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stance , we suppose , borrows his name . John Smithy gehflemQn , is , we understand , a highly respectable layman . We cannot help wishing that he had published his "Examination " under his own
proper name ; this is not th ^ t > me for the friends of truth to hide themselves from the world . Ijx exact proportion to the erroneous ness and injuriousness . of the Atbanasian doctrine is the duty of Unitarians to avow the Christian
truth , in its pui-ity . A : layman might be listened to by s $ ich as turn a deaf ear to our ministers , be their criticisms ever so just * their arguments ever so corictusiyi ? .
The four Gospels an , d the A ^ ts of the apostles are the proper Unitarian ground ; in valix w-ould Qh orthodox advpcate attempt tQ prove the Trinity , the divinity qf Christ and tfee atonement from
these books . They are ably exanviheci * By this writer , and shewn to contam only pl * un Uuitariaaism . We earnestly vfcisJti our brethren to adhere principally to this , mode of argument .
The Epistles ( as our author ahserves ) must be explained by the historical books : so interpreted 1 , they inculcate forcibly the unity , and unpurchased inej # y of GpcT ,
and the humanity of Je $ u& Ghris * k The latter part of the pamphlet consists of" Incidental Though t 3 , ° which are strictly pertinent tp ths subject , judiciary and some * times ingenious . The work was suggested by Bi&hop Huntiqgfvrd ' ft " ThQifglus
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on the Trinity , " and is dedicated to Mun . Whatever may be thought of the Bishop ' s tract , every UnV tari « n must thank him for it ,
since it has drawn forth two such valuable pieces as this " Examina * tion , j $ n < i Mb ? Eww ^ ' " S e ^ ej l Thoughts . " . With all , its , n ^ erits , however , the w ^ rk before mi is ric ^ w ^ o )^ unexceptionable . W ^ cU ? *^ t think more highly of the author ' s i j udgmen t—though the ciretiifi- ^ s ^ . » ce m % y w ^ ig b , as w ^ ih ^ jj ^ ; with the bishop of Gloucest ^ i *^
for his declaring hnn $ eM an xiti wjlltng Dissenter , abd aVeWinghii respect for the Episco ^ J ^ JRt ^ f , and J 4 f pieferen ^ e of % \\ i \ l % gy ' and a national establishment / The
concessions he makes tg > AUhhlsM are t ^ iiecjesssirx ft « 4 i ^^^ j ^^; aad be svhteQtly ijsejs wqr 4 % wi ^ out meaning when he represeut » the 4 niiiridteiim 6 h 0 f gfoiMtyitftk humanity in the pei * s 6 n of Cfcni ?^ , as a Chmtian ctoc ^ ri ^ i ^ .. ' Tafet , '
we are constrained to say in pan * tradictian . to . hini isL ^ 'tfo thfe r ** belief ' of ttfe trdtttfriktt ^ l | - tim . "
The author styles himself ** an unfearned laytnail . If this 6 # not a inore humble descrij > tl ? l ftf himself tkm he njee 4 « 4 to IWW adopted , he deserves the modr *
pg&ise for the ability ahd clearness with -i ¥ bicb <^ Ufi $ th «;«^ c ^ to ^ t before noticed ) he has handleci * hi $ argument . His painpKtet i * peculi ^ jrly suit . ed to ifnlenrft ^ dfjr yq % int ^ lUgcnt , Ctufctfrm *
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Review . — John Smith on the Person of Jesus . \ 5 p
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1808, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2390/page/35/
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