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by the Spirit into all truth . The eyes of our understanding nttiet be enlightv ened * We shall then see millions of soul-tlestroyinyeins where we never suspected them * No human argument will do . Thiiigs must remain as they are until God the Holy Ghost gives light and works eonvictiota * Ttor 6 ft > re I know 1 shall not succeed till then .
and do not look for it . The ; best people whbm I know , as far as I am enabled to judge , do ac * knowledge ki their prayers that God tnigfet justly condenau them for even
I mid it hard to adopt that language unreservedly * If L did , I verily believe you Wttld ^ haste less cause to complain © f my temper and bondage and fears , which ure increased in proportion as
your sentiments enter into my expe ^ rience * I expeefc that if I do not most faithfully and unreservedly make ths confession afore-stated , God will oblige rne £ a do so by making me feel the deprec&ted evil . As we cannot influence the state of
the departed * matters must terminate in a treatment of the state of the liv- * ing . You will agree , I trust , that our reasonings with ourselves ^ or with each other , or heating or reading , will not avail without the influence of the
Divine Spirit , and that we ought ear- > nestly and incessantly to solicit the same , that we may have the true light and true feeling , and discover our state by natiirey and be renewed * and make suitable confessions to God , and , by his enabling grace , do whatever we ought to do * ¦ ¦ . ¦ . . . . N .
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N to L October * , Last night I read a passage in Heb . vi ., with respect to falling away , which iilled me with awe * This Uaoraiiig I
observed ; \ thile reading in my usual cour ^ 6 , Luke xiii . * a passage bearing upoii the qttest frfti under consideration , " Lord > are Ui&rV &c . Our Lord's answer seemed to me to imply that it vrm most to our interest to attend to
ourown state , and to . strive ( agonize ) ( are we doing * so ?) to enter in at the strait gate . What fallows seems eminently suited to excite fear ; and , in- * deed , whatever n ? ay be said on that subject , I find ao > much in the , Scri p * ture nvowedly intended to fcxeite fea ^ Uiat I do not think it aafe to be with-
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out it , even although I should 6 btaiti ^ p erfect lo ^ e $ ** be ^ aiiiei ? m lda ^ |» I live > I shall he in danger ^ f felling into sin . In order to obtain perfect love , I must pray for perfect eonvictit > tt and grada to raa ^ ce due confe ^ idn . I
cannot do justice to God or tb f&yself in this matter . I must ^^ pray thfe IjoM to enlighten my eyes and search my heart ; and after 1 have felt what it id for the i * ard ¦*? t 6 . - -kil ] # V- to be made to experience what it is for h it ^ ** t # make aliv © ; " O&n ^^ nce crie s aloud * M Look to your 4 > wn gtsae **** - Wfeeft
matters are « et i % ht theife i you wilt be better qualified to think add ta feel tvith respect ta the estate of others ^ For Avhatever I may hwe &&tdJto yntt or others in an unbecoming ni atui ^^ I ask pardon of God , of y # u and of all 5 although speaking angrily * I really wished for good in may instances . For this offence I am eorractfcd wI ^ hl
danger stares me in the face . If I tt ^ s alarmed when danger was distant * how much more shall I be so * when it ^ hall be said , " The hour is Cornell ¦ I im \
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'I to M . October 1 st , 1823 . I am not at all surprised , nor dis * appointed , nor offended at the failure of my arguments , I vvili not say to change , but even to lead you to review the grounds of your opinions on the question at issue between us . A most awful and important question it is ! It is no less tlian whether- we hav €
reason from Scripture to believe that the great mass of mankind are doomed to eternal perdition ; and , ^ on ^ equ ^ fittly , whether th ^ great Po wel * which holds our fate at his disposal is malevolent or b ^ nevoletit . * 'The orthodox
Chdstiails have dfawn th ^ picture of the devil > and have written underneath it—* This is Gt > d > M - ^^ s ^ ys a celebrated foreign writer . It may , jperhaps , be practicable for those who think themselves worthy to walk arm in arm with the A |> ostie
Paul > and persuade themselves that their crown of righteou 8 n 0 g » isie ^ uted ^ to discharge from theitf minds a < con ^ ceirn for the fltjal happiness of the test of iliankind ; but for those vvlio cannet feel this seeurity , of veature to hope that they may attain to it > it is quite impassible * if they think m futurity at all > that they should obtain any
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it Frien&lg Gorr&ipaiidence deUeeen < m ( Jmtarwk ami xt 4 M&mfct . 107
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 107, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/43/
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