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      having enjoyed the advantage of being placed under his tuition \ yhen I was very young , and from that time to tlie period of his death , no interruption has taken place in our friendly intercourse . Towards the latter part of his life , when any little attentions of mine were rendered more useful , I can with

      pleasure reflect they were always afforded him with readiness , and , I believe , thfey failed not to add to the comfort of his declining years . The gradual decay of corporeal and mental strength , of which * I was a witness , would have

      been more painfully felt by me had it not been accompanied with a view of the entire devotedness he manifested of liimself to the will of Providence , which enabled him to bear his increasing infirmities with perfect composure , a $ d even with a cheerfulness which was apparent in his countenance long after he breathed his last . W . B . KENNAWAY .

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      Sir , December 18 , 1819 . HAVE read with great interest the I controversy which has taken place in the late Numbers of the Repository respecting Divine Influences . I wish , through the medium of your pages , to request from Dr . Carpenter and H . T . some explanation of their statements . Will Dn C , or any other of your Correspondents , favour me with the meaning of the following expressions :

      " God does by his immediate influence or agency , not supernatural , nor miraculous , yet immediate 9 afford supplies of strength , " &c . ( P . 618 . ) I wish to have the difference explained between supernatural and immediate agency , as I have always supposed them synonymous terms .

      On a very attentive perusal of Dr . C . ' s letter , I am led to the conclusion that the doctrine he has stated is at variance with Unitarian principles . Dr . C . will much oblige m& ^ b y presenting the texts on which he tounds his view of divine influence .

      May I also atfk H . T . to support his positions by Scripture proofs ? I acknowledge his reasoning is just , but without the concurrence of the Bible , he will " open the door to every sort of delusion . " , { P . 478 . ) « .

      Will lie tell me the difference between € -i God ; i # the exercise of his providences * leakling a Heathen " to Acknowledge of the gospel of Jesus //

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      and by his own immediate ope ^ atiQH inspiring him with the knowledge of ¦ his truth" ? ' - . * N An insertion of this , as soon as eon * venient , . may lead to profitable discussion , and will much oblige , AN ENQUIRER-

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      Sir , HAVE read with no less pleasure I than satisfaction , Dr . Carpenter ' s excellent Lecture on Divine Influence , and really am at a loss to know how

      the view he takes of this subject can be controverted by any believer in revelation . I am desirous of seeing a sermon said to have been written by Dr . Priestley on this doctrine ; will any of your readers say where it may be . met with ? Z . Z .

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      AT a time when that Christianity , which is called " the law of the land , * is identified with persecution , the following eloquent extract from a sermon by Mr . Coquerel , minister of the Walloon Church at Amsterdam , may , perhaps , be read with interest .

      " It can be no illusion ; whatever is really wrong is foolish and shortsighted ; and of all the errors that have disgraced mankind , intolerance is the most dangerous—perhaps the most guilty , — but assuredly the most absurd . What ! convince a man by

      violence—persuade him by main force The stupidity which would impose a creed , can only be exceeded by the malignity which would punish its rejection . Transfer to another your powers of mind and body—lend him your emotions and your

      thoughtsinfuse into him your understandingand then begin the work of conversion . My conviction of truth is , an internal , inalienable possession which I cannot convey \ o another . I may unbosom that conviction , trace its progress , aild endeavour to lead men to its

      conclusions , but they are as free to reject as I to adopt my system , ** nd h&vmg no right to believe them insincere , I must bear with their incredulity ^—but dare not punish if . To insist o * v their believing as I believe , is tQ oisaer them to receive no impressiows but what I receive—to require , thqX what satisfies me shall satisfy tWm ^^^ t ^ e ^ intellect shall be a servile eopy of mine ^ rin a word , that they sWl ^^ erifi ^

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      • m ' , m . * ' r Questions on the Controversy on Divine Influence * —On Religious Liberty . 13 ^

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1820, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2484/page/13/