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impute to a school pf medicine th § dpguija , that cc a man may co ^ tirme in , perfect health , while k $ is loathsome with disease" I E > pe 3 hsk w > tknow that Calvinistis writers of all ages are the most serious , tjhe iqc > sjt grjiptieai ^ tl * Q mpst high ^ oned , of all religious authors ; - ^ tJi&t the common char ore
against thern is , that they sitq toa § tript in their notions of moral obti * Ration , and their demands of holiness \ n heart and in-practice ; and too little lenient to wh ^ tl the world epllg qj ^
cusahle frailties ? \ Yill he pernjit m $ to inform h \ px that the doctrine o Filial Perseverance is no other thaiir thi § , that ^// true believers and Qbe * dlent fqllpwers of Chri $ t , ar so g % a oiQMsly sustained byDivme ppwer and
W&rcqf / thnt they will assuredly , persevere m tjie lorn cmd practice ofnohi-NB 3 S , and will eventually a&tam that perfefitian qfmozal purity which they mpremety defiire , and , whwjk u the EssB ^ CE , of hewenl& happiness ? Absurd awl wicked perversipiis of this
doetriae may aud do exist : and what tnuth ia morai ^ , or in $ i » y branch of knowledge , is not susceptible of being misrepresented ? % * & * to § ay that the doctrine itself , ( n , s , held by all genuine CalvUiis t ^ i ^ uaft ^ endly % q holiness , Cwder whi ^ fci scriiptural ter ^ n we
cooipr . eUeiid ail the duties tf piety towarda God , virtue in relation to our own mind ^ and actions , a ^ d , morality with respect to all sociol rqlatitons , ) or that it hoWs forth any , indulgence to siq , 13 reall y to utter ^ cojpiJtradiction ; for 19
Peirsev ^ eiwic ^ nothing else than Persevering . H is the per severance of saints , th # t i&f of holy persons ,, in the course of holy obmllence ^ guaranteed Ijj ? thfit b , ace , to which they feel themselves indebted for every thing . If , tjb ^ j ) , J am not c , Qn $£ iojU £ of that
imwrd sinQerity and fimitp , andposr siese not that onftwrd rectitude itxn \\ G \ cj practeri ^ e a Wly ijersow ; thi ^ doctri ^ e |( a ^> . far from giving me ai > y eii - coura ^ ei » ent f / Stpea ^ tp me . nothing but cp ^ ND ^ NAX io ^ ^ the 3 trodogest ^ ud inot ^ t dfecMiv € ? condei ^ jifrfiQ ^ Aq iiv dividual c ^ a u , dcjw e cQipfort ficorn it .
only in pr ^ porthn , hjs actual sinv&pty and . iu ^ grityj h \ every branch of inyvar ^ ^ nd outjw ^ rd reUgion . That ^ l rctall y gp « 4 n > pji m ^ y tali into sin and in ^«[ ip ^ pjpp instances even into gross sjiu \ & 9 ^ aJ ^ s ! too true . Doe ^ anyone deOT it ? But auqh a mm
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674 Dr . •/ . Pgf ^ Smith * s Rejoinder to 4 # V BaftewgWs Remarks
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whatever his preyious character ipay have been , cannot obtam the smallest consoktion from the doctrine of p ^ ^ everance , till , hy ileep repentaoce $ ad supplications to thp EEvine me ? cy
through the Savipiir , h § acquires ^ solid evidence af K 13 restcfratioa to tlm paths of holinesa : and even then , it may be very long before bfa contrite heart , caa receive any great degree of consolation .
Jt Me B ^ would give candid attention to these remarks , perhaps he would perceive that tbqre i $ , m the mature of the case , a perfectly safe
and rational fpundatioa for the Chri ^ - tian Assurance of Hope ; which , ac « cprding- to Uis statement , M . Malan professed in so vtery indiscreet ajul Luopportune a manner . If the Saviour of mankind has said - 'He tfcat
believeth om jne ^ -M thftt fblloweth nae , —^^ 11 w ) £ perish , slisU not come inta condemnation , shall have ever * lastiqg USe f * and if a = mm has the sincere consciousness of his relying upon the Redeemer for pardon and deliverance from sin , of his hating and renouncing everjr sinful thing , and of hi ? fre ^ jiy choosing- and earnestly
piracholiness ; does it » ot plainly faHowr t \ i * X suefi a mo > h ( hut no qtfaerJi mm make the deduction , tT ^ at Wis Lord aiia Saviour " will keep hiia from felling , will present him hol y and spotless and irreproachable in his sight , will keep htm by th # power of God through ftith unto salvation /' will take iofallihle care " tliat neither
death nor life—nor any other creature shall be able to sepiaute him from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" ?— -Is it not the duty of every true Christian to , live so holily as that he may attain , and always enjoy , such aa asmrance 2 And is there
any thing ; in it in tjie teast degree c ; al culutcd ** to ei ) cour # g : e presumption and spiritu a l pride ^ ? - ^ They may think sp whp will wot seriously exiunjnc the matter : but , the fact ^ far , v ^ ry for , otherwise . He wjio boasts of this heavenly blessing supplies the most
puinhil reaBon ^ for appr < iheusion that he J 3 a total stranger to if : but the soul which , possesses 1 % wMlbe modest , lowjy ,, pepitent , g-j-ateful , intensely vigilant agftinst ^ 11 sin ^ and walking in deepest humilitjr before theMo&t Hoh One . If Mr . p . imagines tjiat what he
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/34/
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