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people , have been turned out of their pulpits to give room to bold enthusiastic champions of reputed orthodoxy , whilst the zealous , but temperate defender of simple truth has kept his place , and brought many to the knowledge of pure Christianity ?
8 . Is not the comparatively little success of Unitarianism in a Tery great degree to be attributed to the indifference , the worldly policy , or timidity , or false idea of candour , that exists in its public teachers ?
9 . Has it not been considered as a desirable thing , that the poor should come to the knowledge of Unitarianism ? If so , ought not a full , simple , intelligible statement and defence of it , to be fre
quently made from the pulpit ? For , in what other way can he that is poor become acquainted with it ?
10 . But it has frequently been said , in answer to the above query , that frequently to inculcate Unitarian principles , would be
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^^ m **^ m ~^^^^^^ mmmr **»*** mm $ J > EMOC 11 ITUS * DOUBTS ON THE SUBJECT OF PHILOSOPHICAL FREE VTILL *
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To the JLditor of the Monthly Repository .
London , Dec . 13 , 1809 . sir , I need scarcely inform you that I am no metaphysician , for that you will soon perceive ; but ex *
pecting there may be one amongst your correspondents , induces me to request , if such there be , that he or you will have the goodness to satisfy a few doubts which I labour under , on the subject Of philosophical free-will .
You taay , if you please , Sir , consider me in practice a Necescarian or a Libertarian , to me it
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disgusting to the more enlightened part of the audience , for they know or have read of these points and gained full satisfaction ; and that they come to meeting to be
reminded of their duty , and to be better established in principles of piety and devotion Not to say , that there is hardly one of a hun * dred but that wants to be
reminded of Unitarian principles , or to have further explanation of the Scripture ; it is replied or asked , Suppose that another should say , that he wants to be taught the truth more than any thing else , would this be a reason for the
minister of that place to preach doctrine only ? And if the totally practical hearers are to be grati - fied , is not this pleasing men ? But , why should we talk of
practical and doctrinal preaching ? I * not doctrine connected with practice ? And may it not be said very often , that though it belonged to doctrine , the sermon was practical f
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is perfectly immaterial" which ; of myself , at present , I can only say , homo sum . Casting my eyes a few days ago over some books which had been thrown aside as lumber by an ignorant domestic , I met with Dr .
Beatties celebrated " Essay on Truth / ' Dr . Beattie , you know , Sir , was the opponent and refuter of Hume ; I had , therefore ,
the curiosity to read bis ideas on the subject * of liberty and necessity , " ( p . 2 . c . 2 . § 3 . ) I understand , Sir , there are different
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188 Doubts on Philosophical Free Will .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1810, page 288, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2405/page/16/
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