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whole language of my heart and of my sympathy . I have always spoken from the overflowings of my bosom , and as one who was zealous for the wellbeing of mankind . Henc& ~ taw ^ tttiy ^ m ^ e $ sttnf trisect to lead men to the enjoyment of their existence , in all innocence of heart and purity of conscience fcWfflTit ^ iHtt m $ lift ^^ H ^ ercise of all &elr wiW&L fceH ^ cfes / Ind capa *§ ri& | C 3 * ie&tBIiPi §« i € ^^ tt € Hc ^ cet'dr'Obaf ih ^ pui- i&ffiti&Si ? ' * iFttfe I pleached ^ iloe ^ phy , it was tt ' p ldlesopfcy'ofh ' ti ^ ( aHiidiagto hie text , " James i . 2 ^ ) , that I might make happy a ^ WffitfcQvBt . ' 1 ** --
Therd is ? gteat force in this concluding observation of Header .. ^ e $ fy ^ nr times meet with persons who seem to eatertain a strange misconception a $ to att ^ im ^ nary ' - ' idSistinciioh between scriptural and philosop l ^ gar m ^ m g ^ What is frequentl y decried as the adoption of human phraseology iswthing m 6 re than a heicesSary arid meritorious endeavour to convert Hepraisnas Intp
equivalent Etfglish , to shew what are corresponding feejingf j ^ ncl ; YJ £ ws \\ n our ^ 'aciu ^ l sta ^ te of ^ manners and opinion , and to present reljgipus i ^ ea ^ s iiv that distinct and familiar form which renders them at once intelligible ; J ; o , ttyg understanding and affecting to the heart . We should not wish inc ^ l ; W dissipate the sublime vagueness of the scriptural representations of th ^ , clparacter and attributes of the Supreme Being , which the grandeur of o riental imagery is better fitted to impress on thamind than all the laboured preci $ e uesis of inetaphysieal diction . But in regard to the practical relations of
men towards each other , towards Christ , and towards God , it seems highly desirable , b y a due appreciation of the difference which subsists between the moifes of thiifking and speaking in distant regions and remote periods , to eiidejavour to form such conceptions of the fundamental truths of religion , as * riay not involve either superstition or uncharitableness , but may harmonize with the expanding intelligence and philanthropy of mankind . These fun r
damental truths cannot themselves undergo a change ; they are fixed in the immutable will of God ; they are those first principles of religious truth which ate breathed by his spirit into the depth of the hearts of his chosen messengers and prophets : but the outward forms , in which they manifest themselves , must necessarily vary from age to age , and receivre a bias and impression from the manners , institutions , and philosophy , of the particular period in which they are promulgated . So that perhaps those persons who so strenuously insist on retaining the exact phraseology of the Scriptures , to
the- exclusion of what is called philosophical language , will oftentimes be foiiiid to neglect the pure and everlasting word of God , which can only be brotifjht home to the heart through the medium of familiar associations and th ^ 'force of * well < -known terms , for the mere husk and shell of an antiquated dfttjoii ^ hd an exploded philosophy ; and to prefer measuring the a ^ itude ariB ^ earin ^ s bf tii e grea t tru ths of revelation , from the point of view under wHlch' yiey tijusfc necessarily have been contemplated by a Jewish mind , to lhe tf ore eleyateti position from which Christians may now survey them . H ^ ae ^' a ' ^ p ^ ars to nav 6 entered ful ly into the force 61 the , Scripture ^ tjrat ***^ ys ^ jr ^^)^ ?^ W ^ tl > ,, lHfe fejiii * it mafceth alive ;* ' and we shall truly rejoice if a soittyvlhat availedjaccbuiit of his life and writings shall prove the means of diiffolSin ^ tt Ut sttehgthening the enlightened , devout and benevolejit spirit bfmmkf ibMiiSl oim&l a ^ ^ bour ^ , Wei ^ actuated , , , . . . . ! k . s . ; i . ' "I f ; -i ,. ';« : t tftr- .:-, i - ' i > :-. )¦¦]¦¦ ¦ i » ¦ ¦ > ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦• i
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7 ^ 8 Life and Writings of Herder .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 738, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/10/
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