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scribes the wicked as being lost- —' as perishing—being everlastingly destroyedy aud the righteous as obtaining life—eternal life—immortality : and this is his uniform language whenever he speaks on the subject .
Now St , Paul can hardly have ventured to preach a doctrine contrary to the declarations of our Lord - we will , therefore , if you please , examine the meaning of those passages , when considered in connexion with the
declarations of Jesus , " It is better ( says our Lord ) for thee to enter into life halt or maimed , than having two hands or feet , to be cast into everlasting fire : ( evidently a figurative expression to deuote destruction as by fire , ) for < whosoever will save his life
shall lose it , but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake , the same shall save it ; for what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own life ? " By a fair and legitimate
construction of these texts , we find that the doctrine , as declared by our Lord and the Apostle , is in perfect harmony , and that their plain and distinct meaning Is the same , that the wicked will be doomed to
deathi . ossoF life ; and the righteous to the enjoyment of eternal life—immortality . This , Sir , appears to me to be the plain , unsophisticated doctrine of the New Testament , where its language is not tortured by verbal criticisms to support au hypothesis ; for whilst there are more than a hundred texts
in which this doctrine is plainly declared , 1 will venture to assert , without fear of contradiction , that there is not one plain or clear passage to support the doctrine of Universal Restoration .
It does not appear to me , Sir , from the ground you have taken , on which you have built your conclusion , upon this doctrine , ( confessedly without positive or clear evidence , ) your mind can be so completely made up , as not to admit of a reconsideration of the
subject ; and if , from the arguments and evidence 1 have ofiered above , however imperfect as to the manner in which they are stated , you should , adhering to your own rule of interpretation , again examine the evidence , X cannot help believing you will be confirmed in the belief of the Christian doctrine , that the wages of sin is
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death , and the gift of God is eternal life , promised to the righteous , ( and the righteous only , ) by Jesus Christ our Lord . J . S .
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700 On the Death of Sir Samuel Romilly .
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Conclusion of a Discourse relating to the Death of Sir Samuel Romillp . ON Sunday evening , November the 8 th , the following reference 'was made to the death of Sir Samuel Romilly , by one of the ministers of Le win ' s Mead , Bristol , at the close of a discourse from Isaiah xxvi . S .
** ^ omc of you will have already anticipated the fact , that I have been led to this subject by the distressful event , which , this last week , has de * . prived a large family of their only surviving parent ; society , of a wise
and virtuous member ; the state , of an able , enlightened and upright patriot ; and mankind , of one who viewed the rights of men through the medium of justice aud benevolence , and whose steadfast , earnest exertions bad long been given to maintain and extend them . Of the soundness of some of his political views ; there will be a
diversity of sentiments ; and on these I am silent , because the pulpit should not be the vehicle of party-politics ; but of the principles which directed his public conduct , there can be but one opinion . The integrity and mild firmness which marked his private character , were visible in the whole
of his political life ; and none but the religious or political bigot can , I think , fail to yield him this tribute of praise , —that , iu the best sense , he loved his country , and that he was one of its brightest ornaments .
" But the eye of humanity follows Iiim with the most cordial satisfaction , in his unwearied labours , in the midst of opposition and discouragements , to promote the great objects of political benevolence and equity . If the rights of the poor African were to be asserted , and his oppressors checked or
punished , Romilly was his fearless advocate , careless of personal odium or fatigue . If the relations of our own to other nations required it , Roniilly was among the first to bring forward and to defend , with the simple earnestness of conscious duty , those grand views of human society , which teach that all nations form a part of the great community of mankind , each
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1818, page 700, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2482/page/36/
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