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path of the just , like-the shining light , sliinfetli " more arid more unto the pfci * - fefct # ayi * ' : ' ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ '' - - ^ ¦ -.-lii brief , if this correspondence shall have had the effect of rendering us
more tolerant towards each other , it will have answered a valuable purpose , I do not call upon you to give up any opinion which you may have formed , merely at my dictation ; but I do
earnestly exhort you to direct your attention to those passages which speak of the Iotiiig 4 dndness of our heavenly Father , and of tfae promised extension of the kingdom ^ of his de&r Son . We live in times when almost all sects of
Christians are actively engaged in spreading the knowledge of tlie glori * otis gospel , and . when their hopes run high , as to tli ' e near approach of the days when God's ancient people shall be gathered in , and the fulness of the Gentiles be collected into the fold of
the good Shepherd . Surely our Saviour has at length challenged the performance of liis Father ' s promise : —¦ * ' Ask of me , and I will give thee the heathen for thine inheritance , and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession . " These expectations
which , by the providence of God , have of late been so generally excited in the Church , afford a sort of rallying poiht ^ a neiitral ground , where all who call Jesus Master , may meet , and give to each other the right hand of fellowship . -
" Charity , which hopeth all things , prayeth also for all men . For whatsoever the mind of man apprehendeth as good , the will of charity and love is to have it enlarged in the very uttermost extent , that all majr enjoy it , to whom it can any way add perfection . Because , therefore , the further
a good thing doth reach , the nobler and worthier we reckon it , our prayers for all men ' s good , no less than for our own , the apostle , with very fit terms ., commendeth , as being a work
commendable for the largeness of the affection from which it springeth ; even as theirs , which , have requested at God's hands the salvation of- many with the loss of their own
soulsdrowning ,. as - it were , arid overwhelming themselves in the abundance of their love towards others , is proposed as being , in regard of the rareness of such affections , more than excellent . But this extraordinary height of-desire
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NtoL 3 rd October . I am as well assured as you are , that God is every tiling that he ought to be , and does and will do all that is right , in time and eternity ;; and , therefore , I leave to him the destinies of man , and all intellectual beings .
I do not believe that man , in his fallen state , is capable of discerning the true meaning of the terms under consideration . .- : I am happy in believing that you will go to heaven , although you should die in the possession of your creed .
I accept your reproofs . After the warnings I have had , my short-comings fill me frequently with indescribable awe . I am not satisfied with myself , as to my convictions or spirituality :
neither do I perceive in you a knowl edge of your state as a partaker of the fall , or spirituality or earnest striving with God for thorough # ital experience , as I perceive in those persons whom you think in error .
I feel that it is an awful subject that we have in hand . Neither of us prays over the discussion as he ought .
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I to N . Dear N . 3 rd October . 1 . The first sentence of your present communication expresses all that I can desire of you , and more than I expected . I am quite content to le ^ ve you in possession of the impression under which that sentence was written .
and I sincerely hope that it-m&y abide with and comfort you . Be assured I shall never obtrude iny speculations upon you , unless any sudden occurrence should throw me off my guard . 2 . The Scriptures are addressed to
man in his fallen state , with a view to hi 3 recovery , and are able to make him wise unto salvation . If they were not intelligible , our Lord-would have scarcely expected the unbelieving Jews to search thenou Nor would Paul
have commended the Bereans . for suspending" their judgment regarding the doctrines which he taught , until they had ascertained their consistency with
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162 A l&ien dly Correspondence between an Unitarian and « Calvinist
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after other men-s salvation , is no common mark . The other is a duty which belongeth unto all , and prevailed * with God daily / ' ( Richard Hooker . )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 162, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/34/
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