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of sin , though thes punishment would ie i * every sense useless . At must be reason and not feeling which has taught us tliis lesson ... Where , then , is the evidence of this proposition to be found ? But afteer all , is this feeling , if carefully considered , any thing more
than an acquiescence in a law of nature which is presumed to be wise and right ? Perhaps , indeed , * there may be blended with this feeling a secret conviction that the suffering which is the consequence of guilt is , in a general view of it , beneficial ; a conviction
which experience can scarcely have failed to generate . At all events , it may be observed , that feelings are sometimes difficult things to analyze , and cannot be successfully opposed to what appear to be the clear and certain deductions of reason . I submit
these hasty remarks to the consideration of my friend , and if they should appear satisfactory to his reflecting mind , I shall feel persuaded that they are just .
E .. COOAN . P . S . Does our-in oral consciousness teachpg that there is a connexion behveeifiipplt and punishment which is not foundedon utility , but on the £ mmutable fitness of things ? This , I think , my friend will hardly allow , < Is there not reason to think that we
sometimes lose sight of the origin of our moral notions , and overlook the medium by which i < ieas have been associated in our minds ? Js not this the case with those who imaginjeri ; hat they perceive virtue to be intrinsically excellent , and vice intrinsically odious , all regard to their Respective tendencies and effects being set aside ?
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Brief Notes on the Bible . No . XI . " Jesus , the Author and Finisher of our faith , who ^ for the jog that was set before him , endw * e ( jt the cross , despising the shame , and is set d ( own < it the righfjhdnd of t % e throfte of God " ¦ *
. " ^^ v ? : ;; | T is not my purpose , in this ad-* vanced stage Of . the controversy , to . expatiate oii iSfe above * t $ st ^ imply-, y unecn ^ oc ^ l ^ ii ^ e 1 # ^| % * T > ^ OTOiog H ^ at ypur column wns of mmmmt *> t f lwinhw > e mrm ^ swer ^ . But , J ain a little
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curious to ascertain what sort of " answer to tjiem could be framed by otfe disposed to the attempt . It is iiofrfco long since I thought , if it may be called thinking , with the OHhocfelX , fclit that I can' recollect some 6 f tfe vMd
impressions then upon my mind , im& I will endeavour to replace myself in my former station , and try how I could have grappled with this formidable text > with a view to its co&fescence with the divinity of our Saftidur . " It would be vain to content the
human nature'of Christ , his assumption of it being evident in eveiy page of his history ; but'hfe godhead ^ being recognised 4 n the Scriptures—it matters not how scantily , or whether th seeming impeachment of many of his discourses—we must not , in the
construction of passages apparently at variance , lose sight of his two natures , with one or the other of which all such passages will be found , or easily made , to harmonize . It is true that , considering Jesus only as God , no idea can well bVmore ridiculous than that of
his anticipating , or of his earthly ministry being crowned with , a recompense ! And this our captious adversaries take the full advantage of , without the candour to advert to his having also been a man , strenuous ,
persecuted , suffering in his vocation , and accomplishing the salvation of his brethren of mankind through all generations . Was it fitting that such ednsummate merit should go unrewarded ? So far , upon general principles , I can reason satisfactorily . But the question occurs—the man Jesus having died ,
and risen , and ascended into heavenhas he there a separate existence froih the second person in the Trinity , so aa to he susceptible of this reward ? For it is quite clear that , in that Divine union , his blessedness and power were from ail . eternity eoipplete and incapable of "the smallest accession . If he
have , Jtbere must now be two Ghnsts : ' one angelical , the other divine . Tmsquestion does > indeed , interpose soniething like a difficulty , which , if I'havtf not the faculty of resolvin ^^ l ttttiiW be urider the necessity , with a > prd ^^ trate and satisfied imndy of ^ c \ B » &itig amonff the inconipreheneibleswhiCJhit
is my Christian ; duty ± 0 ^ accjiti ^ spe in / If , Jesus had . been merely a prophef ^ divinel y inspired , ? or a supe ^ angeifcV pre-existent ; spirit , then , indefedv the
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& > ief Notes on the Bible . No . XI . 153
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/25/
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