From: Joe P. <jos...@ve...> - 2003-07-17 19:37:12
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E25250120.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"51822"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E25250120.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">Therefore,=0A= we=97this class and their <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>teacher=97reject all uninspired theories of=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the atonement:=0A= the Gnostic theory, which <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>resolved the whole sacrifice of Christ=0A= into <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>an=0A= appearance, a seeming, a phantasm, an <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>illusion; the=0A= Satan theory, which main-<lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>tains that Christ's death was a ransom <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>paid to the devil=0A= to get man's soul out of <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>his possession; the expediential theory,=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>which refers=0A= the atonement only to the <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>matter of the government of the universe,=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and ignores=0A= its propitiatory character; the <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>optional theory, which refers the whole=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>matter of the=0A= atonement to the will of <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>God, which will might have determined <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>some other method=0A= of satisfying the <lb corresp=3D"P00000150"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>claims of justice to be quite as=0A= effectual, <lb corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>or=0A= might have determined that no satis-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/>faction <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"150"=0A= ref=3D"P00000151" id=3D"P00000151" corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= next=3D"P00000152" prev=3D"P00000150" TEIform=3D"pb"/> at=0A= all was necessary; the com-<lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>mercial theory, which=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> sin as a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>debt, and teaches=0A= that =93Christ as God-<lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>man gives to the Deity more than the <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>whole creation=0A= could render,=94 and the <lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>surplusage is set down to man's credit;=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the moral=0A= theory, adopted by nearly all <lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>rationalists; and the =93rescue theory,=94 and=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>all other=0A= unscriptural theories, and adopt <lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>the propitiatory and substitutional theory=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the Bible;=0A= a revelation, on the one <lb corresp=3D"P00000151"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>hand, of the infinite justice of God, and=0A= on <lb corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the other hand,=0A= of His infinite holiness. <lb corresp=3D"P00000151" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= E3803681.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4834893"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">On=0A= considering what thou hast attributed to the Infinite=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Jehovah as=0A= comprehending his primary excellences, I should <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>have been greatly=0A= surprised, had I not known that man, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>through the medium=0A= of his natural senses, aided by all his <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>earthly or=0A= creaturely wisdom, however acquired by the deepest <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>researches in=0A= natural things, if unassisted by immediate divine <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>revelation, cannot=0A= know God, nor have any just and correct <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>idea of his=0A= excellent and glorious attributes; and that there-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>fore all his ideas=0A= of the divine character must be vague and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>uncertain, and=0A= founded upon mere supposition, without any <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>certain evidence.=0A= And how can it be otherwise, seeing that <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>God is a spirit,=0A= invisible and incomprehensible to every thing <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>but spirit,=0A= agreeably to the doctrine and conclusive argument <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the apostle=0A= <unclear corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"unclear">-aul,</unclear> =93What man knoweth the=0A= things of a man, <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>save the spirit of man which is in him?=0A= even so the things <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of=0A= God;=94 and again, <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>=93Thenatural man receiveth not the things=0A= of the spirit of God, <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>for they are foolishness unto him; neither=0A= can he know them, <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>because they are spiritually=94 and only=0A= spiritually =93discerned.=94 <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>It therefore necessarily follows, that man=0A= with all the wisdom <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>he can acquire, aided by human science,=0A= however elaborately <lb corresp=3D"P0000026" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= <milestone unit=3D"marker" n=3D"4" corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"milestone"/> <lb corresp=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"26" ref=3D"P0000027" id=3D"P0000027"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" next=3D"P0000028" prev=3D"P0000026"=0A= TEIform=3D"pb"/> studied, and with the further assistance=0A= of all the books and <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>writings in the world, if void of=0A= immediate divine revelation, <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>never has known, nor ever can know, God,=0A= in relation either <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>to his essence or those excellent=0A= attributes which are in corres-<lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>pondence and unison with his pure, holy,=0A= and unchangeable <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>nature; for that which may be known of God=0A= is manifest <lb corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>within=0A= man,* and that not by his reasoning powers, but by the=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>immediate=0A= impression and unpremeditated sensations which <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the immortal spirit=0A= of man feels and sees by being brought <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>into contact with,=0A= and under the certain and self-evident <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>influence of, the=0A= spirit of God upon it. And hence man is <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>enabled to=0A= attribute to God his due only from sensible and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>self-evident=0A= experience. Just the same as in a natural and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>outward relation:=0A= we see the outward sun, we feel its warmth, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and walk in its=0A= light, and are thereby enabled to ascribe to it <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>with certainty (and=0A= not from blind and ignorant supposition) <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>its real=0A= excellences. So also it is as it respects the invisible=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>God; that=0A= although as it <exist:match>regards</exist:match> our=0A= outward senses or the <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>powers of our reasoning faculties, he is=0A= to us an impenetrable <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>secret, yet he is clearly and sensibly=0A= manifested to the immortal <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>soul of man, by the light of his spirit,=0A= or the radiance of the <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>Heavenly Sun, which is God. By which=0A= manifestation the <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>apostle was enabled to declare from=0A= self-evident certainty, that <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>=93God is light, and in him is no darkness=0A= at all;=94 and that <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>=93if we walk in the light, as he is in the=0A= light, we have fellow-<lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>ship one with another, and the blood,=94=0A= which means no <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>doubt the spiritual life, =93of Jesus Christ=0A= his son, cleanseth <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>us from all sin.=94 Hence man in this=0A= enlightened state is <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>enabled to ascribe to God his just and=0A= righteous due; for as, by <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>an entire submission and faithful=0A= obedience to the inspiration <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>and requirings of the spirit of God, man=0A= witnesses, by self-<lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>evident experience, a redemption from sin,=0A= and such an entire <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>mortification of self, as to be brought=0A= not only to love his <lb corresp=3D"P0000027"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>neighbour as himself, but to love even the=0A= most cruel of <lb corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>his=0A= enemies so as to pray to God for them, he comes to a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= <note place=3D"foot" corresp=3D"P0000027" anchored=3D"yes"=0A= TEIform=3D"note">*Because that which may be known of=0A= God is manifest in them; for God <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>hath showed it=0A= unto them.=97<bibl type=3D"bible" from=3D"Rom.1.19"=0A= to=3D"Rom.1.19" corresp=3D"P0000027" default=3D"NO"=0A= TEIform=3D"bibl">Rom. i. 19.</bibl> <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </note> <lb corresp=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"27"=0A= ref=3D"P0000028" id=3D"P0000028" corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= next=3D"P0000029" prev=3D"P0000027" TEIform=3D"pb"/>=0A= self-evident knowledge of at least two of the divine=0A= attributes, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>namely,=0A= his infinite power and his infinite mercy. For know-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ing in himself the=0A= entire impossibility under which he lies of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>performing this by=0A= any power of his own, he ascribes it all to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>God, as the sole=0A= author thereof. And as by this inward <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>revelation all the=0A= secrets of his heart are laid open, without a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>possibility of=0A= hiding any thing from him, so there arises a self-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>evident sense of=0A= his infinite prescience. And so also it is, as it <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>relates to all his=0A= other attributes, necessary for man to have <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>any knowledge of in=0A= this state of being. <lb corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= E3803681.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4834894"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">But=0A= man cannot rightly and rationally attribute any thing=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to God but what=0A= he has knowledge or experience of, as every <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>thing else must be=0A= founded on supposition, as something that <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>may be or may not=0A= be; and therefore cannot be a subject <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of belief, or any=0A= part of a Christian's creed. And here let me <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>observe, that the=0A= term infinite implies no more, even in relation <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to the Divine=0A= Being, than that there is a great First Cause, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>not limited or=0A= bounded by any other being or cause. But to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>what extent this=0A= unbounded liberty is exercised, at any one <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000028" TEIform=3D"lb"/>time, either as it=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> his general or his=0A= special providence, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>or as it regards the attributes of an=0A= infinite God, no finite being <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>can have any just idea or conception of;=0A= for, no doubt, the <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>infinite Jehovah has ways of seeing,=0A= knowing, and acting, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>which no finite being can comprehend or=0A= have any knowledge <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>of. And therefore, how monstrous for any=0A= man to assert, that <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>if there be a God, he must from all=0A= eternity not only have seen <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>and known, but also have willed and=0A= ordained, every event, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>both small and great, good and bad; yea,=0A= every foul action <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>and thought originating in the chambers of=0A= wantonness and <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>debauchery; and if he is not such a being,=0A= then thou sayst <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>there is no God, or at least thy arguments=0A= and reasonings <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>fairly imply such a conclusion and=0A= consequence. From which <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>there results, as it relates to the=0A= all-wise and infinite Jehovah, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>the most palpable and daring presumption=0A= and absurdity: for <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>what can be more so, than to charge the=0A= Almighty with being <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>the author of all the murder, lying,=0A= blasphemy, swearing, <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>robbing, and stealing, together with the=0A= whole catalogue of sin <lb corresp=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"28" ref=3D"P0000029" id=3D"P0000029"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" next=3D"P0000030" prev=3D"P0000028"=0A= TEIform=3D"pb"/> and iniquity in the world? Would it not=0A= have been more <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>prudent to have deferred advancing such=0A= erroneous doctrines, <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>until thou hadst become better informed,=0A= and hadst a better <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>understanding of the Scriptures? For,=0A= although thou hast <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>quoted many passages to give a cover to=0A= thy assertions and <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>reasonings, yet they afford no proof.=0A= Hadst thou, in thy <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>researches after knowledge, been concerned=0A= to know the first <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>step of wisdom=97the right knowledge of=0A= thyself=97such an <lb corresp=3D"P0000029"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>humbling view of thy own insufficiency and=0A= entire ignorance <lb corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of=0A= the Divine Being, and all his glorious attributes,=0A= would, I <lb corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>trust,=0A= have preserved thee from falling into thy present=0A= errors. <lb corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Errors=0A= great indeed, and fatal in their consequences; for if=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>men were=0A= capable of believing with confidence thy opinions, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>either as regards=0A= the doctrine of unconditional predestination <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and election, or=0A= the doctrine of universal salvation, both of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>which certainly and=0A= necessarily resolve in one, who could any <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>longer call any=0A= thing he has his own? for all would fall a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>prey to the=0A= villains and sturdy rogues of this belief. And, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>indeed, a belief of=0A= these opinions would most assuredly make <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>thousands more of=0A= that description, than there already are; <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as every temptation=0A= to evil, to gratify the carnal desires, would <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>be yielded to, as=0A= that which was ordained to be; and of course <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>would be considered=0A= as something agreeable to God's good <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>pleasure; and=0A= therefore not only our goods and chattels would <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>become a prey to=0A= every ruffian of this belief, but even our <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>wives and daughters=0A= would fall victims to the superior force <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the abandoned=0A= and profligate, as believing they could do <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>nothing but what=0A= God had ordained to be. <lb corresp=3D"P0000029" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= E3803681.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4834899"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">I=0A= will now give thee my views of Divine foreknowledge, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>arising out of my=0A= own experience, and not founded on suppo-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>sition or surmise,=0A= but on certainty. I believe that the pres-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>cience of the=0A= Almighty is infinite, that is, unbounded; but how <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>far he extends it=0A= in the unbounded liberty of his own free will, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>I would not dare to=0A= say, because it is beyond all finite compre-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>hension. I also=0A= believe, that his all-searching eye =93beholdeth <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the evil and the=0A= good=94 according to his own good pleasure;=97 <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>but I believe,=0A= seeing and knowing a thing, stand entirely dis-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tinct from willing=0A= and ordaining it. And I have admired <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>from whence that=0A= presumptuous idea should have arisen in <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the minds of men,=0A= which obliges the Divine Being to will and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ordain every thing=0A= he foreknows; seeing, it not only limits his <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>liberty and power,=0A= but also makes him the sole author of every <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>sin and evil in the=0A= world. Surely, these men would think it <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>very hard and=0A= cruel, were their neighbours to accuse them of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>being the authors=0A= of all or any part of the evils that transpire <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>among them, because=0A= they had a just sense thereof before they <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>came to pass; for=0A= we know, that man by the strength of his <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>reasoning powers,=0A= does foresee some events connected with <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>causes and effects,=0A= and such as he had no agency in bringing <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>about, but were=0A= entirely the product of the will and design <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of another. And so=0A= it is in regard to the Divine Being: for, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>seeing man was=0A= created a rational, intelligent creature, in <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>order that he might=0A= be a happy creature, and as no <lb corresp=3D"P0000032"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>rational creature could be happy without=0A= liberty, and this <lb corresp=3D"P0000032"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>liberty to be useful in procuring=0A= happiness, must be an <lb corresp=3D"P0000032"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>uncontrolled one, Divine Wisdom saw it=0A= right and needful <lb corresp=3D"P0000032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= <pb n=3D"32" ref=3D"P0000033" id=3D"P0000033"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000033" next=3D"P0000034" prev=3D"P0000032"=0A= TEIform=3D"pb"/> to confer this uncontrolled liberty on=0A= his creature man, so far <lb corresp=3D"P0000033"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>as was necessary to render him an=0A= accountable and a happy <lb corresp=3D"P0000033"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>being. And I think there is no truth more=0A= plain, than that <lb corresp=3D"P0000033" TEIform=3D"lb"/>a=0A= rational, intelligent being, can neither be accountable=0A= nor <lb corresp=3D"P0000033" TEIform=3D"lb"/>happy without=0A= being placed in a state of entire independence <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000033" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as it=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> the choice of things=0A= which constitute his ac-<lb corresp=3D"P0000033"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>countability and happiness. <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000033" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= E3803681.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4835416"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">Thine=0A= of the 4th inst. came duly to hand and was very <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>acceptable. Thy=0A= object in writing as it=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> thy religious <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>queries, attracted=0A= my attention, and although thou assures me <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>that, from present=0A= appearances, thou wilt never become a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Quaker or Friend,=0A= yet, I apprehend, that which induced thee <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to drop the=0A= sentiment is a favourable omen, and leads me to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>hope, that if thou=0A= attendest faithfully to that which has begun <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>a good work on thy=0A= vision, and has enabled thee to =93see men <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as trees walking,=94=0A= and shown thee the baneful effects of the pre-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>judice of=0A= education, and how mightily tradition and custom <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tyrannize over the=0A= human mind, and bind it down as with fet-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ters of iron, too=0A= strong for reason alone to rend asunder, and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/>set the captive=0A= soul free;=97I say, if thou willingly and patiently <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"52"=0A= ref=3D"P0000053" id=3D"P0000053" corresp=3D"P0000053"=0A= next=3D"P0000054" prev=3D"P0000052" TEIform=3D"pb"/>=0A= adheres to that which has begun a good work in thee, by=0A= show-<lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ing thee=0A= the difference between things that differ, I not only=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>feel a hope=0A= (although it will be through deep inward suffer-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ings and the cross,=0A= as none can become real Christians, or <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Quakers, without=0A= it,) that thou wilt yet become a Quaker, or <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Christian, which=0A= are one, and, I trust and hope, a good one.* <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>But to come to this=0A= happy experience, depends very much on <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>thyself, for if=0A= thou willingly surrenders thyself as an offering <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to God, to do his=0A= will, as by the light in thy own heart and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>conscience he is=0A= pleased to manifest it to thee, thy understand-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ing will be more=0A= and more opened into those things that con-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>cern thy present=0A= and everlasting peace. <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= E3803681.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4835417"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">I do=0A= not admire at the difficulties thou hast had to=0A= encoun-<lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ter, in=0A= regard to the mode of redemption generally held by <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>professing=0A= Christians, as being effected by the death, or outward=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>dying of Jesus=0A= Christ, on the outward wooden cross. This, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as it=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> the redemption of the=0A= immortal soul from the <lb corresp=3D"P0000053"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>bondage of sin, I consider a vulgar error,=0A= that came in with <lb corresp=3D"P0000053"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>the apostacy from primitive christianity.=0A= The redemption <lb corresp=3D"P0000053"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>effected by the outward offering could=0A= only, according to the <lb corresp=3D"P0000053"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>true analogy of things, be a redemption of=0A= outward bodies. <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>For=0A= under that legal dispensation, there were many legal=0A= insti-<lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tutes=0A= that were binding upon the people of Israel and on no=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>other people,=0A= and a breach of these produced legal crimes, to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>which penalties=0A= were annexed, and these were inflicted on the <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>bodies of the=0A= Israelites. Now I consider that the offering of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the body of Jesus=0A= Christ on the outward cross, applied only, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as a matter of=0A= redemption, to the Israelites, redeeming them <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>from the curse of=0A= that covenant, and the penalties attendant <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>on any breach=0A= thereof; and this redemption was the top stone <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of that figurative=0A= dispensation, as by it that dispensation, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>with all its legal=0A= rites and ceremonies, was abolished and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>done away. Hence=0A= the Jews could no longer be guilty of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>any of those legal=0A= crimes, as the law that required those <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>rites was dead and=0A= done away, by the outward death of their <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= <note place=3D"foot" corresp=3D"P0000053" anchored=3D"yes"=0A= TEIform=3D"note">*W. B. I. not long afterwards became=0A= a member of the Society. <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" = TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </note> <lb corresp=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"53"=0A= ref=3D"P0000054" id=3D"P0000054" corresp=3D"P0000054"=0A= next=3D"P0000055" prev=3D"P0000053" TEIform=3D"pb"/>=0A= Messiah: And this outward redemption of the outward=0A= bodies <lb corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the=0A= Israelites, from the penalties of their outward law, is=0A= a <lb corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"lb"/>complete figure=0A= of the inward redemption of the soul from sin, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"lb"/>by <i=0A= corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"i">the life,</i> or <i=0A= corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"i">spiritual blood of=0A= Christ,</i> inwardly sprinkling <lb corresp=3D"P0000054"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>our consciences, and thereby enabling us=0A= to die to sin as he <lb corresp=3D"P0000054"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>died for sin; by which we are redeemed=0A= from dead works, to <lb corresp=3D"P0000054"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>serve the living God in newness of life,=0A= which makes, and <lb corresp=3D"P0000054"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>alone can make, the true Christian. <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000054" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4835840"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000062" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">The=0A= doctrine of Predestination and Election, with many <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000062" TEIform=3D"lb"/>other erroneous=0A= opinions, have their source in mistaken ideas <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000062" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and views, that=0A= many people have formed, of the Divine <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000062" TEIform=3D"lb"/>character;=0A= especially as it <exist:match>regards</exist:match> his=0A= agency and power, for <lb corresp=3D"P0000062"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>as he is acknowledged to be Almighty, and=0A= all things possible <lb corresp=3D"P0000062"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"62" ref=3D"P0000063" id=3D"P0000063"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" next=3D"P0000064" prev=3D"P0000062"=0A= TEIform=3D"pb"/> with God, most people, in this unlimited=0A= view, think <unclear corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"unclear">-e</unclear> can <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>do any and every=0A= thing, and therefore as whatever is done by <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>this unlimited and=0A= Almighty power is right, they assert that <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>in the exercise of=0A= this power, he has decreed some to everlast-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ing life, and=0A= others to endless misery. And some expressions <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the apostle Paul=0A= seem to warrant the idea, when considered <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>independent of=0A= other of his expressions, viz.: =93Therefore hath <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>he mercy on whom he=0A= will have mercy, and whom he will <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>he hardeneth,=94 &c. But he has=0A= furnished a solution of that, <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>where he says, that =93it is impossible for=0A= God to lie.=94 And it <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>is no more impossible for him to lie, than=0A= it is to do any act <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>contrary to equity and justice; for, I=0A= conceive, that power <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>in the Divine Being is always governed by=0A= his equity and <lb corresp=3D"P0000063"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>justice. <lb corresp=3D"P0000063" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4848336"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">As=0A= to what thou observest in regard to my desiring S. F. H.=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to show my=0A= letter to T. H., it is a mistake; but as I considered,=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>from what I had=0A= heard, that D. Slack was considered as con-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>federate with them=0A= that dissented from Friends, I apprehended <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>my letter to S. F.=0A= H. would be a sufficient answer in both <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>respects; and as S.=0A= F. H. would receive my letter at the time <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of the yearly=0A= meeting, I wished him to show it to such Friends <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as he thought=0A= necessary. I had no allusion in particular to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>T. H., as I had=0A= previously concluded not to answer his letter, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and for the reason=0A= I have now given, and which is only effected <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>by thy importunity;=0A= as I should much rather they should have <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>remained in the=0A= inclosure of my own thoughts, as it is very <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>unpleasant to=0A= impeach a fellow creature of faults, unless it <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>appears absolutely=0A= necessary. And as it <exist:match>regards</exist:match>=0A= what thou <lb corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>sayest=0A= respecting the interview between A. Braithwaite and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>myself, thou=0A= appearest, on account as thou sayest, of my pre-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>varication,=0A= incorrectness, &c., to be induced rather to believe=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the two=0A= females, than my statement. Well, let it be so. I <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>know I have spoken=0A= the truth; and there I am willing to leave <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>it, let others=0A= think as they may. As to what thou sayest of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>my letter to Dr.=0A= Shoemaker, I may observe that it contained <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>my simple=0A= sentiments at that time, and I penned it in the sin-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>cerity of my heart,=0A= and innocency of my hands; and I do not <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>in the least regret=0A= that I have written it. But I stand always <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>open to conviction;=0A= and if any person, even a child, should <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>convince me of any=0A= error it contains, I shall cheerfully yield <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>it up, and=0A= acknowledge myself wiser than when I wrote it. <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000175" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4849173"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">I=0A= fully accord with thy views as it respects the several=0A= sub-<lb corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>jects=0A= treated upon in thy letters, and especially as it=0A= <exist:match>regards</exist:match> <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>our English=0A= visitors, now supposed to be on their passage to <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>this land, as=0A= experience teacheth, it is not good to lay hands <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>suddenly on=0A= strangers, but much safer to be reserved and cau-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tious both on the=0A= right hand and the left. <lb corresp=3D"P0000193" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"208320661"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E3803681.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">For=0A= some length of time after the death of her grandmother,=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"lb"/>she resided with=0A= her aunt Ruth Evans, and her brother Tho-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"lb"/>mas Chandler, in=0A= Philadelphia. Though studiously inclined, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and habitually=0A= reserved, she had selected a few, among the <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"lb"/>most worthy of her=0A= contemporary female acquaintances, as her <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0013"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/><exist:match>intimate</exist:match> and=0A= confidential friends.=97With these, particularly <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0013" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Hannah Townsend, and=0A= Anna Coe, of Philadelphia, she spent <lb corresp=3D"P0013"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"11" ref=3D"P0014" id=3D"P0014"=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" next=3D"P0015" prev=3D"P0013"=0A= TEIform=3D"pb"/> a portion of her time in social=0A= intercourse, and also corresponded <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>with them freely. She very seldom=0A= frequented places of public <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>resort, except the religious assemblies of=0A= the society of Friends <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>=97of which she was a birthright member=97and=0A= meetings for <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>philanthropic purposes. She became a=0A= member of a Female <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>anti-slavery Society, in Philadelphia; but=0A= did not take a very <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>active part in its public proceedings. The=0A= scenes of gayety, <lb corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of=0A= splendid exhibition, or of volatile and transient=0A= amusement, <lb corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>had few=0A= attractions for her. The leisure moments which a <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>relaxation from her=0A= studies and other avocations afforded, were <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>more profitably, and,=0A= to her, much more agreeably occupied, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>in conversation or=0A= epistolary communion with the friends of <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>her choice. She was=0A= warmly and most affectionately attached <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>to her brothers,=0A= (especially the youngest, with whom she <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>resided,) and also to=0A= her aunt Ruth Evans, to whom, more than <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>any one else, she was=0A= indebted for the care extended towards <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>her, during the=0A= periods of infancy and youth. Thus situated, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>she pursued her=0A= literary studies=97not as a source of pecuniary <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>gain, nor yet of=0A= wordly fame=97but for the amusement and <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>rational gratification=0A= of her own mind. Her secluded habits <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>and persevering resolution (in most cases)=0A= in withholding her <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>name from the public, prevented her from=0A= acquiring that noto-<lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>riety, as an author, which her superior=0A= talents and excellent <lb corresp=3D"P0014"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>principles were calculated to obtain for=0A= her. <lb corresp=3D"P0014" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"208320665"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E3803681.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">Her=0A= correspondence with the editor of the =93Genius of Uni-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>versal Emancipation=94=0A= commenced in the early part of the year <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>1826. Though she had=0A= previously written the prize poem, on <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>the subject of=0A= slavery, as aforesaid, her mind had not then been <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>fully awakened to the=0A= nature of the system; neither had it <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>been much occupied in contemplating the=0A= proper means to be <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>used for its extinction. The articles=0A= which she furnished for <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>the pages of the work, embraced a variety=0A= of subjects in the <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>field of general and miscellaneous=0A= literature. Among the first <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>of her contributions, expressly designed=0A= for it, the pieces entitled, <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>=93The Treaty of Penn,=94 and the =93Appeal of=0A= the Choctaw,=94 <lb corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>exhibit=0A= the effusions of a tender and feeling heart, alive to=0A= the <lb corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>multiplied wrongs=0A= and outrages heaped upon the forest race, as <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>well as an=0A= <exist:match>intimate</exist:match> acquaintance with=0A= the Indian character. <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>The articles headed, =93The Wife's Lament,=94=0A= =93Midnight,=94 and <lb corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=93The=0A= Depths of the Sea,=94 were also among her earlier com-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>munications for the=0A= same work, and afford specimens of varied <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>talents and the rich=0A= stores of a highly cultivated mind. The <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>following lines are=0A= extracted from one of them,* entitled, =93A <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Paraphrase of part of=0A= the Nineteenth Chapter of 2d Kings.=94 <lb corresp=3D"P0016"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>The delineation is graphic, and the=0A= strains sublime.=97 <lb corresp=3D"P0016" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"208320844"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E3803681.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">In=0A= order to acquaint the reader, more particularly, with=0A= her <lb corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>course of reading,=0A= the general train of her reflections, and the <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>various operations of=0A= her mind, we have obtained the privilege <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of reviewing a portion=0A= of her correspondence with one of her <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>most=0A= <exist:match>intimate</exist:match> female friends.=0A= Subsequently to her removal from <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>Philadelphia, they adopted the plan of=0A= keeping regular epistolary <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>journals, which they conveyed to each=0A= other, as suitable opportu-<lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>nities were presented. The friend with=0A= whom Elizabeth thus kept <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>up a diurnal correspondence, and to whose=0A= politeness the writer <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>of this is indebted for the privilege of=0A= reviewing it, as aforesaid, <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>was Hannah T. Longstreth, (formerly Hannah=0A= Townsend,) <lb corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>of whom we=0A= have before made mention. In a note, accompa-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>nying the papers which=0A= she furnished for review, she observes <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>as follows:=97 <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"208320845"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E3803681.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">=93My=0A= <exist:match>intimate</exist:match> acquaintance with=0A= Elizabeth, previous to her <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>removal, and our regular correspondence=0A= afterwards, afforded <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>me the opportunity of understanding the=0A= bent of her mind, on <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>various subjects, and I believe, according=0A= to my measure, to <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>appreciate its worth:=97and, as we came to=0A= an agreement to <lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>journalize, we were accustomed to writing=0A= without much formali-<lb corresp=3D"P0031"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>ty, <lb corresp=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb=0A= n=3D"29" ref=3D"P0032" id=3D"P0032" corresp=3D"P0032"=0A= next=3D"P0033" prev=3D"P0031" TEIform=3D"pb"/> under=0A= different dates. By these means, our pursuits,=0A= observa-<lb corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tions,=0A= course of reading, &c. were known to each other.=0A= Thus, <lb corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>I believed my=0A= treasure, contained in this packet of letters, might <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>be valuable to=0A= whomsoever might undertake her biography. <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Her original=0A= observations on many important topics, as well as <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>a variety of elegant=0A= selections to illustrate her views, I could <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>not be satisfied to=0A= bury in oblivion, while any avenue presented, <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0032" TEIform=3D"lb"/>properly to convey=0A= them to the reading community.=94 <lb corresp=3D"P0032" = TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"209136120"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/E3803681.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">I=0A= waked from my first slumber in Pennsdale, on a bright=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>Sabbath=0A= morning=97or, in the phraseology of my uncle's fam-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>ily, First-day=97and=0A= after breakfast, prepared for a three or four <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>miles' ride to=0A= meeting. The usual distance was this day to be <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>somewhat lengthened,=0A= in order to attend a funeral=97that of an <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>aged man, one of the=0A= patriarchs of Pennsdale. I had long <lb corresp=3D"P0256"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>known him by name, for he had been=0A= throughout the course of <lb corresp=3D"P0256"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>a long life the most=0A= <exist:match>intimate</exist:match> friend of my=0A= grandfather; and it <lb corresp=3D"P0256"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>was not without a feeling of saddened=0A= interest, that I listened, <lb corresp=3D"P0256"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>as we rode slowly up the lane towards the=0A= house, to a short <lb corresp=3D"P0256"=0A= TEIform=3D"lb"/>account of his life and character from the=0A= lips of my uncle.=97<lb corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>He=0A= concluded with saying=97=93Yet though few men have been <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>more generally=0A= regarded with a feeling of affectionate venera-<lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>tion, his death will=0A= not be very bitterly lamented. It was not <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>one of those which=0A= afflict the heart of the survivor alike with <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>grief and terror; he=0A= had outlived most of the friends of his <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>youth, and had long=0A= been like a ripened sheaf waiting for the <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>harvester.=94 <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0256" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= e4747352.proc.xml <p exist:id=3D"4850434"=0A= exist:source=3D"/db/Earlham/e4747352.proc.xml"=0A= corresp=3D"P0000212" TEIform=3D"p"=0A= xmlns:exist=3D"http://exist.sourceforge.net/NS/exist">The=0A= Scriptures bear full testimony to this truth, that =93in=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000212" TEIform=3D"lb"/>him we live,=0A= move, and have our being.=94 But people, in their <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000212" TEIform=3D"lb"/> <pb n=3D"212"=0A= ref=3D"P0000213" id=3D"P0000213" corresp=3D"P0000213"=0A= next=3D"P0000214" prev=3D"P0000212" TEIform=3D"pb"/>=0A= natural estate, do not love this=0A= <exist:match>intimate</exist:match> knowledge of God, as=0A= <lb corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>it requires our=0A= dying to self, and all our selfish inclinations. <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>I will appeal to=0A= thy own experience, did thou ever do a bad <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>act, knowing it to=0A= be so, without feeling immediate conviction <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>and reproof? and=0A= did thou ever do a good act without feeling <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>thyself justified,=0A= and at peace? Hereby God's omnipresence <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>is established, as=0A= there is no other principle, in heaven or <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>earth, that would=0A= act such a part toward man; as =93there is <lb=0A= corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>none good but one,=0A= and that is God.=94 <lb corresp=3D"P0000213" TEIform=3D"lb"/>=0A= </p>=0A= query: //* |=3D'intimate regards' hits: 15 query time: 30 retrieve time: 1712 |