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      by this parable ? I think not . Our Lord has told us that the field

      is the world , not the church . ^ jVlath , xiii . 38 . ) The \ iovv of this parable , given by Mr . Wright , would prove too much , viz . that we ought not to put avviiy any wicked person from a church of

      Christ . JNlr . Wright , perhaps , was not aware of this ; however , if this parable was designed to t $ ach thq propriety of a mixed communion of unbelievers with

      believers , this consequence cannot be avoided . And who does not see that this is plainly contradicted by Christ and his apostles * Math , xviii . 15 —18 . Read the whole

      5 th chap , of the 1 Cor . which concludes with this plain command , — " put away from among you that wicked person / ' To understand the parable of the lares , it is necessary that we should

      consider , that in the kingdom of Israel tjie sword was to be used against idolaters , &c . ( read Deut . xiii . 6—17 ) but now this is at an end . In the kingdom of Christ , God has g iven to none the power of

      punishing men for idolatry , unbelief , or false religion ; and the design of this parable is to teach the disciples , that he permits of no persecution for religion , and to shew them the reason of bis sparing wicked men in the world .

      . Mr * Wright admits that " it can be no breach of Christian charity , to declare that we do not acknowledge such U > be Christian brethren . " But are we

      notacknowledging them to be Christian brethren , if we permit ihem to remain in ajctiuFch . of Christ ? And if we bear this teVfimo ^ y concerning tfcib ^ n d ^ Ql £ p ^ tinj * e % q qt&ejrv ^ jfcke , ^ d induces , #£ ' € l | ps £ . with jfcePH aie ' we-not nVcry inconsis-

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      tent ?—Would it not be acting a wiser part , if , in obedience to the Command of Christ , we faithfull y told them of the error they were fallen into ; and if we cnuld not succeed in convincing them , then take one or two more with lis ; but if after this they remained . impenu tent , then tell it to the whole church ; and if they refused to hear the church , then let them be disowned as Christian brethren ; let them be regarded as heathens , as

      m > longer the subjects of Christ , " for what part hath he that believeth with an unbeliever V These

      are my views on this subject . It vviil be perceived they are very different from Mr * Wright ' s ; 1 shall lea * x ? it for your readers to judge on which side the truth appears . Your ' s , respectfully , WILLIAM jTENNfN&S .

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      J # 2 Happy Puritan Quotation *

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      Happy Puritan Quotation . July 29 , 1813 . Oldmixon ^ in . his History qf the Stuarts * ( Fol . p . 21 . ) . gives the following anecdote of a Puritan preaching before James the First ,

      in 1604 u 44 Mr . Burgess , in his sermon , compared ceremonies to the Roman senator ' s glasses , not worth a man ' s life or livelihood . For ,

      says he , uC this senator invited Augustus Ccesar to a dinner , who 3 as he was coming to the feast , Heard a horrid outcry , afcd saw a company drawing a man after them , who made the noise . r Ihc emperor demanded the cause of that violence , and was answered — their master had condemned a

      man to the fishponds for breaking a glass which he set a high value and e&tceui upon . Augustus coromapded a stay of the ex eCUliQn ? and wben he came ittto the house

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1813, page 592, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2432/page/32/