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I allude only to remind you that such expressions contain no argument , and are calculated to excite
unchristian feelings , both in the writer and in the reader . The result of the comparison , between your statement and that of the gentleman whom I have had the pleasure of meeting in Liverpool , is , in my own mind , a stjsong
confirmation of the opinion which forms the substance of the note you have criticised : that if " the minds of men were left unfettered , unawed by threats , unallured by temptations / ' the worship of the One God the Father would be
greatly increased . That it has greatly increased in Boston , though there may be various opinions , as to the extent of the increase , I cannot conclude without taking the liberty of asking you one or two questions . Am I mistaken in the opinion I have formed , that you , in the sense so often referred
to , are yourself an Uuitarian ? I ask this question , because it appears to me so astonishing that , if you are a Trinitarian you should not have preached Trinitarianism
any of the times you officiated in the chapel , where the sermon , which has caused your animadversions , was delivered . When a division of the Deity , into differ * ent persons , is never taught in the sermon ; when One Supreme Undivided Being is the sole object of prayer , that I call Unitarian preaching , this I call UjQitarian worship * Does your letter profess to give
a $ | account of the present state of Uiiittirianism in Boston ? Or was it wrftten after an absence of two y ^ TOfc spent principally in travels
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And does your letter merely contain your view of the subject ^ as a student at College ? or is it the result of your observations , since you became a stated minis ter of the gospel ?
As I am sure my wish is to ob * tain an accurate statement , if , now , on your return to Boston you will have the goodness to favour us
with an account of the present state of Unitarianism , in its enlarged sense , I think you will gratify many readers of the Repository , and you will confer an obligation on
Your respectful and obedient Servant , J . GRUND 1 T *
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Burning a Sinner * Hampton ^ July 1 , 1812 * Sir , Travelling lately in Lincolnshire , I heard , upon unquestionable authority , a story which I think ought to be known to the public *
In that county a sect prevails , known by the name of Baptists qf the New Connection : on enquiry , I found that they were Arminians , and differed from the Wesleyah Methodists only in the article of Baptism , in the independence of their churches * and in a more
zealous concern for the doctrine of everlasting , toirrneiifcKv A teacher W tiffs sect , ? h © is also a farmer , bad taken a poor lad , a relative , into his house , as a servant . The lad committed
some fault , for which probably he deserved chastisement . He was brought before hb master and mistress , and lectured upon th * wrath of God ^ and enr 4 }« i # t > urning 3 i Not seeming to eatgiiqtp , J&gjp £ »
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Burning & Sinner . 501
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vol . vii . 3 t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 501, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/25/
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