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bers of Mankind . '' He was one of the leading members of a Society of learned and respectable men resident in Edinburgh ^ who carried on for som ^ i years a private correspondence with Dr . Berkeley ^ the celebrated bishop of Cloyne ^ on the subject of his Metaphysical publications * They are said to have been numbered by him among the few , who completely comprehended the scope of his reasonings against the existence of
matter . . Professor Dugald Stewart , in his A ' ccount of the life and writings of Dr . Robertson , ( p . 6 . ) remarks , that the influence of this society , in diffusing that spirit of philosophical research ^ which has since become so fashionable in Scotland , had often
been mentioned to him by those who had the best opportunities of observing the rise and progress of Scottish Literature , Hackney-Wick , I anr , Sir , your ' s &c * March 17 , 180 7 * John Christie .
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ARGUMENTS AGAINST CHURCH DISCIPLINE * To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , As I have been educated in the midst of orthodoxy ., and hav « tived under all the rigours of Church Discipline ^ and in riper years have been led to renounce the errors of my youth , and
to enjoy that liberty with which Christ has made his followers free , 1 feel anxious to see the fullest compliance with your solicitation . ( " Correspondence' % in the Ninth Number . ) A
subject which is supposed , on the one hand , to involve the interests of personal religion , and on the other to endanger the real independence of the Dissenters , must be considered , very important . I will endeavour as plainly as I can to state , and &s well a £ I can to defend my opinion .
I am persuaded that the discipline observed in some independent congregations is such as no friend of religious liberty would attempt to defend ; to attack this therefore , would be to fight with a man of straw . 1 have witnessed a Minister exposing in gross detail the pro and con of an offending members crime , and then ( supported by the apostolic precedent , ) pronouncing judgment with uplifted hand , and solemnly committing the criminal to the world , and to the devil or satan * , T have been present at one instance , and have heard of more
* The unfortunate man continued as well in health as he had ever been , and though he repented of his sin , I believe he will always despisfc the ignorance which dictated the sentence that was passed upon him .
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Arguments against Church Discipline . 183
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/15/
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