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I tftfapt . yrfefttevpr Jt ? j&k t be th ^ i r gjtamtfi& in other matters , kne ; w £ P | f }> n | at all of religion or morals . This opinion has been confidently tau& hfby some of the clergy , ( hap . $ it y ; jpjpti ; by all , ) and seems to have been'jbelieyed by the bulk of the laity , without enquiry . Dr . . Watts has thought proper to versify this
opinion , that it may be in the mouths of good Christians of all ranks;—" Let all the heathen writers join « * T *> fipFJ ?* we perfect book , «« Great God , wfeeji once compared with thine , a How mean then * writings look ! " &c .
and ^ he ; lowe % t maid-servant , having ffe e docjor ^ s . ajutbprity , thinks herself entitled , tp sirvg these verses ^ tp loqk with contempt on all tUat has ^ en sai / d or done by heathen ( iioralists ^ nd to pronauace sentence of condenipafion on th ^ ir
works , though $ fte _ is . gp ft 11 " ftp ^ Mviagtbe I f ^ t ^ w # | qt | i 9 $ e- ^ ith ^ ny pf ; ljbejr ^ Uiiigs , t hat ^ e is « yj ^ n p ^ ffectly i ^ nprant npf tJb ^ ir , yery D # ftves . 3 ^ t I h ave no 4 ifl ^ culty in say-\ W& ? i ^^ JLise ; I jm abi ^ e tp prqve , ^ Hat meh a&sejfti ^ njs , as I , feave
qpjqt ^ d frcjm ^ jrac ^ qnymous aiith ^ r , i ^ re the x vsry r < mr # e qf . the tcWgh . I p <^| P jtjti at i ; he 4 pty of % givWg > * ft | yt r i ^ 5 , » 9 F # ** z W 3 . i ^» wfql--ij ^ pl r ^ f : f ^^ Pg-e , , jp ^ gre ^ able to t rigl i t r ^^ p , is jft , pprtiQn , pf the
my jjtrf jiTjprovad , ^ nd 4 ? wUiv ^ ted « -9 raiie ^ m l ^^ p acinally iec ^ a n ^ t ^ wgb t a 3 ^ i ^ h , be . ^ Wte . ^ fee 9 M « &n ^« a > by those mfep } h # , nf > jpt ^ r ip ^ aps of jgic - 9 ^ ftW ^ g * feeflnpelfves f with reljgious % ttd moral truth than the e ** thei
^ JWti ^ of r n : febcqUiqsi , as-^^ 2 ^ l . he experience and ob-* T am happy , however to bip-uelieiwri xfp ^ fia 4 fe « nece&sny of col -
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Jecting the prpof of t | iis myself , by presenting to ypur reajclfii's a s | io rrt extract frp | n ^ valuable work of my late e ^ cellei ^ t friend , t ^ e Rev . Charles Bulkley ; q f whom I take tl ^ is ppportjunjity of 3 ^ - ipg , that : in le ^^ ipg JLud „ ^> iUty Jie had few eqyal ^ , and in piety and virtue np superior , , But 1 wish it to be understood , that I
say this merely as aj ^ sttrib ^ te . to his memory , and nqt with ja vie , w to create j ^ r ^ y prej u dice in fayppr pf his opinions . I rely eutii ^ ely pn the evidence which he J ^ as produced , which I take to be cpmplete and decisive . His ivprds $ | re the following :
•?—" Wjtbin the compass of natural religion are fo be included a ^ U moral pbligat f ipns whatsoever , relative either to Gpd or man . As this is in the general acknowledged , it can be no way rjepes&ary to eA ^ er
into any distinct or ampje detail , for the proof ojf it . I shfall , t ^^ refore only ma , kea jfew repoarks with regard tp one or twp particular virtjues , tr ^ at have bee n thought
scarcely to be Jtnowp among , tr ^ ose pi" the heathen wprl ^ . ^ 95 > e , J ^ b r instance , have seemed to tjiink t ^ t forgiveness of injuries is a mpral duty , peculiar to the ^ pspel ., J ^ u t it is impoqsibfe that it shouldJbe so ,
si / i < jLe there , ar ^ , in faqt , a grt ^ t variety of plaj , r » ^ pd exp ress passages in $ eyera , l Jbiea ^ en ^ y ^ prs , wjlio wrote before the tirae pt o i ^ r §^ aviQur * s appiearancr , so ^ ne a , t ^| ie
distajnce of ^ e ; veral hund red y . ^ rs prpqe ^ r ^ g \ h $ t P ^ iod , in ^ jch ibis dijty f is exp licitly ipqpj ^ atjed , * $$ syqh a temper hi ^ hl ^ ^ ppiftpded . Howjirjely , for exarpplej is
'it expressed by Plato , at the ^ pd jpf , tt | e applogy plF Socrates . ''I . ftin I ? y rjo m eans ^ n gry / ^ ays t | i e philosopher * ( p . yaw v ^^ s ^ i ypo wthmy ^ ri ^ mies , , un | efeit |> e fpr
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Mr . Stvrchy op the Dialogue on the Study of the Scriptures . ?<) 9
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 299, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/15/
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