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t&e happiness of ethers . This U a very different jiietore of the state of fcbfc damned from what your fancy has jpaintred . Here was no blaspheming of Ckid , or upbtaldrog him with the harshness of his < feei ? £ es . If you cannot drveet yourself of the ide £ that the elect al one shall be saved
T ^ -if you thtefc that those who are to be a kind of is ^ st-fruits of God's creatures shall constitute the whaie ~ -that those who aifeto be kings and priests
shall be without subjects or laily , still I hope yatt in-ay ' -attain to that state of mind which led the pious Dr . Watts > when writing i& defence of the doc * trine of endless misery , to confess that if ev « r a tua& should arrive when th «*
damned shall taste of the mercy of Clod , it would be sudi a tlisnlay of goodness m might well fill all heaven with jubilee . That a man should be kfraitf to Weaken the force of scrij > - tutfal thresstenitigsy I can readily
exeuse . I kaota * , from experience , what that feeling b ; feu * that he should iirtUKiaf > k in the iatemiinaMe duration ef ftifcura misery , te nofc , in my view of the matter , a proof of a regenerate mind * 1 acquit you of any such feel *
ing . Y *> ur f&fcliiigs , I doubt not , are lkettet * than your creed 5 and while I admjt t&is , I would not forget , that while we promise liberty to others , \ v& may ourselves te the slaves of sin ; ^ nd that % is much easier to hol d
forth- liberal sentiments than to attain the faith which w * o > flaeth by love and pwiffies the ke&rt . The pyogi ^ ess of the Ctep ^ tian religion is , first , to cfeaqoe the heart of the believer ; secondly , to et > 0 « g © his affections to th ^ e hoiieehold of faith ; aiid " , lastly , to
isarry them forth in acts of \ me to all mankind . Tlif » order i& not uttfre que « tly rev ^ i ^ sed in pme tM \ and ful l well i kftow that many , vfrfeose ixioutbs are fiail of etfprefesiatafe of l € > ve to % h& World , are deneieftib in acts of
beneficence to th <> 86 about them , ami careless of thok * own salvation . Soihething of this error has veiy probabl y marked nay ^ ondttct ; if « O , I subscribe to the justice of nay own ^ bndernnation . I .
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106 M -Frtmdfo € ® w $$ pwideiive hetween an Unitarian and m €$ iei&isl
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Nto / . ' ' ' .. ¦¦ - * ' ' SWi Sept . 1828 , I vvbh to eooHoaiii ^ | mpor and time ^ « aad tamate a few % imf obsefrv . ations ^ vitluout atuiiy or mclhod .
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* ' TormentsJ ^ -mN ® idea of pecor ? tents suffering these torments . Impenitence and torment seem to be suitably allied . Joy over penitents ** - * impossible that it should be otherwise . Repentance must be
proved-** Triumph oner ike damnedJ '^ r-Qix * ly to be found on earth ( conscience forces me to say oa earth ) aucto&g falsa professors , who ought to say , ^ Wko maketh to differ ? Let me fe ^ r test he spare not me . " .
* ' Ea ? perience + "*^ YQxi do tiofe Jsnoiv my experience , but God does . With the partial view you hare < rf it , wlmt you say is just , God is my % vit » es 3 how joyfully I would welcome JSataa himself , if he were converted , and v& ? mind Mm , with complacency ,, bow often he had given rae trouble ; but I could nat do so with respect to teiap *
tations to sm " . Benevolence and hef&jw&nee 4 p friends &md enemies * *?*~ J !> di ® Q % to professors on our side , when tliej ? are what they profess * Tfeey would ex * tend them , even , as to charitably aeta , to a sinner again&t the Holy Ghc ^ t * .
" Purifieat < iim ?**~ Yf& wish for the removal of even n goad , which inter * - venes with a greater good . The most intimate nearness to God Is wisk ^ d for , and we ourselves wis& to put away every tliiag that iuterpases and hinders . ' . .
I hope I am enabled kindly to re * - ceive all your wliolesocae correction . It is infinitely inoxe t % > iny best interests to receive it , tliaa to you that I should . On the attoer side , I expect that the time wben you acknowledge not to have seen these things io their of
true light , vj ^ H t * a a tinie the reuli * - nation oS your best wial&es , with yoy unspeakable aaid foil of glory ;• mtd that then , if we are all ? o ^ ether upoa earth , yon will , with triunu ) hant 4 e > -
\ 11 g \\ ty acknowledge that you hay ^ not given suitable an&wecs , ( # 8 rc ^ pects the main q «; esti ^ n , looxversiitiou itnd knmviedge , ) Qxaept what uelale ta my sins and imperfections , whielt I aia seeking to be pured o £
-. 5 « Jill — -Everymftf / iole-r * Eternal ?? Vou mrkuowledge tliat these terms are sometimes restrairved iwid saoietioa ^ s unrestrained . May God Hues Holy Gliost givse us to km > vv aud &el their true meaning ; else to tlie ends of our lives we might study evea tiifc ; ; Sci £ p * tune it ^ slf in vain . We mus t be led
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/42/
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