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unscriptural , refers to the future destiny of the impenitent . ^ And here there are but three doctrines which eaa possibly be inferred from the
language of the sacred writings : —1 . The absolute eternity of future punishment ; 2 . long-continued punishment followed by annihilation ; 3 O corrective punishment with final resti- * tution . Which of these three he
believes to form part of the Christian revelation , he lias left tine reader no xneans of determining" ; but to recon » cile the Divine character ^ , as described 3 n the records of that revelation , with either of the two former ^ , is in my apprehension altogether impossible . It
is singular , however , that ; with respect to the third of these doctrines , A Nonconformist has studiously avoided answering * my observation , that even admitting the system of corrective punishment to be fairly deduced the strict impartiality of the Deity is not
immediately obvious ^ and that a de «» gree of mystery is attached to it s which our present faculties are inadequate to explain ., . Of those speculatists who aver that
nothing difficult of comprehension is to be discovered in the pages of revelation , the German rationalists are perhaps the most consistent j but still their theory is not on that account the less absurd . Clericus Cantabrigiensis .
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Malton , Sir , May 2 , 1826 . SMALL pamphlet fas handed A about in this town , entitled , ** Some Account of the past and present Management of Lady Hewley ' s Charities , " in which it is said , ' * At Malton , in Yorkshire , the minister
was allowed 10 / . per annum ; bat when he avowed Uniftarianism , the trustees advanced him to 20 / . " Now , Sir , allow to say there is no truth in this 5 it is altogether false . I do not receive 20 / . from that Fund . I have also justt had a sight of an 8 vo > . volume , entitled ., " The
Manchester Sociman Controversy , " in which it is said , "An attempt was made to induce Mr . Bartlett to resign his charge , and an annuity of bOL per annum was offered him for his life , with good security . He requested a month ' s time to consider , and after consulting with his Unitarian friends
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gave this a ^ we l' ;^ J fi ^ ]^ v ^ i ^ ' i ||^] l from another quarter , strut J ' .. udu sot
resign my charge / " ' I protest this is false , and that I never said so , or ans thing like it . In that case I acted from principle . This occurred . in
1814 , and since that time the exhibit tion allowed me from Lady Hewley's Trustees has not been augmented at all . Some of my friends here think we ought not to sit down without exposing- sucli gross falsehoods ia the
Monthly Repository * Should you think with them , you will oblige me by publishing tins direct contradiction to the statements above-quoted , part of a systematic plan for defaming Unitarians as one step towards robbing them of their places of worship . JOHN BARTLETT . ^ K ^ Bfl ^ D ^^^^ Sc ^ S ^^^^^ E ^^^^ S ^^^^ BB ^ B ^^^ b
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318 Orthodox wilful Misstatement £ j ~* ASummary of the Arguments against
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Sir , PipHE discussion respecting the au-JL thenticity of the text of uhe three Heavenly Witnesses , has been prolonged , perhaps , more than was necessary . I judge it , however , expedient to bestow one short paper more on the subject for recapitulating the
arguments for and against its genu * Ineness , so as to enable the reader to come to a just conclusion . The arguments against the text are the three following : It is not con * tained in any Greek MS . excepting one , and that comparatively of a modern date , though the number of these MSS- exceeds one hundred . The
ancient versions are all , or mearly all , without it . It is not quoted by the Greek and Latin Fathers , who had every motive for so doing , and who quote the context of the verse , while they are silent respecting the verse itself . Among the learned who have
insisted on these facts against the authenticity of the text , are Newton , BentLey , Michaelis , Grtesbacli , Porson , Marsh , Belsham , P . Smith , the Quarterly Reviewer , &c . / file arguments for the genuineness of the text are the following-: 1 . The text is written against
certain impostors who maintained the divinity , and denied tlie humanity , ot the Messiah . Their proposition was , that Jesus , the man Jesus , was not the Christ , or the Son of God , but a God within him , or a . phantom an to * well-known form . To set aside tftw
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1826, page 318, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2549/page/2/
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