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( that i& * tfte interpretation of the six days of creation as six indefinite periods , ) " with great vehemence , as wholly incompatible with the instHu tion of the Sabbath , which is manifestly set forth as the seventh day , and therefore they contend tiiat the
other six must necessarily be regarded as days in the same sense and of the same kind . Instead of presuming to decide peremptorily in this matter , our object will rather be to caution the friends of reti ^ poa-against a rash and possibly a mischievous mode of vindicating * their opinions . We beseech them to bear in mind that ¦
similar alarm has been taken and similar zeal manifested far the cause of religion in several instances which have all terminated in establishing the points so much dreaded . And yet Christianity so far from receiving a shock has only emerged from the controversy with increased vigour and lustre /*
And again , p . 163 . * We would call to their recollection also the opinions formerly maintained as to plenary and even literal inspiration of the Scriptures , &c . Well indeed is it for us that the cause of revelation
does not depend upon questions such as these , for it is remarkable that in every instance the controversy has ended in a gradual surrender of those very points which were at one time represented as involving * the vital interests of religion " I am aware that this is but the
opinion of the Quarterly Review , and that nine out of every'ten good orthodox religionists would startle at such infidelity . But it is really delightful to see that all the efforts which have
been making for the diffusion of liberal opinions are not thrown away , and that the most respectable opponents begin to avow their conviction . We cannot expect that the great mass of uneducated enthusiasts should be
open to any argument . The present race will live and die in their present opinions . After a certain age , as Dr . Priestley well observes , there is little chance ef change ; but the next
and succeeding generations will gradually perceive the truth . How pleasant it is to look forward to this happy period ! What eonsolatim * under all our rebuffs and rebuke * to think that we shall have been in any
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- —^ mmjm ** * Religious intrepidity exemplified in Dr . Kennicott , and in toe Rev George Wvlker , of Nottingham .
Sin , Akw . 3 , 1823 . F ^ HERE appears to have been an JL incident in the public life of Dr . Benjamin Kennicott , which reflects particular honour on his character and which has a close parallel in on occurrence , that hefel the late Rev *
George Walker , of Nottingham * ? Between these two highly valuable persons a wide diversity existed , ia respect of their situation in the world , of their political and theological opinions , of their pursuits and tastes , their attachments and connexions t
both of them were governed , however , by that religious principle , without which it is comparatively of little moment to what church a man belongs , what sentiments he professes
and defends , or in what studies he engages ; and , while , in some things , to which , it may be , an undue importance is attached , I dissent from both the individuals whom I have
mentioned , I must equally admire in each that manly integrityy that Chris * tian fortitude , of which each was the example and the advocate . In the very concise and general ac count of Dr . Kennicott , which Nichols' Literary Anecdotes , &c .
supply , it is said that he ' * distinguished himself b y the publication of several occasional sermons , which were well received . ''^ A mong his discourses of this class , is one preached before
the University of Oxford , Jan . 25 , 1757 , on Christian Fortitude , atad afterwards printed , for the author , at the Theatre i \ though , for reasons which are not assyapned > the Vice Chancellor ' s Imprimatur was refused to it . I shall be greatly obliged
* I designate him thus fully , In order that he may not be confounded with a celebrated IHah diving of similar habits of m } nd , Th * R 6 Vl > George fVolhvr % who wa » slain at the battler of the Boyne . t VWk 11 . 408 . % Theti the Univertity press .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 645, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/29/
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