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this point I must refer him to my Essays on Church Discipline and Open Coijimunion . To his fourth question I have only to say , that I conceive all who believe that Jesus is the Christ ,
are so far initiated as to be entitled to all Christian privileges . We invite none to the Lord ' s Supper , but those who believe in Christ and are desirous of obeying him ; but we pretend not to decide on their faith or their sincerity , we appea . 1 to their understanding and conscience , and leave them to
act according to their own conviction and choice . Their coming to the Lord ' s Table , is an expression of faith and obedience to Christ ; their motives in coming we leave to God .
On his last question , it may suffice to observe , the Unitarian church at Glasgow is not conscious of u deviating from the plans pursued by the apostles and primitive Christians in regard to
communion ; nor can ypur correspondent convict that or any other church of such deviation , unless he can prove that any who offered to unittif with theprimitive churches in the Lord ' s Supper were authoritatively excluded *
I certainly am not aware that those with whom I act have * ' a cant about liberality and . bigotry ; bijt am persuadedthe mp ^ ardent love of truth , and the . mostd | l * gent examination of the scriptures ,
with a view to knowjng pj ^ doing the will of Gpd , ^ pejfpptjy insistent with the utmos t li ^ er ^ fy , and most determined opppsitiqi * ° \* 6 ?* w ? . }* ^ y m ** 9 m per * sons , who w ^ h to be thought ; vcj qj li ' i b » ' f » re ; PUPiMvm SQWP particular pointy tt f ^ il- { wAafei-. tual oposition , t <> ty& 9 $ ry * M GYery JflW ^ &w * - .. T ^; J fm ^ a # d Jus
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apostles gave sufficient r \* les for the regulation of the conduct of Christians is ft * lly granted ; but that either he or they laid down a precise plan for the discipline of the church in all
ages is denied ; those who " assert that either he or they did lay down such a plan have only to produce it from the New Testa - ment , and the question is decided , This article is already too long ,
to allow of my making any particular remarks on the questions of your correspondent P ., * who dates from Mmdstone , ( see p . 34 . ) to which tl ^ e gentleman to whom 1 now j [ eplv ; wishes * , to direct
my attention : in ; fact I , agree t « A mV £ k . with P , ^ ^ pocially in hisi vieiws of the . utility pf baptism , for jt to be eligible for roe to make ai ^ yi ^ ep ly to his communication £ if ; we ( differ at all , . | tj ? on
baptism as $ term of , <; otQmM&io& ; and I am not . sure P _; -w 6 | il 4 . iCpn * tend that it ought to be made a term of com rauni on , i . I remain , Sir , j ,, f , yery re ^ pecH ^ aUy , Yoiir ^^ ftjQ . * R . WRIGHT .
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I ^ ette ^ s to a * . . USTTSR . il . Is it too fl ^ tteri ag , tp my wishes to suppose ^ that after haying read the preceding letter , you , are ready
with ingenuous candour io ask , bow m ^ y I conduct myself ^ wisely and honourably through the scene * before me , ^ and on which , as you have warned me , sp much
depends ? Should you be disposed tp makeJhh ej ^ q ^ ivy , . , » , My fii : st \ adyice \\ jill ; be ^ ever entertain sentiments of respect ^ . nd veneration | ipr , ^ f <> ur tutors z ( gentleirien ^ whose ljive » hw& been jde ^ votjed tp ; iit ^ TOture and science ; gentlemen , wJdo kvejnade the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 316, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/36/
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