion appear to me unphilosophical and unworthy so great a man . N *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1817, page 605, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2469/page/33/
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