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    history of the Old Testament as imputes sanguinary wars to the express command of the Almighty . Her accusef ^ dkl fitft fcwti charge herivffh a like want of faith in

    the >{ ew Testament ; yej she was tfSnviiffed dti % Hb ibrmei- grotimtf cffheketidal pravity and oh her retiifii to A'tteiica was disowned . Dispassionate judges ^ out of

    the pale of Quakerism , considered tiie proceedings against this fem&te stranger somewhat arbift ^ ry and s ^ ve re ^ inasmuch as her ^ pohents could jproduce ho define cteecl ; 6 <^ f > Hslii | the arti - cles iii question ^ to which slie had

    Actually 6 r virtually vowed Conformity . WTiere there is ho laivy ffltre can be rid transgression . — And tte peculiar princijple of the society , in regard to the inward figlit , seamed to supersede all ippe&i tb writjeft standards of faith , and to stive a licence to

    unbounded latitude in private judg-^ ht ori retigiofi . — -But if it Were Jh" ^; . ¥ 6 . ivhat iindotib tedi Quafcbr authorities could be produced in of

    support of the new frame ortik&it 6 x $ f Barclay Penri and irai ' , it \ vias generally ^ understood , | aci ' by no meiins agreeid with the prevailing sects in their fundafifeiital princi ^ les ^ and had exfifes ^ d tlietriselves in such terms

    3 g hltH pf ^> dii ced a iuspicion of l ^ eir leaning to Socinianism . ^ These ^ nd similar arguments ^ ig hed with some individuals in

    society With Friends , and amongst 4 ttier ^ w ith Idriir author , who pubiJsj ^ fed ^ iii 80 1 , ^ Au Appeal to ( life Sacie ^ of Frieads ^ 6 ri the primitive sirhplicity of their Christ&h Principles and Church Disl&lme r * & 1865 , " * '' A ViridiC ^ W W 3 cttpt ur ^ l XJiiitariMm mh d ^ rfti Mtf ? e Chifeti ^ i

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    Doctrines , in Reply to Vindexs Examination of the Appeal \ * and in i 894 , " A Narrative of tlie ^ Prbeyiiingi M AitiWica of the Society called Quakers , in the case of JfftrwialjL 3 arnwj l ; > vit ^ ^ brief Review of tRe previous

    Trans-^ actions in Great Bntain and Ire . actions in Great Britain ajad Ire - ahd ^ intencfed as a Seq ^ iiel tp | he Appeal . " The main principles of these several publicatioi ^ M ^ ere attacked by Mr . John Beyan « ,

    Jun . in a work which is exai ^ ia < Bd ^ and we think for the most part , successfully refuted ^ in the present publication * ( The author thus perspicuously states the principal objects of his volume .

    u First , to maintain the infinitely important doctrines of the strict unity and natural placability of Qod , as taught in the scriptures , in opposition tp the Trinitarian and Calvinistic tenets which have recently bten profe&ect , and in some degree countenanced Amongst us * r ** Secondly , To promote more jastfe and reasonable ideas on the doctrine of

    divine influence oa the human mind , than I apprehend many of rirjr fellb' ^ professors at present entertain . \ - - " " Thirdly . Tp excite an increased at * Thirdly . Tp e ^ cue an increased at *

    tention to the scriptures , and thereby tq augment their influence in faypur o moral and religious truth ; to whicfi f think the unfounded idea of their plenary inspiration is prejudicial .

    . «« Fourthly- To inculcate the obligation we are under as professed Christians , primarily to regard the simplicity of the apostolic faith iri determining die conditions on which religious fellowship ought to be maintained ; and consc * quently to abstain from the imposition of more extended attides of faith upon our brethren , than Jesus Christ and hi * apostles have laid down as sufficient *"

    Pref * p . xiii , xiv . These heads do not constitute the formal division of the took , \ vliiGh is defectiye in a plan , but has a c&feibufc Table of tyiitwti . * l is kmisceiitoybrg ^ aio rt ^ h ^

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    Review . —Christian Urtiiarianism vindicated ,, 5 gS

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/23/