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dice and power : and this remark leads us to the Discourse , the title of which stands at the head of this article , and which , from the reputation of its author , the correctness of its staten > &nt £ f Jfcbe felicity of its illustrations , the chasteness of its style , and the * spirit * o / conscious truth and piety which breathes in every sentence , is deserving of more attention from us and from
the public than can be usually claimed for publications of this local and ephemeral kind . > . Mt , Keorjck ' s text , 2 Thess . ii , 7 , He who now hindereth will hinder 9 until ke ^ be taken out of the way , —is usually interpreted by Protestant Commentators as a prophecy of the corruptions of the Church of Rome , though some few amongst them , following Grotius , find a satisfactory meaning of the somewhat obscure passage in events much nearer to apostolic times than even the rise of the papacy : ne uses the words , however , " only as implying this general truth respecting the counsels of God , that theit developement is retarded by obstacles , whieh for wise purposes , he permits to exist , " and
proceeds " to apply this truth to the , purpose ; for which" his audience were assembled ^ "by pointing out some of those circumstances which retard the pwgras of Unitarianism , their removal . " Speaking to men who are desk < Hifc ** kaMhf ^^^ prophesy i % ht * fcafcher than smooth J ; h * Bg % tke |^ che ^ c | iscouragmg aspect of his subieGt , w ^ . <*«<> : . ) io oi * k « ^ kir *^ ,
^ Had we met together , only to grpd ^ factitious enthusiasm , to give obi-selves- ' a ' w $ fttef&&i $ fich sober judgment tfdas not warrant , « n 4 tof impbfe ^ ft othera by tfe e > i ^ reB ^ k ) n of i £ at confi . derive , I should abstain altogether itom the ineniaoii ^ difficulties to be enconntered f but such I « un con ^ Qediifik n $ t , the purBose of p ) ir assembUng , U M Ttme vtfr . hpp ^ for fh ^ t exci ^ em ^ n t of our ^ e ^ , \ vj ^ ch is lqji # e < J Py $ ? mimtftiy ^ mm unjted for tjie a ^ aimnea | of an olrj ^ ct which theya ^ gee to tmpk Just and great ; we Ipok f # thftt increase of confidence whi ^ h , 'h the
nutural r ^^ orp ^ rceiy ing , tj ^ at many hearts are hiterested in the same ^ ause ^ fli mr p ^ many min ds inteni on its promotion , maiiy ahd vMoiis eAd 6 > ir ifip * devbte 4 to ! its attainment And by cherishing these rientimeni ^ lii € phri ^ otf'wd tE * solemn act of religious w 6 rship , we desire to remmtf ourselves * that the glory of God is the great object which we ought to seek , Ms gower aii 4 tJiat which should reland to breathe the of Chris
blfesgittg on we y ; spirit - tian love ^ md charity over the avowal or those sentiments which necessarily platm us in opposition to so many of our Christian brethren . Thess are our pufposes , and they will best be promoted by considering the relation in which cmr religious tenets place us to the opinions , feelings , and interests , of the i $$ Qtfius world , i $ all its bearings , whether favourable or unfavourable , both that \ y ; e may fully understand what is demanded of us , and may form that rational estimate of tbe probability of success , which is the best preservative
agafast fickleness and desertion . "—Pp . 4 , 5 . $ p ?^ prudence of not closing the eyes against difficulties , and of comparing the value of a religious object with the exertions necessary for its ajtfeiinDoent , Mr . Kenrick remarks , — " Hie jeeal which is fed from some superficial source , ia like the brook of tWteert , irregular and Useless i at one time foaming in idle fury bey < jn < Mta bpun < K ajpid itt ftMpther dried up and consumed out of its place ; bringing little honour or benefit to our cause while it lasts , and yet \ yhen \\ d ^ cay ^ or c ^ ase ^ ^ 8 ed as a ^ argument against ua , as though there were notoj w pur principles w } iic } i coulq inspire a more permanent attachment . "—P . 6 . The Jltyt obstacle to the spread of Unitarianwm brought forward by the
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Review .--Kenrick's Unitarian Association Sermon . 823
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 823, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/39/
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