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I must observe to you , Sir , that I was born arid Wed in the church of England ; and that I did not renounce its communion
on any other ground ,.- but because in my opinion its . worship is unscripturalj inasmuch as in that church prayediare offered up to other beings , besides the G ^> d and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ .
Believing that there is only one God the God of Jesus Christ , I could not frequent a" place , where a very different worship is © ffered up : and if I accidentally
^ nter into a church by law established , it is only from the same motive of curiosity , which may occasionally lead me into a popish chapel or a Jesv / s synagogue .
In the church of England is a creed , vulgarly called the apostle ' s creed , though it is well known , that it is not the work ,
and I firmly believe it not to be the creed of any apostle . In this creed , which 1 was early taught to repeat , it is said * that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary ; and when I renounced the
communion of the church of England , I retained the belief , that Jesus was born of a . virgin ; but , without giving up the opinion myself , I am clearly of opinion , that a man may be a very good Christian ., whether he believes Jesus to
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be the son of a . virgin or the son of Joseph and Mary . In short , I now believe , that the question of the birth of Jesus is , like that on many facts iq nature , one in whict is ample room for difference of sentiment ; and they are not to be praised or blamed , whichever side they take , provided that they have taken due pains to make themselves masters of the
subject , and speak upon conviction . Among your correspondents it is not improbable , that some will be found , who entertain apposite
opinions on this point ; and I should wish to see it fairly and candidly discubsed . If you will give me leave , I would point out the way , and shall readily take my share in the discussion , not grudging any labour that will be required in the parts , as I now lay them before you .
Xhe conception or Jesus , was either natural or miraculous . The affirmers of the miraculous conception are called upon f < q > r their--proofs ; and I would stiggest in the first instance , ^ that the proofs should he preceded by a simple declaration of the names of the persons , who believed Of were supposed to believe in thiji miraculous conception in the following periods .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1809, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1733/page/15/
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