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    lire believe ; , that , not two clergyitten are to &e found wfip agree . &mon&J 0 ks $ articles 15 one , r | ameiythe ^^ Pi > n' the sufficiency of scriptqr ^ jv hiich declares , thai whatsoever is ^ no tread in , and

    proved by these scriptures , cannot be required of any man to be believed . The Church of England , according to Mr . Stone , is by this article a true Protestant Church ; disclaiming infallibility in , points of faith , arjd Consequently all dominion over the faith of the

    subscribers , and thus establishing itself on the only solid basis , on which she could found hersecession from the Churcfy of Rome . It matters not then how jxiany articles may be drawn up : next one is of validity , unless it has the authority of scripture . And tjiis doptrine , is ^^ ll more firmly established in the twenty-first article , where the Authority of al ) synods and councils' is called in question , for it asserts , that they may err , and sometimes h # . ve erred i even m things pertai n ing unto God : ^ herefpre , things ordained by them ,

    as necessary to salvation , h ^ ve neither str ^ n ^ th nor authority unless it may be declared thj&t they be taken out of holy sqrip-£ ur £ . These two articles , combiqe 3 with' the ^ vow midG by every clergykiah } ' at His Wdinat ; ion , to instruct

    the people committed to his charge out of the scri pt ^ es , and to teach nothii / g , as rccjuj r ^ d of necessity ^ eternal' stiyftim ^ out ^ jiat w ^ Mj |^ , ^ e , is pers ^ uj ^ , may be corjeffifleci and . p rpvje ^ f { gj j tl scri pjfureOre t \ x # r . Vgjrand stay , on which Mr . $ t 6 ne . rests his cause . He cannot have better ground * - arid , \ '& $ kMfrafhi » £ ^? t ^ H ^ " M ^ : i f to be comp ^; a ^ hf woyia f ? ** % ag ^ inVthis . cbijscleiitp .

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    * M . qgjWi&Mf . Cjltyr $$ $ u ^ njjnister of the CBijrcli of Eu ^ lapd , ' if KV did not bbi « y ' an ^ | '^ |^ 1 ^ 4 j ^^ . vei ; f > ojn t ^ pulpit thpse ^ Qtri | i ej ^ \ vhether incasing or displeasirik to * of

    the capri ^ s his heare rs ^ vyhl < flt aftej : due study ah < l i ^ erfitatioaipx God's word , he fully belfeyes toi )^ contained in it . * Mr . Stone then comes to the , points oji \ vhich fcis p ejrseputors . attack him , not by ^ rgument but by * articles of indictment ^ and fie places

    in two columns the doctp ^ es , relxw tiye to God , to Chfi&t , ;^<^ to the hol y Spirit , as they ^ re coiita ^ n ^ d in the scriptures and ixi thei-tbjrty ^

    nine articles . We xQsommend these column ^ to the ? B ^ s ^ op 9 ^ London , and tp ' tlje juftejp-. of ' t | k 0 j spiritual court , in which Mr . Stone ' is under , trial . Whatever njiay be .

    the decision of these three lqa ^^ 4 gentlemen on these points , we ar 45 ; clearly of opinion , that Mr . Stone , deserves well of the ChjUrc ^ i of ^ E ng land , for giving her an Oppor- > tunity of correcting and amending , her judgment on subjects of the

    highest importance to the Chris-, tian ^ qrid ^ ] VJ > - Stpne bj ^ s give it the result of fifty years ' study o £ the holy spriptures ; if he is wrongi ; the Church of Englancl has an ! opportunity of shewing t ^ e / differ-^ epce * of I ^ er conduct jfrom f ( that of .

    the Chuijch of Ro * ne ^ Slie , wi ^ L " , not weigl ^ himdowrn vby the heavy haad of authority ; but she will ,. like a , tender mother , point out ; the eirop ; if he is rjgh ' t , ^' > yUl grjatefully nclc ^ owle ^ e %£ , otHigations to Ifhn ^ for b . n / jgijjgj Jipr back to those ; scrjptqresi ap ( $ > that true sqri ptMr ^ l ^ W ^^ whick j alone she groupd ^ her . hop ^ ^§ vatwi

    sH ^ ) * ' , ' 9 ft smmm& ti &t 9 r ) p «)^ t&& &W b H : J ^ ? ' $ m * i f ^ : Pk& serves , that ; n the thirty-nine arti-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1808, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2391/page/39/