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he was equally desirous of , iijider > standing their meaning , and * perhaps eqvu l ! y , fre § from prejudice , Ana he n ay further consider that whilst , he believes in the miracles
of the N . T \ he will be regarded by Deists , as having that iaifh which can > wi ; l o \ v mountains . There is a considerable body of Christians , who cannot receive some of the doctrines of , tt * e high Calviniste r because they thinH them inconsistent- with the divine
attributes nor on the other hand car * they agree with Mr . B . and some of the UiOderiv Unitarians . They think , ftiat to call in question the divine authority of the Lord ' si-d ay ^ and to say that the scriptures . are not ^ the word of
Grod , must h ^ tvea dangerous ten * 4 e # cy . They are not perfectly agreed in thejr re ligious senti r ii > t ? nts , for they are to be found tptU ] ii > the established church , in al
^ nd . l . tji e ^ different- denoini ~ nations | p £ Disasters . But they agxeH in theh \ lpv £ of serious , practiq $ l religion , They agree in lji gUy ^ vaJuing tfie mean ^ ql grace ,
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and agree in their ^ eep ^ ^ en ^ ei 6 f sS tfyejjreat evilof si n * They a ^ ree i $ an humble convictiof * : qf tKeir
need of a Saviour , aijd . this , Saw viour is ^ car to thcir ^ ouIs / VfTbey also agree in highly valuing aucfy writors : ^ Henry gnd s W ^ ttSt ancf Doddrid ^ ge . Yet f r © m the clas s
of serious Chri ^ ianaju . I , am far from excluding -such \ pu ? n us Lindsey ^ and . Priest | cy , : and «{ $ el « sham * . With the latjler of t ^ ese I ^ ave spent m any an . a greeable , and I hope prufitaUle ; d& Yj not only when , oiir seotiments wer ^ l
alike ,, but sii ^ e period . And though 4 thing he is too strenuous and positive * in maintaining his present systeoi ^ yet no difference of scjitiment can prevent my entertaining a high sense of his in- » ti'grity and piety , as well as of bis ¦
great abilities * > ^ V ; - ' \ . Sincerely wishing that ypur Re . pository may be th < e means of dil ^ fqsing Christran knowledge , an ^ especially Christian charity ,-I ^ ni ) Sir , Your obliged sejevantt 3 . CARPENTER ,
,. ' . . ¦ ¦/ f . 11 :: ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ • : m ¦ ' : ¦ : * ¦ ¦ * My friend speaks pf my-pluming n > yself upon my charity , and proclaiming it to the jQj rQf 14 *' " ^ . ^^^ i ^ y ^! Pk i ^ . , of'more importance to make a public profession of charity than of farth . And 1 apprehend that those who believe in the absolute Seity * of fcWrf ^ t ; and those who believe in iiis simple humanity , are in general lesc 'candid than thoseivhose sen lments Jie between these two extremes . I know &
worthy mtpi ^ er , who received , a letter from his Trinitarian brother , containing t ^ e follow ing sentiment . : There is no room in heaven for idolaters . or heretics * and since , you regard me as the one , and I you as the other , there can be no great cordialitybetw&t As . £ ut the heretical brother wtfuJd Hot exclude the Trinitarian ono fr-dni heaven . 1 shall-however mention what appeared to me a want of candour on , the other 8 itfe ; of the questiori . it respects the late Mrs . Rayner , a Jady , ojf strong sense . and uncorn * u © n generosity , tj ^ e wa § a great friend of Pr Priestley ^ jbu ' t could not bear his opinion respecting the dormant state of man after ' death ,, and wrote a long J ' etter to him on this subject . No , she would
eiclaim , I sHall cohtinueuhe same conscious being after-death , thiat I am' now . F have repeatedly heard her ^ expt ^ s great indignation against Mr . ^ Urwick , for asserting in Jh is owp pulpit the pre-existence 9 I ChHst . Sjhe did th ^ s once when he was present , and he only made this calm reply , You did nof : hear xne condemn those who disbelieve it . * Certainly TrihitariSSi ^/ Ari an s aqd Socinians , ^ have a right to maintain their own sentiments in their cown pulpits ; but when they proclaim them in the pulpits of / their brethren whp are of . different sentiment ? , I think they transgress the hounds bptk of prudence , and charity .
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326 Mr . Carpenter ' s Remarks on M $ . B ^ lshan ^ s * . JIJ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 326, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/34/
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