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While , h < WOTer , I should heifer from © ontestingB the right of our Ariarf br&hiem to ^ m w ^ J ^ tko nqxjiimM b ^ designation ^ I ivould « U ) tiib # t ( S ^ rgtd 6 d as meaning to J ^^ thatidufe ^ ointsioMifijerera ce arie ioa v ^^ rffc ^ ^ rf-n ^ c ^ , or that ,, the quesfciob * ^^ hecf ! hi ^ lMas t ^ nwas TeaMy and truly ^ Stiafi ^ a pre £ e ^^ i % f (| ptitJm ^ i 0 Q »^ wJbbstetbejdWciple of Christ is deeply interested to ans ^ e ^ efcfr ^^ hint ifie ineaii ^ of ? solcleing . D ^ oJBcnfiCD ^ fis ^^ ^ € i ? fcfti ^ iH 3 aient in favour of the latii r ogtnib ft wit h &b ] &tiy&frWbh 8 < ' $ ® mmotkppea ^ tQsne ; ta have done it with success Before
I pi ^» c © e 4 ^ ! 4 ^ N ^ er , ^ toiiimfce aay remarks upon his statetnentsv I may just Q h $ erve& tjiatjfo spring ; te > him the epithet Arizt \ I 9 by wbsefiprestfme he wo ^ Mtte ^ ef tebel doaignaltedi , the term must be understood with eonsider-r able modification . That Christ is the proper object of religiosls % or ^ hip m any sense of the word is distinctly denied . He is only supposed to hold the highest rank { primus inter paresJa ^ spirits who are conceived to have been the agents or instruments in the various transactions recorded in the Old Testament . Some of these we , in our wisdom , are apt
to imagine were of too minute and mean a character to attract the immediate attention of the Supreme Being himself . Dr . Bruce lays considerable stress on this idea ; more , if I mistake not , than it will bear . la the administration of a creature endowed only with a lin ^ o ^ po ^ iopj o ^ p ^ rer ^ anii of knowledge ^ ^ eneamEeadfij * psreeitferdiat many things must be entrusted to inferior agents . General principles ,- —the leading outlines of the p lan of government , are determined and fixecLbv the s ^ ereiga a « ihaiity $ i while mere matters of detail ^ are helc i s ^ i ^ f ^ Siit iMstfei ^ to
subordinate officers with delegated powers . But this iia-a ^ ^ hliydim ^ rt ^ I ; selfueBcesttf the * limited and imperfect nature of all created % te }!|^ i ^^^ h ^ we ^ ete exalted ; - and the analogy will by no means 'bear'vus '; otit ^ raeSi ^ fe ^ c ^ me > to applj ^ it ta the goverament of the uhiver ^ ei ' ^ i ^ W ^^ an ^ CTu ^ eaadude ^ k u nder the inimediate ^ directi on of the ^ v Great Supr ^ n ^ ^ pSSMP dii »^ iardle 4 oatt 5 rexp 0 sed to his view , —as all existences ^ jaen ^ witf **§* & eontinxiance of hi » supporting ener ^— --as he is the de ^ tt ^ of ^ l ri ^ jbbw © r 9 * - « bltitiIsiS' mes peat and little are as nothing ; and-iheir ^ S ^ o ^ ttb r ^
diffifayHfciti ^ believitig what appears t 6 us the most t ^ i gnin ^ nt ^ e ^^^^^ ^ that > % hjuh ?< te ^ tiv ejy' to us is interesting &nd important , ti > tie the objfebif of hia ^ mr » fe <^ a ^ sdii ^ c ! ti ^^^ the result bf the littttiediate exercise of Dfvfiie " potter bl ^ j &ypMthefefor ^ p a feliaey to $ uppbse thait ' Sthy antetedeiit ; ^ rqoabiii ^ c ^ ii W ^ i ^ iftTor ? Hfe d ^^^ pre-extstence of Christ , ffoni ' asuppo ^ d wmuitablcness of many of the minor details of Providence ^ to tf ^ | l | e& ^ t 8 ^^ fe % ^« ven 1 ^ ' :: - ' ' ¦' ¦ - ¦ ---: ' . i : ! * : - ' ^ - ^/ \ : i mW of st in ii
oilp ^ mjfavaQim i 3 « p ^ humah 6 hara « ter Chri therst plade froinidiff ^ pitflet So ^ o ^ Odd , whi < & he ^ ; < but this ai ^ ri e C ^ i % bt ^» c ^^ fe ^ dtiftd ^ f ^ rgtt ^ tr the dis ^ tife ^ tus ^ ijfli ^ hy iiiij ^^ aM even the pe ^ with |^ ieH # is ^ eca % iotially co u ple ^ i ^ p M VS ibly J ^ yriphyni ^ iis wim tfefovi ^ cl 61 * besf-lk 8 mM& ^ SgaJttl € htfst is said toha ( cdnie ^ tio ^ h W fi ^' njp ^^^ t ^^ t c ^^^ lilei ^ m ^^ cd becattse ? he ^ vfer & iJtfeJ ^^ J ^ l ^; Ba « % ^ itt ^^ h 48 ^ fefeisty and ^ gratuitous afesumptiiin " ? - BWW ¥ ^ kW ^ i \ Mr th « 4 oW'c ^ -iiiw ^^ -ii 4 y ^ ih hfeaVefr * We Sfbid' * r' * 8 t ^( K ^/ tii ^ SmijA ^'' iiteMri * -4 tfi ^ 4 iiW ^ fi ^ seem to ^ Tighti ^ ) p tti ^ 6 fe ^ l Wfi « f Gddite ^^ Wn 4 ^ m eS&tely ^ nd &BpHijflfy Mm feMdi Ah * ^ % Wni % be ^ nefe ot * ¥ em ^ fr % tte thfs eaitti , 1 see ho ^ ffictilty in the isuti ^ Ilicm th a * ^ im ^ vfttii'&lftp HaHr ^ V isitedr it beibre th ^ f 1 c ? on ¥ nien 6 enient i > f M ^ mt-
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A ^ d /^ on Dr . % LW 4 && ^ rgamcntfa ' of Christ . J 74
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 773, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/29/
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