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Sir , Aug . %% 1815 . JT is well known that the p ious and learned Mr . Hallett , of
Exeter , in tl . e eighth Discourse of his second volume , has a »> iy maintained , in opposition to the Systcn s and Catechisms of his time , that " the ten cornmnndments , given at Mount Sinai 1
do not oblige Christians' who are under a more spiritual law , enforced by superior sanctions . I lately discovered , on recurring to the " Treat ise of Civil Power in Eeclesisstical Causes , " that Milton had there expressed an inclination to the same opinion . Discussing the civil magistral ' s right to enforce , by penalties the ten commandments , he
sa \ s , * ' And whether they he not now as Ji ' : 1 c in being , to be kept by arty Christian , as tliey are two legal tables , remains yet as undecided , as it is sure they never were yet delivered
to the keeping of any Christian magisfr-te . Hut of these things , perhaps ir . oiv some other time . " ( P . 83 . ) That time probably never arrived , unless the subject were discussed , where it might suitably appear in " a System of Theology in Latin , " which according to Mr . Hai lev ' s " Life of
Milton" p . loj ) " seems to have been entrusted to his friend Cyriac Skinni ^ r , " and to ' * have probably perished . " I have quoted the first edition of the Treatise , 1659- 2 4 mo . a size whicn may account for an expression at the end of the work After the
invaluable remark that i 4 doubtless in matters oV religion be is learnedest who is plainest , " Milton thus concludes , —" The brevity I use , not exceeding a small manual , will iiot
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therefore , I suppose , be thought the less considerable , unless with them perhaps , who think that great books only can determine great matters . I rather chose the common rule not to make much ado , where Jess may serve . Which , in controversies , and those especially of religion , would make them less tedious , and by consequence read oftener , by many more and with more benefit . ' I beg lenve to recommend the reasonings and the
example of Milton to your correspon dents , especially the Theologians . LAICUS . ¦» --
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552 Hallett and Milton on the Ten Commandments .
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in the cause of Unitarianism must excite a common interest \ but the present one is perhaps peculiarly deserving ; of attention , as , eouSd means be devised of bringing such virtue and talents to act in an advantageous sphere , they might prove of no inconsiderable importance to the spread and influence of our common principles . P .
[ N . B . The particulars of this interesting case hove been communicated to the Editor , by whom they will be made known to any persons making inquiry after them , find stating satisfactory reasons for so doing . ]
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Sib , * REG leave through the medium I of the Repository to offer to your readers a few plain hints on the remarks of Mr . Frend and Pastor on the legitimate use of the term
Unita-. Unitarian is a term evidently used in opposition to Trinitarian . To the former appellation no one is entitled , but he who believes that God \ sone
in essence and in person . It is no uncommon thing for Trinitarians to say , " I am as much a Unitarian as any one . " * But the term cannot be conceded to those who make an improper claim to it .
Scriptural Unitarianism forbids us to ascribe divine perfections to any being but the Father alone . " To us there is but one God , the Father . ' Therefore , those who ascribe perfections , exclusively divine , to any b ? - ingbut the Father , are not Unitarians . There is no medium bet wet .-n treated
and uncreated , derived andunderivcd . Whoever regards Christ ' s ex istence , authority * power , knowledge , £ . c . underived , robs the lather ui the glory of his supremacy , violates tlie divine unity , and is not a Unitarian . The holding of any doctrines which
in the system of reputed orthoaoxy are inseparably connected with the doctrine of the Trinity , is inconsistent with Unitananism . What these arc will in some instances be disputed ;
but when any are ascertained to " thus connected with Trinituiinnisni , the consequence must be allowed . The follow ing doctrines probably will be allowed to be in this predicament ,
* This article would liave appeared last month if it had not beea mislaid ty < hf Printer .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1815, page 552, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1764/page/20/
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