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^ oiyed spe culative Teligioi ^ \ iyuwJiniiUtfi are | Uie fuupan fijpfll-. t | es I God * forbi d I thatifiy f b ^| f *< ar # n should be ever tauuht to , JKi : ™ ' ,. ' ' ' ill v »* t f , ¦ v ^ - V tnjf / ^ tiis rpan gopd , and ttyat maa bad , { pi ? -- ' his qpipions concerning
infin ites * I do apt wislj fo Revive tfye < Hnitrpyersy , > yhich you i ^ avefor-Ijidden f * g * MP * ° blot your pqges ; tut I would retiirn my thanks to ] $ rm Allchin , and inform him that hh afguaient £ b ^ . ve iny jp ps t r ^ -
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Tq th $ Editor of the Monthly Repository *
stvc , Allow mo room to s ^ y a ^ rprd or two on n subject canvassfd in your'la . ^ t ntuxiber , tbp decliue of Frttbyterian congregations as they are called , a fact which I for one
deeply lament * These societies , whether we look to the cmine . iit aien who have been at the head of them , ( some of tie first names which modera theqtagy CUn bqa ^ t , ) o % to tfyt rn ^ nly ^ serious , ratipnaK
and liberal principle ? , upon which tbey \\ ere founded , have kpvn an honour to our country ; and I cannot help consult ring their decline , as a symptom of the decline o § rational religion itself .
Itis a little remarkable , that just when your corxespo ' ndtrjut is ac counting for the . declining $ tei * e of Ei ^ f sbyterian coa ^ regaiions , a rival magazine , the , Evangelical ? is employing . itseli on the other huud , in shewing , why the , places of
v / onship in that connexion , are avxjry > vhere so crowded * The writer has the gao , 4 sense , in a iriikellany byr no means rewcrwn-«^ d to r lhat quality , tQ suppob ^ , it possible ^ that , the peculiar excel * hcucie nt th < - c \ a gelical doctrines , mfy n ® % bn all the attraction to
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specjtful &X ^\\ qp % ttftd jl % ^ to m % t&iey uaat nQthing J 3 Ut ibe pow ^ r of cOnyietibn . : ; With ^ 1 } pp ^ ibk ^ good yiil tp all dissenters , and the most sin * Co
cere wish tl f ^ t T s | ^ nd r * poration Acts ^ J ?) ay jbe rpjpealed ^ y ^ ^ rirf ^ h ^ eg isl ^ tare ^ nd pot ^ y ^ Frepcfi Empexor , I stijl mijst t ^ e tl ^ e ljberty of subscribing myself , A CHURCHMAN
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trapse crowdeq audipnees ^ and jn ^ fltjpp ^ y ^ riqu ^ pau&pb qf a ^ iff ^ r ^ nt nat ^ re spchas € i ) r } q § j £ y , fasliif )^ vyorldly interest , \\\ p desire ^ rbi ^ i many hjave of getting to ^ l ^ v ^ a ^ ithpq ( doing any thing for tlie ^ r
^ el v ^ si , the en $ * geti € a » 4 i ^ p . ^? stoned $ ty |§ qf eY ^ tngelicaJ pi eac ^ ing 9 the animating effec | of ^ pvlr . lent ringing , ^ p . &t £ * By glane-. ing liis ^ y ^ otveir t )| e $ f , yqt \ r cprtespp ^ dent wi \\ cjisepv ^ r rea ^ oi ^
eppw for th ^ decliqi ^ qf byteu xian qongre ( ga | ions . I have npt tb ^ lea , &t doyb ^ tluit ^ he $ ecta i ri # a spirit which your cprr ^ spond ^ t recommends as a specific for their r ^ viv ^ l , and the amusement whi ^ H-11
^ nany , ^ certain carious sp ^ CuUuions , sire ainpngst % bv re € M&on % ^ vti ich make tbe orthod ; Orx sp ^ ietMrft in gpj ^ ei ^ l i , and ^ pi ? ne few of &e Sppiniap congregiitu ^ ps , better flittend ^ ii than those , whe re pr ^ q ticafc religion is almost the oply ; po \ Ot
attended t ; p . But an impor ^ nt question occurs * what do ^ 8 ° tp places of worship for ? l > 1 fpf says one , to b ^ var yound doctriW pxejached ; by , vyjbich &e 1 )^ 4 ^ ^ hear thitj Tirinit ^ ably * dpte ^« Mf hMUi ^ a d ^ pravi I iy W pai ijitej | iJ . i » P ^ W 5 : rife ; C ^ ojOjr ^ ? Wfe ^^^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 604, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/18/
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