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welfare whi ^ h deserves my gratitude . Put then if you bj ; q seriously intent upon doing me this service , ' you roust pay the cost , that is to say , you must be at the Rouble pf hearing the re **
sons I ] i $ ve tp offer for the opinions I entertain , and then proceed to shew th $ t they are inconsistent with scrip * - tune and With good sense * Unless you are willing to undertake this task , you
cannot expect to convince my judg * jnent , although you may stop my mouth . You have forced me to say more than I could have wished in this strain . " These matters ( meaning the fate of the majority of mankind ) ought to
be left implicitly- to God / ' Who disputes it ? Nat I . Sure I am that it never once entered my mind to deny the right of the Almighty to dispose of his creatures according to his will and pleasure . But it is the duty of his creatures to ascertain , as far as in
them liesp what is his will and plea * sure . If as he or has he not declared it S that is the question . We both pf us admit that he has , and that the Bibfe contains that declaration . Now I ask , seeing of haw much consequence it fe to every son of Adam to
know what it has pleased our Maker to make known to us , is it fitting that you and I should be content to gain our information at second-hand , or that we should refer tp the proclamation which has been pijiblish ^ l in the name of the Majejsty pf heaven , and eaeji judge for himself ? J anticipate your ansvy ^ f . I know you \ yil l not permit me to judge for you , and neither ought you to take it amiss that I am not willing that you should judge for me . It is natural enough that we should wish to compare notes , and
this is the very thing which I am engaged in dpiqg , at your own desire . Do you udmit this ? Would ypji pay that you . demand ; aad when I prepare to tell you what I admit , $ nd what I would say , ought you to-turn round and tel-l-me ^ Vt I -Plight ** ot to concern myself with such matters , but
leav < j tlie j iii tq God ? But then 1 humbly inquire iji my turn why you , and those wfco think with yp * i , have not so left ( hem t Wbjr ( have you presumed fco describe ffo $ fotJMre < W # - tion of unbelievers ? I wj ) l ajsp answer for you , because j || ' e © ible jcajtin taina numerous d ^ clar ^ Uojis upon the
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sinbjeqt j and because | t is die dutyx ) f C ^ yis ^ le ^ er ? tft pm& ^ yvir t § e \ y U 9 fe epuassl m ^< o 4- StUi 1 $ m Qfttitjejl ( to iA ^ pt ^ t ^ likfet ^ of sc ^ chiftg th $ S r } p $ W ^ s ^ M TtftS Be ? vems A \ d , in Sorder 1 tha $ r ; . | fl ^;; pl ? i aisur ^ d th ^ t ^ ps ^ who u ^ derta ^ t ^ e office of teachers have ri g htly diWd ^ d the wpr 4 of truth * They pretend not to spe ^ k fro ia direct inspiration , but refer to the la \ y and to tlie testimony . Hqw very plain &U tlii § appears ; ahcf
yet what labour it costs toe to tiring you to acki ^ qwledg ^ t ; bi ^ fi rst pr iticipte , to recognize this letter ia the language pf tr ^ e , discussion , I grant you most cheerfully that the invaluable volume which you md 1 regard as of
paramount authority , does teach us fill things necessary for life and godliness y but this is not gll , It jprofesses to give an account of the creation of the world and of the designs of the Deity in regard jto the wijole human race . It even coi * Wins notices
pf angelical heings . Seeing , then , th&t all scripture fe pppfttgLble to instruction , sWU we presume tp ? ay to pur feUov ^ -clinsti ^ s you m ust not r $ ad tiiis , nor judge of th ^ t ? nor try to understated the mean jug of wh # t is
written ? fe it not s&id \> y the vvrnter pf pn ^ of the mos t obscure bpexks of ihe Sacred C ^ npn—r *' Blessed is he jhit reatleth , $ n < l they tfet kmV % k $ words of this prapiiecy , apd l $ eep Xlio 3 e things which ^ . re Wf i % tm tjjiereip , for the tips ' jis at haqdl ^ ? The
prophecy in many places advents , i" siiblinie Imt pfem feinguAge , to ' tjfye fate of the world att ^ l of those who d \ yell therein 9 ' ni > d I tj ^ fy ^ ny m § in tp tea 4 or hew 1 % r ^ i * d ? withpift h ^ vi n ^ - liis mii ^ d filled wfth a deep Jntejrest M the awful d $ s £ riptiQfl 3 whic | i \ t affords of the condition of naUons , anc ( pf
classes of men , apd of the whole r $ ce of men , from the date at whicjbi it was % vrittep , ufitil the gre ^ t fjrama cjlpses fn the consummation ( m 4 renovation of all things . As tQ the dispositipji of mind in which our inquiries into these matters should be conducted ^ » ve should do well to follow the advice € (
of St . Pciteir , who says , Wher ^ Jpre laying ^ sidq ^ lj utyftc ? , $# A all Rl 4 k ? Sin ^ i hjrppcrbi ^ s , 9 Jq 4 enyieji , a »| f pyQ speaking a ^ ^\ v hof ^ b ^ t ) e ^ ^ esirp the siptc ^ re ^ lk . pf the WQrd , $ jtyt $ e may grow thereby . I do tr ^ t tifc $ ] L ypu > vU l not , after ail tills u ^» la ijai -
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A Frie&dlg Correspondence kef mem <* n Umterim <* # 4 ^ C $ MmH * 3 §§
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1824, page 395, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2526/page/11/
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