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Pulpit Phrase * Dublin , t 7 tk November , 1810 * Si ft * la some Unitarian congrega * lions I have heard the
terms—** only begotten Son of God ^ whe -Condescended to take upon him-# edf our infirmities : ' / those who make u $ e of these expressions ^ £ an , no doubt , satisfactorily explain them ; which I expect will
be done in some subsequent number of your Repository . If not I Jaope the use of these antiquated terms will be discontinued , as they must prove disgusting to a great part of the audience . A 2 C VJSTl ^ AIUffEB LAYMAIST -
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On Cftyrch Discipline . Si& } Nottingham . While many religious societies in the present day arrogate a severity of conduct towards their ,
offendipg brefftren , utterly inconsistent with the mild spirit of Christiainity , others have deemed it sight to lay aside not only eveiy ibrm of discipline , but every bond of fellowship and union , thus
blending in one undistinguishaible mass the fetimbl ^^ and devout worshipper , and the profligate and profe , tie person I am one of thsse who think that between these extremes
a middle path might be pursued , perfectly accordant with , and highly beneficial to the Christian cause * I would by no means contend for that sanctified
demeanor , that domineeri ng influence that affected superiority , that captiovjs holiness , { if I may be allowed the expression ) which is continually and publicly reproving -others for trivial failings ; lor these * the private suggestion ,
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the friendly admonition ire iBiifli , cient ; but for that benign brotherly kindness which would exhort and entreat , and which would , in the ciase of hardened depravity , of persevering impiety only , stum and separate froaa the ^ offender .
While the , vicious man cart triumph in his wickedness , while he can brutalize himself ^ unreproved , in the indulgence of the most ignoble passions , while hie can for a small pecuniary consi - deration attach himself to a so *
ciety of , Christian worshippers , and ( apparently at least ) stand as high in the estimation of the vir . tuous as does the humble and sincere follower of Jesus ^ he will still glory ia his vices . ^
® ught not the religious societies of liberal Christian ^ to make a ele ^ r distinction between their virtuous and their vicious mem . bers ? When vice would stalk
forth , atid with unblushing front , claim the esteem and friendship of the good , ought they not , individually as meft , and collectively as Christians , to enter their protest against it ? Does not Christianity ctemand this course of conduct from its votaries ? I cannot
but think that such means , adopted by a society of Christians ^ would add a stimulus to religious improvement , and would check vicious conduct ; for the immoral
man will dread the open coiu tempt and censure of his acquaintance , when our convincing barangups from the pulpit will > from their general application , foil of their desired effect .
I presume not to define the . exact method of procedure a relu gious society should adopt Wt the subject ' is important ^ and it will give me pleasure to see soni «
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W | Oh Church Discipline .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 78, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/14/
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