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thenticity of the Bible , the divine origin of the gospel and the doctrines of the church of England .
His paragraph oil the last of these topidk is topied in p . 621 . of the fourth volume of our Repository . In consequerice of -what the learned professor has ^ remarked concerning the unreasonableness of dissent from- the doctrines of the
established church , the critical reviewdr it appears , has charged him with the spirit of persecution , ranked him among the enemies of religious liberty , and ascribed his language to the influence of mercenary and disgraceful motives ^ Under these accusations , Dr . M .
has not been silent . In his letter to the critic , he disclaims with indignation the imputation of wishing to exercise or recommend persecution : he endeavours to show that he has said nothing which , as a protestant and a clergyman , he had not the privilege—nothing which , in his situation ^ it was not expedient—to declare . The charge of intolerance he retorts upon his censor : he asserts his iirm conviction of the truth t ) f the established creed , and , both in his text and notes , offers a vindication of himself from certain attacks which have been made upon " his personal views and conduct .
( to be continued . ) Art . III . The Importance and Necessity of Learning to Christian Ministers * A Sermon , preached Tuesday , June 1 % > 181 O , at Worship Street , before the General Baptists * Annual Assembly By George Smallfteld . Published by Request . 8 vo . pp . 32 L Is . Eaton ;
This Sermon does great credit to the preacher , and to the auditory who requested its publication . It applies particularly to the General Baptists ^ whose want of well-educated ministers is
becoming every day more apparent to themselves . We trust it will have the effect of arousing the denomination to adequate exertions to supply a deficiency that threatens to be extremely hurtful tb some of their congregations .
There is one excuse for the ' peglect of ed ucating ministers amongst the General Baptists , hot noticed by the preacher ; namely , that * he Calrinists are educating
ministers for them . We are not djs * posed to repress the hope that frequent conversions , will take place in the teachers of religion from a less to a more rational system of faith £ but it surely is not wise in
any people to rely for articles of prime necessity upon imports from their neighbours . Besides , learned preachers , like great capitalists in trade , are wanted to ensure such
a supply . And there is no danger of any sect having too many able teachers ; for , as in trade , the supply creates a demand : ministers in a thousand instances create congregations .
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Review *—SmallfieWs Sermon at Worship Street * 259
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/39/
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