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    think God is most glorified , and that souls will , in the issue be most edified by an operr and honest publishing the truth ^ especially when the nature of the work requires it ( as in the case of a printed exposition ) , and where we take on us solemnly to do it : and want of openness , sincerity , and courage may have worse effects on good men ( as Peter ' s dissimulation had on Barnabas ) than the exercise of those virtues ; nor need I fear

    to affirm , that it is certainly better to lose the favour of man by an excess or an imprudent use of sincerity , than lose the favour of God by the defect of it . In sect , 4 , you appeal to the Searcher ofHeartsy that what you wrote was what appeared to you agreeable to truth , for your upright and useful intentions . But can you , Sir , appeal to God , that you see no inconsistencybetween your Paraphrase and yourNotes ? that you see no contradictions or absurdities

    attending the notion of the Son of God ' s Supreme Deity ? that you endeavoured , in the profession of your faith , to express yourself so clearly that your readers might know the real sentiments of your heart on that great doctrine ? that you have every where ( as texts relating to that doctrine occurred ) honestly declared ¦ what you took to be the truth of Jesus Christ * without shadow

    of disguise ? Though you , Sir , may see no reason to alter any passages ^ referred to , in a seco ? id edition , others may see great reason for it , if you would edify your hearers by truth , glorify God by a clear and honest sense put upon his word , and vindicate your character from all suspicion of insincerity .

    You inquire what reason 1 have for my opinion—if from any thing I know of your sentiments . Surely , Sir , you would have thought these inquiries very needless , had you considered , tfyat all my reflections are grounded upon a comparison of your Paraphrase with your Notes , and of the confession of your faith with the solemn manner in which it is made , I go no

    farther for my materials . Only I venture to guess at the motive which might influence you to make a declaration of your faith so equivocal and unsatisfactory , notwithstanding such a shew of solemnity and openness , which would lead every man to expect from a Doctor of Divinity , an expounder of the gospel , and a tutor of young ministers , the greatest openness of sentiment and clearness of expression , neither of which I thought I found .

    In sect . K you declare against debating the point of doctrine , yet now , in sect . 4 , you tell me , you guard against apprehending Christ to be a mere creature , or another God inferior to the Father , or co-ordinate with him . Here , Doctor , is room enough to spring a large debate ^ but to let you see

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    410 Rev . S . Bourne and Dr . Doddridge .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 410, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/18/