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factions , and pray in secret with as much sincerity and with ad znucli advantage , as our reviewers who pray in puhlic ? 2 , Admitting they dp suppose themselves such characters as
oyr reviewers havg described them ,, how will they prove them to be either insincere or ignorant ? Is not this a severe reflection on the people called Quakers ? In the aggregate , they are a very Jarg § body of people , and ^ considered as a bod y ^ very respectable ; and it is self-evident that they think they can answer every saving purpose of Christianity without it , or at least they use it very sparingly indeed .
3 . How do these gentlemen prove the necessity . of their suspicions ? for tjiey sgy a we r \ ntst suspect , &c . " which certainly implies that they suppose they have a very strong ground of evidence . But where is it—in what does it consist ? Will they be kind enough to inform pae ; for I am so far gone intd heresy , that I now require some evidence for what 1 believe , I am afraid that this little word must has dpiie a great deal--of mischief in the world . What wasit that kindled the flames in Smithfieldj ii } the reign of popery ? Why , we must put the Protestants to death , in order to do our God a service . —What was it . that bolted up the prison-doors in a former reign of pro * testantism ? Why , svemust secure the persons of the Nonconformists , if we do not take away their "Jives , for our cause requires it : thipk for themselves they will , but we must pot suffer them to communicate their thoughts , lest they endanger both church and state . ?—Was it not this little rascal must that
brought the three rpartyrs to the fiery furnace ^ s recorded by $ ) aniel ? Yes ^ we must put them to death , or our u ] q \ god will sink in the estimation pf the people . —What is it that Jieeps alive the present animosity and jll will among the differ-^ nt sects and parties of Christians ? Why , certainly we must think ill ax ^ d speak ill of our brother that differs from us
however good and amiable his disposition and cor ^ uct ; for he cannot be a Christian , if he follows not ys , Our arti c les of faith , and creeds say so . Is it not this that gives force and energy to the Athanasian creed ?—ye miut believe , on pain of eternal damnation ; a sentence which would ma , ke $ . man ' s hair stand
upright , who \ you | d not believe the greatest absurdities rather than suffer eternally . As these gexitlenien have set me an example of suspicion , can they blapae me if I should suspect in
3 cny turn . I $ o pot say I must suspect ; but I say , can they ^ lame me \ f I shoul d suspect th ^ t these gentlemen had an end to answer repugnant to the spirit of fre ^ enquiry ? Did they intend to deter the weak mind from examining into things % hat $ sff $ r , by making th ^ m conclude that { h'jpy had fetter continue ' , W ¦ ' ¦ -f
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- " . - " •¦ . ... ¦* . ¦ * ? 74 Strictures on the Review of Kenrich * s Sermons
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1806, page 474, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1728/page/26/
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