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    fame may not suffer , by the intermixture of the writings of others , with those which have proceeded from Iiis- pen . With these brief remarks I

    make my bow to Air . Belsham , and with feelings of benevolence and candour which he , perhaps ,

    OUGHT TO ENVY , I n' ; w address " A Unitarian Christian" who docs not object to 44 bush fighting , " but who rejects the whole of my metaphysics , as having nothing to do with Unitarianism . If Unitarianism be no

    longer to be regarded as a species of philosophy , but a question of numeration , I feel no interest in it , neither can I think it very interesting to the mathematicians

    of Cambridge . The Cambridge Unitarian , as Mr . Belsham had before him , states that the only question between Unitarian and other Christians , is whether God

    exists in one or in more than one person . Is this question , fit for the solution of -a child in his third year ( as it is usually stated by

    Unitarians , ) unconnected with any thing concerning the divine character , or the fate of men , worthy of discussion ? Was it for this that Priestley wasted a long and laborious life ? I think not . He at least , connected with this question , many consequences , and

    these consequences even touched on metaphysics . Can his readers

    forget , that he represented his swork oti materialism , as containing the strongest evidence against the pne-existence of Christ ? This is some proof of his disposition : |© connect metaphysics with tfoeo-< fegy . If nothing follow , from tth £ admission of the dogmatism * &f Mahomety or the -sublime speculations of Plato m * this- subject ,

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    I am careless whether the men of Cambridge or of Hackney adopt the one or the other . And thus I leave the Cambridge Unitarian , in complete possession of the field .

    I perceive nothing in the paper of 4 i A rational Christian" which demands a direct reply , or which will not be sufficiently noticed , in my observations upon the reasoning of Mr . Allchin .

    The remarks of " Castigator , " have I hope , afforded much amusement to your readers , and if so , he has cause for satisfaction * He , kind * condescending gentleman . kind 7 condescending gentleman

    , only steps forward to chastise those silly , strutting dialecticians , whom Mr . Belsham considers as unworthy of his prowess . That illustrious

    champion of the Unitarian faith , disdains to stretch forth his mighty arm in any cause less important , than that of supporting the ladies , tottering under the stroke of such

    potent reasoners as William Wilberforce , Esq . the enlightened and profound member for the County of York . Mr . Allchin has fairly met my remarks , and is entitled to the

    most respectful attention . If his reasoning be not convincing , it is not owing to any weakness of his hand , but that the subject is beyond human grasp . Mr . Allchin makes a little merry wirii me for

    attacking the reasonableness of the Unitarian scheme , without entering upon the discussion of its iruth . But , besides that I da think much of religious

    speculation may be true , which appears not consistent witjk human reasoning ; Dr . Prfesttey , f # r the Unrtaariswia , exclusively essiH ^ ed the - title of rational C&rietfcvas * -rational Dissenters , and it ib J *** t

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    546 The Churc 7 iman s Ansxver to Mr . Bekham and Mr . Allchin .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 546, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/22/