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Christ ; that is to say , filled with love to God and to man . For faith workelh by love , and purifies the heart from all those evil passions which cap derive the smallest gratification from ^ fre sufferi ng s of others . * Indeed , no man who understands the connexion which exists between
all sentient beings ( exemplified as it is in scripture , and in daily experience ; hy the influence which the conduct of one man produces upon the condition of others ) czui fail ta perceive that , in order to produce a perfect sta , te of society , all must
co-pperate for the benefit of all . jptence the promises that we shall be heirs of all things ; that all things are ours ; and that God shall he all in all , f . Thiak you that I can he satisfied with such paltry , meagre explanations of these exhilarating passages , as the narrow
systems of human reason or sophistry can give me ? No ; let God be true , and every man who contradicts him a liar . Your people , while they decry the exercise of reason , are continually racking their brains to darken ana confound , by metaphysical t subtleties
andiunscripturai § phrases , the plain ward of God . I charge this upon their systepi , and J stand to the charge ; while at the same time ( 03 often said hefpre ) -1 respect and esteem the individual whgse better judgment has been enslaved by human inventions . The inventors themselves must
answer to their Maker |) fpr having presumed to deform his lovely character , £ ud to teaeh for doctrines , the commandments q { ineq . If they had jiot represented him as delighting in the death and damnation of the works
of his own hapds ^ f poor , ignorant , angry sinners would not have been so prone to invoke his wrath upon themselves and others . If they had been better taught , they would ! have l ^ arped ? The matter is totally m isunderstood .
The righteous rejoice jn the puniahuient of the impenitent . The script \\ r $ is full of this . f God is all in all in the pujiishinent Jof the finally impenitent . Full Conviction of sin and holiness is metaphysical .
§ The words of scripture arc quoted || fhose who tell the presumptuous sinner that he will be eternally blessed , will have to ao . swej fur it . ffl They do not .
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the Almighty ^ garding the final dje $ - . tiny of the human race , who does not oreg ^ rd hirnseilf as a party deeply interested in this momentous question * * If he separates f his own case from his feliovvrrcre ^ tures , and supposes himself a privileged character , J he wants the degree pf sympathy § vvhieh is indispensable to an earnest , candid , persevering examination \\ of the tenor
of scripture , as relating to this point . Jt appears ta me that you ar-e thus wanting , ^ and that your object is rather to frown upon my opinions , than to afford your cordial assistance to the ascertainment of truth .
* Ypu tell me , that I am not sufficiently impressed ** with a sense of ths evil of sin . I do not pretend to say that I am ; but I am thoroughly . persuaded that I cannot possibly enjoy perfect happiness until sin and # 11 its miserable consequences are
exterminated froip the universe , ff and the whole creation shall be brought r into the glorious liberty of the children of God . The angels in heaven must have a similar feeling , for our Lord expressly declares ih ^ t their joy is augmented hy every ^ cession of penitents to tl ^ e nfimber pf the jus fc ; n
an < J therefore their jpy cannot becon * - plet ^ d uijiil tb ^ last ; stone §§ of t ) i e ^ ac r € j d edifice shj ^ ll cro wn the work af diviqe ^ r ^ ce . If you had juio \\[ n the power of Gqd pud , the glorious " mys-/ t . ery pf his will as . < re veiled by Paul , you would l ^ ve perceived that nothing short of this qould satisfy the desires of a soul renewed in the image of
* Who denies this ? But cajinot an individual thus implicated escape by repentance and-faith ? t He does not separate . + He condemns himself , an $ prays , to God to search and try him . § Sympathy with Gael ' s holiness and justice .
II God must give eyes to see . % J have told you repeatedly that I aui }> ot at ease , \>\ n wish to seek far j > eiicc in the right w&y . ** Who is ? The great matter js how shall we pray unreservedly for ^ s uch conviction .
++ I epQ ^ cit entioi | sly bc | ievc ; th } s to be an error .
++ Prove repentance , ^ u < i tf ^ at $ > uf . PW . Cod is thq Ji ^^ k ^ i * s ta l ^ ll Htui ^ ° f repentance . §§ What is that stout ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/43/
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