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particular and jpimediaite influence ; Mid I have no dwbt that their piety and regard to , Go 4 would be much more fteady and . uniform , did , they acquire the habit of seeing him in all things , rather than in certain things , and on certain occasions only . Dr . C .
attempts to recommend his views of Divine Influence by referring to the prayers of Paul , of Peter and of Christ ; to this I would reply , that I know so little of the state and circumstances of
inspired persons , and of supernatural periods , that I am at a loss to form analogies between those times and the present . To this I must add , that I think divines have hitherto contributed
very little to enable us to ascertain what parts of the New Testament are , and what are not applicable to the present times i this is strongly ^ exemplified in the uncertainty , which is felt ,
even with respect to many of the positive commands of Christ and of his apostles . Who cap . infallibly infprm us , whether it is our duty in these days to baptize , to anoint the head and wash the face when we fast , to wash one another ' s feet , Can act much more
solemnly enjoined than any other , ) to commemorate Christ ' s death by the use of bread and wine , to abstain from blood and things strangled , to anoint the sick with oil , &c . ? Were these
nted and prohibitions to be confined to particular persons and period ^? Or were they intended , # ny pjr all of them , to be practised in ^ utur ^^ ges pf increasing mental / w ^ - ' ^^^^^ iwyement , when all rites and ceremonies W tL ^ duall y losejb ^ irimpo ^^ ric ^? , , Jlu& MAW / TV » o * - «» w * r \** n 4- / M \« foM * a , nil
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is op ^ t ^? te ^;^ e |^ Wt ^ prays w ^ h ^^ sa ^^ jthe j ^^ g ^ no ! ^ O ^ e ^ e ^ e ^ jM ^ lpudly declare , that since the ( Ja ^ . ^ f the apostles , thei ^ tasdyt bee ^^
deviation from the regiij ^^ peii ^| i or the fixeq laws pi , nature , aiigj || | | | ^ there has not been a proper an ^ wr ^^ gfe anjr one of the myriads Qf petit ^ ns ^ which have been presented at thj % ^^ f o ^ of the great and unchangeable A 9 | 9 MlF of nature . ; ,,-t
When Dr . C . represents the Suprenae Being as acting by various n ^ e ^ ns , wh | L cl | are enumerated , and communica t | ng influence , aid and guidance , accofdipg to the obvious and customary dealings of his providence , 1 perfectly understand him ; but what he says of theii
being given by immediate agency on the human heart , I can no more comprehend than I can the doctrine , of Transubstantiation . . , Dr . C . says , the philosophic mind can trace some links of the cham # f Divine agency : does it then require any peculiar sagacity to distinguish this agency in any particular lii&s , > $%$ the whole chain is nothing else ? AVJ ^ t
besidies a miracle can sever this gr ^^ chain of causes and effects , and inter ^ pose a link consisting of the imtyiedifipg agency of the First Cause ? ! . Dr . C . attributes great power t <* prayer , meaning , no doubt , the vapour branches of devotion : of the eflfec ^ of these exercises , with the exceptioi * of
petition , he and I have nearly the . same opinion . But , what fpllowd appeals fy > me truly extraordinary . He says * J'JE believe that , in answer to pi ^ y ^ jp ^ severing , trustful prayer ^ dpecijed $ o thpse o ^ ec ts , fyf whjich vv ^ temxot ^ top solicitous , w a ^ amiss , CfQftPyfffi * by his imtne ^ jte mfluenc ^ pr '^ gfWSh-( not s ^ pern ^ ural ^ not J ^^^ 9 «| ph « im e 4 &te agpncy , ) fttQW Afmmkm BUffRgfa , , Qf X qo 9 l ^ io ^ ^*^||^^ i ^^^ - //^^ Ptf . 9 BS 9 MR ^ l ^/ ff ^ f ^ te ^ sfi ^ R suRP ^ e ^ w , JheL ¦ t hmMSW ^^ m C ^^' iffl ^ 'S ^^^^^ B PfWl ^^^^ H ^^ miMfm ^ m ^^^^ Bi
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/17/
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