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precious books , but I could name them \ nwo ? e . ¦ : -+ ;' . ' / " - : ' \ Mr . » NtabfoERY ^ £ aii ^ eoofee * s grmind $ of belief ckntiot be veVy , tenat > te , when ' such contemptible trifles as he would reftre ' seift those publications to'tie , afffiihll'hiiil'to ^ Wh-iKfy . sT ' " Mr . Cookte wished to impress on the hdiise the real danger to be apprehended
frorti these " trifles . " An ignorant man who went into an apothecary ' s shop , might take up a medicine which , to a mau of skill , who knew how to compound it with another medicine , might prove harmless when swallowed ; but if taken in its crude state by the ignorant , would be certain death So it was with
these works—they might he " trifles" in the hands of the . skilful , but death to the untaught . He ( Mr . Cooke ) would endeavour to shew what effect these " trifles" would produce . One " trifle" was to shew that the Bible did not contain the great leading articles of their faith . Another ' * trifle" was to prove Christ to be a mete man , such as he now saw before him . Was this a " trifle" ?
Another " trifle" was to represent Jesus Christ as an exalted angel , and The Holy Ghost a uonentity . That was no " trifle ^ ' for it took away from mankind ; the blessed doctrine of the atonement , Mr . Montgomery said it was most unfair in Mr . Cooke to confound and
mix up the doctrines of Arianism and Socinianism , which he well knew were so essentially different . Such a course could only be pursued to mislead the public mind , and to create unmerited odium . Mr . Cooke—They are twin brothers ; par nobile fratrum . The gentleman who so eloquently addressed you yesterday ,
made a powerful appeal to your feelings as husbands and fathers . The picture was painted in lively colours , to produce effect , and to strike the eye of the superficial inspector . But suppose all that he said prove reality , shoula such consequences drive them from the discharge of a duty they owed to their Heavenly Master ? Let them not dref » d any consequenceslet them disregard even the tears of their wives , and the cries of little children .
( H < W Hear . ) Yes , it is evdent the geurlemaii fcnew how to enlist the weakness of humanity on his side ; but the whole watf ' theVork of the hand of a conjuror , whfeii lighted the candle that gave a inptitehtary power and effect to the phantasmagoria of his imagination . Another gentleman had said yesterday , that if they made an ' article of faith they attempte d to mend the Bible . Now th ^ s
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argument looked , well at firsOigfot ; but tdHi it $ na , e * an * Jne , U ,, J »)? & ft < pr < wed a met ^ dr th £ t ;^ eaj #£ d for , z $ iinjrtaijj& , and disappeared for ever . Pid apt tJxes , e ^ ery gentlemen preach and exhort from the Bible in their pulpits ? j tVas this mending the Bible ? No , it was illustrating the doctriues of the Bible , by applying them to the principles of their belief , and letting them know the opinions of
each other . It had been stated that they were once a happy and a fair church ; but he doubted it : they more resemble the image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream , with the head of gold , arms of silver , thighs of brass , and feet part of iron and part of clay . This is a true picture of that body , and he entreated the Synod to separate the iron from the clay , lest the statue should crumble down and
fall into dust , Dr . Wright made . some general remarks , relative to the impropriety of the procedure . He hoped this Synod would pause before it adopted any measure that would teud to disturb and distract the body ., Mr . F . Blakely said , after the
eloquence and arguments which had been us ^ ed b y fyir , Mitchell , Mr . Montgomery , Mr . Denham , aud others , he did not intend detaining the house , more especially as their time was very precious . But . he felt bound , in justice to himself , to make a few observations . His opinions were so well known , at home and elsewhere , that he had nothing to dread from the
issue of the present question . He was not a Trinitarian ; and he was aware that his sentiments had been caricatured ; and that it had been said by misguided people , that he had no Saviour ; but though he might labour and suffer reproach , he would trust in the living God , who was the Saviour of all men . Many might set up to be masters over him , but one was his Master , even Christ , and all
his sincere disciples , of every church , ; he would consider as brethren . He might be charged with depending on his owu righteousness for salvation ; but he was too well acquainted with his own weakness and imperfection to trust to such a false principle , and so well , he thought , with his Bible , as to know and believe that he must trust to the grace and mercy of God in Christ Jesus . His , brethren
who assisted him on sacramental occasions , knew that he spoke fully and freely his sentiments to his congregation * We would pot be a hypocrite , in the Synod or out of it ; and after all that had been said about acloajt , ih ere was » o map w&o > YQ « ld venture ,, fc > charge ; , hiui wtoh . requiring
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IntelligfiQcq . —Synod of Ulster . 783
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 783, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/71/
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