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    or , , who hath required this at your hands f" I am at a loss to discover ' . BEREUS *

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    Questions to Mf . Wright , on Church Discipline * Sir , I observe in the extracts from Mr . Wright ' s journal of his tour

    iu Scotland ( p . 52 ) that in the Unitarian church at Glasgow , 44 t ^ e Lord f s table was declared frccz * * again , in the afternoon , " the declaration of the freedom

    , p f the Lord ' s table was publicly tnade ' and , " about 150 united in observing it . " Mr . W . describes this as' " a great triumph of Christian liberality over bigotry , and narrow plans of disci * pline *" Now 1 am not sure that I

    quite understand this account ; but I suppose it means , that every person who happens to be present when the Unitarians in Glasgow are going to eat the Lord's supper , is at liberty , if he chuses , to join with them ; without any questions

    being asked , about what he believes , or what are his motives for so doing . If this be the case , I must say , that I do not consider such an arrangement as any triumph of Christianity , I should

    wish to ask Mr . W . a few plain questions , which , if he would answer through the medium of your Repository , he may perhaps produce some enlargement of my hi * therto . narrow ideas on this ,

    subject * Were there not some per . sons formerly Called brethren , with whom , the apostle Paul would not allow the churches he planted to eat ? Does not the general » twu of the New Testament re-

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    present Christian churches some * thing in the light of families , where mutual understanding and good will , and constant reciprocal

    duties , are maintained ? Were not all who believed the apostle ' s doctrine in primitive times baptised , and then added to the society of those who had believed before

    them ? Have we any evidence that any persons but those who were thus initiated , were invited or permitted , to join the first churches in any of the ordinances ? What reasons will the Unitarian

    church at Glasgow allege , for deviating from the plans pursued by the apostles and primitive Christians in regard to communion ? 1 I highly esteem Mr . W . for much that ha has written , and for

    his zealous labours as a missionary : but I am afraid he is not aware , that even our party may have a cant about liberality and bigotry , which is much calculated to keep us from a serious and

    candid examination of the questiondid Jesus or his apostles , lay down a plan for the conduct of Christians in society as brethren , or did they not ? I am , Sir , Yours , &c .

    AN UNITARIAN . P . S . I lake this opportunity of saying , that consistency requires of Unitarians , now they are excited to a becoming zeal for the propagation of apostolic doctrine ,

    that they should candidly examine the important questions proposed in your last number by your correspondent P . dated from Maidstone . Let me request the atten - tion of Mr * Wright , and his coadjutors to this subject .

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    Questions to Mr * weight , onpkurch Discipline . ^ 153

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/17/