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known . * 'Now , wfiat- has * been the conduct of their instruotof s ? ExpedfrHerewlctri . *';¦ T / he 1 installed cited fcy Stojbt * hnji $ > sti ^ ws & sit once . A-- ' TtiinMtit Of the gtisp < ll h&d preached - to a cdngfeg ^ tibh nearly 4 j h&Jf a * century , \ tittebrtit 5
ever * m ' te ^ rmi ri ^ wftat Were Ws idHi& ^ ^ tWe * fbuttd&tioii 6 f that gofcpei J hb im < $ n 6 v £ r thoii g&t it nret ? GfoiAi > y to ^ teclfcre to his f >^ dple ' wfcdttftfc- 'hS- believed Christ to be GtttiL dr rim n . He £ er £ &irily
thought it a matter 6 f ho importance ; it \ viis 1 certainly onft ! of those " leathettiliseu ' ssio'r " is ,: those " unedlfyihg $ i *^ e \ iiati < hte ^* wMfeh the gefittettiaiV " of the b / rf ^ clibbp ' seems so ^ . mucfh to feat * . Tti i ^ ,
sir , I Wu ^ h tosay , is not a solitary instaiftCe ^ W ife hoi' thdJ fekception , but thfe ^ riije . WitfiNHfhat propriety then £ < nlld suctr rxliiii ^ ters as thes ^ ' ado £ t the \ vbrds of Paul , " that he had kept nothing back * but hakl sbewn tlieni till
the counsel of G 6 d . It is >\ 'driderful to observe how earefWthese chrisfians ate ^ that the tittmt 3 which they ^ su mfe should not possibly betray tb the world either \ vhat they believe or wh at
they deny . They assume titles to which no ihortui man caiv' ^ dS ' - sibl y affix any just and ptbp ^ r meaning . Ashamed to say What
they are , thcfy rfesort to tlie despicable expedient of talfing th ^ hiselves what tHey &i& tooti ; ' Ask any one ! of them to give ytiu a reason for cilling himself H Ptesbyteriaff . Ottly ask hinry land see what answer he wilh giv £ yoti . - . tun ¦ ¦ . -. . : « . . " . ¦'
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But this title ,, I suppose , was not expli tlt \ and - -blear enoti £ fr for Jjtiw > Cor ^ e ^ ponnldeht , so he dabs Kitti ^ W * a * Rational Dissenter , ( all
dthe ^ 'dissenters- atre irrational ); but this is not enough j he is 6 < tr . the oM school ; itid pray let * Me stek Mrti , ais the ^ e is ah CQ otd ^ cfeool ^> : WhM b the new school , # hcy were '¦ ifSj founders , and wh ? tt
a ^ rfe its opiniQii ^ ? ^ Reallyit does riot look well to ^ ee men sheltering thertiselves un < $£ r titles o £ such studied ambiguity and want &f meaning ^ - ^ theyvare either i g ^ rioraht of their prittciptes or they kte ashamed of ihefan '
: Now sir , if such are Presbyterian Congregations , and such PWsbyterian Ministers ^ I appeal to their o < vti comriioh sense , whether they have not the seeds' of de ^ ay and dissolution in them . It is in vain to shuffle or to shift
the question ; it is in vain to lay the i&ult upon the depravity and luxury of thel ' ag £ ; it is in vain t ? o Whin ^ and lament over the alteration of the dinner hour from
one to four o'clock ^ or to deplore the Change in the female dress : — the plain fact rs this ; where peopie do not iveH understand their trtijglous prmciples ? they , will soon t&dse t& attend at alL This is
the real catrse of the decline of Presbyterian Congregations , and H h a cause so abundantly clear t < V thv , that I am astonished that any Mafi ^ Hyith his eyes open cau s 6 ^ k for any btht ^ l ' the " Rktronal CbHstian" deprecatefe any discussions of adoc ~
*• ^ t ij te remembered t ^ at stoljiie co ^ gr ^ jgjatipjas \^ hich formerly wore called Presliyte ^ iahV wav e ' rtoW iissum ^ d a more consistent" and definite title ; such , f mean , ka that c £ the New Chajpd iii this place s the cohgre ^ t fon at Hackney and that at Hxeter . Thanks to tko labours of such men as Priestley . KenricJk r To \ ilmin , ^ entiali , Bekham , AeplanJ ^ and Carpijatc ^ Uu ^ C fiwyctics exhibit sw Symptoms of decay or di * 8 jolutiQa .
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O » * % < Decline vf Presbyterian Congregations . 6 ¦ 8
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 65, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/17/
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