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fluence of prejudice in their favour , on account of their being of their own party ^ as others-, on the other side , did against them . "Whoever reads Crosby ' s History of the Baptists will plainly sec
that bigotry was not all on one side . That author was an equal match for Calamy . Wishing to see more impartiality and genuine candour among Christians of all parties , I remain , Respectfully , your ' s , Hackney , Sept . 10 , 1806 . S . Palmer ,
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COMPARATIVE POPULARITY OF UNITARIAKISM AND METHODISM . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository * Sir ,
Reading lately , in your very respectable and useful publics * tion , various remarks on the increase of Methodism and the unpopularity of Unitarianism , one very material view of the subject appeared to me to have escaped observation .
If we look back to the great founders of the former very numerous sectj whether Whitfield or Wesley , we shall find that they were very zealous in their expressions of attachment to the Established Church . They both considered therhselves as its orthodox sons , and scrupled not to comply with all its rites and forms . This also they recommended to their converts . The apprehension of schism , or of a separation from the mother church , could not therefore at the time of their conversion
enter their minds . They conceived themselves to be , at once , very sincere and dutiful members of the Church , and yet equally sincere and ardent Methodists ; taking the proper steps to drive those whom they considered as the wolves in sheep ' s clothing , from the pulpits of the church ; and thus appointed to recover the establishment to its lost energy and power .
In proof of this , Whitfield is well known to have used the book of common prayer , at his chapel in Tottenham-Courts road , although he always prayed extempore at his chapel in Moorficlds , Wesley was very earnest in condemning schism , or a separation from his alma mater ; and I believe he had a very fond and dutiful attachment to the old lady to the last .
Had not this then , it may be asked , a very material effect , m favouring the success of the first Methodists ? I am prepared to give them credit for their zeal , and that it was very generally directed to what they called the recovery of lost sinners ; nor do I hesitate to allow that much good has been done by them i in the reformation of the rnorajs and manners of a li ^ entioiia
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A 26 Unitarianism and Methodism .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/22/
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