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v > - 58 ' Memoirs of Dr . James Foster *
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M ^ cla | Lrac : | erf | Fq ^ my Jpdrjt ^ t Si *> it ^ y (^ ftgp £$ ta ^ g ) pl& ^ sureta h * ive cxfcUiibtfted iny small ihitenjtd do justice ^ to tfcbr merit of one , who h ^ s so often contributed to exalt my dev *>? tion 9 and confirm my attachment to virtue /'
Dr . Fpstfrf obtmrietl a waited tanie by yarjp ^ ptjbli cations * In 1720 ^ he published " An Essay on Fundamentals * " to which -was affixed , ¦** A Sermon on the Resurrection of Christ preyed land vindicated . " . . These were re-printed under tfi ^ da - ^ re fcion of the Rev ** Charles BulkJey , in 175 O . The principles which he attempts to establish in the tract are , that no doctrine is a fundamental article bf Christian faith but what is so plainly and distinctly revealed ,,, as that no ordinary Christian , sincere in bis inquiries , can miss the knowledge of it ; and which is not also made an express term of happiness in the sacred writings , p He then examines whether this proposition ^ i ^ ^ J > # r Filler , the Son and the Holy Spirit , are the one C ^ Qfl ^ f * be £ < $ ( clearly and plainly revealed ^ and made an express term of hap ^ pihess jii the New Testament . The conclusion of this es ? ayt deserves to be quoted ^ to shew the spirit . an 4 ;/ visws ' . . pf , Jt-hft ar fthor * f ' '
\ ^^ I hope I cao appeal to the All-wise Searcher of If carts , fox ¦ tjfo ' ' sincerity of my intentions in publishing the foregoing essay * I call him to witness , that it is my sincere aim to restrain that licentioiff and malignant spirit of censure and excommunication which has prevailed so mightily of late , and- to revive dvcaying charity ( tbat excelknt , though neglected grace ) which is the . distinguishing rnark of a disciple of our Lord , the bond and cement of the Christian society * If I offend any , I can onl y say it was far from ' my design ^ which was not to exasperate but to edify . Let no one say , that Tfi ^ reason why I condemn reviling , hereticating , / and anathematising is ^
because all the thunder and vengeance is levelled a-t men of my principles ; for if I know any thing of my own heart , I am disposed io censure equally every degree of intemperate heat in each of the Contending parties . I always had , I bless God ever since I b ' cgdijjf ' tb "' understand or think to any purpose , large and generous principle ^ and there never was any thing either in itiy temper or education which might incline me to narrowness and bigbtry ; and I am heartily gilwfc of the ' opportunity which now offers itself , of leaking this-puWio seribus profession , that I value those who are of a 'diflijrent persuaiU srcVn from me more than those who agree with me ; m . saivtimeaty if theyaiemore serious ,, sober , and charitabl ^^ . r ^ ^ ^ , . ?
Ttj ' . e eJctellent spirit and just sentinr ^ eiTts ( expressed ] in thfe preceditig ; paragraph could not screen the author troni obloqtjy p This pioie ? raised him a large number of enemiesi-t'h ^ ^ pbi-2 sohednfrci ^^ bf det rrtction and caiurrvn ^ fl ^ W ' tlTfifdk ^ fc ' hfto . * ' 'W ^ hia ^ solf v ^ s sUgu ^ i /^ ci , ; ^ ^; i | isiP ? . ^ r , fl ^ ^ *^ c h ^ fit ^ ; i *^ l * a
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 58, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/2/
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