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propagate them far and near . This is a fact which , had it nat been exceedingly well attested , I should not have believed ; but-as I find k too evident to be questioned , ybta Must ^ feuse me , Sir , if Intake the liberty to expostulate with you upon it , which , in present circumstances , I apprehend to ^ e not only justice to . myself , bitt on the whole * kmditfesS and respect to you . Though it was unkind readily to entertain the suspicions you * not so much coniplain of your acquainting me with thiem ; but on what imaginable humane or Christian principles could you communicate such a letter , and grant copies of it ? With whai purpose coutd it be done , but with a design of exposing my character , and to what purpose could yoij desire that my character should be exposed ? Are you Sixte *
Sir , that I am not intending the honoir of God ^ and ttte gdoa of souls , by my various labours of one kind and anoth er—^ sure of it that yau will venture to maintain it before iht thrDii ^ tif Go& 9 at the bar of Christ ( my Lord and my God ) , that was a person whom it was you £ j / ot € r ] duty to endeavour icl discredit ( for , considering me as a Christian , a minister , arid a tutor , it could not be merely an indifferent action ; iia ¥ considering me merely as a man , if it were not a duty , it w £ i a crime ) .
I will do you the justice , Sir , to suppose you have really att 111 opinion of me , and believe I mean otherwise than I write 5 but Jet me ask what reason you hare for than \ thaf \ opinion ? Is it because you cannot think me a downright fool , and coilelude that every one that is not so must be of yottr mind , and is a knave if he does not declare that he is so , or is it from any * thing particular which you apprehend you know of my sentiments contrary to what my writings declare ? He that searched
my heart is witness that what I wrote on the very passage you except against , I wrote as what appeared to tfie most agreeable to truth , and most subservient to the purposes of his glory ati < I the edification of my readers ; and I see no reason to afte ^ it in a second edition , if I should reprint my Exposition / thouglt
I had infinitely rather the book should perish , than advance any thing contrary to the tenor 6 f the Gospel , and subversive to the souls of men . I guard against apprehending Christ tQ be a mere creature , or another God inferior to the Father , ot ^ o-ordinate with him . And will you maintain that I beligv ^ him to be so ? From whence , Sir , does your evid ^ tlce of that arise ? If from my writings , I apprehend it must b 4 in consfc ^* * Here the original letter h torn . The reader wiH supply tKc chaux ^ Thf -words lost w ^ rc ^ probab ly , expres « , I do ¦ »/* „ .
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342 Rev . $ + Bourne and Dr . Boddndgt .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1806, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1726/page/6/
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