On this page

• Text (1)

  Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

  • 

    Untitled Article

• Transcript

  • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

    Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

    Untitled Article

    ar £ 6 hhti&ct& $ with forttfal articles of ^ fffif , >« fere 4 s ftdft ^ sUcH werfe ! ai $ n * # wtt by ctaf Lord , wfio bas ** gfe& thegttity of Christkhity ^ tbiSPir fc ^ bfraSbcfed to a gree d : —

    it hWe f&ligfoti of a few plain facts , d ^^ dift ^ 6 n fevidence , requiring n ( # t <^ r { ifn ^ 1 fo tbatlcfe them clear and niP ^ mki ^ iy jpoWer to enfo rce them ; he ^ t ^ at ^ ttia ieg them will under .

    st # nd thfem , and he that believes thrift arid enters info their practic ^ Ptepbrt ; is , without and in spite of opulent Establishmerits and ofiil # otr ^ biVil powers , a geriuine

    CfMstfan . " They mtist , onfce more , h&Wffi&rteA and guarded by penal statutes , for I speak the experft 3 ¥ e $ fy $ 1500 years , when I say trr $ fit inessential t © the existence of

    aifTfle £# rchy , to have rewards for rigBeTbeJievingarid punishment ^ for wifefigjftnmunities and privileges fo ¥ * Orthodoxy , disqualifications rfrtf ^ dfegrac ^ for heresy . But how dfd ^ s htiis system of things agree i $ ftfPfcfre geriitis of Christianity , the d toftfit of Jfesus ? He , in the days

    cJrf " ^ jns 'fl ^ sh , judged and punished ir& ^ tn&n fbr his faith dr his want of ill * but tiiis ^ danrijg followers have 3 dJ& # ged ' themselves wiser and J ^^ i ^ o ^ erfql than he , and have trsf # ^ ft kti 6 ffi ^ e , that pf determiniiig : oii mefi s iiiiiids and hearts ,

    wJHich hi left to Kis Father . ^ W&itc 6 nfihe this ^ address to this cnie jpbitit , because it appears to me thit the vfery firfet prJhciple of ^ t Ch ¥ lstt 4 n chaf-iactef is theacknowof

    l ^ feeht tip authority Hut Ctirist ' iy under Godwin metiers oi * religion , and " because this all-impdrtant principle is ffofri ignorance qrfrom cobiorVftify to the ' World , foSlittle Bfoiight forward by those wbose religious brdfessioh cannot be Viltdicated without it . Ju > Uue tb ^ m ^ shi p ^ r ^ ^ bfii Gbd ,

    Untitled Article

    the Fja ^ eiy bnr % > Moki ^ a gbo 4 ^^ m W dis ^ k ^ SffiP a Trinf aW ^ i ^^ % lfe ^ if ^ ivmfe ^ lithbf ^^ oSia ^^ ^ i ^ d tfced Tor ^ tB 6 afifflnce T ^ etwbgtf t *

    cbtf rcrj < & < T stM ^ - V ^ b th ¥ ^ e ^ bein ^ no such authority to beMrfewA > the first error of an hierarchy , the error of ^ T < irsy is it& beings an hierarchy . Its constitution is of

    little moment ; the building itself stands upon stolen ground . No room could have been gained for it , but by direct and grievous eni croachfnent ; and therefore , wB 6 * ther the erection bte Athan&fcian or

    Unitarian in its fortti , I ^ 6 uld equally plead that , according to the declared mind abd will of the only Lord of cdn ^ ieii ce ^ it orught not to bave been set Up , but ought , on the contrary , td be taken down witti as much hkste ^ . s Is com pat * , tib'le with the safety df those em *

    ployed in its demolhibtK : ^ ^ "I confess , my brethren , I h $ v < e not that ( as I conceive , j ni ^ Mrifed , ) candour ^ which wduld % 6 Ef parley with ertor , and cSft ^ jr 9 tffco compromise with s ^ ri tU ad ^ t ^ HfeQness in high places . I Avould aim to be a faithful sii * fecl o # Hrfie

    Prince of Life and Isdf&bf G % , and while * I \ VouW ^ efl * to nfdne i n obedl ^ ii cfe € &siiry within $ is own jurisclic ^ icin i ^ 1 wo ^ if be * h ^ first to ^ cJit it ^ e andi otfU ^ ifl lffi

    when Hte stejis dtit Wif ^ Md m ^ vades the pr ^ irice ^^ kMtiiiir king , oilfe Jc-sW /^ " ' «* ^ ¥ * } " \ To be a ChrfStitfh isWeti ?^ % > vord ^ to call ^ tfk »^ L » A ) ; Wfferiounce kll Siber ^ tftJhdrilj ^ -. tetttL ligioii , ; ahd . t ^ ka ^ WtWii ^ u rests of bii sBirfttsiB Hf ^ ddm . ^ % e

    Iras giv ^ pn us iftfflV ^^ rti ^ Hayi i 6 g ^« O ^ u # ^ Il"T < : ^«^ , ' ^ ft ^ piSerabie ^ wiff dS Aif MlfQ ^^ wretched o # Mf t /^^ iPiPBrt

    Untitled Article

    30 © SpiritualSupremacy &f Jew * G&fisU

• Citation
  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1813, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2425/page/20/