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supplied to different writers , must admit of different senses and limitations- These principles are considered and opened with respect to the different subjects and nature of the sacred writings , as
historical , moral , and devotional and prophetical ; including under the latter term , not predictions only , but truths above the investigation of our own reason and all
positive institutions and ordinances of religion . In the discussion of the subject , the inquiry , whether the words and language of Scripture are by divine inspiration , comes under examination . Here
Mr . Kiddel observes , " If the whole were penned in the verywords and language © f the Holy Spirit , we might have expected to have found all the Scriptures written in a language uniformly pure and perfect ; and carrvincr
with £ t , as the doctrines of revelation do , plain marks and characters of its divine original , and above the common capacities of mere men ; but nothing of this appears . The style is very various , and suitable to the different characters and
acquirements of the several authors ; and accompanied with many imperfections and defects , in the same manner as all other writings of human composition are . ** 1 his piece does credit to Mr . Kiddel ' s pen , judgment , and spirit . The same disdain of art and
insincerity , the same aversion to sacerdotal ty ranny , mark it , as breathe through the sermon which we haVi- quoted . ** When a minister of the gospel , " says he , " takes this book / ' i . e . the Scriptures , " into his hands , it ought
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to be with the deepest reverence of its truths , and with a lively sense of how great importance it is to his people to entertain just sentiments and a right knowledge of those truths . He must not be guilty of any artful concealments
and misrepresentations , in order to accommodate himself to the popular opinions , the misguided humours , or criminal passions of men . Nay , he must not consult the pre-conceived opinions
of those who attend on his ministry : that , on the one hand , he may avoid giving them offence ; or , on the other , that he may favour their prejudices and gain their applause . If he thus pleases men , he will not be the servant of Christ , "
It is to be regretted , that a gen * tleman of Mr * Kiddefs learning ^ liberality , and judgment , had not in a larger work , or more frequently , addressed the public from the press . The writer of this knows , that some years ago he
meant to have published an Essay on the Divine Appearances to tbe Patriarchs * What prevented the execution of that purpose he cannot say ; but , if the MS . be not lost , though the nature of the subject might not encourage the expectatioi ) of a profitable sale , ' it
would , if Mr . Kiddel ' s family would give leave , be q , valuable article for the Monthly Rep sitory : and the communication of it through that channel , would be a tribute of respect to the author ' s memory , and a lasting monument of his talents and name . J . TOULMIN . Birmingham ^ May 17 , 181 ( X
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Dec . 12 , 1807-Rev . and respected Sir , That it is not an easy task to decide upon the characters of nien or , to apprize always with
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exactness the \ alu 9 of their merits , or to bring to light the impelling motives , of any insulated action , cannot between us become a matter of controversy * The *
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Sketch of the Life of Servetus . —Letter 4 . $ 77 *
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SKETCH Or THE LIFE OF SRRVETUS , IN LETTERS TO THE RET . JEDEDIAH MORSE , T > . P . —JLETTER IV .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1810, page 277, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2405/page/5/
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