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thing mom than waste pape *;** ' I shall at all tim ^ s fre pleased to hear IW > m thcse ^ - and " am tlxy sincere Friend , . / - t CHARLES ELCOCK .
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Sir , Dec . 15 , 1822 . ~ HAVE just been reading the Eclgc-I : tic Review for itfoveijiDer , 1822 . As that publication is supposed to represent * the -opinions of the ; best informed of those who rcall themselves
orthodox Christians , it may not be unpleasant to your ireaders "to see the concessions made' by those who differ from us , as well as the terms of abuse they are pleased to heap upon
us . - One lesson I trust we shall learn , ¦ not to return railing for railing , but on the contrary , to give the reason of the- hope that . is in us without bitternesSithough accompanied with a manly defence of what we believe to be truth .
The professed object of the Reviewer , in p . 425 , ; is -a work of Mr . Bartfcn , the Quaker # oet ; though the great aitn - is to ccmyince - his readers that Quakers are not Unitarians , and that Friends are much nearer the standard
of orthodoxy than they are commonl y supposed to be . Mr . Barton ' s publication affords the opportunity of explaining the defects in the Quakers ' practice , with which the Reviewer proves himself unacquainted ; and shevvs that he bus formed his ideas on
Sas t periods and not ou modern events , jut it is not my design to dwell on this circumstance , or to lessen the praise the Reviewer wouid bes ^ aw , on
the truly venerable philanthropist Mr . Allen ,, whose publication he quotes ; nor is it jm ^ wish to attempt to ; coax Friends into the adoption of our system by flattery . Mv object is to state the concession made to
Antitrinita-• Your readers will see by this , candid statement in a letter of fneudsbip not intended for publication , how effectually the Society of Friends had jFor a tithe succeeded in this instance , in suppressing a / FraCt which well deserves the serious
attention of its members , though it certainly ca ^ s in ^ question the assumed infallibility of * its Yearly Meeting , and ventures to bring itstcounsels , to thetouoh ^ stone of j that nevel # tion to tjbe rational offspiing x > f Gody which is contained in the New Testament . « v \ , j , *> ' »^ ' - •' ' . ' '?* t ' . - - i- . , ; B «« U 8 US , L
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rians in the Eclectic Review of Novetober last . It ^ i ^ there asserted " that the word Trinity is objected to , n ^ t only by Quakers , but by many devdtit persona of . other communities , as of
hvnhan invention . But : still between the creed of the Quaker and that of the" modern Unitarian , ¦ the discrepancy i 8 infinite . The distinguishing tenet of tlie former , namely , the perceptible influences of the Holy Spirit , involves , hr it a practical belief , as far removed from the No-creed
of the Socinian , as light from darkness ; " The readers of the Eclectic Review are aware of the frequency with which the term Socinian is there introduced . They know it is the nickname for Unitarian ; but they < may not believe that modern Unitarians
are no more chargeable with Sbcinus ' s system than modern : Baptists with the practices of their' German predecessors .. It is high time that those who contend for the right of private judgment for themselves , should lay aside all - terms of , reproach towards others who ,- in the exercise of their
reasoning powers , see cause to differ from their brethren . But though we camnot dwell-on the liberality of the Revfewer , we may recollect his love of truth , in stating- "that many devout persons belonging to other communities object to the term Trinity , as of human invention /' . * This concession
is , however , followed by an assertion which deserves remark . - Betweeh " . the creed of . Quakers and Uiiitarians there Is an infinite discrepancvy ai ^ d in the next sentence we are called No ^ creed Socmians . This indeed may not appear a contradiction t 6 those
who can believe one to be three and three to be one ; but * to persons ^ o £ more common faculties it will not be easy to 4 iscove ; r how sometUing may be cQmniared to nothing , and an infinite difference ascertained . , The Reviewer proceeds : r " Tke ^ Quakers *
creed implies a view erf the condition of human nature , of the scheme of Redemption , of the means of ; r 6 cdvery > totally at variance with the . Unitarian theology , aud , when coupled with » an avowal of the belief in the divinity of our Lotd and Saviour , aud ) in ^ ttje £ > e-Aeftts ? tori be procured by his ; 4 j { athj seeo ^ t <> mcltifleieveiy ^ a ^ liftllpart of the ^ Ghri 6 tian syafe ^ m , ; Tte t m&n who believes tbte wtthr Ui 9 ; beftrt > believes j »
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^ Eclectic Reyietc \ oq Quakers and ymtarians
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/32/
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