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Worthy nainisterhe censuses in this case , stands alone ia the fault , be , from it very commendable motive , animadverts upon the fault in a public out good tempered manner , for the benefit of all those preach , ers who may be chargeable " waK the like fault .
If I understand T . S . he charges his minister with an invidious and tfnfiVunded comparison between the pere philosopher who . is not under the influence of Christianity , and the Christian who is under its influence , and also of inferring and asserting that the former would
/ lot xe $ tst temptation so successfully as the latter . i Now , Sir , if two and three be admitted to be more than two and two , I think the minister is correct in his inference , from the
very premises which T . § . . see , ms tp admit , viz . " The superiority of Christiapity over . eve ^ y other system of religion or mo ^ ljty , " If this superiority be ^ dmittjed , then , cater is paribus , the person whp is under it * influence will resist tempr
tarioji better than if he were i ^ Ojt under its influence * \ ... . 1 wish T . $ and others under a similar impression , to recojllqct that the matter in dispute is not whether . some Unbelievers are not better moral characters than some
who call thernselves Christians , but ^ whether a person under the infiu * ' € ^ C € of Christianity wili , , n o $ re-* siU temptation better , and become a more perfect charactery ft&Mris 1 paribys i than he would be $ Qme ' > 1 toere he not under i ( s infi # < m $ & . If he would not , J ask \ irh £ | # ri A consists the superiojcity ^ oCCihWttftnity over every other system Qf . % &n § jt ® fi 9 ^ r morality , aiifl M > , he . , woulik liberality 0 r justice ; de- ,
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mands the inference of the minis * ter whom r . S . censure ^ - ( 1 £ T . S . contends for , a greater portion of liberality or jn&ice , than is generally displayed troni the pulpit towards that class of
unbelievers , who ^ though they are not sufficiently convinced by the evidences presented to their minds of the ^ divine origin of Christianity , give every proof of a disposition to examine the evidences with patience ^ and to discover the truth , he contends for no more than
Christianity requires and imperiously demands from all its advocates . If his worthy friend , whose preaching he attends , has in the present case fallen short of that portion of liberality ^ y bich a regard to truth , and especiairy ^ Christian truth ,
requires , not so much in the statement of the important conclusion above inferred from the given premises , as in the manner of stating that conclusion , he will of course feel the . mild but proper re * buk © contained ia his friendVcom »
munication . It is certainly one thing to contend for the superior sanctions of the gospel , and to shew with fairness $ qd liberality its pre--eminence to all other systems of religion and morality , and a very
different thing , to deliver our views on the subject of the com * pay i son , eitherthrowgh careless ness pr design , in such an indefinite and unguarded manner , as to induce the inconsiderate bearer to suppose , that ,, no unbeliever can
resist tempt ; ati ; an in any case , wherein the appetites , passions and the powerful principle of mistaken $ elfn l 6 ve plead fojr gr . atificatiaq . After , all , I cannot suppose tbat the ^ wp rthy minister would carry things so far as ^ ve | i to imply thqt ,
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Mr . Haw fees , on Candour to Unbelievers . 573
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 573, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/41/
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