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IantW *®* * * ' that there are many ifyngj * in the . establi s hment which ^ 4 i&a $ pr 9 ve , but u'hy should I thereJb r $ < leave i t ? for wliere shall l : &n 44 perfection ? I believe that ^ irtpe is all in . all , aud wish
earnestly that there were no longer any invidious distinctions of sect oi : party , but that all were lost in the common name , of Christian . ' All this , as Sabrinus justly observer sounds very well , and is
^ cejrtainly true with certain exceptiens and limitations ; but both parties seem equally to forget , that Strict integrity , not only in our Jealiegs , but in our words , and even in those actions which are
considered as the expression of internal sentiment , is an essential partof . virtue . ; neither do they take into their account , that by habitual attendance on fhe
established church , they act in direct contradiction to the very principle pp which they ground their apolo-^ y i for , surely , by so doing , they ji <) t o \}} y contribute to the support $ f a sect ^ , | aut to one which most V ^ hexwe ^ itiy . anathematizes and 4 ^ rps to eternal perdition , \ vho « ^ ejr , shall presume to differ from
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g iif ^ mejinj ^ , of Mra . wtnfi . very mischievous ihfe * rences , it must be acknowledged , js ^ iar more appropriate to the ip f ^ eting-house ; and I am re ady lo admit , that it is an . evil of izrea € magnitude . It were va . ih to inquire into its various causes , or
to enumerate the extensive injury to simple unadulterated Christi * anity , which is the result * TThfc propensity would best be restrained , if not wholty subdued , . \ Verfe the preacher sufficiently to reftec ^ that the pulpit is not the place for
curious and doubtful investigation , however ingenious ; thai thes improvement of the untutored understanding in truths that are plain and obvious , —truths * which
expand and elevate the mirid / soften and amend the heart , and produce their corresponding effects in holiness of life and sanctitjr of manners ; such as the ' life , the preaching , the death , the
resurrection , and final remuneration of our Divine Master , in all their bearings and consequences , are the great ends of the gospel mini * stry .
The further cause assigned M by your other correspondent ^ . H , in his very sensible , well-Written paper , for the little success of the rational preachers of Christianity , bears analogy , in some iespects ,
although in others it essentially differs from the one above / sfated , Dy your correspondent B . namely , the . too-refined language of their compositions . His proposal of an evening lecture , professedly for the benefit of the ' -jioor , tht untaught and the ignb ' ranit . might , in some places , be a ^ optecl with considerable advantage ^ &hd it certainly seems vyorth the * triai ; But it j rriay yct'be cJUeitioned ^ uvvu
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 607, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/21/
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