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of a very pernicious tendency , and really only a groundless institution of predicted superstition * . " Your correspondent remarks , *« that before the * Plain Chris * tian * had brought this charge against Mr . E . he ought to have proved from the Christian Scriptures themselves , as has never yet been done , when and where the observance of a Sabbath was positively enjoined : not having done this , all he has said is very little to the purpose ; for to talk of annihilating that which never existed is too ridiculous to require confutation . " Now , Sir , it must have been evident to every one of your
readers ( except J . S . ) that it was by no means my intention to enter into the controversy , but merely to state Mr . E . ' s sentiments , which I did fairly aud impartially . All I said on this part of the subject was comprised in ten lines . So far from talking Ci of annihilating that which never existed , " I merely mentioned the endeavour , on the part of Mr , Evanson , to annihilate that which had existed , almost universally , in every age of the Christian church—the observance of a Chris . * tian Sabbath . Who , therefore , has misrepresented , inten * . tionally or unintentionally , Mr . E . ' s sentiments ; who has sub * jected himself to the suspicion of ignorance , or want of understanding ; or has rendered himself ic too ridiculous to require
confutation "—your correspondent J . S * or the " Plain Chris- * tian —I most cheerfully leave your readers to determine . I have little doubt but they will be of opinion , that not only Dr . Priestley , but even myself , stand fully justified in not wasting our time , m formally refuting the profane absurdities I have quoted from Mr . Evanson , and which , however they may at
first view shock the common sense and the piety of the siix r cere and devotional Christian , need not , on calm reflection ^ excite any other emotion than that of pity for their author , and for his biographer , who was so imprudent as to hold him \ ip to the world , as < c one of the brightest ornameuts and best instructors of Christianity /'
I should now proceed to make a few remarks on the other topics discussed by your correspondent ; but as I fear I should too much intrude on your readers , I must defer the subject tilt the ensuing month . I close this part of it by observing , that , as it has been too justly remarked , Christians in general do not ; Jive up to their principles , it may likewise be remarked , that
there are Christians who do not live down to their principles . The hope that this is the case with the few professed admirers of the writings of Mr . Evanson , including your correspondent Jf S . affords me great pleasure . I hope and believe tpgre # r § * Arguments , &c , p . 9 £ .
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5 S 2 JRemarks on the Writ nigs of Mr * Evanson .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/22/
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