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Art . III . —A Vindication of the Q Unitarians A ; Or , Remarks on a Late Publication , entitled Vindication of % the MethodistSy SCc . By John Hill 9 Merchant * vfffull . In Four Letters to the Author . By William SevbrnV Svo / pp , 35 . is . Vidler . 1806 .
Unitarians , relying on the goodness of their cause , have never hesitated to embark in controversy , when a favourable opportunity of agitating it has seemed to call them forth : and to their controversial
activity and skill , must be ascribe ed , we think s the rapid spread of their opinions in late years . Discussion is certainly favourable to truth : and it is no Ytzht presumetruth ; and it is no light
presumption in favour of Unitarianism , that every public discussion of its arguments and merits , increases the number of its professors . A new defender of thfe
Unitarian doctrine , has arisen in the person of the author of this pamphlet , who has proved himself to be no mean or unworthy champion of the sect , every where spoken against , and every where gaining ground . An intimate acquaintance with the Methodists , has enabled him to meet their peculiar arguments , and to address
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them in their own language . His u Vindication" exhibits an edifying pattern of seal and charity , of hard arguments and soft and courteous words . That our praise n&ay not appear indiscriminate , we take the
liberty of remarki ng ^ that there are but few Unitarians , none with whom we are acquainted , that would agree with Mr . Severn in
acknowledging " m the ; strictest sense , the principles '* of the A pos * ties' Creed ; and we are inclined to think that he himself , upon a re-consideration of that
undoubted ly ancient , but not apostolic symbol , would demur to the propositions , that Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy . Ghost * and born of the Virgin Mary , that he descended into hell , and that
the Holy Ghost , the Holy Catholic Church , and the Resurrectiou of the Body , are proper object * of a Christian ' s belief .
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Art , IV- —A Sermon preached at the Opening of the Chapel of the Philanthropic Society , Nov . 9 . 18 O 6 . By ViCEsin Mus Knox , D . JJ . Jointed at the Bequest ' of the Society ^ for the Benefit of the Institution . 4 to . pp . 28 / fts . Society ^ Man ufactory , St . George ' s Fields j and Mawmaai 1 SO 7-
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From a-good preacher , standing up on a good occasion , we expect an excellent sermon , and this character we cannot refuse to give to tins dicourse of I > r . Knox ' s , delivered before the Philanthrophic Society : though there are parts of it which a correct
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taste would think tumid , whiqh a sober judgment would pronounce extravagant ^ and which a very liberal itairul would regard as narrow , and almost superstitious . The opening of the Society ' s chapel leads the preacher to descant in rapturous language on
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 97, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/41/
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