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\ yhen ^ it , i 3 t proved that the Unitaiian doctrine U eaf 4 y ^ Itfi' ^ ui ^^ b rtt ^ - ^ Q ^ rin 6 of ; divi ne teyejation , which \ i £ s ^ ^ beea done by * nfitakgpx ^ i ^ Q : writ ^^ i ^ --ini-9 ^^ E ^ G < £ ^ a . ri ] y follo \ v tha | it is cicely conTOCtt ? di wil ^ yj ^ al gpd ) ines ^; for M | h % t copies frora , a ^ d is jive truth 0 & Gkodl 3 m ^ L $ t fea d tov him , teocl to ( ill jthe n \ ind with pious &eiuinie 43 ^ qr 4 " disposition ^ _ tp prodMC ^ t ^ e image qf God in raan , and tj tir » ulate ^ to an uVicleviating course of obedience . Various causes may obstrijct f tfrfe ¦ ¦ ' . production of these effects for a time ; . but when tjbje 4 octr ^ ne ( i ^ ; clearly coiiceiyod , and its influence deeply felf ^ in all it § J ^ pa r ^ g ^ ah 3 tehdepi'ieS ) persuaded I am the result will ' cver be louiid mp ^ t r | favourable to experimental and practical Christianit y * / ,
Did I not wish to avoid whatever bears the leiast semblance to Pharisaical boasting , I might mention many instances whiffi t hdve witftfess ^ d of the holy ar > d happy effects of Unitaria ^ m ^ not o nS ^ ii ^ arrescipg thfif progress of , and turning to the diviiie te » tiiiibri ^ , fhbye ' who were in the road from reputed orthodoxy to scejiticisrtrt ^ and Mi rr regov ^ riiig those who were actually caught in the vortex 6 f i » fid ^! < iT ^ i ; but also in improving the character afld increasing the happiness of ; persons , ^ \ vho , thQUgfcf steady believers , had their minds copst ^^ - embarrassed , apd the influence of the gospel upon their heart * much weakened , by the admission of the inexplicable dogmas of popular systems . ¦
' I might also insist on the wonderful effects , in the hearts and lives of men , of various classes in society , produced by the pi ; eacBing of the Apostles ^ whiph was strfctly Unitarian , according tp . t | ie atcbubts given in the Book of -Ap ^ s > hut on this , though 9 , 11 arm- .. ir ^ ht of great weight , I shall not uow enlarge . I shall content myself' with triaking a " few general remarks whlth hatttrkll J y Ar \ 4 e ' [ tro raj \ , an impartial view of the Unitarian doctrine . ' - } cl' ' ¦ - ' u I suppose it will be generally admitted , that no doctrine can afreet the heart and influence the conduct , any further than it is understood ; for-tl ^ e fgi - seem s no avenue to the hear t ^ ii ^^ hrQugh tS ^ inedium of the understanding . Incomprehensible and irrational *} Otioz ^ may ^ tpj ^ l ip ^ e ^ pa ^^ ions , yai > d agitate t ]> c feeUi ^ , ^| tlt > 1 ¦ . ¦ ¦ >
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/21/
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