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^ aii > fci ax tmiHiGnf * r In T * fc |> efct ttf ^ # latter Iiwfced ^ tfefe ftebtrcgis & \ $ o iti possessioa ^ f hfs setitkBents , * te an ^ xeeUent serm ori published
fey him te 1 T 99 , -in ? reference ta th * charges brought by the late Dr . Hcfcfcfciey , and entitled , ** The Pritfcrpfes of Raman Catholics and Unitarians compared ; " and
it h highly probable , that this ^ ronld not have been a solitary instance of the public avowal of his sentiments , and of his advocating the cause of Unitarianism , liad not the whole bent of his mind
been constantly and ardently en . gaged for some years , by the still more important object of giving life and vigour to a drooping institution ) the only one now in
this kingdom in which a succession of valuable young men can be educated to the gospel ministry on the scriptural principles of candid examination and free inquiry .
s Surely it must be regretted , that the Reviewer did not pause to examine and discriminate before he objected , and especially aS both the censurer and the
censured are fellow . labourers in tjie same extensive wilderness , where there is ample room and abundant employment both for the clearer © f thejjoiL and the sower of the
seed * J taay also add , in support ojf tjb # opinion of Dr . Priestley ,
Mr ^ Wood and M r , Weilbeloved , ; and qf ^> ny others wjiich might Jje ^ dueed , tfiat it is the prac-^ qe pf . ^ present eminent and # bjq jnifli ^ ter in tssex Street ^ to mvfn Jeptwes after s ^ mon © n the
^ pi ^ Ji > te | iy « -- < li »* wfetioiuf of differen t $ cc \ f && $ partis , : nf yi&T&fbe * argtupentt occurs .: in feyp ^ r ^ f the peculiar propriety ' of jpr ^ ti ^ Jl isu b |? c » foipijag the fcasis of ( he prwdhipg : of dtiHght *
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« fted ^ aiid liberal ministers bf ^ gospel , from the further con ^ de r-5 atibn of their notr attaching the pecMliar ikvour of God to ai ^ yeligiou ^ systemy a $ such j but Sole ! v 1
to a life devoted tohis ; senfee . " If you do not firmljr be ^ ieire , ' ^ tys the bigoted ctmrehman , ^{^ the infinite atonement of the
Saviour , —that he is * very God of very God , of one substance with the Father / all your good works , however unremitted , partake of the nature of sin , you are obnoxious to the eternal wrath of the
Almighty , and c shall without doubt perish everlastingly . ' - * But does the well-instrufeted and can * did Christian minister maintain the converse of this monstrous proposition ? Does lie insist upon the adoption of his own religious creed , whatever it may be , as the only passport to eternal bapptness ? How , then , taking truth as his guide , can he consistently lay an equal stress upon speculative opinions ?
But here the question naturally occurs , If the gates , of ' heaven * re not exclusively opened to those who hold the duty *> f free inquiry , and found their practice upon it , to what peculiar privileges is he entitled in this world ? Are his
principles necessarily connected with its honours and , emoluments ? Have they the poifcrer tb le&d their fortunate votaFry from dignityAo dignity , and at length to intest him with a splendour whifch stall attract universal admfral&ott ? WiH
they procu re for hijai a pfctrtmqge which sha . IL be adequate tobprfovide for himself , his ehiWrtm , ' lb \ s reltftions , Iwswfriend ^ andrhis do * mesticsJ , : flte thf * piSoctpto ^ o * the Presbyterian tuioisterAcmAqto high - literary distirvctiow ? Are
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 670, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/20/
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