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* £%$ & ? . ! fr H ? ^ nd , pan get n $ ne * J $ r ; ^ you . cai * con descen d th ty $ iriu ^ cli , I have one request more , that you would answer roe . I was brought up with some : 3 s : / j Jtg v : » ... r _ - pfe ^ ii cji c ^ s of education , which ; h 6 pe T nave now goj over . This I owe in . no stpall rqeasjure to the candour of my father , who , though he inculcated his own principles oi | | iie , Jeit me tp my own judg . merit . At first t received these
principles without hesitation , and soon became acquainted with the belFffrgfftifeirts to r TEeln . I h ad no f ^^^ ii | i iiy / forii . forig tithe to converse with judicious men of serM
corv ^ ry . Hitefcts , so that I ea ^ ly vanquished those who cont radicle *} me . ^ But yet my mind suggest ^ m * ny difficulties which I qo ^| 4 n <| t solve , i £ Hence I began
to dpubt , I ? nparting my doubts to si ^ ijffi fjf igf ^» % i I wfc& told there we ^ ej $ y $ { % rie * im G&ligion ; that I should take God ' s w (> rd for them , an ^ jptry nofprtheri ; This satisfied
me ^ jn a while ,, but not long ; for I empitiered , ffe % a ) mystery be what it 4 nay , Qo 4 vmtild not de ^ liver ^ bsurdjtie * . Ag O ^ in , it does no ^ foJi ^^ , ^ h ^ t atf » r bible is bemu se And if
div | r ^ some m an ^ g ^ p f p ^ t ^ iWe ; con ttti » jab * sur ^ ^^ &c ^ ^ faat , part i » not div ^ , ^ ^ c ^ d-riofe g $ t |> ooks o « a « y ^! W ^ t > / j wpwtwli nsteuctioft on predestination , remission of sins , a ^ jsi ^ c ^ ^ f thp spirit , eternity oi * hell torrnfints ^ -and various other j ? # uy . ; rJ ^ f «« iHlk . «« riild ^ not sati ^ fefae ^ . ^ A ^ fength ; 1 isbrmounted thebe difficulties , w ^ rfirig through ^^ fa 4 mty i && $ li | t * fe less , j ^^^ 4 fji ^ - i fa itoe * i Min lieve . ^ tjbat ^ p pry ^ cieai irt our * Sa 5 f 9 ft iJrS | RItlillin I 3 @ $ * u *»*" the . G-ospels '"' itre true ; that whatever we believe should ac-
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cord ^ vi th the speeches of Christ therein recorded . I believe the doctrine of ori ginal sin to be absurd * . I believe the spirit of God only assists our apprehension . I believe the foreknowltdge of God ,
held by the A ' rminians , to be equal , to the decree of God , he ( d by the Calvinists ; that they are both wrong ; and the truth is , the pains of hell are purgatory . These I believe ; and have
reasons which I think substantial for them . Many things I yet doubt of ; among , these # re ^ he Trinity , and the mediation of Christ , ^ o I am in such a state of mind
as to be shocked at no assertion , and to submit to any ^ rminaeat which I cannot answer , I Beg that you . would be pleased to assist rqt ? in the mediation of Christ ; for I own I do not
like the doctrine of his being a sacrifice ; yet he is so represented hy Paul and , , lohn . t And , though I am not certain of the infallibility of the Epistles , yet I do not chuse
to contradict them , list ifaey jrfiay ¦'" P F ' y- ' r - ^ " ¦ - ¦ • JOHJf He ^ DEHSON * . Sf , ^ ease ^ o diiwi for me , ^ t Mr / ty * igs fr gV 9 $ er * iu Castle-> .. - ^
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Letters of Mr , Henderson to Dr . Priestley . 287
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Mr ^ He ^ ePsidn 9 ¥ Secbrid tetter . I fib ] p « j ypu ifii jjot t ^ td ii , till , jvben . ^ ur Ji | 5 u 4 , jiinforms t r * ¦ - ? ° 4 J & » 'sw ^ h > hours ) ymen he cfame . to ^ e ^ imp , ^•^ tftspmitfrfeg , r i ^ y , inif foada . Bp . lW rc ^ of ^^ iMWu ^ ^ Mkdt ^ mW ^ MirfKt lo ^ ed m Oxford , I shoyld have visited him * Excuse me then that I must take .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 287, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/7/
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