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tnen , &s the / otlowers of a cr . ucifled man . £ oiilriatst xVltli this dSsingenuousness the langHage of Paul , unquestionably reie ^ nng to $ j 6 se ^ fty persons | . ' * ' Go 3 fbrpW # M l ihf > u ld gl ^^ v save fii ; tHe cross * 6 f tfite liw * 4 3 ^ is ^?* T % !' and again , ** t " . &in * determined / to
know ndtmhg amSng you but OtiH ^ ti ti ^ hito c&iafleiL * JSUt ^ Will b £ ti fge | L t hat Wi tK these views , with these ^ jperstitiaus amf unchristian practices yd ^ Ti ^ ye no cop ^ errit ' thoiigti cert&inW ft i $ not ^ . tilflini
consideraftoii , thai they \ Mve * l ^ een su |> ported b ^ tKe oBs ^ rvapce of sucji a day , laridV therefore , I shall hasten to cofysi . qer . ' ^ 1 | . § ec 6 ndl ^ , tti ^ several preteric ^ s and excuses , which are made for the cdntitiiiM observance ofthi cl&y , With a particular
reiferehce td bur principles and views as Pirbtestant Dissetifers . v X ^ fi tsiai ^ thai ' though it bfe Midt' ^ e '^ ft ^^ rV ^ f' the Savii OiltVfemh , the bbs ^ r ^ atice ' of the © incise dav is ndt of anv
DJtrticulit * 6 > n | e ^ e r ^ e , Vin ^ that the ob-i jcCt Mir be ecjiialt ^ it ' tained b ^? tHe annual ^ otservatice of any daVi
This * indeed is Iri s ^ We decree truei if it carl b ^ e she wri , tTiat there is any propriety in observing thd day at all : yet to a serious and
thoughtful mind it ivill be some check to those devotional and religious feelin ^ , whlc ] i are supposed to be connected with the observance of th' ^ day , iliat hd traces are left b y whtcjlb tfys precise £ ra of the Sa ^ vitt ^ V * s ' fri # n pah fee asc ^ rtaiped ; trojtn ~ lfy % * 0 pi it will b ^ more than st ^ peCte ^ L * jejfet it was contrary
to the dej ^ gn and inconsistent witn the vljpiyV eft the Christian la wjw v ^ ttka | any s ^ ch day ikpuldTifip ^ fe mated . ' or pb i servcid *
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But Jt is a stropg ^ objection to fe ^ B # M 9 ^ % l H Rounds on which it is mstined wilMead to all the aUsuxg ^ ties of .. tfee popish r ^ a } - ; Jf | ^ e ^ fF ^ M day ' consepm ^ l ^ a ^ e Sa ^ ig ^ x of man * tmdi with so ^ pi ( lijn ^ 3 / eiigious Views and fegluigs * we . o ^ ught to ODberve t , be . * day * whicia are dedu
cated to Ins aoaatfes > : and thence we may adya , ace ta the festivals in honour of every jreiagii ^ Lry . saint ia the Roman calendar ! We have as much authority for the one as fbrtfeeother ^ aQiif we dep 4 i ^ t iranpi the simplic | ky of the
gospel institutions ^ it is diflScult to say what bounds ^ we are to set to human inventions . Rut on this subject we have the express cau - tion of the- apostle : ^ Beware lest any man spoil yo » u th rough phi lo . sonhv and viin deceit * . after the
tradition of men , after the rudiments of the world " ' , and not after Christ . ^ . ""¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . \ I . ; -. ' But it is acknowleagied by ale-Spectacle class of Protestant I > issenters , that the observance of this ' ¦ 7 ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ -, - ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ i - * '
. > , _ _ day is inconsistent With the siiru piicity of the gospel , that no such obseryaric ^ wsis instituted or authorised by (/ hrist 9 r his apostles * arid that it never tvas so observed of
until tl ^ ose corruptions doctrine arid \ vofship justi \ uated themselves into the Christian ! ( £ iUrch , which have been the greatest impediments
to the progress of genuine Christianity . Let us ^ ^ qtoWer upo n what plea the ? observance of thi * day is contended for by pei-sons of tjiis descripi ^ on , ¦¦ . >
% It i ^ said , in ike second place , thbt it is a general custom , and coa ^ qu ^ ntly , that it is a day of leisxire , and tlieiriefi > re ^ that it may prpperjy be 4 ^ vb terf to religion * worship or to rteJ % ions instioctiou ^
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< * ¦ ¦ . ¦ J 40 Objections against tJte ^ Oltservarice of CRristtnas Etiay . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1810, page 540, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2410/page/16/
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