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i > 6 t be si creature ^ lrra ^ mTich as is th& filial Judge . The pro |> er inquiry then vAll be > Wbat ; ff 0 es the Mew Testament assert respecting his qualifieatton for that offiee , and his appbitttineat ta it ? Jtidgm 6 iit h com mitied to him because he is the Son
€ > f Mao : &nd from the Supreme Being lid derives all his endowments ana authority /* Tins answer shoiiM eert&kriy be declare . OxirpreaaherwaitId seafc ^ l f have inferred the Deity of Jesus Christ troth his mjr&cles and hi& re&t&rreetloi * ? though tbg reasoning caffrnot be mete vaMd in the one ease
than in the other * Iirtshe pre&em in ? stance , Ml * T * solves the imagined difficulty b y saying "Bui fe him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead : '' and so say we ^ with sacred reverence and gtatit \\< te ; this is the feel whidi explains vvhal might otheT wise be inexplicable , Omr ^ uttear ' s
reader ^ and especially his orthodox readers * should oM&rvti Bow carefully he * 69 trtcts himself to the use erf &pm + to Heal language , tmd in what measured terms he speaks of our Saviour a 3 " a Gc « i . " We da noft ' tiddpt the preacher ' s interpreti&tioti of such passages i in is enough for us to have shewn that his construction of their *
is fSr from being strictly Trinitarian and evangelical * Probably , his creed , on these poitfjs * * escmble < J © odd ridge ' s f and Palmer ' s , % and mi g ht be described technically ,-either as § abellian ^ or as framed ! on the in-dwell-% tog h /{> oth ^ 65 s . K&i nra ^ f'a ph Z $
It will ficiv ^ beteft ie ^ n , ih some of the eftfttMtft ir 6 m life S ^ ritbns , th ^ t he ^ a ^ f at strenuous Ptti testmt Ntinvoitif&tttoi&t . Okt topics tviiich regard the rights 6 f c ^ rt ^^ h i ^ and the 6 < t ^ (>^« i «( fc 5 r Of ( jhtf&t , tei the h ^^ d and lavfrgive * of his ehti ^ h , he writes in
the Clearest &tid strongest t&tttis . Biit he doe § ntit WHte ^ wjfh bt tterri ^ s ^ and asprerf-fty f hdi ai ^ 6 Hi ^ strictures personal . 8 neh Jm ^ ll ^ es , therefore , ' t * k thos 6 t ^ whi ^ h We allud e , cHn give ii ^ reasf ^ nabl ^ &ffetik < t to toy dfess of re&d&te .
Tb 6 e 3 t < 5 elteht bpmt 6 f iMse dis-* John v , 2 ? ; Acts " xvii . 31 ; johii xlv . 10-+ Lectures , &c , ' Pint Vlli Wopos . ek ^ vSfii ' t Life of Watts * AfpemL , tf& 4 If .
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cbttMes invests tern # 5 tM ai « f * dti ( M ^ vvrhSdhitis difficult , iftfbt iaa ^ ofe ^ IHe , t ; d withstditd . < llf ^ itf sdU | ti ^ ' pf . ^ ofis ' zeal , 6 f minist ^ riai fidelity atid ^ fec ^ tipri , of a freedom from selfish regards ,, of an elevation of soul to the noblest
objects and pursuits , in the coatetitSi of this volume 3 so ninth of sioiplkity and manliness of ^ haraet er ^ of Chrisw tiari integrity and fortitude , iti union with the tendertfst ^ ettsibilJty ; . that these qualities of the heart , still tioto& ttmh the ^ riteFs po w ^ of iiiMteei and cast of hnarfuatrbtiinake hitd ttV
. »«« ^ s * A . V- » A . lUJUfiLtUWVlVU ) M . J . HAIl * . \ s M . XAMJL * trtfly el 6 qi | ent . The caiidour a'ttd mo * deration witk whicfc ixe stated % h owiii views of Christiamty ^ are worthy ® i all praise . There is no compromise , on the one hand : no a ^ sump ^ ianr of
infallibility , not a siftgle harshy invidious expressiony on thcJ other * ' M-n Toilet appears to have bnovtft ** t ^ itii how much difficulty tratR ¥ r&& s&the * times fotiifd , " and ^ therefore ; c * did not wonder that many missed It , " *
Thus ^ the capital Feeommendations of bu Sermons will be * e en io their , strotig and practical good sense ^ th ^ ir familiar and impressive style , fheir orderly arrangenient , and their bene- ^
vcyletit and pure and pious spirit , we must not dismiss this view of tfrem , before we have considered more largely One of the number , of which Mr . H&ll wias a hearer , and of the occasion * eirctimstances and effect of which he has given some aceotuit :
< The text which M" [ Mr . TolkrJ ^* selected" [ in preaching before the Half * yearly Association at Bedford , April 23 * 1795 ] , " was peculiarly solemn and im * pressive : bis discourse Was founded on 2 Pet . i . 12—15 : Yea , I think it meet
as long as 1 am in this tabernacle , to stit you up , by putting you iu remembrance z knowing that shortly I must put off this * rtiy taberwacle ; even as oui * Lord Jesua Christ hath shewed me , ' &c . Thef effect of this discotirse' &n the atttdiewce , was gntk as 1 have never ^ Jtn ^ ssed before ot
sin ^ e * wa ( fc ri ^ oabtediy very thitm aided by tli& p ^ uliar cifooni st iirtce . s of the speaker , who was Jadg&d to be far ad * vanced in a deelj » e , - ami who se £ iMled f q speak wnder a sticnig impression of its being the last time he should addjress his brethren on such aa occasion . The aspect of the preacher , paie , emaciated , standr ing apparently oil the verge of eternity ^ ¦ -- ¦¦ - .. — . ^ — ¦ —— ¦ — ' - ¦¦¦ 'r I * —— f——— ' " ^* ; . . ¦ iv'tf ^ " ¦ , " * i" '«<* y' lff ^ T ^' n . ! ¦ ><< fc— ¦—*»» . * BosWdirs > lift Of JTOto ^ dn , ( 3 M etf ., ) IV ; 81 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1824, page 353, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2525/page/33/
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