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tlies $ < Ar ^ ri ^ or gppdbye to pui salaries ;* ' One 6 'f these drafty priests (§ j ^ w , art , of ^( ppg &hane ) tbu $ lets us into the real riiottve of their proceedi ogs ^ ' ^ He admits that f < Mr . Porter had discharged the duties of his office in a ^ mMfnianDer , arid that he had fearlessly and nianfully told the truth ; Hut , '; " says he , " we ought to dismiss him , because a person holding such
opinions- and acting as our clerk is injurious to our interests . " He then confirms this delightful argument , so worthy of a priest , by a lie , ( seeMon . Kfjpos . p . 710 , ) and sums up all by this appeal to the avarice of his hearers : '' We ought to use our best endeavours to stand well in the opinion t > f the ( jovernmenU from which WE receive So great support . " Now , Str * what opinion must a man have of that audience to which he could sd address himself ? Let us bring the matter , in idea , nearer home . Suppose
at a meeting of the ministers of the Three Denominations , at Red-Cross Street , Dr . Winter , or Dr . Newman ( I humbly implore them to pardon me the wrong I do them ) # e ? e tp propose to their brethren that they should expe / 1 the ^ Wp& , •? & $ ' 'TJflttp i ^ B ai FroM . ^ cSr ' ted ^ "because- they boped such an act wouM indii ^ ihe | ro ^^ suppose tkis to teclone ; woWMsfoh a ^ ro ^ sMto te ^ ^ with the scorn and ii * - digna ^ ion pf the whoje ^ body ? Would not th'dpfopbsers be brahded as base a ^ p ^ ta ^| rp ^^ e ^^^]^ oh ^ they ever dare to hold ^ t ^ g . fe ^ a miserable , degraded s ^ t ' niust ^ ^ ynof of V ^ pfffi , V ' w ^ ^ y m ^ would dare to utter such avS ^ nfimeni ! ** a 8 p & , cpiiie ferfti , and Hee : from the land of the north : P ivey t ^ SQ ^ ^ ^ iph ; that dwete ;^ C the daughter of Babylon . " feiffi ^^ W $ ^^ '?^^^^ ^ OT ^ ^ nKe ye out from among ' the ^ m , a . n ^| U je ye ^ eparate ^ ai ^ to uchy Too longhave the l ^ ants . of ) e pne oply Jehovah sliimberefd and sle ^ pt , top long have they h ^^ by- qufet fettbmissW to lull the spirit of Cal ^ ih to r ^ stf UMs atiseh ^ jj ^ l tii ^ . But let tnem bie tnie to theniselVes , aha # fesef itiSolettt til ^ . j ^ uisltora sliiS | l t ^ e put to silence atid to fefoame , & the torcfe of persecution ^ uepcj ^ a | Rpni e to be rekindled in Ireland ? Is liberty of < edn ^ cietiiee prpcljajined m Popish South America , and slavish subhiis ^ ttoh to be |> r ( feac ^ ed anlcl practised in Protestant Europe ? Is bigotry driven to take tij * its dwell ing tn a Presbyterian Synod f . I ^ et , tttei ) * pur Arian breihren gird trp their loins for the ^ fight . Thtey are not ; without able , learned , and pious men . They are stigmatized as " highway robbers , ' *« men who had withered up the be ^ t interests of the Chnsr ; tiaix Ckurch , " " wolves in sheep * $ dothihg , ' * «* th ^ eneniieis of their
heaye ^ nj y King , '' ** men who should be dragged to light and exposed to the j ^ ye o ^ Government , ^ * ' arrayed in hostility against their lord and Sa-^ ipnk" These changes , be it remembered , are riot nl ^ cfe in Secret , btit rWoie their feces . and published to the world . Dr ; Hanna feme of the con * , cl ^) said , ** Dnve the Arians ftbm amongst us , and you will be Adopting tte v ^ vy wfty of establishing and conffrming their opinions . ** And » the Doctor i ^ i ? ignt enough . It wtll compel the Ariahs'to defend trfcmMves ? it
will set people ihquirmg wha &nd wnat the men are against whom such a torrent ^ f abuse is leyeHed ; it wlH excite discussion , and this ia precisely wliat'tte Doctot wants W feivoid . He tells us , " Arianism is dying a natural death . " Yes , and well it inay if there be no one to help or succour it . If every man ' s hand is against it f and it cannot find a single champion , die it must . The fire , however , is rekindled , the slumbering ashes are blown into
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 806, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/22/
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