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should give way to , and be over * ruled "b y , a lew obscure phrabes , ajid metaphorical or figurative e ^ re ss i oas . Nothing , I am persu ^ ded cpuld have induced ra * tional * apd ehtightehed men to
h ^ ve Embraced such a system of absurdities with th ^ gospel open befo / e Jtem as it is at ttiis day : but they , stole on by degreed , in those dark ages whej * its precious contents were carefully concealed from the people , aiid we are now habituated to assent to and pro - fess our belief in them before our
minds have power to distinguish between truth and error . During this period of imbecility , the chains of prejudice wind themselves closely around us , and we are ever after most unwiWifier to
be released from their bondage . The generality of people too are intimidated and prevented from inquiring into the foundation of the doctrines which they have been taught , by the dread of losing that meritorious faith which is solely to entitle them to salvation .
Can we Wonder that such a misrepresentation of our pure re-. ligion , which paints it as an irra * tional , I had almost said , an unholy thing , should still keep t \ u from our view th ^ t kingdom , the object of our daily prayers ^ which assuredly must come , when His wilt shall be done on earth even
as it is in heaven ! But , my bre thrpn 4 * we have not so learnud Ch f isjt ; ' * his genuine doctrines are , 1 trust , advancing with a
firm and steady paccaipongst i ^ , ; QX \ a woulg } oujr fellow C Kristi ^ jps Ue ' jgersu'iid ^ d to ^ ive a Cftjtidjd hearing to our arguments for tbe unity of person , arid consistent Ipmiasss of cfiHractsir < rf pu ^ infi-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 581, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/9/
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