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. vfSil ^ .--rJ v * : ' > 5 . r : fj c ^ fa ^ 4 r ] S 2 & , # T > itJ&RJGU&- GANTABRIGiEN Ili ^ &IS ( pp . iH—193 ) is " not rtis-} K ) 8 ed i to controvert the position that what is revealed can no longer remain secret . " If not secret it must
-be known , and if known it can no longer be a mystery . If by a mystery iie means something which its incomprehensible , something which the human mind-cannot understand , I deny that revelation contains any such
doctrine . To reveal any thing in terms which are incomprehensible , is a selfcontradictory proposition . To say that God reveals to us incomprehensible doctrines , is to say that be gives us ideas of things of which we cfin form no idea , and of which he does
not really give us any idea . This- is absolutely impossible . If there were doctrines of this nature iinreligion , it would be altogether , impossible u > believe them . For ^^ elievawa- ^ a ^ trjpe , i&t «> connect the iiieafevvhich canjke ibrmed concerning this doctrine . JSut
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^^ S ^ sfJ * iFSvli yTJ B $ ^^^ f ^ K ?" ' Fry * & ~ ' i ! nP * TIt ?" y& £ ™ 4 Vn Kj it ^ rtfj' 5 ^ mw \ mwi m < tim ^ , ^ atitute this doctrm ^ &r CQfls | qi ## f ly believe it . ' / , ..- 'V . " ,, ' .-V " ' .. . ' - '" . V ^ In opposition to this ,, Ctericui asserts , that t € every Christian , to vvKqitever party he may belong , must
unavoidably yield his assent to wjhpt . uo understanding- can properly comprehend . " His first instance ip proof of this assertion , is ct the resurrection of the same body , and the ^ Qhferrhi ^ immortality on a material substance . " These words form no part of
revelation , be it observed ; the doctrine they teach maybe true or it may be untrue ; they are merely man ' s invention . The words of Christ are , f * The dead $ hqlZ hear the voice qf the SonofGod , and shall come fort ^ h ^ ftfot a word is said about conferring immortality on a material substance . Christ and
his apostles taught a plain feet—that the dead should live again : as to the mod ^ , the process , the time , they said nothing- The faet k comprehensible ; there is no myatery about it . The iiext doefcrine , he brings Forward in prpof of hfe assertioa isr that "few mill be &ave < L" aa 4 this is fallowed
by that of * f tii ^ final ex tinction of the great majority of mankind , pdFter euduring" agep of tpniteot . " And . ^ e ^ sks , with a very complacent ^ ir , •* ' Is there no difficulty in apprehendconsiaienx
ing now mis can oe vyita the Divine justice V Yes , difficulty enough- But let me hint that he has just taken fpr granted the very point he had to prove . I take the bull by the horns at once , and deny that any one of the doctrines he has mentioned
in support of life ptypition are ^ ripturaL Iavolved ia difficulty and mys - tery they assuredly are ; but this is not because they qre -part ^ nd parcel of Christianity , but because they are not .
" Revelation / 9 l ^ e says , " iafo ^ nas us that the minutest as wgU- - afr - ^ jff most important events are under J&e constant superintendence of an $ } seeing and xxipirip . ot ^ Qt ^ Peicg "; and yet how frequently do Abese events appear at vajriaace with the Divine character
m describeq in thfc ^ pt $ gel ; J f | t \ That GqcJ ; « o \ erm ^ ^ ° l * f witidoui au < i / ia U > YV > t \^ . S Wf 1 ^ ' rmson » n ? l 4 $ t ^ WWflP ^ iiyS ^*^ this principle is applied m&U W *
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^ e tbre ^ y ^ u ^ W 4 # raJ # d § tk ^ $ Ipms appro ^ iinating-tfee vulgur ztzndard * > f fiiilh ? And yet I might sul > se-^ u ^ n tijr explain uny meaning to be , that c $ 0 < i $ signified light , and W ^ a to think or judge ; and that I had no doubt bat my perceptions of truth had become more consistent , and
therefore , in the proper , abstract sense , uiore orthodoxy but this , I humbly submit , would by no means justify roy unexplained use of the word : and thus precisely stands the case of Dr . C . and the word * ' Evangelical *^ la like manner I might truly declare , that I believe the doctrine of
Atonement , and afterwards I might explain that Atonement signified a peace-making or reconciliation , both in its original KaJa . KXajYj 9 as well as in its translation Atonement ^ the latter being compounded of "
at-© ne-ment , " and signifying a state of unity or concord , and by no means implying the popular notion of satisfaction ; but until this explanation appeared , I need hardly s ^ y what the theological world would think of iny creed .
With & # ? & . $ , $ &t ? em fo * r , Div CVs liead , and atU& xnor ^ for his heart , I amjifyc ^ rtj ioj ^ r-- ^ - ¦¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ; ¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 284, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/32/
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