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aiMfc if *| # r ? iis us - ^ y om lb ^ measure %# ds suggested . It ? is verbatim ^ . as f&Uow * : " A cojr ^ iniinicati on fnp m the Afeeting # mjiijs ^ er * an 4 elders has been marie , informing that an exercise arose amongst thena , oa a retrospective view of the
distressmg Circumstance that took place $ , > few yeajps ( back , when so ipany had separated themselves from , ox vfbo had been separated by the s ££ i $ ty in consequence of dissent from the body : some of whom niay be > # ow looking to a return or > ra * unio « with us . And this
meeting { raving bee ^ brought ur * » cter GVt \ &idetai } le exercise jn retrospective . view # f tho $ e < J ^ ys uh ^ a ma&y who h ^ d billed cou * spjcuous ^ tati'Orfcs , aa well as others in ^< i ^ r s , ocmty ^ paTQ ^ ed ihem - ^ te ^ l
selves sor w ^ e s ^ pa p from us , j > i : M > cipally on the -grounds of dis-$ m& from op dhiimty wit ^ t ihe ^ Gdyy A ^ 4 'lookrng ^ t the prospect thaj : so nMi *> f these TOay seeJk to be re ^ uniteci to 0 ^ 4 r society , y $$ feel concerned ? nr ^ withsttinding ^ that the return pf > fu c 4 i &y the ri ^ ht -door ^ vv ; ouhl be -caus ? of rejoicing | to sk ^ tfcajt friends in th £ ^ s ^^ ral quartets where such jcases
may oecwr , should deeply ftcl for . the co ^ i osel fand guidance of truth ) Ui ith ^ irproe ^ diixgs re ^ pcic l-WSflh e ^> a ^ id-ia an e ^ eci ^ tl id ^ . ner -attend to the ^ pos ^ oJic inJ Mne * - ti&D , * + lay ^ hands suddenly « n bo IftfciK" And trfa ^ t monthly meetings should be careful to wait for full
proof , that 'those individuals who ipay be de&i ^ ousof bei ng restored to 4 : he unity aud rfellowahip of the society , b ^ vc ) lmd their eyes opened clfiarly to « ee their grdai ^« ro r in going out from the body . ^ And > alto , 4 jhat they » re sound in the fu ^ U of the miraculous cou-
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cepti ^ n , Mtth , HJy life , woinlerfai wo ^ s , Wessed f ^ mpte , l ^ e ? - ritorious death , and glorious te ~ surrp < T ) tionf asc ^ psion # nd i » ed ku ttxm of our Lord arijd Saviour Jegws Cb-rist , ^ d- of bi $ ^ Jj&rn ^ l divinity and unity jvi $ h the Father .
' * are aUo desirous th ^ t monthly n&eeting * may be encouraged to look to their quarterly meetings for assistance in judging and determining on stjch cases * And that quarterly meetings should
be careful to rendev to monthly meetings , particularly ia tfris respect , such nsbistance a $ fthek place in the body and the state of the monthly meetings may require . "
Swpposing the atboye mtaute to spe ^ k the pre s ent ^ en ti mente of the Sosci / ety of Friends , by jcorpparing . it with that of 1694 , yowr fea , die $ miky j ^ udge what progress the So ^ ci . ety has made since that time towards adopting tbe dootriiie <* f
the Trinity , The one h <> ld $ up g . belief ia ^ the heavenly m&ttj Christ , ^ ^ s a prim a ry article & £ Christian faith , find yqt as 4 ?« ie respecting wAich an in voluntary er / iw required indulgence iad ? taleration * The other inculcates mi
such article of faith . Nor does it recommend any such Christian foitlxjaranee towards those wBo have the misfortune to be involved in *> rror . But it enjoins Monthly Meeling ^ do wai t < for S ^ fiali proof , " that the objects of its concern A < are sound in the faith of the
miraculous conception ; A tenet , whether of ^ Ctoristi an cxriginot hott whkh the franaers ef the former minute , like two of the Evangelists , and the writers of all the apostolic epistles , pass over in total ^ akuce : thtir greut Master taught do such doctrine , aod they knew
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 109, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/37/
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