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or the holy , blessecj afld , glorjous Humanity , —would the plea , think you , of necessitas rei 9 major cantela ^ or any other , acquit such a sect , in the opinion even of an
orthodox fellow Christian , of a wanton , perverse and perilous de . viation from the better , as well as more legitimate , phraseology of the Bible ? Your ' s t £ tace .
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gleanings ; or , selections and reflections made in a course of general read-ING . No . CXXX . iC Muck good do you .
Under the above not very dignified title , the quaint Fuller has tbe following thought in his good Thoughts fbf Wotse Times , the Sequel to his Good Thoughts for Bud Times , 24 mo . 1649 . pp . 60 , 6 l .
4 € One Niceas a Philosopher having his shoes stolen from him , May they ( said he ) fit hisfeet that took them away . A wish at the firs t view very harmless , bu , t there was that iii it , which poy . son'd his charity into a malicious revenge , for he himself bad hurVdot
crooked feet , so that in effect , he wished tlje tljief to -be laijie ,. * Whosoever hath plundered me of my books and papers ^ I freely forgive hi in , and desire that
he may fully ui ^ dersteud apd make good use thereof , wishing him niorejoy of them , thar ) t he hath n gVt to them- Nor is there any snake uqd ' ' . ray herbs , nojr have I (» s RTiceas ) any reservation or latent sense , tp myself , but from toy heai ; t do desire , tfr at to all
purposes and intents , my , boufes may he beneficial unto him . Onely re . questing him , that o » e passage in
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bis ( lately n * y ) Bible [ namely Eph . iv . 2 & * . ] maybe taken into his serious consideration . *'
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No . CXXXI . Fides Carbonaria . Implicit faith has been sometimes ludicrously styled Jidcs carbonaria , the Collier ' s faith from the noted story of one who examining an ignorant collier on his religious principles , asked him vvb ^ t it was that he believed . He
answered , u I believe what the church believes , " The other rejoined , * What then does the church believe ? " He replied readily , " The church believes what I believe . " The other
desirous , if possible , to bring him to particulars , once more resumes his inquiry ; 4 < Tell me then , 1 pray you , what it is which you and the church both believe ?"
The only answer the collier could give , was , Why truly , Sir , the church and I both—believe the same thing !"
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No . CXXXIL Antinomiani $ m * Antinomianisrp , sa ^ d Robert Robinson , at a time when he was not at the furthest remove from it , is a sort of surfeit , which ia all churches has been found to succeed a plenty of evangelical preaching .
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No . CXXXI . V . Head of a Faction * Whosoever makes himself the head of a faction , says the hjjstorian of Henry II . must colder
abilities more than moral * , and reward zeal for ihe cause , which is frequently strpngebt in those who have no other' wrerit ; wllh the most distinguished marks of fa , \ our .
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Gleanings . 455
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1813, page 455, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2430/page/31/
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