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fitnpss of the Lord J ^ sus Christ as very God and very man , so as to , encourage the sinner and comfoit the people of God * These , reverend Sir , we look upon as essential truths , and truths of the greatest consequence and importance to be insisted on ; nor can we see that the Lord does or will cause his
spirit to work conviction and conversion in the hearts of sinners but by the means of such preaching as thus lays mur * low , as a sinner , and exalts the Lord Jesus Christ in bis person * offices , word and works , as tiie Lord our righteousness ; and
this , Sir , we think is one great reason no more success attend * your labours . We also think your connections with some neighbouring ministers another great means of injury to-you and your people-, for however bigoted we may seem to yoti by so saying , yet we do think them to be such as rather hinder the cause of Christ and the conversion of souls , ib & n
otkenwise , * by their labour to make those important truths ( as mentioned on the other side ) matters of indifference and non-imr portance ; though of such , many have testified their importance and necessity , by giving up their lives rather than giye them up . We think it evidently appears to be the appointed mean * of Jehovah , both from the word of God and the innumerable
actual evidences , that the preaching of such truths he owns for making wise unto salvation * And we cannot but observe with sorrow , that you not only associate with , but also seem to drink deep into their spirit , by your endeavouring to make those truths appear as non-essential to your people , as your discourses of late have testified , and which we think has 3 ,
very dangerous tendency to souls—to which we must add as another reason for our conduct , your apparent unwillingness to lend your pulpit to , and your treatment of , those ministers
• We trust jou will sec sufficient proof of this , if you Took among neighbouring congregations wheie modern candour is bo much insisted upon , as we cant find bjr our enquiries , the appearance of vital Christianity flourish . , h among them , or that ( bey Increase In numbers and graces .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 22, 1819, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1710/page/13/
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