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converts ? I believe niih * On the contr ary ^ thete is a complete silence on this point , throughout the whole of tfe Christian Scripi tures ; and , farther than this , prayer is recommended by Paul in such a way , with such an adap *
tation to particular times , circumstances ami occasions ^ as is-quite irreconfcileabie with-1 he riecessary limitation of : a written form . Surely , if evef therk was a trrne in ? which a form would : foavd been
useful and . ¦• nfecdssary , it was in the : infancy otfi the Christian churches 5 yet , n it is certainy tbart the aipostles thought elie unneces * saryy to say the : least of it * | f a tit-orgy- had been drawn up , either by Christ or the apostles , the probability is , that it would have boertVbr ^ rvtdv Indeed , there is
verjf " tittle , cftanp ' e of its having been lost - If any advantages were attendant upoiii the uife of a liturgy , theyr must have been known to but Saviour and his immediate followers ; a ^ d : bad it been essential towards the promotion of real godliness in the minds
of the early Christians ^ they doubtless woiikl have adopted it . Bitty- as < we h&ve rio trace of the use of a liturgy , daring the life of any of the apostles ^ , it follows , either that they never thought of
or else tHat they wholly disapproved it . Whence , then , and how was g , liturgy first . - introduced into the Christian church ? Why , plainly on account of the ignorance and th&laziness of its mi nisters . When
priests begun to neglccr their duty to their hearers ahd to God ; whert they thought more of the emoluments of their profession , than of the- improvement and spiritual welfare of their hearers : then-
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The Question of a Liturgy discussed . US
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» pdge ill the - Repository ^ for sL few « ddMonal remarks on the questi&ti- " ^ - pVfr&itiviis sa'ys , ^ Unitari ^ ans etre either agreed on this subject , of are indifferent about its decision . " Both these propositions I should dfcny . That Unitarians are n ot Agreed ' < m the sii bj oc 1 ; i s t > latin ftohi thd fatMy that a few
congregations do use a liturgy , While the greater mittfber ddti 6 t ; ^ at they a * re-ilidiffercnt ' ^ abrorat " its ^ cisio < i v I am-suffe- Very few ih- deed would be di ^ pos ^ di to asd rWit . Buty in ^ rder to biwtg the question to a pbiiity A&t * as ftfst see \ oa what authority the use of a liturgy is founded ; secondly , how £ a # the experiment has ~ Succeeded :
and , thirdl y ^ examine the policy of attempting- to ^ tjperte ^ jfe " ft £ & prayer , and substitute a writteri for hk f I am aware that in the discussion of these poiiits ^ oit which it appear ** t 6 me the qiies '« tion nfust hingd , not inrush oimo * velty is to be expected ; but it fe likelyy that many of your younger
reaLderi may not have seen whalfc has been written on this important subject , as , of late years , it has not been mucli publicly disdu ^ sedL + I ! trust ^ ithierefore ^ jfou will hot think tkie \ wofse of what will be offered for theit attention , on that account .
1 . Ori what authority is the use of a iitiirgy fouhded ? I preskirae it Will be adtnitied ^ that Christ ran societies and Christian teachers are bound to copy both the spirit
afid thfc practice of Jesus arid his apostles , in conducting the devoi . tiou&l part of public worship . Do M ^ fe find , then , that they ever used a written form ? Is there any instance on record of their having drawn one up for the use of their
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/9/
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