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    The supposed culprits whom she drags to her tribunals , are not felons , thieves , or murderers , but men of a virtuous , liberal education ; of unblemished moral characters ; and who in their official capacity have manifested an uniform solicitude to become " examples" their respective flocks , in word 9 in conversation , in cha-Ttty ^ in spirit ^ in Jaith 9 in purity . ( 1 Tim . iv . 12 . ) Surely then such men are clearly entitled to respect , instead of censure ; or if they are overtaken in a / ault , their spiritual heads or

    governors , ought at least to attempt to restore them , not by mere dint of supercilious authority , but in

    the amiable , mild spirit of Christian philanthropy and unaffected . meekness , If in the course of their professional studies , they find reason to doubt the truth of

    some of those theological dogmas , to which in their juvenile , inexperienced days they declaied their assent and consent , —and if convinced of the truth and

    importance of the doctrines they have espoused , they should presume to lay their discoveries or sentiments before their fellow-christians , in order to excite them to a similar examination , such a frank

    proceeding ought not to be ascribed to any sinister , much less any criminal motives , but solely to their zeal to promote what they deem to be the cause of truth . Here then they have voluntarily brought the debate- to a final

    issue : let their arguments be answered by arguments , and truth

    will assuredly prevail . As to mere ecclesiastical censures , or other inquisitorial / acts of faith , their inability to answer any good purpose is now generally acknow-

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    ledged even by the Catholics themselves . Pity then that the church of England should retain any single feature , which may be pointed out to trace a family alliance with the churches of Spain and Portugal ! It is much to be

    regretted that those among the clergy who have openly declared their objections to the established doctrines , have not uniformly imitated the noble example of the non-conformists of former times ^

    or that of the Lindsey ' s , Disney ' s and other confessors of the present day . It may be a question whether the common notions of consistency do not demand such a sacrifice . Be this however as it

    may—let no one presume to judge the servant of another master , since to this master alone he is accountable . But certainly it would exhibit a fine instance of

    dauntless integrity , and what is of yet greater importance , an unshaken trust and confidence in the promises of heaven to those who forsake houses and lands for

    conscience sake . Allow jne to conclude my letter with making a few remarks on your plan for assisting the worthy sufferer alluded to . I do not think it is sufficiently ample and

    extensive . This singular casp should be drawn up in a plain popular style , and circulated as widely as possible . You appear to place your chief hope of sue * cess on the efforts of the Unitarians only . Now have you duly considered , that these Unitarians are , or at least ought to be

    Dissenters ? as such then , what peculiar business have they to interfere ? Do not their own ministers loudly call for every pecuniary aid that can be spared—more

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    The Case of Mr . Stone . 725

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 725, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1706/page/33/