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N 1 . The natiotts of the world who have not heard the gpspeLwUl fee dealt witft according to thje , knowledge they have . It is not argued that those who would have Received the gospel ,
if Pffefecl tp them , vyili t ) $ condemned for h 6 t having heard it . Qn the contrary , it ik * irgue $ that thesse persons are saved in Christ , and will know it hereafter .
2 1 The gospel is , or is not , " > vqrthy of . all acceptation /* TJie primitive Christians received it joyfully , and suffered deajh in its mo ^ t terrifying forms iii 4 &fence of it . . ¦ . , it . ' . ¦ . ' ¦ .
3 . If It is worthy of acceptation it merits to be tec ^ ived ivithout postponement : Wh ^ re is the difference between postponement an 4 rejection ? The Scripture doe ^ pot appear to make any .
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A 'Frkytdl y Cqpr&sjPQ&d ( fnce between ait Unitarian and a Calvmist . | 03 * . . . . , -i ... . ^ ^
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I . True . See the 2 nd of Romans also Peter ' s sermon to Cornelius .
2 . Most undoubtedly it is worthy of all acceptation , because it is glad tidings of great joy to all people . The love of Christ is the most powerful motive of human action . Many waters cannot quench love—neither
can the floods .. ( frown it . I glory in the fact here alluded to . But is our love sufficiently strong to bear such a test ? God knows . 3 . Those who truly apprehend the excellency of the gospel wiU not ; wish to postpone their acceptance ojPltv
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federal head of our race ) the evils which we inherit ; but I hold that the Scriptures also disclose an ample remedy , whose operation began at the fall . Under the , B ^ fpsaic dispensation God was m ade know ** Q $ rfpTgi . Yfeg iniquity , transgression and sin . 1 am far , however , from considering tjie evil 0 ^^ v be its precise nature and extent ) incident upon the fall of our first parent * as in the slightest degree affecting the justice and goodness of Hie Bovine go ^ -
ven ^ n ^ nt . If has pleased him , for the wisest . ajcui beat of purposes ^ tcr oi ^ er things so as that the condition of mep sh ^ l | be ii $ u ^ c ^ parents , If he hias declared that he will visit the sins ^ l | h ^ J ^ tlier % upon * he children tp ^ thie t ^ d or ibutih . generation of them ^^^^ ejnj ^>^^ declared that lie will shew mercy unto thousands of generations of theofi that love hi in and keey his commandments ; and if a | l di ^ in Adaua , all shall be made alive ill Christ . But I am sliding into controversy , which it is now mv wish to avoid .
In the last pl ^ ce , I , wpiiid state ; it ^ is my opinion that although the ^ eligioii of Jesus Qhrist has ; ^ ver sindct Mi promulgation , been accompanied vvith a display pC power to turn jnen from , darkness to light , and ^ i ^ sV proveilth ^ support arid ^ cojn ^ ola ^ ion < of , tinie believers ?^ b | E [ in lifi ^ and ^ n tl ^ fy&wt of de ^ th , there is * jpie ^ erthele ^ a , greal ; reason to fanfieht that this pdwpr is sd fieebly experienced , by thei : mcyority ; of professors of leyer ^ denomination . For my own part I do hot deem myself worthy of ranking vyith t ^ oke W ^^ re ^ en ^ wed
in the im ^ ge of Cbnst \ but I nevertheless kh <> w ^ eppjiglx of l ^ is ^ int ip he enabled to judge of its fr uit § , and not tp he 1133 ^ confound them with those tempers and ^ i sp ^ si ^^ s . whic ^ t ^ , r so ^ et 3 yaaes manifested l > y pje ^ sojas whp , wi ^ h us to suppose that tliey are Ho lier than the rest of mankind . We . may deceive ourselves , but God will not be mocked ,
nor allow evil tp b $ ca , lled ^^ goqd r ^^^ vvithout exposing the fraud . I ( i ^ iidlude with again requesting you to consider calmly and deliberately what precise object you liave in view , and to shape your future communications accordingly : in ^ so clpuig you , will s £ tve yoiirself the ( trouble of , pepising , aiad me the labour oCysrfjlting , i ^ uch that is wid e of th ^ n ^; ark . Yours affectionately ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 603, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/27/
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