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retical principles , as they would call them , —and what converts did he make among churchmen , who universally extolled him , except among a few thinking persons , who were generally as cautious as himself ? The other is Dr . Priestley , who was perhaps equally the
mild , and I will add , in the essential sense of the word , the candid Christian . But when he appeared with the zeal and intrepidity of an apostle , people cried out , they that turn the world upside down , are come amongst us ; the corrupt church trembled for its foundation , and thousands took the alarm ; and a
glorious list is upon record , and continually increasing , of many noble Bereans , who deserted their sanctuary , which they saw was polluted with Popish idols . Truth claims the field of
discussion only , —in this field alone has she obtained her never-fading laurels , — this she courts and no other among rational - / beings . Let ******* and ******* fig | , t un <] er her banners with their affectionate , &c «
March 1 st , 1800 . B . D . Not altogether unconnected with the above subject is the following extract from a letter received from the same , upon sending him an account of the Unitarian Fund
dinner , 1809 ; and you may perhaps not deem it unworthy a place in your valuable miscellany .
c ( I partook of the feast in some measure with you . No cause will ever flourish without Zealand union , which I rejoice to see adopted for the spread of Unitarfanism . What wonderful effects
have these means produced in promoting Methodism ! It threatens to overthrow all other isms in the nation , from its adaptation to the prepossessions , ignorance and passions of the lower class , which forms the largest portion of all people . It is remarkable ,
that ( Jnitarianism takes root principally among the great , the liberal , the learned and the inquisitive ; and Methoditm among the uninformed . Besides , the mcthodistic cause is favoured not a
little among some of the higher classes , by the Jesuitical pretence of an adherence to the established church , which throws « ff the odium of dissent , and leaves the door open to their admission to all ^ lAetfc imder government . We . ra * y
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however augur upon good grounds the final triumpn of the truth of Unitarian Christianity . Growing information has hitherto ameliorated society , and been gradually , though slowly , effectual iti expelling civil barbarism from the earth , and who can doubt but it will be
progressive in its march . It is to a fewselect champions , that we are indebted for emancipation from the slavery of the dark ages , whose spirit was caught by others , and posterity will be equally
indebted to the two great theological champions whom you commemorated , ( Priestley and JLindsey ) and other kindred souls , for emancipation from superstitious ignorance *' Your's , A Constakt Reader .
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Objections to the Unitarian Fund * March 1 , 1813 . Sir ,
After a deliberate inquiry , in which I can truly say , that I wias actuated solely by a desire to discover the truth , at the age of twentyfive I became a decided Unitarian ;
and in consequence , considered it as an imperative duty to secede from the Church of England , in which I had been educated , openly to profess the principles I had adopted , and to defend and pro *
mulgate them on all proper occa * sions . But as I always thought a liturgy , with which the congregation was previously acquainted , and in which they could occasionally join , highly expedient , if not essential to the due performance
of public worship , and admired the affecting simplicity , piety and sublimity of much of the church service , I separated from its communion with regret : a regret , which was not diminished by the circumstance , that my nearest friends and connections were much hurt and
displeased at the step I had taken * With the sentiments of that apostolic man , the truly reverend Th # ~
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Objections to the Unitarian Fund . 319
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/35/
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