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the whole , unworthy of his fatne . ' They wilt here meet with considera ble O £ uteness of reasoning , liveliness ' of style and felicity of illustration . Sometimes , indeed , they will wish that the author had been less caustic in
animadverting on his opponent : arid * assuredly , they will condemn his conirmameatiori to thtj world of ^ circular letter of Dr . Marsh ' s ^ \ ytaich has no relation to the
topics in dispute . Perhaps , too , they ivill conjecture that the following delectable sentence is the composition not 6 f Mr . Deal try but ' of Bishop Horsley :
«* Arr ^ one may hold all the theological opinions of Calvin , harsh and extlravagant as some of them may seem ^ and yet be a sound member of the Cnurcli of England and Ireland ; , certainly a much sounder member than pne who , loudly declaiming against those opinions , which , if they be erroneous , are hot errors that affect the essence of
our common faith , runs into all thfc Nonsense , the impiety , the abominations , of the Arian , the Unitarian and the Pelagian heresies , denying in effect the lord who bought them . ' * „ This decision is so much in the
manner of the departed prelate that we suspect it to bg , fo > , and conclude that the usual marks of quotation haje been inadvertently omitted . We have even a faint
s $ co ] lection of having , seen tbe ^ Passage in one of his Charges ; , but as we have not his wfcrks bdlore us ^ vve are unable to verify the Citation .
Wkh the honest declaration of Mr . Dealtry concerning the Madras and t WXancasterian ^ uK , as we ^ 'OMid atiii c ^ H them , did fashion p ^ riniiqjj , the : ZjmcaJtrian ) schoolfy Me »» : e _^ j i * tmeiy p ] e $ 3 « td . Be ing ? m ^!]? , ^^ krf&Ep « - * iii \ dy he is > deciaedly a jfriend to the instruction , of the children of
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the / poor in her catechism" ap J liturgy t but he speaks with high approbation of the mechanism of JMr . -Lancaster ' s system : he represents the facility with which churchfnen may -apply it to their own wants and vi < ews , nor aims at
depriving tfyte very meretorious framer of it of that public prai ^ to which he is unequivocally entitled . 4 Mr , Lister ' s speech is the address of a gentleman , a scholar and a Christian , and ' -does the
greatest credit to its ru-hor by the liberal * ] ry of its spirit and the general soundness of its reasonings . If vve differ / from him a £ to the usefulness and expediency of civil
establishments of reli g ion ^ if we cannot deem his arguments ; oa this point pertinent and valid , we heartrly concur in his setitrments and advice with reference to the
English hierarchy : ¦ "t < c It ill becomes that church which first set the noble example oif asserting its freedom , to cortie loaded with chainsand fetters to destfoyf the liberty of others . There is something in reU ^ ious opinion , that spurns at all human
controuJ , and perhaps for this reason , be * cause , when sincere , it rises superior tq all . worldly considerations . It may ibe ^ won , it may Be converted by kiadnes » and conciliation ; but is never to be dvercomci either by the language tff re - eenftmeot , or the frown of dbdairi ^ I
wjU xooreover add th ^ t no man , or body of men , ever so much evince their rea ^ superiority , they never so comple ^ Ij triumph , as when they make the firST advances to friendship a » d cordiality , ; qxx a subject top : nhe . e Chxisjcionity if so deeply concerned , this maxim
becomes so imperative upon us , that I feel surprised that one angry oh jealous feeing should ever liave existed oo the oc&i $ M # r ~ TJbfe que ^ pii th * a . uwol ygsf itself to this ; shall . the estaiblishcd churcfti * cfothfn ^ itfteifrjA : Phailsai c ^ l pridc ^ & ^ pd ingi ^ p 0 fi pQt * it * r > o # 7 t ^ efiiM > . tive doctrine , shut the < iooi of Chtiotiaa pou . ee tor ever again * i all wha > dlss ^ at
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YOL . VII . 3 x
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Reviezi . —Bible Society . 517
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1812, page 517, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1751/page/41/
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