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MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAt ^i ; or, . ,. ¦ ' . ... The Christian's Survey of the Political JFbrtd.
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H There are many prophecies , which declare the fall of the ecclesiastical powers of the Christian world : and though each church seems to flatter itself with the hopes of being exempted ; yet it is vary plain , that the prophetical characters belong to all . They have all left the true , pure , simple religion , and teach for doctrines the commandments
of men . They are all merchants of the earth , and have set up a kingdom of this world , abounding iri riches , temporal power , and external pomp . They rave all a dogmatising spirit , and persecute such , as do not receive their own mark , and worship the image which they have set up . They all neglect Christ ' s command of preaching the gospel to all nations ' , and even that of
giving to the lost sheep of the house of Israel ; there % ei * ig innumerable multitudfis in All Christian countries * who huveneverbeen ^ taughvto read , and who are in- other respects also - destitute of the means of saving knowledge . It Is very true , that th £ church of Rome is BabyloA-thc gre ^ and the mother of
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ynitarianism , which' for a lo ^ n ^ time , seemed tor languish-,. ^ now > quick ami stirring . It works in tfye Church ahd among ^ disscntdfsi , - and tfie result will , we ar . ^ aia uredj be the galling forth of . « a nevy racej
of Gbfistians , who shall be at ohce ih <| uiriiig and pious , rational and zealous *
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harlots , aftd of -the abominations of the earth . But all the rest have- copied her example more or less . They have all received money Jike Gehazi ^ an d therefore the leprosy of Naamari will cleave to them and their seed for-ever . Add this impurity may be con < M ^ red
not only , as justifying the application of the prophecies to all the * ^ Christian r * charches , but as a natural cause for their downfal . The corrupt govecnor * of the several churches will evef \ oppdse the true gospel , and in so doing " will bring ruin upon themselves . ** '
7 "he above was written and published nearly sixty years ago , by the very r eminent and learned Dr . Hartley , a > physician educated at Jesus College- in * the University of Cambridge , and whose » remarks on the truth of Christianity are * . With all his observations on the moral '
aiid relig-ious actions of man , deservingr of attention from the serious Christian ^ Every thing- announces , that his p ? : e * # i dietion is v 6 ry n 6 ar its accomplishments The revolution of a state may erigago the politician , but the dovtrafal of su « r
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the courage to ' t ^ Ji % W J ^ op te vv . hoin he has instructed for years * , «« I have taugtit you errors . " It would have been to the honour of that people if they Jbad resolved , like the Bereans , to examine the scriptures , to see "if these things were so . " However , their lates
pasidrs conduct will no doubt leave a useful impression upon some of their minds , and cause th ? m to commence a course of inquiry which will , terntinate in the perception of u the truth , as it is in J ^ sus . "
An account of Mr . Lyohs ' s " declaration of Unitarianism "
Monthly Retrospect Of Public Affat ^I ; Or, . ,. ¦ ' . ... The Christian's Survey Of The Political Jfbrtd.
MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAt ^ i ; or , . ,. ¦ ' . ... The Christian ' s Survey of the Political JFbrtd .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/45/
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