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    4 cvil , . the miraculous conception , die jplqnsry inspiration of the scriptures , and eyen materialism and necessity haye Jaeen brought foiward . I had , no other ( Choice , $ hus circumstanced , than an open avowal of all smy sen-tinients . I

    have , therefore , franj&ly made it . The ^ consequence has b een > uch a ? X expected . The whole town is moyed by it . Every place of worship rings with the cry of > eresy : cautions , warnings , threats , jpraycrs , tears ^ pd outcries ^ re used to lltqp the < fre , ad&il t eyil . Even the learned A rchdeacon , incujm&snt of St . M ^ ry * s-roo , evangelical Im ^ n himself—bas joined wj ^ h

    the evangelical alarm , and honoured xneex ^ prepsj ^ a cautiqnary sermon «* ° . ¦ Ms ^ c ? f 3 ^ qcl a , ud , ience . A fraid >© £ incurring e ^ penqes which , from the uns ^ 1 e ^ sta ^ c of . t hings here , . might f uUira » tety £ 01 on $ ie Fund , nothing decisive Ii ad been 4 <> oe concerning pXte theatre , , wh <^ n you r las t letter a ? - rived . -Qn ^ Qce iy ^ hg it , I f *\ t nw # elf en . to

    ^ ouraged -request a niqcting ivith some of the ^ ends to confer a \* out piOjcuring the tlieatrc : hpt , happily , tjiis l « ras rendered unnecessary , for Mr . S . ibeived me & large workshop of hi ^ , — Jtxfiis a carpemer ,--wnich , if I tljqugfct it would 4 o , he shovel ^ he gl ^ d to heax ne preach in # I accepted it immediately .

    ABotaer person , a hoat builder , who Ijadh ^ ardjne , J > ut never spoken to me , tent , t& offer - $ l boat-bouse , which he aid be . would make a * convenient * % powible . $ rhuf I had choice . The carpenter ^ shop is best situated and l ajpgefet , / fifty ieet long , twenty-three

    Hide ; open to the roof , > ith a counting ^ 0 U 5 e , which 1 call the vestry , opening iritoit . "\ yit ^ | ljs woxk ^ t ^ ncheji , iqo }" chests , dealjB , ^ cc . l > c fitted it up ^ gr ^ att tasitf ^ A btaj ^ icb drawing i ^ p ^ pj cm » k ^ iivtkm nii ^ lc- ^ Sconces , candlesticks , and t ^ ble for fingers , stool * , chairs , and an cenent bf t ^ rd

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    reverence 4 : he ^ C ^ re ^ s ,- —and tliat ^> the right of private ju 4 &meTit t ^ iey wc ^ e justified in interpreting them differentl y from others ^ Tfce audietice was more respectable in a |> p ^ aiancc tipan ^ ny I bad yet had .

    In the evening ^> ujr place wa , s $ o crowded that Jliad again difficulty to get to tfcje pulpk . The stairs , preUy large and wide , were also filled . T ^ e coupting-house jvas likewise occupied by many % Above thirty wjs&t a , w _ ay , xk 9 t being able to get within bearing . £

    pr , eat ? hed £ > n -Mat . ix . 23 . I came not to call the righteous , bwt sinners to repen ^ nce . ' * It is thought that 400 persoqa were present . I ^ described ^ epentajriqe as a kpractical thing , turning / rora sin to r . i ^ hteQusness—proyed tbsit dinners anil righteous perspns were ^ tfctinst

    characters an scripture—that Christ came to call the former to repentance , as 1 st , j doJatsr ^ . - £ d , isuorant ap d qpeoly injmoral Jews ; 3 d , hypocritical pharisees , all the Worse for their religion—^ hat the gospel vWas intended for tht -same purpose ; now—th&t ihe rightcotu

    were moral pergoos * vjtho feared -God ftnd worked righteousness , and as doing this were accepted of him-r ^ C&rist did not c ^ tl ) the se to rerpen . ^ uce , tbey Aid not n $ cd it . iBut lie called tfuch to the full Hnovvlcdge of God * s tiavour by b »

    gqspel , * pd to tfre ricb hxfcpeof jdtexnai life . The nnojitdcepapdprofQund attention preyailc 4 in * he audLqnoe , most of who » consisted of perjons who seldom attend any place of worship /*

    « Dec . x& . « In order that the Committee jnuf form a coirpqt idea for thejn selves , k i * necessary that 1 take a retrospective 7 f \ Ct W of circumstances , and . also jrtatc present appearances ai this . populous # 9 . tne wi

    XSK original < tf « gQ or ^ r . ^ or thfec who aqted with hto » was to * m * thp CudwortJvUus , % jfijMml&ml fsti , > lic ^ cnatiansr for iScnb ft re some rc ^^ uch . andotb ^ r ^ cmi-ortho 49 x lipod ^ rto charatocTs ; tx > gitWr od a broad afftf | i jaMpi ^ - 'idlfif ^! id ; jpr ^ , ^ d ^ ffl ^^^^^ l ^ * "i ^ fe ^ ^^ &i ^^ m ^^ mm ^ si 4 M ti « fi 4 CUQn to j ^ ihe idtw ^ c par < ic « r a «^

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    770 ^ xiractsfrpm tTi t Report " pf the Unit aria * Fund , 1 & \ M

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1812, page 770, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1755/page/42/