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6 hly who believe in the sirtipie humanity of phrist ; * i «> r to low Avi&ns . No ^ akhbO ^ gh Lstill feihink that all who &r < & * not Trinitarians are Unitarians * yet as he wUljjgs to appropriate the term to those of feis owa sentiifcents , I will not
offend his ear $ by calling hint a Socinian , notwithstanding I think it more ap ^ ieaW <» to hj ra than th at © f Arian is tso roe * > <« Mr . B . seeiiis to- thinfc / that asperity in controversy ; may Iteof
service in the discovery of truth % bvtt I apprehetal that as the wra ^ ii of man worteth not the righteousness of God ^ so neither wiH , it discover any troth tfeat can- be ml service to u& A , me £ k aadi an
humble spirit is the best requisite for tte attainment of dirin ^ trutb r and the b « st ruld for coBifiroversy ns &offc words Had bard aiguments ,. Xtuaviter hi . modo , Jhnfiten in re * True can < iour wilt dispose tts titat to think worse either erf a pei ? sonfs &eart or his head because
hissenitiments aj > e diflferervt froro ; op ^ rs . Trinitariar ^ s and Galvinists nve prone to fail with respectr tfa the former paj |! of this definition , and Uuitarians and Arminians with rt * -
spect to the Jatte r ^ In his fourth letter my friend ' s indignation seems , to have arisen to a very high pitch , Now though I may be able a little tosafreny I am afraid it will not be in any power entirely to allay it , Mr . B . is angry that I condemn mc ^ physics , but he misunderstands me if he thinks that 1 condemn the
science *!/* toto ; it is only the subtilities of' it , and the preferring n * etaphysicai to moral arguments : ^* g . If reason and scViptqre te ^ ach rhe that-sin is * displeasing to GHk and metapjliysical atrgUmehts are adduced Wsiwjw tlmt it ciiniaor be
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displeasing ^ to him , I must prc ** nounce the latter fallacious ^! . I have also givien _ great offence hy saying thatk may be questjonetf wh ^ thfer Dr ^ PriestleyV writings have not made aft mmiy unbeliey 6 i »
as Christians ^ Though t ^ his iife questioned by , some vftikotmre &&iu tber " persons of tlie . grossesti ignorance , nor the most co ^ t ^ ftxf ^ - tible bigotry , , yet 1 &m miihet disposed to retract tltSLtitQitience ^ I hope and ?! believe > i $ h&t > & ! &&
P ries t ley ' s IfistkutesofNatural aird ^ Revealed Religion have preserved many yxmng pfersons § rmwhifidfy * Iky . Btit though he ^ s desi FOtis ^ of donverting J ^ ws mid Deists ^ ' 1 % n ^ ve r . heard that his afctempts ; wer ^
-cra ) wfBdd wifelx su eces 5 v T I resp ^ dfe his great abilities , his unwea ^^ ied JabotM ^ sy his genuine piefy and . beinevdleii € ^ w , Yet , ; nbtwithstiandi ^ g : th « high eulogiuxn : of ay [ Mend ^ 1 think he wrts fai from . ^ heirtomfe
tdie . progress of fe ^ gotpyi The tn ? eni » l ) t ? ri 9 of the est ^ blishmewt and dissenters wete gradually bccomi » g r more cantfid to wards eachotlier ^ wheja Dr ^ P ; by pro ^ phesying feho destruction of th& ) e » tabl ^ S ; h meBty iand , by the oflfen - ^ he
sive e |> ithet » ^ which applied t ( y it ^ stirred up at spkit of a ^ 5 |) bositjr which has not yet entirely subsided . It was the * la « gaag ^ d £ stome of its moderate , members , " We are aware of defect * and wish fox refprmatian ^ but we find tigat sa
nothing wi ^ l tisfy , our ppppnent * but d ^ olition / V ^ Vind a ^ s \ ny friendthinksi tau ^<> npur |^ have his name mentioned with , thf $ . pfi © n P » I s&all observe t ^ j ^ t tfi ^ great lengths to which ht prbc | ec | e ^ . ijti hts" letters to Mn Wl # effiW $ rtia ; de some of- ^ ^ A& ^^/^ rg groww ihgmdH * mtiomXes , step i $ b aii ^ dif ^ fi&U ^ io m ^^ nfe ^^
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ifefir . CarpfntGr ? * MemarHk o ^ dMr . Bclshatns Strictures . "ft-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/15/
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