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irjpy bp made towajrds f ^ iablish ^ this doctrine at the next Yearly Meeting , to be held in London , I cannot say . But as I have had opportunities of knowing that there area large number ofv intelligent and respectable members of that society , who are well grounded in the , Unitarian faith as a
doctrine of primitive Christianity * and of the New Testament , I trust they will acquit themselves as men and $ sChristians , should any fresh attempts be made , tending to obstructthe diffusion of pure gospel truth , and to bring them and tjfieir brethren in religious
profession into , bondage , by imposing 0 ^ 1 . them , for scriptural doctrines , tjm commandmei ^ s pf men . I h ^ ye already exceeded due bp ^ inds , and jnust ; therefore concfiide for the present , although I h ^ vV in cqrwiexi 9 ii with , the above
iQpdeg . n creed , and the pretences fpr setting it up , some farther inforrq ^ tipn to communicate if you should think it fit for insertion . Your ' s respectfuliy , THOMAS FOSTER . \ S 5
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' Mcttional Christians ,
We copy the following articles from : tjie Heading fylercury . No . I . is the advertisenient winch the Unitarians of Reading published of the opening of , their Chapel ;
J > Tp $ . TI . and III . whichappeared ijv , successive papers will explain t flPlTKJf I VPft : ' v ) . . , ' - ' ¦' ¦ ' • ,. . ' - ¦
•> . , [<• ;¦ ¦ < o ; : . ' No . ' I * - ¦ ' ¦ - ] Unitarian Chapel > Redding . The friends q { rational Chrk
tjaiuty , are re ^ pecMuliy informed , that a , Chapel > vill be : pp ^ ned ibr Viutiii iau worship ; on Wednesday
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the -24 th instant , ( November , 1 . 818 ^) - ¦ - ¦ -- - < ' : ; : " " . >• - O « i the previous Tuesday Evening a preliminary discourse will be delivered by the Rev . T , Rees , of London . -
The Rev . Wm . Vidler , of London , will preach on the
Wednesday Morning . The Rev . Robert Aspland , of Hackney , will preach on the Wednesday Evening , and on the following Thursday Evening alsoV ,
The services to begin . at halfpast ten in the morning , and at half-past six on the several evenings .
No . ir . To the Editor of the Reading Mercury . Sir , . As the term . Rational Ghristianfty , has ( unhappily ) been
introduced into Reading , and even advertised ; in your paper , I beg you to admit the following explanation of the term , which I have extracted from an old Sermorr .
" Jta . tional Christianity if it w ^ re called human Christianity , ! would not be so seductive in the sound ; and yet would be eqiiivaleRt , * for rational refers of course to human
reason ojaly . But rational , rso used , has a deception- in it ; fot ^ being commonly opposed f Uo irra - tjpnal , a conclusion » is * tacitly dr ^ wn , that the iChristianity , to
which that epithet is riot apjplied , has ii \ it -something contrary to rpapwh or / inconsistent with it ; and between , rationaL and irrational belief no . man of sense would
hesuate ; a TOGraenfc . : But the r ^ al opposition marked by such a term , iq this qpsie , should be that between rational and super . rational , i . e . be ^ wctn human and di vine . And , in ¦ ..... ... ————^ .
* See V&UYlll . p . 744 ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/39/
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