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    S gentleman who had recently been in Boston , and thought himself fulty qualified \< y give an account of Unitarianism in thj £ t place . I have reason lo believe » hat 9 in the opinion of several gentlemen who have resided in Bos t o ** , Anti-trinitarianism is

    more prevalent there than Mr . F . seems to bef aware of . ' In consequence , therefore , of the absence of Mr . L . I can only make a few general remaks on the statement in your letter .

    -O * ie observation , Sir , naturally occurs as applicable to the whote ; that you have taken up the question on a totally different ground from that laid down in the state .

    meet . Allow me to lay before you the passage to which the note 390 U have criticised is appended * ^ -Since we must have some discriminating appellation , would that we could unite in the use of

    one tenro , so defined as to include us all , % he term Unitarian : Unim i&rian in contra-distinction from Trinitarian , and referring solely to the object of religioqp adoration . A Trinitarian worships one- God Witt ttiree Persoas . An

    Unitafron' worships One Undivided God : ftyk term , thus defined ' , would intTttde us aW , whether believin g the pre-existewec or the simple humanity of J « s-us Chri&fe /'

    After this definition-, Sir , judge f f my du ^ prise at reading in your &i * e ** the following passage . •* ifam say they ar ^ all 1 Arians or Uiiitarians *; ae if tftese i&erc V 6 ry > nearly th& satnci But I

    asawe you , they wouW contend for fc very great disti « ction , anJ holdi ^ m I ' fctelteve they ;< lo , highland

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    exalted views of the person and mediation of Jesus CHrist , testing on the merits of His atonement , bis cross and passion , and zealous to pay the honour which they believe due to his name , they would ^ I think , be very unwilling to be

    confounded with the followers oF Dr . Priestley . Some of . them , I know , are utterly opposed to the sentiments and spirit of Unitarian * ism . ' To the readers of these two passages , Sir , it must be evident that we have no common

    ground . One thing is asserted by my friend , another is denied by you . I am inclined to think , that , after a little explanation , you will be found much nearer to each other than , at first sight , you ajL » pear to be .

    There is another ground which you have taken , my good Sir , of which , in behalf of my absent friend , I must complain . Hi * statement is the fdMowing J —* -that u a gentleman of much tarfent and

    very high celebrity in America , in speaking on this subject to the writer of this article , ( Mr * L . ) said that ? he did not think there were two persons in Bostfon WHo believed in the doctrine of the Trinity * This assettfrori / ' continues Mr * Iu " though it cannot &r ik »

    tended to be Hfcrdlty " urid&rstooiF , may serve to shew tHp g ^ eat pretom Olonce of Unitariatnisni . ^

    The most dfetJepmhifed oppoherttjj in argument ^ con tending oMy ( pt victoty ^ allow "IRei'r i ^ lVersii rV ihte right of giving his own deffrftt ^ n * Was it , theri c ^ hd " ^ in an 4 UWa caw feWhmti ^ n tt * uth , to fe ^ ltt « Ui argument iVpott the HMryl , in « 1

    feri > retat 4 on of a hyperbolicalex . but by atu > tker § 0 $ J , 1 m& hee ^ p li . h ^ at ^ e sai ^ t ^ e / tha

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    Mr . Ghcimdy on Unit&rianism m Atf ? eru& . ^ Qf

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/23/