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sent , so powerfully as thoge who have paid a frequent and close attention to them . Dissenters are also called upon , in cdinmon with their neighboiirs , to Afi eld benevolent aid in various cases unconnected with modes of worship . Serious attention to the reasons of
Dissent , and a conduct uniformly becoming" the gospel in ministers and their families whilst under their direction , would materially lessen reluctance in supporting- the cause . Many members of the Establishment also
are bright examples of perfectly voluntary g'eneros , ity in supporting their church and its ministers . Your remarks on Mr . Bennett's Sermon , p . 683 , which had then passed
three editions , are by me fully approved . It gave me pain to find that any minister of the gospel would use such arguments to open the purses of his people . In my opinion , any mihisters who recommend that sermon
to the attention of their hearers , will do themselves and their cause no credit . It is a great fault in Dissenters who object to Calvinistical doctrines and Trinitarian worship , so generally to require a minister regularly educated to conduct the service or decline attending it . What has been offered in different numbers of
your Repository on Lay-preaching cannot fail of approbation from me , who , nearly 50 years ago , in a pamphlet published by Mr . Johnson , in St . Paul ' s Church-yard , long since out of print , called " A Blow at the Root of all Priestly Claims , " advocated the same cause . That some should be
regularly educated for , and wholly devoted to the ministry , appears to me highly expedient , and gladly has my small help been given to some young candidates for that employ- A minister ' s home , though solitary , may afford better amusement " than
looking . at brick and mortar . " Public duties will occupy some portion of time , for which retirement is necessary . Nothing in this life , next to the teS ^ mony of a good conscience , can exceed the sweet comfort arising from the society of an amiable wife" and
promising children . When a man is quite unable to contribute to the comforts ' and even necessary support of such a family , remaining single might , possibly , on the whole , be more happy for himself , more beneficial to the
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world , and a better preparative for another state , than the being encum - bered with those temporal cares , which the Apostle Paul and our Divine Master encourage all Christians , and , as it appears to me , ministers of religion especially , prudently to avoid .
With the most hearty good-will to the Minister who disapproves my sentiments , wishing him and all my married brethren and their families every earthly comfort and spiritual blessing , I remain his and yours , most sincerely , JOSEPH CORNISH .
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730 Swords recommended by Jesus , Luke xxii . 36—38 , Matt . xxvi . 51—53 ,
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Mansfield , Sir , December 14 , 1821 . rff ^ HE difficulty stated by your re-JL spectable Correspondent , the Rev . Wm . Probert , respecting Luke xxii . 36—38 , and its apparent
inconsistency with the language of Jesus as recorded Matt . xxvi . 51—53 , seems to arise from a misapprehension of the meaning of the former passage , and froin attaching to it the literal sense which belongs to the latter . It is
evident from the narrative of Luke , that the ministry of Jesus was drawing to a close , and that he distinctly anticipated the unjustifiable and cruel means by which his life would be taken from him . It seems to have been the
intention of our revered Master to apprise his disciples of the danger to which they also would be exposed , and the need they would have of some means of defence . But it is equally clear , that he did not intend they
should actually " sell their outward garment and buy swords . " When one of them said , ver . 38 , " Master , behold here are two swords ; " Jesus said unto them , " It is enough . " Surely neither too nor twelve swords would
have been enough , if their Master had designed them to be used in his cause or their own ; but more than enough for those who rightly understood his language . It may , perhaps , be inferred
from this laconic answer of Jesus , that he was well aware that his disciples had mistaken his meaning , and that it would be useless to attempt to correct their error . In the interesting conversation which Jesus had with
them but a short time previous to this scene , and , perhaps , immediately in connexion with it , recorded by John , dht . xvi . and following , Jesus said , * ' I have yet many-thing ? to say unt , o you ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1821, page 730, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2507/page/34/
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