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similar asperity or contempt , in tb ^ writings ati d sermons of the opposite party * The oivly return should be pity and forgiveness ; ^ specially as we regard their theological system as very
inefficacious to the production of a real conformity to the meek and holy mine } of Christ . But for those \ vho deem themselves believers in jtfi | ths of sovereign efficacy to purify the passions and sanctify our vvltole ftaturc , —for them to
transgress the rules of gentleness to all fnen ^ in meekness instructing thbsle that oppose themselves , is a ctime against their master and theft caiise ^ unsusceptible of any jiM ^ fe ^ iCe . ^ Nq ^ i passing over some awkwardnesses of language , and some
ji 6 tv £ ty modest assumptions , as , for ins ^^ Ce , that Calvinism is the orthodoxjmth y whereas the writer mpst have known that popery has a better presumptive title to the
appellation ; it is edifying to find in Eclectic reviewer dehorting } ii $ readers from harsh judgments ^
and inculcating oh them meekness and gentleness < as evidences of trUth . How far he exemplifies Ms own pretepts whefn he afte r * wards expresses his serious fears that hoHuefes Is not the growth of
Unharian opinions , " and that the Unitarian view of sin u has seldom or rieVer bfcen the s ^ ssocfete of that necessary qualification for th ) e kingdom o £ heaven , which call
the ^ iptures a b roken heart and W contrite spirit , " let the reader ^| kclfle . We may bo per * mittM to xybsetve , however , that this expression of . fear is occasioned |> y aplas ^ age in aii Unitarian bopk ; on th 0 esde « ce of xeligioii , of whose ^ teridt and spirit , ** pbrdial und ^^ l ^^^ i ^ 8 iii dn ~ & ^ eolared .
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The occasion was not , surely , happily chosen for an attack upon Unitarians ; nor does there seem a laudable consistency in pleads iiig for candour in ; the introduction of the critique , and for big .
olry in the conchjskml We say Bigotry ; for it is of the very essence of this unamiable disposu tion to judge the hearty and to in . fer moral evil ; from speculative differences I In truth .- and serious .
ness , would the reviewer deny the honest and good heart , which our Saviour applauds , to such men as Lardner , JeW > Cappe and
Lindsey ? or would he be content to put the credit of Calvinism upon a comparison of them with any who have been-ecpj ^ Uy eminent on the Calvinistic ^ ide ? Let it not
seem uncandid , if we say that in a pretty extensive acquaintance with Calvinifits of different classes * : we have not observed any marked superiority of vixlue ; ia them wliich should bespeak the divine efficacy of their system :- ^ gpod ttie ^
excellent men we have seen > and still see among them ; but we mwst also declare that if , we were called upon to poi » t o » l sofpe-of the wowt men tha . t have falJca under our notice ^ we should specify some of those that haver been the most
firm and zealous in the Calvimstic scheme ; that h ^ ye held inost tenaciously thet total corruption of human nature ^ the , sovereignty of grace , and the omnipotence « f spirittiai influence * It is still good , Xh&t ae ^ rieB
( using the word umpxkwsly ) ^ tke their peculiarities morally jeiScacious ; but the Calvinifit i $ not the only one who seeks to iinpi ^ ove his fellow- ^ eli eYers by en 4 ^ vouring to raise their pwrafa ; ' to ^ te with the supposed superiority of
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154 On the " Ecledttc Revietv" of Mrs . Cappe ' s Life of Christ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/26/
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