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    Christian ddc | rlhes , " that the writings most opposed to ; Unitarian simplicity are either spyjcioqs , dr . probably so , or that it would he better if ; they j ^ frcs so . " He seems' to be indisposed or unable to admit the possibility of honest ertor among Unitarians ; all that they do he attributes to craft and pe ^

    yersetiess . Respecting the good which he might find he is . willingl y sifent : the evil which , by prying among the rubbish , he can deteet , he eagerly hauls oin ) to light , spreads abroad in full view , and makes it occupy all his : picture . No sincere , and genuine Unitarian can stoop to a single turn of that base art described in the above passage : he admits no thought of representing any passage as spurious unless there be found in his opinion conclusive critical reasons for considering it so . It is an undeniable fact , that several texts of

    the New Testament , which the orthodox have been wont to place in the front of their array , are discredited by their non-appearance in our oldest and best authorities . The most eminent Trinitarian critics have taken the lead in their rejection . What then ? Are Unitarians to be taunted with malpractices because they set asicje passages Jthus , in a critical point of view , untenable , and loaded , in their judgment ,,, wi ] th additional suspicion from

    their advancing ^ doctrine 5 { , foreign . to ( he , acl ^ p ^ ledged Scriptures , ? J say , with our ^ ld ^ j ?^ y p ^ erisej ; but ; for my pwri pa ^ T h ^ rt ^ ' is sprjpu ^ tl ^ n , to . r ^| n | - \^ t- ; 4 s ; ^ u ^ n ^' ^ ipe ;^^ &ig ^ oydfrof Revelatiqn ^ pi ?^ 9 & ^ im tMt idpjtot t ^ e ^ rps , p £ ^ Qp ^ y ^ , X purse as ; heavy as they do ij ^ ^ m . ttftat '^ but little from % jm wfeois eyer seeking ipsmojtber . and hush ud the inquiry which WQuld ^ xpQS ; e and Cvi ^ creqit ' - such as have peen add ^ d . ., - , - , ; , * ; . j J ^ s ^ m ng ifl thus' wqrk , and endeavouring to follow the train of t | je

    rea ? pn ^ ri ^ , jt , seeins to me next to impossible npt to become , invplye ^ , ^ e pj ; i | ess ^ m . thp ^ e Calvinistic mist s ancj darkn ess which , d ^ scendW ^ from ihe ^ II ^ p iy r ^ g ion ^ to which the author has approached , app ^ iar tpjhaye . cpfn-^ et ^ ly surrounded him , and left only such a glimmering of dayUg ^ t ata forbids ^ ^ p iyr ^ gAon ^ to which the author has approached , appear tpjhaye . cp ^ n-^ et ^ ly Surrounded him , and left only such a glimmering of daylight ^^ ^ ^ forbicts and distant viewsThe

    a )| l conipr ^ nerisive . prevailing impression , however , js ' t tnglfwe can never be too thankful if we have been preserved fromj ^ r ^ at ppcu ^ ar jeaven of religious sentiment which is working far and w ^> ; ft ^ 3 which , J > y surrendering manly thought to superstitious terror , appear , ^ so tf > debilitate the mind , as to render it incapable of believing hi the gQofees ^ , 0 ^ Gc 4 . One would have thought that a Unitarian might carry his views . Qf ^ and of redemption far enough for every good purpose , I suppose that tl ^ re not

    ar ^ . many Unitarians who would not readily admit that sin is la . ^ entatp ^ and universally prevalent among mankind , and must therefore be . cqnsJkj ^ e ^ ^ . f ^ thing to which human nature is exceedingly inclined ; , that therefore ; tte ! w , Q ^ , being in transgression , is also in guilt before God ; that , de ^ tfc . is , Xi ^ just wages and penalty of sin ; and that the Almighty , being willi » g ; jjn . ^ is mercy J * x 4 ^* us ^ the consequence of this penalty , or iji other words tq forgive our sins and redeem us from death , has ejected this graqious pu / - ppse by a mediator , who , in . conformity with the views of Divine Wisdom , laid down his life in order to the attainment of this great end . | s not ¦ ilJws

    considered as an outline , a plain and yet sufficient statement of the condition of mankind and the nature of our redemption ? But views such as these , confined to the great facts of the gospel history and their obvious design and connexions , go for nothing , absolutely nothing , in the estimation of those who have received the leaven of the Calyiniste , or what some would most unwarrantably call evangelical senlinlents . The vie \ ys to which I now allude , are , I believe , entirely incapable of accurate definition , and that for a

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    820 On Mr . Elton ' s Second Thoughts .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 820, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/36/