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. ' " . ... ¦ r • * ft , < MtSCEJ-LAKEOUS COMMFlSfiCATiONS
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> Pn . h ** d * +.. \ ... ' -, Swthzo&rk i March 4 , J 812 i Tltere r * rcothfrfg , perftaps , that has served t ^ ttffpfede Chrfetiahity , otf fcrrest * tfcfe prdgfeSs of divine tr&th , mor 6 tfran tfte adoption of creeds .
Creeds are generally £ cbrfipilatioA df'dotftrines , ov * speculative dpihi 6 nsi supposed to be drawtt from tWe scripffrrek ; ^ nd the itffecM ^ f tfflS-Fng- fro m them is , th ^ t tfie 5 r arte suffered tb > tkke ' th 6 p \ dt& of the plain prece | rt ^ of Cttristfsftity . ' -
Men who \ vete intefe ^ t ^ d 6 j ^ sinister tfn ' otives , atid 4 tvere xvell paitf for strppol'ting hiyste ^ ries ' , ha > e , fbr the nvost partibbnipilc ? d the creed ^ , th ^ t are gen erally nwifttbvfed By th 6 wdrfd : they were Freqiieiiftlyifet gerfidusly ¦ ' Wocrght ^ arfd require irittch ^ fg uith e ^ t fot tBeir ^ upp ^ t whtere'a ^; " the jpi ' edepts' of Christianity afe so fflain ; thstt a Wayfe ^ rn ^ i 6 ^ aii , tlidttgft ^ a fool , may i ^ adj understand and ptastrSe them .
The New Testament artbtte . is a € ktioWl 4 tige& toVoht ^ rrf 1 » e Jre - cepts of fnfkHiMe ' trittli . ft' is dbVi < yu ^; tft at all ded ^ dtiotis Itt'dde
by fallible men are ' H&tofeto ettor t this ^ otisifclefatfo il alone , i ^ u g t sttefce thb iWfaHittiity of any Set of ^ irtiofts * defdiiC € frf frvtti the Scrjj ^ - t ^ resi . »•• '
rfle ^ " r # UgioH * ^ a > e ^ e ^ a ite , consists in the belief of a bt-Ktf , whidh generally fetters him to the observance of ceremonies , © r leads him to p lace his dependantrfe Qtt his creed , or ( as the t ^ hnictfl phrase iar , ) on a saviiik faiilr . When once tfte mind * Has got
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. . . , - . - v , J itito stith a deplbrable ' coVrdftron ^ a ^ -to tHink fhat a ' belief " of any set of fioftoris is necessary tosalvaV tidh ' , fhetet is no doctrine , however stra'rfg ^ , that it may no ^ e / cceive , ria practice , however \ irfcked . thaf it
dares not en < k > tfnfe ~ r . " With such person ^ > th ^ bel fe f of their ereed is the first and "grand evidence of Christianity , and the practice , , i £ not wBofly laid aside , is accounted as a secondary consideration . They are- le ^ away by * hefr systems all
tjrei ^ lives , having but the tvvifight of Christianity , to guide their paths . If tliey write ; it is to uphold their system \\ i they read the scriptures , it is to support their creed * If they speak , their breath
is wasted ih c excommunicating others for not believing what they believe . They may be said to fall down and worship their creed , in . slead of their Creator . They look upon their brother , who is passing through the chequered scenes of
life , with composure and ^ serenity ^ living in-the lavei of God aftd his neighbour , who , with Christian benevalence , is doing to others as he would , have ; others do to him continually shewing by his
practice the sincerity of his faith in t ^ ie precept * of C ^ dstjaniry , as little better than a jBeathen , and with contempt exclaim , —Legalist stand by , for \ ^ m holier thai ) thou . -i *^ ^ i
Who , think ypu , is most likely to receive the reward of well doing * —the servant who endeavours to tread in the footsteps of his mas * ter by the practice pf Christian morals , who gives bread to the hungry , drink to the thirsty ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 425, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/17/
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