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think that $€ ? $ re of heH rs necessary to cntiffhtfeft l&avfcii , * & ** & that the joys w : h ^ i ^ cH % rbttld grow insipid unless they ca $ ,, ; tor 18 $ ' eternity , be contrasted Ayith tlie miseries of the danrmecljf : TTrav £ only to gay that-we
are so diflrereritly constructed as to preclude , ttie possibility , until the Almighty shall bee fit to reconstruct one of us ; to tBui ^ L / alike on this subject . la Ms ciwn good time we shall be
brought toiseePeye to eye ; % in the meanwhile I commend you to his holy keeping . ;
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< ^ 26 / A October . May ** rar Me ntion 8 | ad prayers be direc ^ li ^ naWiters oi experi ence s 11 * - cliulintf $ ric 0 mplete knowlj ^ ige . ofe' % ? sinful , fiiUeni state ; Without . which our jaeace ^ &tal security and opr joys delttsave ^ k ,
AdAiifcllng itrto be animpw ^ ait factj ^ that tlie tnos t godly have the ? deepest cop vie lions of the evil of sin , and that siieli convictions are often , if not gen £ r * an y > r succeeded by the greatest joy and peac ^> that doctrine inust be moet chw 4 | abl ^ i ^ ¦ ¦*** ¦ effects that produces these benefits , and vice
versa . ...... , . m According to your own admission , tlie doctrine you oppose has been maintained , by the most godly and
benevolent people , who have given the most ample proofs of the good effects their creed produced in them , and of their joy and peace in God , and estimation of him . The doctrine has
stood the test of ages . As to proselytism from one sect to the other , you will hardly boast of unawakened , loose , careless , or half-awakened , though moral professors , that do not like to be searched and alarmed . You
do not adduce proselytes of the cha-* This is tremendously awful . According to your own system it may be witnessed during ages . t It is wholesome to fear this , that we may fully know the evil of sin .
J We shall get more good by praying than talking . You know that my motive is to appreciate completely the evil of sin . Joy and glory will be in proportion . People do not incur evil by fearing it , but by * n * t fearing it enough .
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racter of deepl y convinced persons ) walking close vvtth God > livift £ in the li ht o { his countenance , and blessed with the sealing evidences and unction of the Holy Spirit . Let us deal faith * fully in this matter , as being under
the searching eye of ; God ; for 5 after all , we have agreed , that as the dead cannot be affected ^ nor = < 3 od * s proceeding's , by our creed , t ; be effisels of it in our own experience are what we . have to look to . The Searcher of
hearts knows which experiences , ia the strongest degree , the salutary conviction of the evil or sin . As to quotations \ from Scripture ^ I did not like to offend you by mentioning them , and left it to you to find them out , ' . meaning particularly the
terms by which the impenitent ^ are designated ¦ . tVllat you have said with respect to the Sacred Writers dwelling more 011 the evil of suffering than on the evil of sin , is a solution of the whole subject . The former is palpable , evident
and familiar , and therefore easily perceived . The latter is deep , spiritual , out of sight , and cannot be discovered till the Lord gives us eyes to see and hearts to feel , although the words are plain enough . N . MMHHBMiaia
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( The writer of the last communication having followed it up by returning the previous correspondence , gave rise to the following letter- ) / . to N . y with N . ' s Observations ( inserted as Notes J . Dear N . 29 th October .
I have to thank you for returning my notes . Although our late endeavours to correct each other ' s opinions do not appear to have succeeded , it does not follow that they are altogether useless . We must both of us
perceive , perhaps , more clearly than before , that the Almighty appoints the instruments by which conviction is wrought ; and if we are not so honoured , it is because there are defects in our respective characters .
Whatever has been urged by either party in a righ-t spirit , nmay , nevertheless , produce a proper effect hereafter . We are changing , and things about us are changing , and our views and feelings will be affected by those varying
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A Friendly Correspondence between an Urn far tan and a Calvinist . fVf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/13/
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