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appear ; in which , God has foretold by his prophet Isaiah , " that nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . " Coincident with these awful events
may be that descent mentioned in Zech . xiir . 4 , of the Saviour on the Mount of Olives , froth which he also ascended , and who is to come in like manner Acts i- 11 . Here no date is fixed . But in Daniel , the angel tells him , 44 that be shall stand in his lot at the
end of the days / Of what days * we may ask ? I apprehend he means at the Hftd of the 1335 days or years ; far blessed and holy is lie that shall see those days . However that may be , afttd it does not become any man to be
presumptuous on a subject like this , Paul , iJaiiiel and John , * agree that all these great changes will take place at the sounding of the seventh dag-el , or last trump , and at the end of the days . See alao Dan . xii « % 3 . All these great events are closely connected , and almost cast into shade the
awful calamities with which they are to be accompanied , at the appearing of the Son of Man in his kingdom . I have oiie observation to make before I dose this subject . The angel informed Daniel , that " many ( not all ) that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake , some to everlasting life
and some to everlasting shame and contempt . " This seems to be adverse to the opinion I am contending for * a partial and not ai general resurrection . But it does not necessarily follow that the same period of time is intended * The angel may only suggest that there
Will be a resurrection of the just and of the unjust , afc St . Paul has affirmed ; and > as I think , front the foregoing passages stated , to take place at ttvo separate periods of tittle : the first , of those that are Christ ' s at 7 ns coming : the latter , or general resurrection , at
the * ettd of his reign ; when he shall have put all enemies under his feet . The ttet eiiemy that shall be destroyed is dedth . NftVv obstefrve , that tftft etiemy is not destroyed at his coining , but at
the end of his r <\ lgn - , which St . Paul and 8 t < Jdliik aay * Will finish With th <> generhl r <^ urrectioti . I Mve thrown these hafety thoughts together , In the hope that some of yoitr C 6 rre ^ j ) dno ^ nts may take uti thU titifjr Wtim md v * iry iliterfeatiftg aub *
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ject ; and I shall , with great pleasure , attend to ad y remarks they may & vmir me with . . •' . : . V- :: ¦ , ; ¦ .. ¦ ¦>¦ —v ¦ *
PHIIiALETHES . P . S . Etferjr Idver of biblical cfi- ^ ticism must admire the exactly literal version of Dr . Alexander oti Pteltp . ii , 5—1 U in your Moiithly Re ^ o ^ itory [ XII . 614—617 ] . Biit te th 6 dwarf can sometimes see farther than the giant , when mounted on his shoulders , I would prefer the word slave to
servant , as heightening the contrast , and as it alliid ^ s to the ctucifiicidn 9 which was the common death of the Roman slaves , add th& toiost ignominious punishtnent , sis well as cruel , that could bef inflicited .
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364 Protest against the Marriage Ceremony .
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Paddington , Sir , April 3 , 1818 . IN pursuance of tie example of some of your former Correspondents , I have to Communicate to your readers the copy of a Protest agaiust the Marriage Ceremony ^ as administered by law : the Ceremony took
place on Thursday , April 2 , and the parties ( as you will see by the nam ^ s subscribed ) were Mr . J . Dillon , of Paddington , and Miss M . Woolley , of Plaistowv in Essex . The making marriage a religions instead of a civil act , and compelling every man , whatever
may be his opinions and belief , to conform to the same rite , as administered by a priest in the same church * is a disgrace to a civilized age and country , so much so indeed , that it only requires to be hon&rtly and manfully opposed , to be entirely got rid
of . Let , Sir , every Dissenter , and particularly every Unitarian , but bear his public testimony against this grievous Imposition , and its interested and ignorant supporters will not dare tb defend a practice so absurd ill itself , so inconsistent With the enlightenment of the age , aud so serious and impor * tant in its mdfral consequences . Hop *
ing to see your Magazine the record of many auch stands against priestly imposition , and trusting , from the visible advantage derivable from a frequent repetition of the subject , to your speedy inbeition of these observations * and the accoitopahying documents , 1 retiiaih , i v DELTA -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1818, page 364, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2477/page/20/
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