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preacher is , " the reluctance of mankind to undergo any extensive change in their opinions , and mosttafall in their religious opinions . " ( P . 7 . ) This reluctance is justly traced up to pride and self-love . " Of all dominion , that which is exercised over the mind of others , seems most to flatter the pride of power , which is inherent in the breast of man . To possess empire over the spiritual realms of thought , to bind the subtle powers of the , understanding" in , the chains of implicit belief , seems to place
him on an almost super-human elevation above his fellows . The exercise of this dominion begets the belief of a right , and resistance of course is regarded as rebellion . Truths of science , as well as of religion , truths the most remote from action , as well as those which are most immediately connected with the conduct and the interests of men , have experienced the mpst violent hostility as long as they were innovations : this temper has shewn , itself under all forms of government , ( for the popular mind is not at all more patient of contradiction than that of a single tyrant , ) and has tinctured almost every dispute re ^
specting opinions , with an infusion of needless and unbecoming bitterness . Under the influence of this temper , men close their eyes to the light , because it is new and they love the ancient darkness better ; and thus generations may pass away between the time when trufh is exhibited with the evidence of demonstration and that at which it takes its undisputed place in the great system of human kBowjledge . ?> —Ep . 8 , 9 . ,
Indolence , also , wherf rousedbjrfcn sfttack on opinions that have oecome by familiarity a part of men ^ s intellectual * and moral being , turns intof Un angry feeling towards innovators . * fay ( wi $ ;^ ul ^ if religions MtftJ W fig co ^ e ^ sant ^^ tfcja ^ s not ^ sensible but unk ^ V fiot possessed ta * hoped mr , reau ^ d Aat jts vWfess should becherish&l -by ther stmftatoetifc Mh ^ mid otjier 1 hjg ^
acc ^ a ^^ aith of men ,, and hetfeehas arisen , in paYty fti&fr J ^ culitfr asgmt | (> ^ hiq ^ ^ Iven a disgraceful pre-emifteatfe to the raftetftir tif ihtdlit . g ^ % t )} f ^^ oj ^ eprsy . J % . is doubtless 'for wise' purposes , that a ; quid * ^ erislbifety ' to ( a |( $ J # | ac ]^ o , n pur religious princi ples has beetf implanted M out * ' fr&titispas th ^ ar ^^ e ^ ssii ^ of <* ur spiritual life , it was' fit that , like t ^ h tfrgtti ig Mml perjtorni ^^ e ^ ost essential of aur vital functions , they shtflild TO ^ fcardM frp ^ ^ s ^ ufp ^ n ^ Ouick perception of any threatening injur ^ i ; TOer ^ aKii t ary ^^ ppeja ^ pii o ^/ thjU . law is desi g ned to prevent us from irififlciti ^ fi ^ K t M& hast y m $ ug #£ i in its excess it is one of the most powerful ' ot&taclek' \ vitB ? 4
whi ^ ifchjp } y-l | ave to , contend , who endeavour to convince otiieYs < if ^ n * 6 r f& the ^ jre ^ 9 us Qr ^ ed . ' ' - ~ Pp . 9 , 10 . m f-nr , b » u * tj fflrther ; tbe preacher takes notice of the reluctance to engage in efforts ft * theto p V ^ rtierit of the public mind arising from spurious Ubemfyyraiid Iho preieMWioS / e dtpekce . ; - > fh «}¦ ¦; , / , ..
" To the much extolled maxim , ' tliat if the wise man have hi * JUand fullof truth Be ii ^ l | oWy open his little finger , ' I will venture to ^ ppos ^ ^ j ^ o ^ wo ^* t h ^ ) 6 f %€ jJng a € hrfetiah ' s rtile , the declaration of the apb ^ Qe > vhp Aough he began by t ^ adhittg his converts only the first principles o ^ tli e oracto of Go ^> when bidding farewell to those who should see his face no' more , cpulS take them to record , ' that he had not shunned to declare unto ttieni ^ tlie whole counsel of God / Acts xx . 27- The solitary truth allowed to escape
from the tiatid ^ 6 uld probably be more mischievous , than Jf it had . gpn ^ rfh in its natui ^ ii- ^ oion with ! 6 ther truths . Let us not b $ ' mjbafe . d py fajsfj anajp . jnea ^^ aakl changei the exception into the rule . 'JThe stow * , e ^ e ^ bleiJ J ? y disease ) 6 r wutlt of food , cann 6 t safel y receive vvjvat \ youjd ii ^ t b ^ irthfnothe heal < hy / o % airir ^ ' fa ** j * t mfii ^ ip £ & td the light , migfit Wjp %% 9 * y , too Buu \ teii tf lnn ^« ^ so fax app | ic « j 5 fe % fae ^ # fe ^
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824 Review . ~~ Kenrich * s Unitarian Associatio n Sermon .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 824, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/40/
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