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assertidri Had Wste \ dky nekfe ^ $ tit $ F he koM ^ dt ^ wk te ^^ lf ^ l to 5 * ^ ^ ISdiEld ^ ga ^ e- ^ -i ^' ; was ; ' ; that the'Chfpi ' cn of Itbine had put forth an unanswerable argument agaiust the PrQ- < teStarit religion . This was a weak , flimsy cobweb , which , feeble as was his ( Mr . C . ' s ) hand , it could tear into a thousand
pieces . Mr . Cooke now entered into a long criticism on the writings aiid arguments of the principal Romish theological writers , in . which he endeavoured to prove , that the Church of Rome had been as often and as widely divided on points of faith as any other church under the Christian dispensation .
Another gentleman had asserted , that creeds and confessions had led to the divisions and overthrow of the Christian Church in the East . Mr . Cooke took an extensive view of the rise , progress , and downfall of the seven churches of Asia Miuor , and , after instancing the fact of a portion of the Church of Christ still existing in Abyssinia , he stated , that just so far as Aiiatiism had spread . jtsetf < In ! the East . Mahomedanism had arisen on
its ruins . . They had heard it asserted , In one of the most brilliant speeches ever deVive ^ ed in that , or probably auy Otliev . assembly ; , that the present measure was an infringement on the rights of private judgment .
This he ( Mr . Cooke ) denied , although he was aware that the influence of , that most eloquetit address was still operating on that body . He readily admitted that the gentleman who delivered it was a man of much more talent than he was ; but there was left to him the
consolation , that God had hidden many things from the wise and tlje , learned , and had revealed them unto babes . Mr . Cooke next proceeded to refute the former speakers , who had argued that the present measure was not calculated to preserve " the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace . " He quoted many portions of the epistles iu support of his ar ^ tmicuts .
They had also heard it asserted , that this Was a persecution of the Arian members of this Synod . In the first place , the > e never was a more persecuting church than the Arian one ; and , in the next place , he would be glad to know what ^ fseeution there was in a man aimply declaring his opinion *) on a matter > of ' D ^ lUtf ?^"
# c had ^ Weard it asserted , that the pi ^ sfcnt * oVeAfelrtttioinl Would make hypoatefl *> f iiktty' nkeulbersof this body ! Iti Wu ^ tfitaety a curious' compliment to gentlemen ' s friends , to say , that tho
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putting down their signatures } w { pu } d i ^^ ^ then ^^ ypp ^ ite ^ ^ gv ^ q ra holiest would ; nj ? k hesitate to rsigi ^ $ ( , ajnl those who are dishonest should , pe khpwn . They bad also , been delighted with a fine piece of splendid imagery about the sun and the wind , and a traveller and his cloak . But this cloak
he would liken to a cloak which wrapped them round , and hid them from the knowledge of the . people ; and which prevented the glorious beams of the sun of righteousnes from heating and warming the frozen hearts of unbelief . They did not know these travellers who wore such
cloaks ; perhaps these were the cloaks that could make , or had made , those hypocrites , so much dreaded by certain eloquent speakers . Perhaps it was these cloaks that hid from their view those clergymen who were regularly in the practice of importing , from London a certain work called the Christian Moderator— -a work established with the view
and for the very purpose of sapping arid undermining the means of salvation , as conveyed from our Lord Jesus in his divine word .. He knew the men who received this work and distributed it ex tensively in the congregations of that Synod : he knew the shop iu Belfast to which it came ; and he knew the
direction of every parcel as it arrived . These were the men who wore the cloak to preserve them from the wind and the rain ; and they were call ' mg out , ' . 'Let us alone—we are dying a natural djeatjfy . But should we let these , men , iuclpaks alone , whilst they were stabbing the d e ^ iv est interests of their souls * salyatripn ,, in
the most vital part ? , . M Mr . Montgomery begged tp s ^ JY ^ r , Cooke right regarding his us , e , o £ jiu » fable of the trareller and his cloak . l ^ e never said that the Anti-Tr ^ iitari ^ n members of the Synod wore a . cloa , k of hypocrisy , as Mr . Cooke had . enxj ^ ar voured most unfairly to insinuate ; hut that , in Mr . Cooke ' s estimation , afttl tlja . t ,
of some of his friends , they were wrapped round with a cloak of error , ii ( Mr . Cooke would also please , to explain ^\\ o this ally of the Christian Moderator was ; and whether he meant to say that foe QH ){« Montgomery ) got parcels from j ^ o ' uaoj ^ of those books . \ . ¦ ¦ —
' < y ' liut . U UJ " Mr . Cooke . —^ "JThe other . ( w ^ - ^ I , My- . ded to is The Pipmer 7 m ^ i ^ y l ^ QJ ^ f gow ; and js no w # b ^ nind lts /^ n ^ n compeer , in its erudite , labours .,: ' . $ o . | pp pur Lord and Muster pi jiis crq ^ n . pi eternal glory and power . \^> 3 FJfl ^/ , *^ - tfeve Mr . Moutgoa ^ ery , is ojtii . Qt filioms persons who write and . ilisiributc these
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 782, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/70/
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