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JlfK Wright on Missionary Preaching .
Whhtach Oct . 26 , 1811 . Sir , To the question which A JVon Con . of the Old School , ( see p . 543 ) wishes to have put to Unitarian missionaries ; i . e . If you take away the doctrine of the atone ,. mentj tell me what you substitute in its stead ? " 1 offer a concise reply . In&U'&d of the supposed atonement * or satisfaction made by Christ for the sins of men , J
exhibit the rich rnercy and free grace , or favour , which Gpd hath revealed by Jesus Christ , in the declarations and promises of th © gospel , as the foundation of hop § to penitent sinners , and the ground 4 > ti which they are to expect salvation and eternal life . As to the Ivay in which u final salvation through the njtrcy of God" is to be attained , it xnust be by a . life of obedience to the gospel ; for the unrighteous shall not inherit ike kingdom of . God , Christ is become the author of eternal sal * nation to all them that obey him ; those who disobey the gospel will
be punished . IJoliness is an essential qualification for happiness . In preaching tu sinners , Unitarian missionaries imitate i \ w apos-t tie Paul , testifying repentance topwrds God , and faith towards
QUr Lord Jesus Christ : Repentance , as accompanied by amendment of life ^ both as it relates to immorality and what is corrupt and superstitious in religion : faith , 5 U& it is a practical credence , and deludes in it obedience to the truth believed . They aim not to lead men from a dcpendance on the merits pf Christ to a reliance tfii tfaeir avra merits : but to a
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depemdance on Hie declarations of the gospel , which they preach a a system of free grace , o , unrnerit ed favour , flowing from the infi ' nite love and mercy of God to the world . , Th « y insist on mioni
righteousness , as essentially ne cessary , not to merit or pyrchase salvation and eternal life , which God gives freely ; but to qualify for the enjoyment of the favour of God > both h re and hereafter . Such is the reply of an Unitarian
missionary . I remain , Sir , Yours , &c . R . WRIGHT .
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Kapaite Jews , Sir , Oct . 7 ^ I 8 ih " Dr . " Clarke , in his Travels , &c * has given a very interesting re . latidn of the hospitable reception Which he experienced fromaKo * raite Jew , in the Crimea . But ,
he says , that " the etymology of the name is uncertain ^ and that those who bear itj u deem it an act of piety , to copy the BiWe ot copious commentaries upon i / , once im their lives / +
As some of your readers way , possibl y ^ be in the same stale of doubt with this intelligent trav . elter , concerning the origin of the word Karaite , and as I suspect that he is inaccurate in one part
of his representation of the Jews who are so denominated , g ive me leave to refer to writers who have explained , pretty largely , ^ meaning of the ternt
t See Dr . ClarWs account eftfie ^ raite Jews , entire , M . Repps . pP- ™^
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€ i 8 Mr . Wright mi- Missionary Preaching ~~~ J £ ai * aite Jc : i : s
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 648, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/8/
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