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    draw ajttst conclusion , have been raid up in the mind by prepare * tpry sciences . There is , however , a species of igading . coaqe . cted , with the study qf theology , which will ,

    pertinently and beneficially , accompany your scientific pursuits , ' This is the perusal of the scrips tiire « i in thei f original languages *; . and it is . highly desirable thai :

    you should devote some portion of every d # y to this ; for it will improve ypiir . acquaintance with those language ^ , furnish the mind with a rich . variety , of scriptural ideas and , sentiments , familiarize

    to you the idiom and phraseology of the sacred writers , and qualify y oji to judge with more accuracy aind readiness of the verdict which they give on the questions in , di .

    vinity ; concerning which they wiH , hereafter , be appealed to as decided witnesses . This reading is also , in a practical view , useful , as it is in a critical one , very serviceable . . Theyre , are also bther with

    I mq kft . i p ^ divinity * , ., whicji > , m , ay 'be OCcaftuwpl ^/ j ^ ug ^ ed literary s ^ n-d sp ^ n ^ i frc ; a ; Ua 4 , n njents : a « d wj ^ l ^ wijlj enl ^ ge your sto < ck < of

    idea ? ,, expand ypiu miad ^ and leave , qn ,, ypur . htjart tbe b ^ st ini - pres ^ on ^ Q £ < tl ? i $ cUs ^ are sych , as trea ^ of ^^ e histary of religion , the , evidences . of revelation * a&di the mpraUty ; of the . gosj ^ eJL

    But th ^^ tljec ^ logy wjh , ich , I w 4 » hto have keptpLVt of si ght , til ! ypu have gqijc . at . leas ^ through . half yoqr ^ acacJU ^ inical- course , U , 4 . th » i ciiscussipnof itiosie points on . which , the Christian , world btfb been ,, sq ^ uch

    n ^ divided ; which , hof ^ nF ever , every ( C h il ian , as faf : » d |^ t liHs . at » i | iiy iyif ) : time ,, and ccrtui ^ ,-ly qvc ^ ry jn ^ ni * ier gju ght to havean . opinioiii of hia owp , - Tnc honojar ^ ,

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    nay , tbe effic&cy , ar revelationIfr rn ^ teriaflly cQiiQerfted ^ m our ac * . quiring just ami'liberal notions on these points , ; . It can : admit of no dispute , that they wirose provimrci it is to tec ^ ch rel igion ought to un *

    derstand it with accuracy and in its full exlent . It may . not be necessary for them :, at once to rjnak £ up their minds on every question- whieb ha ^ . been alters

    cated among tiivines * But the ^ yj oughtito s « ek the- truth with fai *^ ness > z ^ hI idiligence ; aind whatever points- , cotnie beiore them ^ they should gain clean ide ^ isoand conve to & raiionHl conciu ^ iati \ on tbeFA-:

    a cp . fK- ) us i < n . n at tfere » o fltepci ng o * prejudice , but the * effect of con * victiom 1 cpngraftuiate ^ ynu * rny-friendj that \ you . are i&ra > situation most favourable to : ttris end . Ift the '

    first plaee , yi ) UT mind is not shackled and tiedi ; dbwn by- s » bi scription to a presented 6 ^ srt ^ n »; you . are not calledi : iipon > to express , a decision . before you have formed a , judgments upon

    questions ; you are not obliged to take a side before you have heard the merits of a , cause * I pity the youth in-soifrg celebrated semiziaries ^ who . a ^ e by previous subscriotions made slaves to a creed :

    who , instead of being cori < fu < : U ? d fre ^ oa-n d unbiassed into { he-temple oftrutJb ^ are only initiated into the mysteries of a particular church . Ydu feel yourself at liberty : p laced in , a seminary where you will be invited and

    encouraged to inquire ; the managers and tutors of which will neglect no means qf nrmldng you an

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    & ® fk Letters ta a Studenti-r-Ltttti * VX

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 506, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/30/