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Art . III . Unitarimrism the Doctrine of the Gospel . Letters to the Rev . Daniel Veysie , B ? D . ; occasioned by his Preservative against Vmtarianism ; containing a View of the Scriptural Grounds of UnitarianisWy and tin Examination of all the Expressions in tkc New Testament } which are generally considered as supporting apposite Doctrines . By Lant Carpenter r LL . D . 12 iuo * pp . 383 * Longman and Co . 1809 .
\ Unitarianism is now in the condition of Protestantism two centuries and a half back . It can only make its way by controversy Every inch of ground is disputed to it ; and befare it can make a
convert ^ it must subdue an enemy . Its advocates have been aptly ' compared to the jews , engaged , under Nehemiah , in building up the wall cf Jerusalem ; of whom , u every one , with one of his
hands , wrought in the work , and , with the other hand , held a weapon . *' This state oif things is not a little beneficial to Unitarians , by
constraining them to examine and define their principles , and by teaching them to abandon untenable positions , and to take their stand on those which are impregnable .
The Unitarian controversy affords an encouraging example of the progressive reformation of the Christian faith , by , means of a succession of able publications * Prom the time of Firm in and
Biddie , the Unitarians have not wanted , for any long time , apologists and defenders : their system has been gradually working a path for itself in various directions : and , ut the present mo-
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ment , they form a sect , considerable enough to be watched by rival sects with keen jealousy ; t * j be pursued through periodical publications , pamphlets and volumes , as the most formidable
enemies to the orthodox faith ; and to be denounced weekl y , ia innumerable pulpits , as the abet * tors of a fatal , prevailing heresy Notoriety only was needed to give wings to . their doctrine . The u angel" of controversy has been iC flying , in the midst of heaven / as a prelude to the fail of mystU cal Babylon , " having the ever * lasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth , and to
every nation and kindred and tongue and people ; saying , with a Ipud voice , Fear God aad giv # glory to Him , and worship Him that made heaven and earth . " In saying this much , we mean not to be boastful . But ; why should we conceal our views and
feelings ? We measure our strength by the alarms and exertions of our opponents ; and consider every effort to overturn Unitarianisra , as an involuntary homage to it * truth , and a presage of its
success . For this reason , although w * prouounced Mr . Veysic ' s u at *
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Ile ® ieii \—Carpenter ' s Letters to Veysit . 143
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£ ages of the Bible . Assuredly , he ^ recommends an effectual specific against a disease which infeds some Protestants : a fond-
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ness , we mean , of reading the sacred volume , and of making it as much h $ possible its own in * terpreter . ( 31 . )
( 2 " # b * concluded in our next *]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 143, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/39/
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