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slfcep ( . And they give no countenance whatever to the strange notion of our being awake and asleep at the same time , any more than they do , to the no
lesfs apparent absurdity , that we are dead and alive at the same time ; except only in a figurative , metaphysical or moral sense ; such as St . Paul uses in 1 Tim . v * 6 : €€ She that liveth
in pleasure is dead while she liveth . " Arid in Rom . vi . 11 : "Reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin > bttt alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord / ' Indeed , the doctrine of a separate state of existence
independent of the body , is the strong hold of unbelievers in revelation ; as it is dlso the foundation of the Popish dqbtrine of purgatory : but demolish itixs fortress , and the unbeliever must be compelled to embrace Christianity for the only sure and certain hope of
future existence by . a resurrection from the dead ; and the Popish masses for the dead , and prayers to lifeless saints for intercession and pardon , lose all their support from the Sacred Scriptures . I must make one more observation on this most awful and
sublime subject , that the apostle Paul informs us that the % * erm , " or , seed sown in corruption , " is deposited with the body in the grave ; hence we may infer that the identity and individuality of every human being will be fully ascertained at the resurrection , whether it be found naked \ or whether
it be " clothed upon with its house which is from heaven , " or spiritualized . See 2 Cor . v . 2 , 3 . This germ or heed is in fact that link in the chain which forms the natural connexion
between our present and future existence . It is only from revelation that this great question , respecting the formation of man , with all his various attributes , can be fully ascertained : arid we can go no further than what
the Sacred Scriptures assure us is the fact concerning the powers of our nature , which must all originate and terminate in the wisdom , power &nd goodness of our Creator , See Meditations on the Scriptures , IL 72 , Note .
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• ^¦^^^^^^ M ^ MM ^^^^^^ fe ^ ^ K Sir , Fi ^ HE diffusion of pure and scrift ~ l ( ' JLtural principles is so much to Be de&ired by Christians of every denomi nation , that ; as long as any one of
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your correspondents declares that to be the grand wish of his heart , I think he ought to be heard with indulgence , though some of his remarks may appear to convey censure which it is not very pleasant to hear . Even should those remarks be erroneous in
themselves , if it appear that no unfriendly feelings have dictated them , he may be pardoned for matting use of a privilege which no sect pretending to religious liberty ought to deny its membersthat of pointing out failings which , in his eyes , appear to hide the beauty and holiness of its doctrines from the
view of those who cannot get near enough to behold them closely . Every sect , we know , has its besetting dangers and its besetting sins ; and it has often struck me that the danger which most constantl y assails the confirmed Unitarian , arises less
from temptation to desert the standard of principle than from a superabundant hardihood ; a sort of determination to be a law unto himself ; to reckon all caution , timidity ; to speak and * act , in short , with too little
brotherly regard for the opinions of his fellow-men . This ia by no means wonderful ; fpr Unitarians are so accustomed to be unjustly classed with unbelievers , that , galled by the indiscriminate nature of these censures ,
they are often driven back upon themselves ; their pride is roused , and hence they are led to rate too cheaply the opinion of those who differ from them . We all know that those who feel that , let them do what they will > they shall still be regarded with a
suspicious eye , gradually grow less watchful over their own conduct in those little daily circumstances of life whibh require circumspection . Thejr would not do an immoral thing ; but , seeing that their religious chj&raeter is already forfeited in the eyes ^ of their Caivinistic friends , they ate not so anxious
to save appearances here . Hence it does sometimes happen that , accusations , originally unjust , assume a far more plausible appearance ,, in the course of time . Or these I shall perhaps mention one or ! two morte particularly hereafter .
Some worthy mewafrejcsof the Unitarian > fplfi have , I fci ^ qv ^ , ffi ^ e * ** ^ their opinion , that we oiight , to be less eager afterproselyting tyWh ^ arc . Frofha this opinion , proviqte < ljpJ * -
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612 Hints to Unitarians .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/28/
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