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    pj ^^ fe ^^ % ip 4 ivii ^ s ^ it . capnoj bfen ^ e ^ jary ^ o , j | afee further t ^ Upe . o 3 U * t-2 Wft ShgiV- « tf ? il 4 i * ft .- f ^^ ntleman ' s account of ^ particular c < tse , and that , of , the thousands who think aUd act like him .

    His statement is ja substance as follows ;—~ that he was born and ejiucated in the church ; - ^ -that he separated from it . and connected himself with the Dissenters ; or , as

    in rhetorical language he describes it 4 < indulged in foreign travel , and miade a voyage of observation and discovery ^ " ( fe which voyage , by the way , he must have endeavoured to * persuade the foreigners whom he vjsti-ed that he had aban .

    cloned his native country , and meaiU to 4 aks up his abode with them ; for as < a spy they would © at have received him ;)^ r- and that he is at length returned iiito the Vosom of the establishment , la

    taking this , last step he assures us , Xiegatively , that he is not moved hyiiil & e $ ( ;*—nor byjasiionjhbr fcy < b % li $ f of the whole doctrine contained in the thirty-nine utticles & nd liturgy . He then tells us positively- or affirmatively , that

    lie thinks ^ public worship ause . fu ] , a respeetablcj a venerable $¥$ Cti < tf— ' that * there never yet # ^ rfe ^ fo « iid two r ^ flec ^ ng men v ? ho Jthotight a » ik

    Tttuit wondiip with those from > vhom he ciiff ^ rs in faith » f —and that thereftne he may * ' attend the ntrtiotiftl cb ^ rcb , ' ? becaqsv tha ore ^ Jiigiorfc ; bf the Dissenters does n ^ , in , his mind , " so welt suit a retired and quiet layman . ' * , . N 9 W , Sir > tttfW T fttiMM 1

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    Ws £ > ufceivil to-to d <& bt the b <^\ ^ m ^ v ^ M ° ^^^ % ^ saHas ymqsff gamble , he ^ fojio ^^ . a « d moufih I . give full credit to > his declarauon that his " , confor- ^ . niity to theschurch is no proof ox his beu ^ f of her doctri nes , yet' x confess tnat I entertain very sen *' - ¦¦ - ¦ . A " '' ' - ! , ¦ '¦¦ V ' " i t /' t ' ^ V ' * ous doqbts whether he and , his

    thQU ^ and ^ do npt deceive th ^ tt ^ - selve ^^ vh en they imagine tnat itfey are not at all influenced either by interest or byjasnton » W"hh respect to mtercst , the Churchman admits , Uia £ th ^ pos - se .-sion ox expectation of civil an tc ^

    office ^ i ^ induceipent ^ conform to tjae churchy , and J ^ uppq ^ ei though be omits tH ^ ^ ejauo ^ ojt ^ t ^ tbut he would d ^ o ^ dwy tji is ^ to feet equally true of ecclesiastical Q mCG % Now these two objectstak ^ fq ^ ther , embrace so \ wrg $ a pxojg ^ y ^ tionof the population , ancj (^^ i ^ pgf so much of the revenue ^ 9 ^ J ^ country , as to acx : ount ^ in fjfiffl i£ degree , for ths nnwl ^ rs yvjio pjjp wardly conform to lJ }^ _ est ^^| is ^^ worship . Qu the qtfeer . J ^ g , pfjjf instances are v ^ ry . nifi ^ iergqs , ^ those who have suffered ly vf % lf temporal concerns for disseAt /^ jqi the Act-pf . Parliament ^ li aip ^ while I believe the cases pi those

    who have benefited by ^ epar ^^ i 1 are few indeed . v . -VJ ) I can however , r ^ wl ^ y belief * that the Church man and t ia ^ xy others among his \ tfym 4 § 4 ft > JK & not in immediate yi

    puatit or ^ trus ^ t uj > 4 er t ^ m & r ! ffllP whicU require co ^ QTmityj eU ^ - civil or ecclesiastical } VH ^ 4 ^ W ? t no oWi ^ u » th « f ; it c ^^ - j ^ mf escape the ob ^ eyya ^ on oj ^ e p # - eat capacity , that whoever has tbm prwtenae to ; reai | fa Ujis understand ^* ^ to t & er'MW ^^ vthat W wh #

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    v . Examination of the Churchmans Reasons * 7 It

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/11/