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acknowledge Jesus Christ , because he conscientiously deems himself in want of sufficient evidence ; but who , notwithstanding , is immoveably convinced of the
superintendence of an omnipotent and all-wise Creator , , who has everlastingly ordained , that virtue shall never fail to meet its appro * priate reward —happiness ; and that vice and disregard of principle shall as invariably be followed by
misery * I know the estimable aqthor of the imputation I have complained of , I know him to be incapable of making such injurious leflections on any of his Christian bretheren , to whatever sect they may belong . But is this sufficient ? I would entreat of him . Has his
Christian charity , his liberality tio wider a range : or does he really conceive that the most absurd dogmatist of the Christian denomination , is more entitled to his affection and ^ Forbearance , than the
man whose principles may be such asl have described ? . I am satisfied that it is unnecessary to point out the serious cpnSequences of such imputations , were they implicitly
received , and , acted upon * Nor would any one be more averse , I hope , than the author of them , to the deliberate proscription of men from the confidence of their
fellows , merely because they differed in an affair of moment , on which they had not learned to agrfce . It requires , I conceive , no ve $ y
extensive knowledge of mankind to convince any one , that , whatever superiority Christianity ma } r possess in other respect 9 , it is ih no wise peculiar to its votaries to resist temptation , or ^ to ; encounter mar . tyrdom , in the maintenance of its
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principles . Every vice , and every absurdity have had their zealdus devotees , who have met death rather than abandon them . The honest and conscientious disciple
of moral rectitude , may be as incorruptible as other men , and is faithful and true so long as he adheres to his principles , however inferior those principles may be deemed . No more can be justly said in favour of the ^ Christian .
Both are men subject to weaknesses and passions , and it is not the adoption of this principle , or of that , that will secure us against the danger of falling . Had the reflections ., on which I have taken the liberty thus to
animadvert , been confined strictly to a display of the superiority of Christianity over every other system of religion or morality , it would have been worthy and
becoming of the minister ; but when a distrust of men was inculcated , because they were impressed with other principles , he certainly incurred ttie reproof of the Apostle Paul : — ' Who art thou that
JUDGEST ANOTHER MAN ' S SERVANT ; TO HIS OWN MASTER HE 8 TANDETH OR FALLETH /' t : s . *
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Early 'English Antipadobaptists . Sir , Feb . $ 8 , 1812 . The following paper I copy from a volume in 18 oio . entitled Mercuriits Rusticus * or the
CquAtries Complaint of the barbarous Outrages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome .
* Our Correspondent has favoured us with his name at length , and the place of his residence , which we suppress , from their not being necessary to the elucidation , of his argument . Ki » *
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Early English dntipotdobaptists . 151
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/15/
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