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# 1 powers 6 fmirtA are easetitifcl W&A $ rftitefi $ htetori&h t « nd n ^ ho ^ ' $ m " 1 fote *^ & * o \ tomJFMKaririfi . ttve of any sor € should possess tfafe sdutid gc ^ od ^ ase-thdt wiM prei 6 efv ^ h * fA'froin # &grant violations < # th 0-lfttift of masoning and writ-¦
fcgj / r ^ ' ' < - ; ^}* f itmst persons * arguni&tt is thi&i ^ fet lo be one tKiftg , « nd Ai $ ~ ( P ^ Hjr another . Mr . Bogae and Mr . Betinett , it seems , are not quite ^ #% hi ^ opiriionf . In a performance
cHCitledV&' History of Dissents , " they h&ve inserted a hunfoejk pages containing reasons for dissent ; and , to complete the in- * cotfgrtrity , they have stated these ffeasotisin a form researijling dia ~ Ugue , fittd by the aid of fictitious
interlocutors . Had eh * principles Vf nonconformity never been re-¦ frt ^ esent ^ before , or not represented with superior temper , dis « - < &itfuk ^ fitj ' and effect , the digression bad b ^ en pa rdonable . «< >» Wh y , too , have these gentletnen burdened their volumes with
^' the Kves of eminent ministers « fld private Christian ^? They $ tefedytfeat * the inspired writers , tfhile ettgaged fit : the history of rte ^ orld ^ nd of the church , in * , sensibly slide into biography , and exhibit a sketch of the character
and conduct . of the most eminent * $$$ s . 'f 3 u ( wh ^ re , even according to the statement of our authors , is the similarity of the cases ? » tpk $ . KiaTr % tive 9 occuying in the yM i t And in the New Testament .
^ gj ^ jp fi y do ^ ' not interrupt his-S ^ U ^ K ^ ^ < ^ s ^ p hy : . they m iWM ^! y an ] l c W * y i **** y ^ k 1 ^^¦¦ 'ffiew&i * . Buch aa inter-^ upfton cannot but be perceived ^^^ iSgW | e ^* bi « work . Mr , » oguc and Mr . Bennett themselves experiemted the difficulty of se-
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Jettitig ^ and the invi <| iotrsnfi $ ^) icrf omitting ^ names r ano ^; &modh ^ Teason , if for none bcsittes , ? tbey should have refrained from ? vtne ^ - passing on th £ provinic ^> ofdth ^ jbip ogife ^ ptier ; ^ especially as tke-Non ^ conformists' Memorial : is neither
inaccessible nor uninvitingi Their list is , unavoidably ^ tneagrej and their choice partial * And , undeSr the articles Baxter , Warrenp ff lfa . Marshall ^ N . Tayior ^ and fi . Cromwell , they have indulged
much more to local , persoi ^ . ^ and party feelings ^ than became historians of the dissenters , aa ^ have thus given further ^ rpof < tf their incompetence tb the officei ( Vol . ii . pp . 18 & , &c > ' >' v A Moderate shar ^ j df taste natoA
judgment would have ^ presdmBni their style from the quaint ness , affectation , obscurity , and ptuqi rilities by which it is deibrnidci . In a few instances , tbeylx&re shewn that they can write : simply and naturally , and reasonstroogl ^* ; and , in this view ^ ^ ve refbrvwftth pleasure to the account of ^ Witrl&
Hffe , in Vol . i . pp . 30—32 V ayrd to the representatidny in ^ p . SOO , of the general office and dtiries ' iof Christian ministers * It is sel dom ^ however , that they caw restraSli their fondness for false ornaments of language . We doubt not that
whoever pf thern composed ^ the following sentences ( Jb . p . ft 8 >) in praise of liberty , was far from being dissatisfied with his , pei > tormance : .
• " In the praises of liberty , only Elbquence herself is qualified to Wtiie . Antong subUinary bicoings i * there oat whifh can W a cq ^ ritfiT ) , ? $ V ## & h ^ a more bpnign and PQWcrfttf infiaence on the formation of th ^' KuiiiWh character ? What an importantJ&gurf the fittle barren ^ pot of G&ecc makes in the history ^ tfite'anctfeiiti ^ DiriaC HdW much superior iii M ^ f < b tod d # ^ i ^ er «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 629, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/43/
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