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This objection will have little weight with those who find in the evidence enough to satisfy their own minds . Dr . Priestley , in his celebrated Discourse on this subject , has advanced some very probable reasons why Jesus was not seen by a greater number of persons after his resurrection . But to say nothing of the moral influences of cultivating faith as distinct from knowledge , we may observe that , historically speaking , the doctrine of the resurrection , considered as an essential part of Christianity , has accomplished its great object ; it has diffused amongst mankind a rational and popular belief in a future life ; it has excited such discussidn and interest in the subject , both among those who do , and those who do not , admit the resurrection of Jesus , that it has called forth the whole force of the natural arguments for human immortality , and fixed them on their right basis—not nice and subtle disquisitions on the essence of mind—the rock on which the ancient philosophers split—but on those moral views , which Christianity inculcates , and which it has spread universally through society , of the character of God and the progressive destiny of man . The truths of Christianity seem well fitted to form a rallying point for good men of all sects and parties in this age of agitation and excitement ; and these truths cluster round the fact of the resurrection as a sort of nucleus , which gives them consistency and strength . It is the visible link between earth and
heaven" Connexion exquisite of distant worlds . " It attaches our best hopes and fondest wishes to that bright world unseenthe mansion of all that is pure and great and good—where the visions of the p atriot , the dreams of the philanthropist , and the aspirations of the saint , may fashion to themselves some unapproachable ideal of perfection to exalt the aims and sanctify the toils of earth .
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We are not among those who care not what company they are found in , whether at home or abroad , in the world or in the church . Truth , we know , to find acceptance , must be recommended in its living forms and therefore for the truth ' s sake , with a view to its extension and final triumph , we rejoice when we can add to the list of our friends another illustrious name . And of pride , or apathy , or ignorance of the world , we should suspect that man who disowned any wish to find enrolled among the votaries of his faith the greatly good and greatly wise . There is a triumvirate , of whom Unitarians may well be proud , and of whom neither the indifference of friends nor the assaults of enemies can , we feel convinced , ever rob them
—we mean Milton , Newton , and Locke . That the first and the last were Antitrinitarians seems now to be conceded on all hands . A doubt has been raised about our claim to Newton , and we therefore propose to set forth in order the proofs that Sir Isaac Newton was an Antitrinitarian . The manner in which men of research and information have spoken on this subject merits attention . " He adhered , " says the writer of the article Newton , in Rees' Cyclopedia , " outwardly to the communion of the Church of England , though he did not believe in all iis doctrines ; with respect to
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Sir Isaac Newton an Antitrimtarian . 163
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SIR ISAAC NEWTON AN ANTITRIMTARIAN .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1831, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2595/page/9/
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