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    Account of Mr. William Christie. 133

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    appear to me so fully in favour of Christ * s pre-existence , that there is no , necessity for laying any partictflar stress upon this , A My doubts , I will candidly acknowledge to you , respect the mode of worship which is due to Christ , divine worship is aut of the question : but the scripture , according to my conception , seems to authorise or rather injoin some . Upon this subject I am still undetermined ^ and must take the liberty to request your kind concurrence and assistance to enable me to

    come to a clear and satisfactory conclusion . The importance of this point to me and every sincere Christian , will , I am persuaded , be a . sufficient apology for thus

    addressing a person whom I have not the pleasure of knowing personally . Your obliging communications upon this subject will be esteemed a particular obligation by , Sir , " Yr . hble Servt . " TfceRevd , — " Master of- —— school , near — Yorkshire /* cc Christie jun . Merchant , Montrose , Scotland /' « Sir ,

    u received so much pleasure and information from the perusal of you * excellent Unitarian Discourses , that about six months fgo , I took the liberty of address ing a letter to you , containing my grateful acknowledgments for them . As this letter was not merely complimentary , but expressed likewise- a desire , that you would oblige me with your opinion of the pre-existence of Jesus Christ ; ( and proofs for and against this much controverted and important doc * riae , I conclude it has not reached you . From that ingenouus freedom of research with which you

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    had so successfully studied the scriptures , and that candour and sincerity with which you had communicated the result of your inquiries to the public , I concluded that you would not refuse giving any information in your power upon these subjects , even to a person totally unknown to you . Your speedy answer to this , will , I am persuaded , convince me , that I have not made a false estimate of

    your character and disposition . I need not perhaps inform you that I am , and have long been fully convinced of the truth of that doctrine which you maintain so ably in your Discourses ; and that I had

    the pleasure and satisfaction of knowing Mr . Lindsey ' s sentiments upon these matters , before his resignation of the Vicarage of Catterick in my neighbourhood . I

    most sincerely wish prosperity to that Unitariafi congregation over which you so laudably preside , and am respectfully , * Sir , ** Yr . obliged Humb . Servt .

    i cc Master of school , n £ ar , Yorkshire , " € X Mr . Wm . Christie , jun . Merchant , Montrose , Scotland . * u Montrote , 20 ih July , 1785 . " Rev . Sir , 11

    I received both your polite and obliging letters , and must own myself to blame in not replying sooner to the fir $ t of them . 1 esteem it arj honour , that any thing I am capable of writing , should

    give pleasure and satisfaction to a gentleman of good sensie and learn-, ing . 1 am at the s ^ me time sorry that I cannot at present give you that farther information you desire , 1 am myself in a state of suspense with regard to the pre * .

    Account Of Mr. William Christie. 133

    Account of Mr . William Christie . 133

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 133, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/5/