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that theit Pope should be his Pope , and their Luther should he his Luther , just as they pleased to determine .
These remarks appeared to us to be more important than any growing immediately out of the subject-matter of the work before us ; and we apprehend a short specimen or two of the Letters will satisfy our readers *
Mr . Clowes vindicates himself from the charge of Sociiiianisra , by giving the following definition of that term which may serve to shew how in defending himself , a man may injure others . " Socinlani . sm , according to its established meaning , has , in all former ages ,
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been applied to mark the character of such infidels as reduce the dignity of the Saviour of the world to a mere human level , fcy regarding him merel y as a man . " P . 35 .
We have ^ in p . 143 and 144 , some moving complaints of the levity and almost impiety of the reviewers in the Christian Obser - ver , ^ because they had ventured to laugh at the following " serious testimony / ' and a supernatural communication of Baron Sweden ,
borgj respecting the important realities of another world : Husbands and wives who have lived in concord here , often renew their quarrels there , and even sometimes proceed to bloxvs .
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264- Burdens Stvmon on the Death of Moody .
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Art . II . —2 ^/ ie Christian ' s Review of Life , and Prospect of Futurity . A Sermon preached at Warwick , Dec . 1 , 1806 , on ' account of the much lamented death of the Rev . James Moody , who departed this life , Nov . 2 2 , 1806 , aged 50 . By George Burdeji . Svo . pp . 40 . Is . Williams and Smith .
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Mr Jamks Moody , wlose death gave occasion to this discourse , was descended from pious ancestors . lie was a ' sprightly inquisitive child , a studious diligent scholar . At the usual
penoiU lie was placed apprentice to a rcprfabk- tradesman at the v / est end of ihc town . At this time he was fond , as most youths are , of music , singing , dancing , theatrical entertainments , and other vain as Mr . linrder calls them , and worldly pursuits and pleasures .
" But the lime "was ppproac hing" when the Lord , who had dc ^ ijis of mercy for our cUnr iritnd , was about to stop him in his Train career of sin and foliy . TJierd were two proie-sin ^ i . crvants in the house where lie lived . One of these was aportei , who , when brushing his clothes
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before he went out to the play-house , would say , * Master James , this will never do . You must be otherwise employed . You must be a minister of the gospel . ' This worthy man , earnestly , ¦ wishing his conversion , put into his hands that excellent book , which God hath so much owned , ' A Hem ' s Alarm to the Unconverted , * which , it is believed , proved of great service to him . Several years before this , a person who knew him tapped him on the shoulder ,
and said , ' Well , James , how do you hope to be saved ? ' Ignoiant of the gospel , he answered , * "Wh y , like other people , by doing as well as 1 can ; but the question , arid the conversation that followed , u adc an impression that he never forgot . One of ihe servants above mentioned , used to amuse herself by singkig hymns . One of these was , ' Come , ye sinners poor and wretched , ' Sec , These words so struck his mind , that they followed him f » or many days together . " p . aoi
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 264, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/40/
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