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for ( C the pre-. existent glory of Christ , " whichy if well founded , would equally prove the pre-existent glory of Adam , who was
made in the image of God ; and of John the Baptist , who was sent from God , and whose baptism came from heaven . Nor am I inclined to disturb his repose by animadverting upon his trite , and not very convincing , method of abusing and vilifying scripture
criticism , instead of replying to it . My w « rthy friend may be assured that those who maintain the p reexistent glory and atonement of Christ , cannot indulge less anxiety respecting their cause , '' than the advocates of our Lord's proper humanity do , concerning theirs ; even though " the gospel of John and the epistles of Paul are
retained in the canon of Scripture /' My worthy friend declares that fC if these doctrines of the preexistenfc glory and atonement of
Christ , appeared to him so incoti - sistent with the general tenor of t scripturey as they do to some of liis brethren , he would certainly adopt a different method of getting rid of them . ' And what do you think , JMr . Editor , this new
and approved method is , of getting rid of unscriptural doctrines ? I would , says he , allow " that they were the sentiments of the apostles , but that they were noi inspired on these subjects * " My friend would allow tnat flie real * sentiments of the apostles "
would , in this case , be " inconsistent with tbe general tenor" of their writings . This is the notpjble expedient which he recommend * to the Unitarians ; though he acknowledges that th < s p * evaric ^ tion thus imputed to the sajpired writers mighty i' possibl y ^
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weaken their testimony in other respects . "—I think so too . And therefore , though we are much obliged to my yvorthy friend for
his kind attempt to relieve us in our difficulties , I believe that you and I , Mr- Editor , shall think it advisable to adhere totiie old rule . And as these heathen . ish doctrines of pre-ejeistence and
atonement , appear to us most plainly inconsistent with reason and the general tenor of scripture , we shall conclude , though my friend seems to think it incredible , that they were not the sentiments of the apostles , and therefore that these doctrines are not and can .
not be true . My friend ' s concluding resolution I approve ; " Hie coestus
artemque repono . * ' And I ap . plaud his modesty ^ in leaving out from his quotation the word u Victor . " Into his retirement
he will carry my hearty good wishes . And though I cannot hope that at his time of life he can ever change his present principles , I sincerely wish him all the comfort which those principles can afford , and am Sir , Your humble servant , T . BELSHAM .
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Regium Donum . . Sm , May 2 , 1811 . I find a short account of the origin of the Regium Donum ,
concerning which your correspondent inquires ( p . 224 , 5 . ) It is in the following passage of an Ecclesiasti * cal History , by Dr « Haweis , a very popular evovgeUeal clergyman ,
now Jiving . " With the House of Brunswick , the liberties of tbc country stood confirmed ; and all vvho dissented fyom Jfce church , s&ti&tfed wHb *
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270 Regium Donum .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1811, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2416/page/14/
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