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if this were attempted , whether it would still succeed in the hands of persons of learning , refirremctrt , and retired habits , unless th j ?^ could occasionally so mix with ' tni ' 6 lower orders of society , as
accurately to appreciate , arid fully comprehend ? the extent of their mental , moral , and religious capabilities . The si tuition and" circumstances of many dissenting ministers are highly unfavourable to this . Residing chiefly in large towris , where the real state of the
poor cannot be so easily ascertained as in the country , having generally a scanty subsistence , and frequently a large family to support , it usually becomes necessary that the minister should improve his income , by teaching
a school , or taking pupils ^ —employments , either of them , necessarily engrossing a great portion of bis time , arid leaving him little
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leisure for any furth& £ T £ &rtioja $ j than those bf bis regular \ veekW compositions for the desk a- # d tht purpit . That I his h a fact will readily be admitted , and a ^?< y
that many a worthy minister ig already sufficiently worn down hf the common routine of duties , which necessarily devolve upoa him . It is very easy , Mr . Edftor , to perceive the evil , but not so easy to point out a remedy :
hopping that . Some of your correspondents mo ^ e cornpetent to the su bject will enrfeavoihr to do this , and having already- sufficiently trespassed upon your time ai \ d patience , I \ VilT not at present enter upon the other causes of de « cline , which I wish to investigate ,
but will cofichide by subscribing myself , an ardent well-vislier to the tr * ue interests of geiftiiiie Christianity . C . C-
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IJ 6 & £ > ecisiorts of Qoyhtnon Sensc ^^ -Lefter &
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^ DECISIONS OF COMMON SENS ^ OT * THE D OCfRItfE © i ' ORIGINAL SIN . LETT * EIt III .
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To the Editor of thz Monthly Repository ..
Sept . 5 ,
1809-SIR , There are several passages Of Scripture , which are often quoted , arid seem to be much relied ori ,
by ( he advocates for the doctrine of original sin , which , however , on the most careful examination , appear to , me to have no relation to the subject . Without making any pretension to critical
knowledge , as a p lain man I send you what appear ^ to me the decisions of common sense on such passages . Psalm Ji . 5 . Be halo * * I was
shaped tn iniquity , and in sin did my motUtr . conceite me . * TJhis passagje , ^ etiiche ^ from its connexion , an < J ' . arbitrarily expUucied , ,, ^ iqppis
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mbst to suit the purpose bfttie advocates for hereditary depravity of any words in the sacred scriptures , t have been told thai some
men of great learning contend ^ that the original will bear a different rendering in the above place ; but of this sin unlettered man can be no judge- he . can only exercise his reason Qp . % tb . e scriptures ^ as they an * presented before him . Common sense
dictates , that it js ve / ry improper to detach a sentence trori ) the wriu jng in , which it stands , > nd construe its meaning contrary to wfcat is by a ! l aqknowle ^ ge jd to be tl ^ e \ pyrite of t , he w ^ iti pj ^ a , $ l ^ rg ^ , w 4 the intention , of its camp ^ rif ^ n #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/22/
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