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I am a ivarm advocate for liberal discussion , as friendly to the cause of truth . But I wish to have it understood , that I do not consider myself ( and I should have thought no one would con- » sider me ) as responsible for any sentiment of Mr . Orton ' s
contained in his letters , or ia the smallest degree bound , ty being the editor of them , to defend even what I approve in them , or tq answer what I disapprove . If Mr . J . H . had duly
£ ttended to my preface to the letters ^ he would have spared $ ome of his remarks , and saved you and myself the trouble of this reply . I have only to add , that I am , with great respect , fijs and your ' s , &c . Hackney ) Oct . 13 , 1806 , S , Palmes ,
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&E&JARKS ON : THE WRITINGS OF MR . EVANS-ON , To the Editor of the Monthly Repository * Sir , "Youa correspondent J . S . in his animadversions on my remarks on the writings of the late Mr . Evanson * ^ as S (> niisrepresented my language , and has thrown out against me sucl ^ indeeent personalities f , that , were it not for the importance of
the subjects under discussion , 1 should not condescend to reply : but the interests of genuine Christianity have been so outraged by both the waster ^ nd the disciple , that I must beg leave farther to intrude on your readers , whilst I produce additional evidence of the truth and justice of the assertions in my
last— <« that the writings of Mr . Evanson Jiave a much greater tendency to promote the cause of scepticism and infidelity than of genuine intelligible Christianity , " and that their author was most unjustly classed by his panegyrist among its cc brightest ornaments and best instructors . '
My first charge adduced against Mr . Evanson was , c His strenuous endeavours to annihilate the observance of a Christian Sabbath ; " arul , although J did uot , as your correspondent X S . * Monthly Repository for July . J- With an affectation of candour , J . S . professes himself unwillang to recu rtq the supposition of wilful misrepresentation . " After , however , charging me with
ignorance and want of understanding , he broadly insinuates that I have heen guilty of wilful falsehood . I assured your readers , that I had read t&e first edition of iMr . E . ' s " Dissonance , &c . ** J , S . however , affirms— < i It is very questionahle . if I ever had read it . ?? J . S . in his manner of writing , seems to have imbibed the spirit of his Oracle ; who , because Dr . Priestley was so \ presuming as to <* persist ir | ^ ssertijng the excellent , religious and moral , uses of a Sabbath as a weekly cessation from labour , ' ' and was" fully persuaded that the abolition of it would be attended
with much greater evil than arose from its abuses , " was c | iargecij fwkh a modesty which may be justly termed Evansonian ) with holding * ' language unbecoming a Christian , a philosopher , or even ! a man of common sense ! ! V —See * Argument raainst and for the Sabbatical Observanceo / Sunday , &c /* j > . 167 , 16 8 *
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580 Remarks en the Writings , oj Mr . JEvanson .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 580, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/20/
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