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the circumstances Paciftctis has disclosed respecting the manner in which this public 5 ocameii ^ was passed through the meeting , the probability is , that the real
complexion afccj tenoi * of the pas * sages I have noticed , was by no means generally apprehended by the persons present , much less maturely considered and deliberately approved *
u 3 dly /* says Breviloquus , " lam less at a loss to refer hiri * to a key to the doctrines of the ekrly Quakers , because they lie open' » the writings of many of them , whict I am inclined to
think are tolerably familiar to many persons of thy correspondent ' s casty , and I am not sure that they are unknown to himself . " Myjfcquiry was nraCh less exten * sive * than this reply represents ^
but more definite , and related only to the doctrines of tW early Quakers , with regard to tfte proper object of worship , and the person or being who bestowed on mankind their natural faculties /'
On these two points , I am persuaded B reviloquus could have been at no loss to produce pertinent passages enough * from
tEe writings of the early Quakers , to shew their judgment concerning each * without filling volumes , perhaps not two pages of your Journal . At the same tittle , I
very much question his being able to exhibit a profession of similar doctrines , in any former yearly epistle , or irr the writings oJ their approved abthori . Breviloquus
is right in conjecturing that their works are not wholly unknown tome ; and therefore the passages I have noticed , surprised me not a little , on account of their discordance with rach of their wti *
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tings as I had sesnu under th i * irnpfss ^ i on / I sent you my re * marks on the last Yearly Epistle , requesting farther information thereon , from any person who might be able and ¦ w illing to give
it . . Breviloqiiiis may also be right in his other conjecture * u that
many persons of thy correspond * etit * s cast , " that is , if I know any thing of the matter , decided Uni * tarians , " are tolerably familiar with the writings" of many of the It is
early Quak&rsf ^* for me to say , by what appellation the many pers 0 nV * here alluded to kre ktiown ; but I have no rea * sen Vo suppose that c c th ^ writings of mijny ** of thb Quakers , are
nvueh read by any lai ^ ge nninber of persons out of their own com * mnftioi * . Their general style , as Clarksdn , I believe , has retnarked is , partidttlarly unfevoui ^ le to such a means of making their sentiments known to persons of other
persuasions , " The last question , * says Breviloquus , ** is , in ^ what sense do they consider Christ as omni * potent ?^ Oft this he observes ** I have yet to learn
thatomnipefence has ^ or can have more than one sense * Take away one millionth part of t £ e power , and it is omnipotence no longer /* Very true . Itis doubtless equallyabstird to talk
of giving to , or taking away from , an Omnipotent Being any jpartide oF powet however i » ihlite . Nor have I m ^ teh objection to the sub . sfequehlt reference to CQ Pope ' s Chain of Nature /'—But the next
effort to elucidate the subject appears to- me at utfer variance with the former * Your readers shall jodge- Ci H this will not satisfy thy cwrespootferrt , ^ say ^ Brevil ^
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38 QuaJters * Yearly Episljfe *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1811, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2413/page/32/
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