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' [) ^ k' ^ '' ^ eM ^ etni '^ F ^ c a ! tvr ¦ ' li . ii ? . ¦;' ¦ ¦ : ' : T&ihe EMim ^ > Mij . STR ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ - 1 ; 'Ai r Tfefc reitoiin (| r , in a late number of Uli ^ iv ^ tfiuMy'WpbsitoTy , an article enftli
&Ule < V ' ^ Es ^ a ^ otie proper Use of tche ftetrVyspedtive '' Faculty , " I feel desirous of ofiertpg a few animadversions on some Dassage ^ vehidh it contains , and which abpear to irie 5 either incorrect , or 3 at least ,, so ) expressed as to give them uhe appearance of incorrectness .
The writer of tine Essay has chosen as a text , the fine and animating words of St . Pi \ til j > sfi Forgetting the things which are behind . " fn order to form a correct judgment of the application of these words , we should examine them in their connexion— - * ' Not as though I had
already attained , either were already perfect ; bet I follow after 5 if that 3 id ay apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus . Brethren , I corint not myself to have apprehended ; Tbnt this one tlhing I do , forgetting those tthings winch are "behind , and reaching forth unto those things which are l > efore ,
1 press toward the mark , for the prize of tlie high calling of God in Christ Jesus . " It appears clear to my niind . that the Apostfe had here si imply in view the progress towards Christian perfection , and tfiat by the expression , < & Forgetting those thin ' gs which arc behind / 3 he meant to say , forgetting , or not dwelling on former attainments in holiness : 3 iot
resting' satisfied with that state to which we have already attained , but i'ndeavoiuring after still more exalted degaees of virtue and piety ; nor does it appear that lie intended to make the least reference to remorse for past offences : on the contrary , we find him in another place ,
reflecting on 1 ms past ( transgressions with what has always appeared to me a degree of bitterness of feeling . " 3 who iUh ' iVot wor , tby to be called an npostle ^ bejCafiso 't /'^ rseciited the church of < jnj-ist . s ' 1 > Thottfe ] 1 nc immediately turns t \\ & " nanif \ i \ rGflectloii to ' one of holy rcjoicirig , \ ? y kiMing % U ( i& < ± ¦ aniimnted words , vi / uii \ by , the ^ favi $ ' ' ' to ' tTiod I am what ff atiiy S . W liirt ' ^ ra < ro ityhiibh avus 'bestowed i / jVon'ine was' hot in v * n . hi . ** The |) resi ; Lit a ^ c , " m Kciglaud ait least inay ' well be maimed ' fchc ixuc of util ' iiij ?
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m meenamic 9 ? ptiiloaoplYy ,-- ead liioralf ? . Now , it- Is fai ' frotrt © eing' iny ' wisli to decry any tih ' mg so proper , neccess ^ ry , and , in sSorfc , ' u $ efui » &s tmtf ' seime utility ' , when I assert that it Is possible , in a certain sense , to cany our love 0 > f it to an excesso There is such a tiring in morality as the beautiful , as well as the useful ; and tlhese two will at- length be found to coincide , though at' present their connexion may not always be evident to our blinded and limited view . Vet even now , we Mve the Scripts res for our guide , a light shining in a dark place , till the day dawn , and the dayspring arise in our hearts o" Where , them , in the Scriptures , shall we ' ftiid the notion , uliaa no shairne or sorrow for sin should "be indulged 2 except precisely the quantity necessary ot useful to the future progress of the sinner ? How shall the offender presume to say , while lying low in contrition before the Divine Majesty , 5 ( 5 Just so much sorrow and mo more , is useful to me ? " If he possesses a heart that is not entirely of stone , how can he , at such a , season , be thin king of his own advantage , and weighing nfcility in the balance ? Do we find that David did so , when . in the fifty-first Psalm , he so
pathetically laments his transgressions ? or the woman who was a sinner , when she washed our Saviour ' s feet with her tears , were those tears poured out by measure , or were Peter ' s , when he went ont and we pit bitterly ? In short , fthouigh the depth or violence of sorrow is in itself
no test of repentance , ( tihat test consists in iiewniess of life alona , ) yet such sorrow is a beautiful and graceful appendage to repentance , and Is no doubt acceptable to that Jieing who dwells with him that is of a l-ruml ) le and contnlte spirit . Hitter regret and shame _ , for our past offences , should be cherished or
disrouraged , according to the various dispositions of-different individuals . There are , indeed , some persons naturally subject to depression , or wanting in that elasticity which is the happy portion of others . Such minds mourn , and refuse to be comforted , till thry are weakened by a criminal despondency . To' these' we wcnild indrrd say , cc Forget flu things which are behind ; " " arise , from the dead , jund Christ shall give you li ^ ht . " I'hcv have need to dwe 1 on all tli . it i "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 788, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/60/
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