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parent * belonging to all sects ( for outf establishment is only treated as one of them ) to be admitted promiscuously , &c . " We repeat that we wish such words * as sects and sectaries to be
disused by Protestants . The members of the church should know , however , that if they apply them to dissenters , they may be reminded by dissenters of being themselves a sect from popery .
He , afterwards , makes particular mention of Unitarians . Why he distinguishes them , we presume not to Conjecture ; except it be from his persuasion that no class of Protestants are more conspicuous
for bringing their characteristic opinions to the test of the Bible . Perhaps , in the spirit of one of the orators in the council of Trent , tie fears that in proportion as the Sacred Volume is read without the
Liturgy , Unitarian sentiments will advance , -f-So little does he himself adopt the reasoning , the principles and
the spirit ot Protestantism , that his concluding observations iti this paragraph are in substance , and almost verbally , the same with those of one of the ablest of the modern
champions of the papal claims * . f Thus much for Mr . Bowyer . We add a few words concerning Professor Marsh ' s Vindication .
• One of these is amventttle % the original meaning of which may be seem in Tertullian ' s Apology : ch . 3- andin . Bp . Taylors Preface to his Life of Christ , § 34 ; while the modern application of it is 'well exposed in Dr . Rccs ^ s Address , See , attxed to the second volume of his
very adm irable Sermom . [ M . Repps , vol . v . ptN 85 , 137 , 193 / J f F . PliefoV Hist . Con- Trid . i « 3 . ( ad-cd . ) X MiIimu- ' b Consecration Sevmon , at Birtoiugli 4 m > pp .. iLj& , 34 , &c , [ M . Rcptti . Vrt . iii . p . 61 S , &c , l
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The controversy respecting Dr . Bell and Mr . Lancaster , has turned iipon foar points ,- —Who is the inventor of the improved system of instruction ? Which plan is preferable for simplicity , economy
and effect ? Which is better applicable to the uses and wants of the
established church ? and— Does Dr-Bell plead , or does he not , for affording 10 the children of the poor the means of a thoroughly useful education ? On the last of these subjects the Professor here employs himself * Mr . Lancaster , in a letter printed in a London hewspapvr , had
charged Dr . Bell witli proscribing writing and arithmetic to the children of the lower clashes . There is certainly a sentence to this e ; f ~ feet in the third edition of the
Elements of Tuition , which , bowever , is considerably modified in a stib&eqirent impression ; though it is still very far from unexceptionable . Now Dr . Marsh heavily complains of Mr . Lancaster for
not quoting trre mrtetvdrd passage , Alas I'We suspect that Mr . Lancaster is not quite so conver * sant with various editions as Dr . Marsh . No doubt , be would have done well to pause , and ask , whether the authoi- of th& Ele ^ ments < , &c . retain « d > without any
qualification , the obnoxious sentiment ? On the other hand , Dr . Bell would hardly have conceded so much as he still does to the pre * judices of some of the iwmber £ of his church , had his own beitet judgment and feelings been his guides . After all , the general merits of the case cannot be
affected by any personal altercati - on . The wisdom » nd Ihe doty- of teaching writing and arithmetic to
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Mr . Bowyer and Bi \ Marsh on Education . 48
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1812, page 48, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1744/page/48/
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