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    ixeteti&tic aptf general l mark of distinction r ^ Sfetirig all who dfe ^ ieaited froto arid ptbteslted against the flagrant Jmposffiom o ? tfl g Church of Rome . Wotiid there fee any material objection to it \ e denomination of Berean ? The

    general principle of union in these congregations would by this term fee constantly kept iri sight , and they would at the same time be reminded , and encouragedby the recollection , that it had anciently the sanction of an eminent apos-# e ? s praise .

    It will be alleged , perhaps , hat this denomination , deriving te sole propriety in the way of illusion , would not generally be Understood ; but I am far from

    certain whether , fa this respect , it would not be $ n advantage * , rather than the contrary , frbi ^ its obtioUs tendency to excite

    curiosity , to promote inquiry , and frbrri the absolute necessity to which it would give birth of a thorough explanation , both within and without the walls of the

    laeetmg * house , of the real principles t * ii which these congrega - tions are united . When it is taken f&r granted , that the meaning of a tetki is generally twidferstood , noU withstanding the ideas a ^ fiflxed to

    it May be erroneous and confused in the extreme , v / hh attempts to give an explanation of it ? and , indeed , if it were attempted , w } io would attend to the explanation ? Of the term Presbyterian for inslUftce ? But : if , oil the coptra r ^ the * dcucttni nation is new , all would

    few the propriety , and some perhaps the desjrixS df having t ; h ^ rga-, sons fttMy nnd aeciird . ^ J y explaui-? & to theip . Sabrin ' u ^ vety jufetly ohs ^ rves ^ that the groat ignbran ' ce of * tbe ^ ptiismt an 4 rising genera-

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    tion on these ^ ubfefels . iar bfte iearfi fn | efe pt thS i&k&m ^ tatnenfeq defaleaflon" % r " $ & should they h& attjach& t ^ pli nci : pies 6 f y ^ MeS th e ^ h ^ ve no fcrio ^ I ^ l ^ e ? If the c | u ^ tic > n > e ^ ^ ne ^ raH y put , Why are you cajfe ^ Presbyterians ? the answer rieiv hap& would be , Beca ;\ ise ; \ ye do not go to Church , \ yikptefore do yoti liot go to Church ? Because dur family never went thitheror , BecatiseMr , —— | saj » oad preacher ; or , in some instances perhaps , Because w < e do hot believe | n the doctrine of the THoity . This last , indeed , as 1 fkr as it goes , is a satisfactory answer £ bdj ; tell them , that in atte ^ dinpj the Esta ^ lishjed Church they are at perfect liberty to leave ouf wlj ^ teVer t ^ ey ^ do not approve , and it ispi'obable , not n ^ vipg in thenii

    the r 6 ot of the mattei , that you wlioBv veihove their objections ^ especially ifth ^ y wish I fpran apold ^ y t 6 follow the m ^ titq ^ . ' . * * Admitting the above s (; a £ eiAeiit to be founded in fa ' c ^ t , and that it is so , will hardly be co ^ trpyerled ^ and the ri ^ iessi ty wiH T > e most apV parent of recurring to ^^^ nd ^ tt ) T exp ^ irii iig first ^ nci ^ es . ; ^ mode of doing it inxfeed must b © left to the judgment bf tljiose on whom th

    devolves , 5 [ ut \ Ve n ? ay be ailqwr ed to inqU ^ e , Is the pu ^ p i ^ in , getieiial , th PHestleyy \ Vhoni no one will qccusfe of w ^ i ) t of zeal in support , ^ ^ ihsLt . he [ esteemed the truth . In h \ s sft&ty . 'preached beifore the coi ^ r ^ atidn atMill'Hill Chapel , in X ^ 4 ?» , i * J ; 17 ^ 3 , on resigning the p ^ stprW

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 668, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/18/