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    writers in the kingdom . * I have , therefore , no apology to make for what I have written * If , whilst endeavouring to correct the errors of others , I should , inadvertently ,

    have committed errors myself , no one , I hope , will , on their being pointed out , be more ready to acknowledge them .

    I remain , Sir , Your constant Reader , B . FLOWER . P , S . The following extracts from Mr . Belsham ' swork , ( p . 34 8 c 492 ) may serve to shew Mr * Blackburne r s close attention to theology in general , and what is of the greatest importance , to practical

    theology in particular : — " Early in the summer of the year 176 $ , these gentlemen [ the Rev . W . Turner and Dr . Priestley ] met Mr . and Mrs . Lindsey , bv

    appointment , at the house of Archdeacon Blackburne , at Richmond , where they passed some days together , in that unreserved and delightful interchange of sentiments , and in those free and amicable

    discussions , which would naturally take place among persons of high intellectual attainments , in whose estimation the discoveries of divine revelation held the most

    * on our able place , and who were all equally animated with the same ardent love of truth , and with the same generous zeal for civil and religious liberty . "

    • « ' The pamphlet mentioned above [ the Plea ] is the work of Mr . Robinson , pastor of a Baptist church and congregation at Cambridge ; one of the ablest and hones test writers in the kingdom , and author of that excellent tract , entitled ArcanaS * — Btacjcbjirnc ' s Works , T © 1 . i . Life , p . iq 6 .

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    Extract of a Letter from Mr . Blackburne to Mr * Lindsey * March 1 , 1753 . li When one sees what different opinions are founded upon the scriptures , by different heads , and none of them void of plausibility ,

    I am strongly tempted to parody a striking passage in the gospels thus : —Except your charity exceed the Athanasians , Methodists , mystics and zealots of every sect , ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven . O , my friend , what shall we do to unlade our

    hearts of the world , and to fill them with God , so as to do , think and say all to his glory ? I arti so far a mystic as to think this attainable , and am miserable , wretchedly miserable , in finding myself so far behind those who have already

    attained hitherto . Pray for me , dear Mr . Lindsey , as I do daily for you , that we may be really instrumental in doing some of that good which is well pleasing to God ; and at least that this evSokioc . may receive no let , either from oar

    indolence , or the incongruity of our doctrine or manners . O , what a glory to carry with us one soul to heaven for seraphs to rejoico over , and to raise the exultations of the heavenly host ! What are

    all the cares , riches , pleasures or anxieties in the world compared to this ! Teach me , for I know you can , how that frame of mind is to be put on , which must carry

    us to our utmost perfection in Christ . I am , with unabated love for you , the unworthiest of all your fellow-servants . F . B . "

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    On Mr . Belsham ' s Account of R * Robinson . 93

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1813, page 23, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2424/page/23/