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r a graph , and t ^ e awful ange AThich he founds upon it ; . From these simple premises he infers tjiat the author is guilty of blasph my > and charges him with an arrogant assumption of the
attributes of peity ^ —Nay * Siiy do not smile . The pious prebendary , I assure you , i $ serious . His charge is grave and soleixm . To convince you , J will cite his own words as they stand in p . 565 . of his late publication . " Mr . B . claims to himself what he will not allow
to bi $ Redeemer , , the divine attru bute of searching the heart : and declares that both the contending paries jetired from the field , well s ^ isfied with the result of the con * flict , JDr . Priesfley with his Victory , and Dr . Horsley with his Mitre * '
A -yAp tQt . fhG f * Ct& upon which this trem ^ ndoi ^ s charge is founded , I am confident of the truth of the
assertion , so Jar as it relates to Dr . Priestley ; for I have often h # &r 4 *?\ y venerable friend express t £ * V gratification which he felt in Jib Complete triumph over his And
lea ^ qed o ^ ppnent . as to the bishop I did presume , but it seems without sufficient warrant , that Dr . Horsley ' yti& also , well satisfied with his mil-re * Upon the authc-^ t ^ vtb e / efipjre othis son ^ who jnust have bad tim fee # xrjeans of inform&tipn , 4 j ? e par ^ grapii i ^ a fut uie efatk > Xkm&y kp cp / rected ir \ some
AUCh ^ for ^ i ; ^ ,: thij : the parties l ^ t ijed j , fe 9 m , t ^^ ^ op ^ i t , for . Bric 9 rtpy . ^ eJU jaysJled , wit ^ Jbiis mcXory ^ M ^ # \ t . Hors ey , not f % d
« m » dil ^ } , eft , ; jea ^ [ , ^ th ^ is 0 » i U ^ : . > # jU | i >« W # ^ ^ S ^ r ^ psciousness that ie h ^ | jo tJ ^ a ^ y ^ T » Sftaa ^ hifih a prize , or from ; ioi opinion ^ thskii Welsh diocese vtas not a suitable reward of his
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explained . * t "" : \ So much for \ he % ctst t As to
the logic of the case , It far surpasses my poor ability , who am but a humble disciple of Locke and Hartley , to discern th ^ ^ lf ^ Et' - est connexion between thepremi ^ ses and the conclusion . That it should be blasphemy to * zy tfeart ; ail archdeacon wasr wteHUktisfieil
with being made a bishop , is a doctrine , which to me is quite new ^ and passing strange . Attd here I must leave it : not without expressing my admiration of that sublime logic whkrh in a case of
such difficulty could tfipjpiy the media of proof . After alj ^ I heartily forgive my tmgry ansaflant all his " sins , negligettfces 4 in 3 ignorances , " all his misrepresentations , sneers and calumnies , and than ^ him most cordially ^ r iris seyfti % and unsparing animadversions . Not that I lay claim to the character
of being the meekest xttfneti t b&t because , , with Ithe most- evident good . will to the coiftr&t ^ hi * h& completely co ^ iBftibSed ; S tV& irrtp ^ n tiality M fhe TeVie # o ^ &i ^ e ^ HJN ^ versy in ; the tiifim I ^ q Wry ^ iiWa the correctness ? t ) f IHe ldfe ^ tft 8 J 6 ti in jfavpttt of DE . \ Pri ^» He ^ WMk the most anxious Sfeslre "; W >« b
* It is well known that Dr . Horsfey owed his mitre ^ o LcW Tiiurk > w , tfcen Chancellor , who in his usual b ]» ot end forcible language , tvWeh | ^ 11 § Pf ff - peat , exprcwed . th ^ pb l ^ ticws w ^ h the dhuircb was under , to h « teaMed '
and subtle advocate . Blit it is-Weil known among his private frkmk ^ jliiat th »« oble lQjrcly vm $ ^ ffV ^ O ^ Af ^ s ^ ood how to ^ pprefiiate h 1 ^^^ ]^* - fqce , who was noi tq be iirn ^ o ^ c ^ upibn a bow-wow manner , and * m %£ &-nally amjjs ^ d his leisure ^ ln > iijai ifcy was wtSSicnM 3 mMW nts of the < qu € 8 Cion »
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ch H ' 1 / 6 Mr . Btlskams Reply id iktWto .. Horsley . ' a •> 1 ' V - -, * 4-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1813, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2426/page/28/
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