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CRITICAL NOTICES.
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one can suppose his proposals to have their origin in favourable feelings towards the Catholics . He gives up the temporalities of the church , because he sees that they cannot be retained consistently with the public peace ; and he hopes the church may do without them , as the Catholics and Dissenters now do . But he
regrets what he proposes to give up . ; and whilst he recommends to render the Catholics justice by placing all sects upon an equal footing , he evidently regards their doctrines with all that extravagance of abhorrence which characterizes the zealous Irish
Protestant . The contents of the pamphlet are well worth the hour that will be occupied in its perusal , and we earnestly recommend it to the attention of our readers .
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THEOLOGY , CRITICISM , AND MORALITY . The Claims of Unitarian Christianity to the Respectful Consideration of the Reflecting Public , The Substance of Two Sermons delivered in York Street Chapel , St . James ' s Square , on Sunday , January 22 dy 1832 . By E . Tagart , London ; Hunter , Eaton .
In a bland and earnest manner , devoid of the least tendency to irritate , repel , or annoy any class of Christians , Mr . Tagart invites attention to a faith which he shows , both by his spirit and his arguments , to be at least worthy of serious investigation . One would imagine that only those who first closed their ears or eyes could succeed in shutting their minds against such pleadings . He argues the claims of Unitarian Christianity from the history of its rise and progress in modern times ; from the character of its advocates ; and from the facts , that the Bible has been always and alone its foundation and support ; that its doctrines are no other than those which all sects and churches in
Christendom agree in receiving ; that it preserves unsullied and unembarrassed the great truth of the Divine Unity ; that it lays unqualified stress upon the importance of holiness , repentance , and good works ; that it harmonizes with nature around us , and the world within us ; and that it connects itself with human improvement and happiness . These particulars are illustrated in a judicious , candid , and conciliatory manner . We prefer , however , extracting the following useful remarks from the introductory part of the first discourse : —
* What I now desire particularly to urge is , that few persons are aware how much they owe it to themselves to seek information from all quarters , —to strive continually to add to their knowledge by their own reading , observation , and experience , and to be cautious how they take up and indulge notions , and prejudices , which tend merely to strengthen their present impressions , and to shut out new and enlarging views of the surrounding world . Few persons are aware , how much , by so doing , they might contribute to the harmony of society
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204 Critical Notices . —Theology , Criticism , and Morality .
Critical Notices.
CRITICAL NOTICES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1832, page 204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1808/page/60/
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