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a ^ 4 V % 9 f ? convinjced that ^ ^ n its essen ^ ai poit | £% tBe tr ^ e d $ c * trine of Scripture . ' ¦ ¦ , Without yeaning tp ^ pprpv ^ the conduct of Reinha / d ip this tjncondijipnai assen | tp the articles of a pres ^ f it > £ d aji d traditional creed , we pan conceive tjiat ifj e fi ^ ejj aess an cf precision of hU faith op ppqtrpyerted points of cjpctrine may haye contributed tp
the success apd efficiency C ; f Jais preaching . A spirit pf searching and scepticism is essential to the discovery pf error » and ttierefpjre a pre-reqjinsite to the niltipaate establishment of truth s but the influence of such a spirit breaks down the imaginative force pf the mind , an 4 is unfavourable to the cultivation pf ardour apcl eloquence . It is only by pursuing principles to their consequences ^
and establishing , in their whole order and . connexion , the positive facts in which they terminate , that those who have renounced popu lar errors can hope to give consistency and force to their opinions , and wield them as a powerful means of popular influence and instruction . The transition state , which cannot
however be escaped , betweep the partial detection of error and the fjull and perfect comprehension of truth , is a state necessarily painful to the individual , unfriendly to a spirit of social harmony and activity , and barren in all great and splendid efforts of philanthropy and eloquence . The best men ' s hearts are c ) iille 4 by the en 4 less task of detecting ejrrpr , exposing absurdity , and destroying what is venerable from its age . It is only when the scattered
elements of opinion are recomtjined , and form themselves anew iqto a harrnoniou 3 systeip pf positive doctrines , that the heart resumes the tranquillity which is essential to its moral perfection , and burns again with creative energy . The tendency of the £ tyeor logical world , when Reinhard entered public } ife , was tp explain away and destroy rather than to enforce ^ nd eistablisji . He thought he perceiyet ) a ^ i inconsisteucy in tjie attempts pf his ,
contemppraries to reconcile the principles of the pew philosophy , which had been recently promulgated by Kai ) t , wjitji a cpntipued belief in Christianity ; and feeling tfrajt there could b » e no middle course—that it roust be either siniple Deism or a positive Clipstianity- ^ he co urageously chQs , e hi § p ^ 3 and in spite of the sneers " of spmq , pf jthe suspicion openjy . e ^ pres ^ ed by others that his real sen ^ nuepfs were different frqm what Jxe preached , and of tl > e attacks of the jpurna ] s , wjijch y ? &fp al ) i in
fijiyQqr pf tjhe new i 4 ea 6— -continued bp . tjh to Wffte and tp preach in support of the prtl ^ pcjpf JjLi ^ theran cjocUjinfc . Hi ^ ppinions became wore decidedly # r ( : } ipdp £ ^ he ft ^ ¥ « W ?^ 4 in ye ^ rs ; ypt h ^ ' orthodoxy was very different frPW > v ] hiat ofte p pa ^ s ^ un ^ f tha ^ nani e ; it was jijild , tolerant , ^ nd ratipnaj ^ -rr ^ ogp i ^ ipg ; tt ^ e fuJJMt right of fBvery man to jwdge for ^ iin ^ elf , a , nd RO p ^ stent w $ * tbie most elev ^ ed yifws o $ ) m ft ) an na ^ r ^ apfi <> f . W j ^ ft aijacteir o |" Gpd . H § has 9 ti * M with i ? ucon ^ i | a 9 n force and cl earness ^ inconsistencies that are involved in attempting to reconcile Cnris ^
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it ftQg . On the Studies and I $ uUie $ finistry
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1832, page 802, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1826/page/10/
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