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Dillon, Peter. 1829. Narrative and successful result of a voyage in the South Seas: performed by order of the government of British India, to ascertain the actual fate of La Peyrouse's expedition. 2 vols. London: Hurst, Chance. vol. 2.
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the god for the time being in the person (the priest) so inspired, who is then capable of prophesying. 13. That human merit or virtue consists chiefly in paying respect to the gods, nobles, and aged persons; in defending one's hereditary rights; honour, justice, patriotism, friendship, meekness, modesty, fidelity of married women, parental and filial love, observance of all religious ceremonies, patience in suffering, forbearance of temper, c. 14. That all rewards for virtue or punishments for
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ooi or the god that supports the earth, and does not belong to Bolotoo. The first class, or original hotooas, are supposed to be rather numerous, perhaps about three hundred; but the names of very few are known, and those only to some of the chiefs and matabooles. Several of these primitive hotooas have houses dedicated to them. The houses are built in the usual style, but generally somewhat more care is taken both in building them and keeping them in good order, decorating their enclosures with
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Creation of the World. It is believed that originally there was no land above the water but the island of Bolotoo, which, like the gods the heavenly bodies, and the ocean, has probably always been. One day Tangaloa, the god of arts and inventions, went forth to fish in the great ocean, and having from the sky let down his hook and line into, the sea, on a sudden he felt a great resistance. Believing that he had caught an immense fish, he exerted his strength, and presently there appeared above the
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of himself and other god it was soon replete with all kinds of trees, herbs, and animals, such ab were in Bolotoo, but of an inferior quality, and subject to decay and death. Being now willing that Tonga should also be inhabited by intelligent beings, he commanded his two sons thus:* Go and take with you your wives, and dwell in the world at Tonga; divide the land into two portions, and dwell separately from each other. They departed accordingly. The name of the eldest was Toob , and the name of
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their actions, and which discovers all their most secret thought: and though they consider this power and intelligence to be interest in a number of individual beings, the principle pf belief is precisely the same; it is perhaps equally strong, and as practically useful, as if they considered it all concentrated in their chief god. They firmly believe that the gods approve of virtue and are displeased with vice; that every man has his tutelar deity, who will protect him as long as he conducts
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houses consecrated to different gods, before each of which it was placed on the ground, all the company sitting behind it, except one priest, who sat beside it, and prayed aloud to the god that he would be pleased to accept of this sacrifice as an atonement for the heinous sacrilege committed, and that punishment might accordingly be withheld [page] 5
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, and make soup of his bones; bake his skin to cracknel; gnaw his bones; devour your mother; dig up your aunt and cut her to pieces; feed upon the earth of your grave; chew the heart of your grandfather; swallow the eyes of your uncle; strike your god; cut the gristly bones of your children; suck out the brains of your grand [page] 6
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7th. Moderate trades with passing light rain squalls. At 10 A.M. Mannicolo came in sight, and we stood for it. Our latitude observed at noon was 11 45 S., longitude 167 23 E., at which time the centre of the island bore from us W. N., distance nine miles. On approaching it I presented the pilot with two yards of scarlet, two yards of blue gurrahs, and a palampore. He promised to keep the scarlet till his arrival at Tucopia, when he would present it as an offering to his god. On getting within
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wind and sea, my personal safety was endangered by the steer-oar having nearly thrown me out of the boat; and to prevent the consequences of such an accident, I stripped, and caused my men to do the same, thus prepared for a swim as our last resource. Providence, however, interposed, and at 5 P.M. it pleased God to crown our efforts with success, and to conduct both boats safe to the ship, after encountering perils and fatigues unparalleled by any thing I ever before witnessed. The passage
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Whateley, Richard. 1829. A view of the Scripture revelations concerning a future state. London: B. Fellowes.
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punishments, yet had convinced themselves (as in their writings they profess) of the immortality of the soul. And it is true that they had, in a certain sense; but in such a sense as in fact makes the doctrine amount to nothing at all. They imagined that the souls of men, and of all other animals, were not created by God, but were themselves parts of the divine mind from which they were separated, when united with bodies; and to which they would return and be reunited, on quitting those bodies
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ascertain how much may, and how much cannot, be pronounced Upon; and partly, perhaps, perceive for what reasons God has thought fit to reveal no more to us on these points. Where certain knowledge cannot be attained, it is no small matter to know the extent of our own ignorance; and the next best thing to understanding the whole of any subject is, to be aware of what we do not understand. Remember, however, that even in this life, we know enough to fill us with overpowering wonder, with care and
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The Thessalonians moreover seem to have had an idea, that some advantages would be possessed by those of them who should be alive at the coming of Jesus Christ, over those who had died before it; and that they would be admitted to some higher privileges; which of course. increased their sorrow for their friends who were departed. This occasioned the Apostle Paul to assure them, that all Christians who had continued in the faith and fear of God, should be partakers of the same blessings
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deceased brethren, gives no account of the intermediate state which was alluded to in my last Lecture; that state in which men remain from death till the final resurrection. He merely tells them that as Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. And this (the intermediate state) is a point on which, I think, nothing is so clearly revealed in any part of Scripture as to allow us to pronounce positively that such and such a belief respecting it is to
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before you some of the reasons which are urged in behalf of each of these opinions, that you may be prepared to do justice to the maintainers both of the one and the other, and that you may perceive how perfectly each supposition accords with what are the essential parts of our faith on this point, namely, a due sense of the immense value of this life considered as a preparation for eternity, and the fullest confidence in the promises and threatenings of God with respect to the life to come
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still more highly favoured of God, there appears to have been some [page] 5
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kingdom, as being not of this world, but spiritual; his being the only one who ever did confess this faith before the resurrection. His faith therefore was most peculiar and pre-eminent; and so also was the period of his death, at the very time of the mighty sacrifice of the Son of God; which was accompanied with many miraculous circumstances, and, among others, by the resurrection (as the Evangelists inform us) of the bodies of several holy men, who came out of their graves, and entered into the
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effected. Which results indeed did actually take place; all these points having been denied by some of the ancient heretics. Some of these even went on to deny the reality of his human nature; pretending that the bodily appearance which his disciples saw, was only a phantom which deluded their eyes; an absurdity, to which the Apostle John alludes in his Epistle, when he says, Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God. It is to be observed, however
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mention of their being at that time actually in a state of enjoyment; but alludes only to the joyful resurrection which awaited them: I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him; for this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive, and remain unto the coming of the Lord
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, that God hath appointed a day in the which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that Man [page] 7
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to the Creator alone: or to get out of that difficulty; absurdly make God reveal to the saints the prayers which they then repeat back to Him. If we look to the Scriptures, we find no shadow of authority for all this, nor for anything that could lead to it. It has indeed arisen in a Christian Church; but it has arisen in consequence of that Church having dared to teach as articles of faith, what Scripture has never revealed. But if, on the other hand, we suppose the contrary opinion to be true
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parent of this charitable candour is humility; a due sense of the weakness of our faculties in judging by ourselves on such points; and a disposition thankfully to accept the instruction God has given us in his written word, be it much or little. I shall in the ensuing Lectures pursue the consideration of several other points connected with the resurrection, and the world to come: and I shall not think the time lost which is employed, in discussing any point (whether of immediate practical
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whom the Apostle is writing; who perhaps were on this account the more unwilling to receive the doctrine of the resurrection of the body, because that certainly could not be made out by any course of reasoning. For there always have been, as there are now, not a few, who seem to measure the Almighty Power of God by the standard of their own minds, and are loth to admit, even on the authority of his assurance, the truth of any thing which they cannot explain. Such persons would be very likely
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die, it remaineth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. We are reminded also, that it is not a plant that is sown, but a seed; and that we raise from it, not the same thing which was sown, but a plant, which is very different: thou sowest not that body that shall be; but bare grain: it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain; but God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body. It is indeed admitted, that according to Paul's expression, we shall
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composed of) cannot inherit the kingdom of God, neither doth corruption (that is, a perishable and corruptible body like ours) inherit incorruption. A bird, a beast, and a fish, have as truly bodies, the one as the other; and each, fitted for the kind of life to which Providence has destined it, and unfitted for a different one: all flesh, therefore, says the Apostle, is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of beasts, and another of birds, and another of fishes: so that, as a beast or
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we are to appear before Christ's judgment-seat; so that if we are then to have bodies, he cannot be supposed, without a very forced and harsh interpretation, to be speaking of a separate state, in the verses immediately preceding. And if you look yet a little further back, Paul himself furnishes a ready interpretation of his own expression here: We know, says he, that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the
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false; for half the truth will very often amount to absolute falsehood. If Scripture be interpreted by Scripture, it will appear plainly, that Jesus is speaking of that kind of faith which shews itself in an obedience to his commands, in believing in such a manner as to act agreeably to that belief; even as Abraham did, of whom it is recorded, that he believed in God, and it was counted to him for righteousness, because, in conformity with his belief, he obeyed God's commands; and who is
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each man's cause, will be such as to make him feel humbled, and awed, and unfit, of himself, to be justified before God. Such is the representation which the true Christian's conscience makes, now; then, it will be the same with every man; and far the most with those who are now the least impressed with the thought. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; then, no one will be deceived. But the difference will be, that those who have carefully regulated and
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dread its testimony there; it will not testify indeed that they are meritorious in God's sight; but they will in this life have renounced their own merits, and thrown themselves entirely on the mercies of God, in Christ; they will have said, not with their lips only, but in their hearts, and in their lives, Enter not into judgment with thy servant,? Lord, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified; their conscience will not deceive them by telling them that they have no sin but they
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good works, and trusted in their atoning efficacy; or who shall have been content to confess their sins in general terms, without labouring to escape from each one in particular; and trusted carelessly in the mercy of God, without thinking of the conditions of his mercy. Multitudes no doubt will then be found, even of those who are not ill-satisfied with themselves now, who will then wish that their time of trial were to come over again, even though they were to spend such lives of hardship, and
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your life, from this moment, may be better than what has gone before, whether that be good or bad. Place God always before [page] 13
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conduct would be a condemnation of the unbelieving generation who rejected one greater than Jonas, and than Solomon. Here indeed He uses the word condemn as well as judge; but this last is often employed by the sacred writers to imply the other; as for example (Romans ii. 3.) And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? and so in many other places. And not only had Jesus used the expression in this sense, but
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the veil, and saw the prophecies fulfilled; though in a manner the most unexpected. None of the wicked will understand; but the wise will understand. (Daniel xii. 10.) John the Baptist, they at length understood, had come as another Elias in the spirit and power of Elias, (Luke i. 17.) calling the Israelites who had sinned (like the real Elijah of old) to return to the Lord. And the Son of Man came with no visible glory, save the working of such miracles as no man can do, except God be with
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law which had a shadow of good things to come, into the Gospel, which had been figuratively and obscurely signified by the ceremonies of the law; and opened the kingdom of heaven to all believers, making the Gentiles children of Abraham by faith, and the adopted Israel of God. All this enabled and induced the perverse and self-willed to reject the Christ when he appeared. Surely it is not too much to say all these things happened unto them for examples, and are written for our admonition. It
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unexpectedly as a thief in the night, which are utterly inconsistent with the notion of such a plain and palpable warning, as the restoration of Jerusalem and all the other circumstances of such a Millennium, would afford, to say nothing of this, is it not plain that the course of the divine dispensations would be going back instead of advancing, if a worldly Kingdom of God were to succeed a spiritual one? if temporal splendour and prosperity, the blessings promised to God's favoured people under the
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kingdom of old was a kingdom of this world; but Christ's kingdom is not of this world. And surely it would be going back to the carnal dispensation (which the Gospel set aside) to look for the establishment of a splendid and prosperous earthly kingdom at Jerusalem, for the saints, for whom some better thing has been provided, (Hebrews xi. 40.) Again, the universality of Christ's kingdom forbids such a notion. God thought fit, of old, to manifest himself to one peculiar nation. His Glory, or
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obedient, whether many or few. God promised, (and fulfilled his promise) to bring the Israelites of old out of the house of bondage into the land promised to their Fathers: yet of that whole generation, only two men, Caleb and Joshua, entered that land, while the rest, more than six hundred thousand (Heb. iii. 19.) entered not in, because of unbelief. But these two men, together with the children of the rest, were reckoned as the nation of Israel, and received the fulfilment of the promise
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(be it remembered) they believed and still believe, all nations shall be subjects; all are to acknowledge the true God and his Anointed (or Messiah); but, still, according to them, there is to be an eternal distinction between Jew and Gentile; none are to have an equal share in the divine favour with the genuine descendants of Abraham. And this it was that hardened their hearts against their Lord when he did come. They were at that time expecting the Christ: they were many of them ready even to
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, and joy of the Holy Ghost (1 Thessalonians i. 6.) which is promised to sincere Christians in this life, and the unspeakable happiness prepared for them after death. Meanwhile, it is a great consolation to us to look forward, as I think we are authorized to do, to a time when not only the knowledge of the Gospel will be greatly extended, but also, the influence of the Gospel on Christians' hearts, and tempers, and lives, the knowledge and love of God, and the fruits of his Spirit, will be still
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practically remember, that all Christians are called to be Saints, and endued with the Holy Spirit of God; not indeed to inspire them with a new revelation, or to confer any miraculous gifts, (which do not either prove or make the possessor the more acceptable in God's sight), but to enable them to purify their own hearts and lives. The wicked Balaam was a prophet; and the traitor Judas worked miracles. These extraordinary powers therefore are neither any proof of superior personal holiness, nor
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man, by his unassisted powers, is able to discover, (at least with any certainty or with any correctness,) and is also most infinitely important for him to be assured of: this knowledge therefore is revealed in a miraculous manner, that is, by immediate divine revelation. But God has not thought fit to work a miracle for the gratification of our curiosity, or to communicate by revelation any thing that we, can discover for ourselves; as, for example, all the useful arts and sciences employed in
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that their punishment would have been proportionably great also, had they misapplied the greater deposit, or let it lie idle. This consideration may afford both encouragement to the zealous Christian, and alarm to the negligent; the one is urged by this thought, to aim at continually-increasing perfection, knowing that no improvement will ever be unnoticed, or forgotten, or unrewarded by God that every growth in grace, every effort after increased holiness, will be as a seed sown in good ground
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which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in [page] 18
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inconsistent with the goodness of God: and that all will at length be brought to immortal happiness. Now I [page] 18
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the plain and obvious sense of Scripture, by contending (as some do) for the final admission to eternal happiness of all men, in order (as they themselves profess) to get over the difficulty by this means, and to reconcile the existence of evil with the benevolence of God, do not in fact, after all, when they have put the most forced interpretation on the words of the sacred writers, advance one single step towards their point. For the main difficulty is not the amount of the evil that exists, but
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the light of God's word that there are two paths set before us; the ends of which we cannot indeed distinctly see; but we know that the one leads to everlasting happiness, and the other to misery, and that God has offered us our choice between them, and entreated us to take the better, and promised us strength to walk in it, if we will strive to enter in at the strait gate. Behold, I set before you this day good and evil; blessing and cursing; now therefore, choose blessing! May his grace be
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with the assurance that though this great destruction is an event to be prepared for, there will be nothing to regret; God having provided for such as shall be approved by Him at the day of judgment, a far better habitation than the earth, (which will then be dissolved) and more suitable to the perfect and happy state they will then be in: nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Here, again, is an opportunity which would
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and the new earth which God has promised. Whether the place of the habitation of the blest will be this present earth, renewed, and restored to such a condition as that in which it was created, when the first man was placed in Paradise, or altered in some other way; or whether they will be fixed in some other part of the universe, we have no means of ascertaining, nor is it of any consequence that we should know. It is worth observing, however, that it is common with a large proportion of
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expulsion of our first parents from Paradise, represented as holding immediate converse with them. The like, in probably a much higher degree than all these, we may expect will take place in the case of his faithful servants hereafter: his presence to which they hope to be admitted, must mean, the more distinct perception of his presence, and more distinct communication with Him. The all-present God does not inhabit one place more than another; but He will be more manifest to his servants, in
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as to heavenly happiness: for we have certainly some knowledge of a thing when we know what it is like. Our Lord, in a discourse addressed to the Sadducees, mentions one particular in which the next life will be unlike this: in the resurrection, He says, they neither marry nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more; for they are equal unto the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection: the reason for his mentioning this circumstance was, to
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corresponding change.* And as we have seen those who have been loving play-fellows in childhood, grow up, if they grow up with good and with like dispositions, into still closer friendship in riper years, so also it is probable that when this our state of childhood shall be perfected in the maturity of a better world, the like attachment will continue between those companions who have trod together the christian path to glory, and have walked in the house of God as friends. A change to
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