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» s Arians , who believing that J ^ s . us jChrtet Was the tiivine agent in making as well as redeeming the . worlds object not to address at least doxolo ^ zes to him .
Having mentioned Mr . Stone , I feel inclined to congiatulate him on his deliverance from a church , which in his opinion has the mark of Antichrist- upon it .
Hqw far he was justifiable in renminiiig in it so long , I shall leave it to his wife and eight children and to the public sympathy on this account to decide ;
If he had hot preached and printed his celebrated sermon before the archdeacon , he possibly might stiii have continued in quiet possession of his living ;
IJut hfe has now delivered his soul &nd announced what , he , thought to be the truth , in a manner \ yhich . Some may not deem prudent ; but which all must a nfess
uras opeti and manly . Many may think it . was not sufficiently decorous to preach against : dainties supposed to be generally received by the clergymen , who Composed perhaps the hulk of Ur . Stone ' s audience . hut are
BOt visitations intended , among other purposes , for the discussion of important doctrine ^ ? Are there noty as . rumour whimpers , in that part many of the petitioning clergy 211 1772 , who at least wished Mi \ Stone to remain in
peaceable possession-, of his iiving ? Have not bci noons *\ s free , tas daringj ' or . With the leave of yout * fcorivsponden . t the Churchftia ' o *} &S rational , Wen -frequently , jm ; . ached become the University of
Cambridge ? As 1 have already hinted , if the toeiubersof Trinity College , Cambridge wore jUijhy \* o } h \ d P h& $ beeii imagined that they |
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would vote the title of their seminary to be an anomaly , and assume that of Unity in its stead . There is also , as report bespeaks , a college at Ox ford almost exclusively devoted to the education of students embracing the sentiments of Wilbcrforc ' e and the
Thorntons * Lutheran clergymen may look upon both with a jealous and a watchful eye . But if their church be in danger , it may be less so from the zeal of others than from illiber&lity and intoler - ance among themselves . From this charge , however , I mean to except the letter of your correspondent the Churchman ^ who has
come forward in an open and manly manner to defend his opinion ^ that Unitaiians are not rational Christians ^ and the admis . sion of whose letter into your Repository Will , I hope ^ prepossess hi » n in t ' ri . \ ttur of the caa-dour and impartiality of Unitarians . I do not e . Npect tb . - . voik any change of sentiavtnt in him , but merely to enable other * belter to decide
thequestion ^ whether Unitarians are rational Clmumns ? I'hough latterly persons of this persuasion are become rather more zealous
in the spread of their sentiments , yet still it is justly their boast , that they speak the words of soberness , that their -devotions , though fervmir , me not impa-ssiV onedy and that for their success they depeiid solely upon pcisiiast Si on . liuiividiLally 1 respect all
the learned and the wise , whether in or out of the church ; yet I Mjppose , $% v I have as little occasion to subscribe myself your friend axul reader as to declare , that vnv no Churchman- ^ Jbtit an Unitarian and ^ 1 hope ^ A llATlQFAh CftlUZTlAti ?
4 ft& A Rational Christian * s Anstoer to the Churchman .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1808, page 412, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2395/page/12/
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