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shudders at the bare idea ! The serpent who beguiled Eve . would not be more d&n ^ erous than such' a man . No , it is impossible it a report alone that has i ^ ed' the alarm of danger to religion ; you slid den ) y stared op to confbat Wn imagined foe ; and perceived , not . till you had discharged your envenomed darts , that you wasted them in air , "
In addressing Dr . < Randolph , on tl \ e 28 th of April following , she says , a I'have observed that in most compositions where reason and argument have failed , innuendos and invectives have been called in to supply their place , and fhis . even in religious
dilputes * although such conduct manifestly tends to destroy those seeds of humanity which iL is the grand ^ esign of all religions to cultivate and improve ; and more particularly the design of that benevolent religion , the religion of the gospel . Whether persons are led into
this way of writing , through a ze ^ l for the cause they support , o < are provoked to it By the abusive language of an adversary , it must be allowed that it is a deviation from rh ^ t vnee k » ess and forbearance , which ou&ht to be the character of a Christian divide . I wou * d
therefore , wilUh ^ lysuppose , that the innuendos and mvect ves , which in various parts of ( your cu&rob are thrown out against tho $ e , who a you call reformers , escaped your pen wiilKWt design , and even unnoticed by yourself . And if so , when you see thfcm gathered together , you must be astonished at the seeming
want , of justice as well as of Christian charity , which you there have shewn to a set of men , with most of whom perhaps you are totally unacquainted , and whose character , if known , might claim your approbation and regard , —You insinuate that they wrest the Scriptures , w 6 ul # piiirposeljr carry the wrong way , are deceivers &c * Knowest thou not
that it bclongeth only to the Searcher of Hearts t « determine the sincerity or insincerity at * ihy brother , to his own master he must stand or fall . " 4 ml af-** referring t 6 the persecuting spirit which had disgraced the advocates of different systems , she continues , "N ot
« o < lia the meek and humble Jesus ; tQ estabfish his doctrine , he blessed and flatted not be fl ayed for his rnarder-P * v t and when ; hh dwfiiplct wpuW h ? ivc
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called down fire from heaven upon the Samaritans because they would not receive him , he rebuked thena apd said , Ye know nyt what manner . of , spirit yc are of : * to establish his doctrine , ne patiently bore the scorn , the derision an opposition of men 5 he went about doia d goocL *
And to Dr . Balguy she says , March 29 , 1774 » , ( C Unfetter the mind , and let it enquire freely , and the knowledge of the Scriptures will increase ; and as scripture knowledge increaseth , truth will
appear more plain , and must in the end prevail ; and every error , whether Popish or Protestant , which the darkness of ignorance hath occasioaed , must vanish away , as the false conceptions ralse < f . by the horrors of the night when the day appeareth . '*
Dr , Hallifax felt the keenness of Priscifla ' s pen so poignantly that he called on Wilkie , the publisher , to advise him to print no mure of her Letters : for it was
only JebVs wife ! Her success against Dr . Randolph was after * wards more strikingly displayed * by the decided testimony of Mr , Paley , in his Defence of , Bishop Law ' s Considerations 9 where he
so quaintly and happily observed , < 4 See this whole charge answered in the London Chroniclei by PriscMam—The Lord hath sold Sisera into the hand of a woman P Mr . Jebb , being convinced of the necessity of some essential re «
forms in the discipline of the University , for providing , -ia the ac ~ tive employment of students of every order , against those early habits of dissipation which % qo frequently arise from Hs neglect ,
repeatedly proposed the estab ~ libhment of publiq annuale ^ amnar tions , where . their , proficiency , ii » an enliarged eaiirse of study , migb £ be reguUfly ascertained . Ity . tfcfp laudable design he was supported
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Memoirs of Mrs . Jebb * 69 ®
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1812, page 599, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1753/page/3/
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