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nitely good Creator , I have no doubt but their progress \ yould be rapid : but the clergy wr ^ o may caieny be expected to study sjul £ -
jects ^ o £ , this , fiind are plainly , iinwillirag to rneddle with them , lest in see ^ i r 5 g to . confute ,, they should unwillingly , be . convinced ; and precious as truth is I fear there
are some among them who in the consequent lubs of their preferments -. would think that it was dearly purchased . Few of the unlearned , as I before observed , will venture to read what are called controversial works . lest
their faith should be unsettled ; and the female world may well be expected to draw back , when Miss Hamilton , who comes
forward and is in many respects so well qualified to instruct her sex , declares in one of her late publications , that uoon subiects of this cationsthat upon subjects of this
, kind she is ( and must therefore chuse tohe ) " deplorably ignorant ? * The zeal which led to the formation of the Unitarian Fund Society- and the increasing
activity of its exertions , must be highly gratifying to all who arc interested in the cause . Had I the pen of persuasion , I would call forcibly upon the rich to be liberal in furnishing them with enlarged means of extending their
usefulness , reminding them that he who soweth sparingly will reap in the same proportion , while the bountiful giver in so noble a cause may look conBdently for a
recompense as large . If he who relieves the temporal wants of his brethren * who feeds the hungry , clothes the naked an < i comforts the afflicted , receives the glorious appellationl of " faithful servant , " sb&ll not $ e who also promotes
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their spiritual welfare , who call 5 them froni a ^ rk fai th in in . coni pr ^ l ^ . cnsibjkjmy ^ erics , to serve the one Hying aji fl true God , be justly sXykd ^ benefactor of his species , arid look forward with an Humble a ^ sqr ^ nce , of entering into the kingd om ;• ¦ * prepared for those who " worship , the Father in spirit and in tmth ?' ' Now that so many able men &ye ready zealous , l y to exert tUe *) aselv £ s in spread - ing the true doctrines of Christ , amongst those wjio hajVe iithertb had no opportunity , yet seem willing to consider them , skall we not all in full proportion to our ability come joyfully forward for their support ? If they have planted , shall we not water , by pouring an abundant stream of liberality , looking with humble confidence to God for the increase ?
We have prejudice , interest and timidity to encounter , each of which issingly difficulttoovercornei and which when , as here , united , require all our ardour and perse - verance to get the better of : but there is a means , which if Unita . rians as a body could be prevailed upon to adopt , their adversaries would neither be able to gain ' say nor resist ! Let us demonstrate that our ' s are the true doctrines of Christ , by the effects which they \ iniformly produce on
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our temper and conduct ! We plead no innate depravity , no natural inability to do what our gracious Creator requires from us in excuse of our sins ; we trust in no
imputed righteousness , or atoning sacrifice to wipe them away But we are taught by him who " came into th world to bear witness to the truth / ' upon what cgndition they will be forg iven-
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582 On Practical Christianity .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 582, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/10/
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