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the belief of 6 hU re ^ titatiaw v <^ ii with any coaisistefaejr Condemn thg ttery seirtiments , which they th ^ msel ^ reaUjr indulge , thoiirfi clothed fed different garb ; and coloured in a softer tone . GLERI 6 US GANTABRIGEENSIS . *
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letters ^ dfk the late Rev . Jam es Nicoi tfrthe R&& . JS . Mwrdon * lilktiTER HI . £ For Letters 1 . $ nd IC * spe Vol . XVII . pp . 591 and 735 j
Traquair Mmme ^ Sept : 1 & 19 . My dear Sii , DAftB saiy yott will Sow be coni Ichiding that my friendship ) is nothing- but a pretence , and that the
letters you rdeeive firoto m ^ are noi thing : but woVds ® f" courae * " designed to amuse yeu > and toi while away an insipid feoiii * . Wex § J called to refute this ide& , I am not sure that I could of at
briftgf anjr ^ ro which would all serve that prarpose to echy person , and yet ^ y&u . majr bieKfeve' me ; thfe idea would bfe totally unforinded . Varfecrs cams ^ hav e hM eonsiderable in # uenefe 5 not > anLy In '&f £ &Gtings ft ^ bcrt ! even in exemnaQ % r tny sHenscd to myseSf . Erom
your las € letter ; ' I anticipated thfe pie ^ Us «^ pe tif feeem ^ - you at Traqturir Matise lor ^ before this , ahd of receJvfiag " inoirfe informatitm freia you in a stogie" duyv than a co > re ^ xwwiejiee by * writiri ^ cotdd convey in a ydar ; and I ha ^ e always founa , too , mat what is thrown out ia a moment of udciaHhtercoursei
possesses a freshness and a raeinetfs , if f naay use these terms , wttiih na ^ thing- that distils coldly fronrtlib'pen caft ever possess . I have , likewise ; a ^ s I ibrmerly tel < l you , unhappily for mvselfi though , peAapa , very hap ^ pity * for my cbfTespOndenirs , plunged
headldlig' intd thfe gfttlf of polemical theology , wkhbut miich prospect of evet- g&ninig out of that ** bottorale s ^ pi ^ whidi the orthodox ^ in theires *^ less blindness of their understanding ,
if "tlie inKtermanning ^ tad any tftioTiS it , have dug for their opponents . Nged I tti ^ tidti , too , ttiaVtlijiW- i ^ ^ Cufj ^ f m $ biit ^ Ahy , when 1 enter upp 4 ii | V rtietn year , with a constitution 3 $ QV $ r robust ; ' Vut now , worn out with every
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tfiirig ButgWeF ^ tld dft ^ fi 6 ft '; 'aM « i 6 i ^ y Vmr % &f $ fayW $ m &f *\ rf $ through mtoy an iiftrieate I ^^ fltfrJ y £ t a weary distance ^ tUl awkits tft ® l taiA my frbWyg ^ ffrmities ;^ ife fflte ^ r ^ dfet -itenkai * able foir e ^ fe ^ tioii , » fe cohtfaiitftljF dillin ^^ pdft me ^^ qulckfett mjr p ^ be . I do riot kutf ^ If 1 M ^ fa ^ tioned it bfefd ** , Tnit the thftK ii : tfi&t to
otvrn ^ these < &ctLm ^ tfii < fe ^ , knd tte Ithre wliidh I fi ^ viS tb the cafrf ^ e , vt fbiieh I belief ajgiM 6 n ^ rfiy T c 6 ht s ^ tetlce constantly ixM > rkids me , wMfeiieveir I atai' € mplojrro M a&y thifrg t ) M tMt which 1 mention ; and thpfagtt this tn ^ ty not Vindicate , it wBl ^ acdotin *
for m ^ sUence , witfidut ari iiripgafeti ' - ment of the aflfection of my heafrt . I formerly told you that I ftpA t * h * tered upon a cohsicferatipii df fhfe'd ^^ trine of the Trinity , aind tftaf ! I whs
led to that corisider&tlod by the ^ lib ^ licatioh of WardlaW's performance gainst Yates . Fr 6 m th 6 cursory mafei . ner in which I must have mentiorieS this eirfcumstance , I see from yoUirl ^ i th « t you have formed an itfaceurdftft i < fea of my design . My desist is trbi to rfevSe , atid to irefitteto :-tSiaFtevi ^ tfc tf ¦
the fetatefmeiitis « md reaSotiitf ^ * f Wa * 4 fitfv , birt to ai ^ bra ^ lMi M \ R vtfbfft importmt ahtf 2 < r 3 uws' woHt , b ^ toVestig"atMg the subject ft * a& its dir * fSr 6 nt ttspfects and tfearSifi ^ ; ahfi tHtid to T&ixte the dtyctrinfe , r ^ Shet i'h ^ ti iitif ! l
partiJ ^ fer defendei * of it : - « , " «(* accoinj » Ugliibei ' ft df I 3 fife 4 ^^/ ^ AWi ever , tou will easWsfefe ,, « fflt ' 4 h « e ksi . sertiobs of ^ MOTnUj ? noV ^ ftfft gotten , espetlaH ^ a ^ Kfe M $ atoemipilfed td fiirbisK an ^ w tKe bluh te& ^ pb ^ s
of hfs predecessoi ^ . I havp . dhdea ^ votired t 6 pay particular ^ tfefttfoti ' \ Vith what success ifc dbfes nort ^ tbw to me to say . to what m ^ Vibfe callfea the metaj > fiysic&l dfecu ^ iori of * t ^ ri question , whether it "be teo ^ ifltite'ftmi the orthodox docti-mef ^ : ^ &tij& My reason for < 8 oi ii $ ^^ & , fe ^ ^ fi&Fif it c&n be slievvtt , atiflPl Hotter my ^ ilf
that I havfe sBevhi , that tafe ' orfltfjdd ^ doctrine is by no means '« HfoHdfti ' , ' us its altetttri-a wotild naW : dfe'tb W ^ fteve , arid as many of its opponents < Aeem to tiQaJ&lM finii a blSin andp' 6 jtlabM coft-i e ^ W &nL to ^ i ^ te , « iere % ie ' , ' cMi ^¦ ^ ossiibly bb trti 6 ; utl attempts W pVoVe it fr 6 m SttTptuVe must Be'M vrfn V for inJoqlil'Ml ^ ^ V t ? ¥ 4 * W to brbye ft , if &&amWi eittftjffsn . Mt , bii « W ? tuVn Msefe tlfe dW w * i ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 73, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/9/
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