Thoughts on nature and religion. Or, an apology for the right of private judgment / maintained by Michael Servetus [i.e. P. Blair] M.D. in his answer to John Calvin. [Anon].

  • Blair, Patrick, M.D., of Cork, active 1738-1780.
Date:
1774
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Credit: Thoughts on nature and religion. Or, an apology for the right of private judgment / maintained by Michael Servetus [i.e. P. Blair] M.D. in his answer to John Calvin. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1152 ] a fpecial meffenger from God, Luke, xxii. And there appeared unto him an Angel from Heaven flrengthenmg him ; and being in agony, he prayed more earneflly ; and his five at was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. But as his mod earned prayer could not obtain this of the Father, he feems to have thought, that as the Father had refufed, fo he had alfo forfaken him, and exclaims at the crofs, My God, my God! why haft thou forfaken me. Let us review this a little : Our Saviour had the full affurance, that he the Meffiah would, on death, be quickly transformed into that happy date, where an end fhould be put to all his fufferings, to all his cares and the perfections of wicked men ; dill this affur- ance did not dived him of that human frailty, the terror attending death ; yet, altho’ this fenhbihty made him earnedly pray to diun it, his righteoulnefs and refignation to the will of God, hindered him from making ufe of any other effort, than prayers to avoid it, yet not my will but thine be done. Had Jefus been infenfible of, or had defpifed the terrors of death, he would have been no example to fuch, who, by natural conditution, are endued with that timidity of mind, which ffiocks them at the approach of it, and which they cannot help. But his druggies, at that period,and his refignation, when he found it could not be avoided, takes from men all excufe, for ufing any other means to avoid death, than a calm refignation to the will of God, when, through the wickednels of perfecutors, a perfeverance in their uprightnefs is the caufe of their differing. Jefus Chrid our Saviour had all the feelings of a man ; or as St. Paul fays of him, (Heb. 5th) He was one who can have cornpaffion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way ; for that he himfelf was compaffed with infirmities ; and by r'ea- fon hereof he ought, as for the people, fo alfo for himfelf
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