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< ju « ££ e cfisotne . inferenceyou draw from thetn ^ of laying : any jost fpuiidation for which I am not at present aware , nor did f esrer intend , I am sure , to say or intimate any thing of that kind . If ftcrai report , I tnust cautionr you against believing such regorts rashly ; for I have heard stories of me echoed back fi ^ m yoiurparts wliicfr God knows to be as false as if I had been reported to have asserted the divine authority of the Aleoraq , or to . have writ HobbesV Leviathan , and can account for them up other way than by supposing , either that coming through several hands . every-one mistakes a little ,, or else that some people have suehr vivid-dreams as they cannot distinguish from realities , ; and so report them as facts , though how to account for their propagating such reports so zealously , on any principles of Christianity or common , humanity , especially cpnsideripg how jfa ^ -. I ani from having offered them any personal ; ifijU ^ ,, would ainaze . ine if I did not know how far party zeal Qial §^ es the understandings of those who in other thing * are wise an ^^ ood . All I shall add with regard to such now is , I pray God it-may not be laid to their charge . I J ha ^ e seriously reflected with myself , whence it shouftfcorne that tsuch suspicions should rise of my being in what is
generally called the Arian scheme , and the chief causes 1 can discover ar ^ these two—my not seeing the arguments which some of tny brethren have seen against it in some disputed texts , and my tenderness and regard to those who I have reason to believe do espouse it , whom I dare not in conscience raise a popular ery against , nor ana I at all fond of urging the controversy , fest it divide churches , and drive some who are , as I myself indeed once was , wavering , to an extremity to which I should be sorry to see Such worthy persons , as sooi ? e of these are , reduced . -
Permit me , Sir , on so natural an occasion to conclude with * expressing the pleasure with which I have heard that you have of 4 ate turned your preaching from a controversial to a more practical , evangelical , and useful strain . lam persuaded , Sir ,, it is a manner of using the great talents which . God has given you which will turn to the most valuable account with respect to yourself and flock , and if you would please to add another labour of love , in endeavouring to convince some who may be more open to the conviction from you than from others , that Christian candour does pot consist in judging the hearts of their brethren , or virulently declaring against thtur supposed bigotry , it would ; be a very important charity ta them ,-, and a *
favour to— Reverend and dear Siry Your very affectionate brother and humble servant , P . Dqdjdhi 2 x ? e . F . S . — -I heartily prajr that Cud may confirm you / healtlv
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1806, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1726/page/7/
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