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** TMs ^ eaijigferii may fee said * operates Equally agakafc ail ^ IMsfeeiitersptiiBdlis no-peekl&tf liadrance to the-growth' of- Unitariati- pwngptes ;' ^ Biil : % H » fet whafc %$ ier body of Dissenters do theministers of the ^ Estal # died * i ( aiiiroh express sufch unmitigated hostility , against wheat others'do ! theylexertnfej zealously ^ very influence which they are allowed to use , ia ofrder ^ if possi ^ e , tcTMot our very name from the list of religious professors ? Is ite "solong siftice we were forbidden by law to avow , much more to propagate , our opL
nions ? Nay , are we at this moment sare > that one edge of the sward of persecution , which we had hoped was for ever blunted and broken , does not remain as sharp as ever ?* Can it be believed that those who avow their regret at the repeal of persecuting statutes , do not use every method which wealth , name , station K aM influence , may give them , / to ehecfe the growth of this which they deem , and with justice ? bb regards them « elv « 8 > the most dangerous of ajl varieties of heresy ? Strong minds may not ~ be impressed by the aiitf
cb&stiM r *^^ ^ en # Ot «" irttimhiixjr ffflfHNtfi ^^ and powfTftd b ^ dyfe a in 6 ^ foV % Ki ^ lwJth m $ ^ msdl ^ tod ^ w ^ ak ^ r party ; but m ^ n kifgeHeral areftift sj ^^ onstW ; ute ^ iTh ^ r catiffi th ^ ton ^ offthe rich , the fio ^ l ^ &n £ \ $ ui l € arne «! i - ' -ttltd r ^^ y ^ elfeye ^ ffi % & of -tfiose agakst whom so mtek ie > siaid . TM prejudic ^ l : nure ^<^ and which no arts are spared io lcd&p aliv ^ , spreads ^ far ^ hd ^ wid $ ; thro 3 igh « ocfety , and makes it impossible for the adVocatelat of ^ mtarianism to Obtainv I wiMiiot say merely a fair hearing ; bbk from large classes of their countrymen ajiy hearing at all . ** -P p ; 15 > 16 . •* •¦
feejudice Ky in fact , first arjfpjly r ^^ t s ^ ^ against UQiuujj ^ ^ ap ^ . t'h . en appealed to itt proof of the erroueQusness of their system : sucj ^ is jt ^ p lqgicj ^ J v ^ orth of the a orthodox" argument from number . . - . > * . .. ' A'f / tW obstacle , insisted on by the preacher , is the very general pre » valence of the opinion , that the free exercise of the understanding upon is
relij&ttik siibje ^ ts dangetous v to the salvation of the soul . ( Pi 16 . f - * ¦ ^ ' ' ^ - ^ l&aa ^ Romish Church led the way . Prdte ^ ta ^^ GfuWdtefe ' have fp | towed in thfe narrow track , with marvellous mcbii ^ i ^ n ^^ fi ^^^ of them have made a distinction in reference to the ^ v ^'! el | iq ^^ 1 ^^^^ . between essential ^ and non-essential articles of faith , tonitarja ^ jaf >]^^ little by the relaxation ; and if others profess , that the sent ^ pc ^ of ij ^ rpnatjao
is ptonottnced only against those that reject certain doctrines fraw oorr » pV moBVes ^ this concession is of small avail to Unitarians , whose frithy -ox ymoX otikith , is commonly imputed to some dishonest bias * * - \ * ^ > h *^• .- » . m ; ' Even , those who in th ^ ir hearts renounce the doctrine t ^ fttj . sajv ^ iQjd . depends tipoa the reception of peculiar opinions , yet ^ ^ fro n ^ , ^) t ^ i o )^ ^ c ^ ntn ^ jon or , jth £ ir < office ,, continue to hold the high-sounding and . ^ 1 ^ 6 ^ ^ W ^^ j 1 ^! ^^ Whft . has been framed upon this supposition ; and the many , ovec w ^ pm \ y ^ r ( fs ; i ina phrases exercise a kind of magic power , flhrink back within ilii j f ^( fl 5- ' ^ which th , eir spirtual rulers have circumscribed $ hem , les ^ Jfr y n % ojfy ) j& $ ey $$ L it A they sbguld Jring p ^ , themselves the denunciations , which am fip <^ $ f # M
in their ears . Of this weapon , none , I think , inake a more unsparing us ^ . than those who , dissenting like ourselves from the discipline and ritual or Epitacopaey ; eariry their doctrinal system still further , tlmh tJi ^ e ^ Wi ^ ed . | . j i ' ¦ i' i ' ¦ -, n t ¦ ' ¦ i . i f ¦ ' ' t ¦ ¦ - . i .. I i ji i -r ¦ - i I j ' i - if . f -t tj i fit i \ tij mii ' r rii ' ij \ \ h > ¦ ••^ * ' See th ^ miggestion of Lord Chancellor Eldo O « n h ^ specttng <* vfe ^ nimoti- ' laW p ^ n « Itic ^ for crying ttajfrlWrtft M « h . tlejwis . .. Vol ; XIL 43 ^ -4 l ^/ ' v x : )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 826, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/42/
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