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a # opt 'i&e ' weft&ta of # 11 excellent mean and wtfffcer , " of e ( $ ti * ch > if * g men » to'true principles is to * ea « i . ^ We 'tfrera * o examine imptiMitdly allpfincipfee . Every troth vAim is necessary ^ 0 % e teeli # v *> d a « d > re&liy sac ^ ed ^ must -be attended with th < e iji ^
clearest e * vi ## * M > e . F ^^ e iwtfy can be hostile to nothing but a& * - sur $ * ty and big # ttfy . It is ofily fefoehoad a * vd # et < u $ io < n Which Hy from ^ c ^^ si ^ R -and &k ulk in &ar&-ness . " *
ftwpiMtfe t&en freefly ; rncfaire kii partially . H , et tr-eth be your enly object ; sc ^ rt ^ h after k % ith
dB ^ e rrce ^ , ^ d ^ c ^^ i ^ ancy . In the sfcftrdh afte ^ r ttwth , do jw ^ rice to every sentina ^ iit , by calftily hearing , tfeough k militate against your preconceived opinions , the evifch ? B e advanced in its support . Let ^ ot p rejudices against
particular parties « md < fetto « Hnations of Christians be a bar , as opportunity offers , ag&irist the iuvesti - gation of tfierr tenets and practices . Good seme , learning , and mor ^ l worth , are not peculiar to any party , and these will entitle a man to a candid hearing , though
his ideas ( oti some points , and at the first mention ) should appear to be fanciful and absurd . It is not to be expected indeed , that in
your academical course , you should be able to' command time for the examination of every syste * ft , much tess for the discussion of every question which has been controverted among Christians . * ne course of lectures on which
you will attend , will guide the method ofyoor inquiries ; and it m ' y be sufficient , without anticipating subjects , to wait for then *
* Price ' s Sermon for a new Acadcmi-<» t Institution , ' p / 46 .
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as they arise , &n& to tonslJtet them as ^ trey ^ etfne befere y ^ o ; reX membering , that the conclusion to * vfe * ch y ^ u toay at ^ pt ^ mt tome wpon ^ pArtiealar poin t * * is not td
be regarded as your lkst judg * ment ; Irom wfct ^ h you ^ ill never depart . New ; ewd £ ii £ fc oft bite side ' or the other may here&ftfcr c ^ er to demand you ^ attention ; and , probably , overbalance that which at first search detettrime ^
you oae way . The mind should evet be k ^ pt open to 'efenvictiofu Wiiffe rfiis reserve , it is exceedirtgiy proper ^ that you should endeavour to make tip your mind on sofne subjects , before you
appear in a public character . Should you a * k , what are these subjects ? I reply , such as relate to the object of worship , and the principles that will most
frequently -recur in your discourses , aftd form tfee grounds of your practical addresses ; and to these majr be added the positive institution !* of Christianity ; because they will be continually coining into
exer-. The field of controversy is wide and thickly set with thokns and briars ; but the liberality of later times has , to a great degree , removed the obstructions to our
traversing it with e ^ se and pleasure . Questions in theology are simplified , stripped of the scholastic forms under which they formerly appeared , and treated with , more fair discussion , moderation , and candour * Much has been
done towards bringing every point into full view , and referring it to a decisive tribunal , by a critical investigation of the sense of scripture j and by such treatises as hiave * professedly brought together atld closely examined the sense 6 f the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 507, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/31/
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