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delivered a discourse from Aetsix , 3 . 1 . u Then had the churches rest / ' &d . In the introduction he noticed the circumstances under which Christianity was introduced into the world , and thence argued its divine origin . He next considered the opposition it had to encounter , the persecutions whid *
ensued . He then glanced at the principal persecutions suffered by different sects of Christians down to the present times . He more particularly stated the- sufferings of Unitarians since the period or" the . Reformation ; he next exposed the pretexts for persecution and shewed their injustice . He observed that zeal for truth and the
hg § QUjr , of jCfOjdUhas t > een rnade a pretext for persecution , t 1 > at errors in faith have been deemed more pernicious than errors in p ? aeti < & » hence it has ^ ep concluded that the former ought to t © utterly extirpated . " But" he $ aic | , ' the most pernicious p £ all errors
4 s the supposition iha $ God will acpept a _ murderer , or any one vshp ind ulges dispositions directly at variance wit ^ i ' . thgse ^ fundamental maxims of Christianity , whatever ye w ^ uld that men should do unto ypu , dp ye even so unto ^ ena .-rr-if thfne enemy hunger feed fiimr ^ f he th irst give him drink . ' * ije insisted that as neither God nor belief
Christ . ^ ver require ^ withou t ; £ gf $£ &lHX } g , ¦ sufficient evidence to induce it , formen to enforce it by any tiling } 3 i ^ t rational evidence is impious : and described the baneful-influence , of in-| jQlerance iA and persecqtion on the mnnj * ers , morals , intellectual improvement , # fld prosperity of society in those countries , > v here uniformity of opinion
Jias , \> een enforced by penal laws and persecution ; hence he concluded , that fja . c | s p ^ ove the connediqn which God fein ^ s elf hath established between the rights an 4 I 1 Gerties of the subject , and fj ^ c pfospejity pfthe state . He traced tjjjf ^ cre ^ sin ^ 'U ^ fcrality of t he prcsen t ^ gp tQ the ^ rifings ^ nd principles of
^ uch , men as JSfevvtop , Locke , Larducr , frrippifey * * . & ¦ $ ? ? nd n ^ entione 4 . Mr . gfnith ^ s BUI ^ v ^ ag passed tnupiphm * h ^/ O Vgh bp | b bons ^ s of Vvr ~ lianie ^ t ifr J : ICi ^ f , though a ^ il arcn e , ^ WPPpr ^ d ? y ^ 11 ibfi eloquence , pl ^ u tri
JR > x / wa * , rq ^ ctcd m i 7 % m ., a ifttafc * . ^ t ] bc pjam ^ te ^ pji 9 f iruth «?^ li fecrajiny wm m crmw ^ .- »« ?¦ * ~ & lf $ WQ $ t < i apd ^ Qficji | dfi 4 ., hf exiting kis hearers to thankfulness to that
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great ' Beit ^ tdi tv htese ^ dor ^ ibfe ^ dvide ^ CMB v ^ e o \ tffe e very feles ^ ngv arid ehepbraged Uli"fcm to h > i ) k fbfvvardijo the time wtien truth shall tnriVeT&alty prevail , when Jk ^ lOvau shall be KiVig over & \\ the earth , When there shall fcc one Jehovah , and his nettle One . The meeting was well attended ; some brethren frohi Glasgow , and Kilbarchan , and a number of strangers were present : had it not been for the wetness
of the day it is pfobable there would have been « iore . The whole assenibly seemed highly * gratified with tfre services of the day . ¦ > . In the evening a social ' meeting was held in the meeting-house . * The venerable senior Eider was callctJ to the
chair , and after giving thanks the cornpany partook of a moderate r ^ p ^ st , prepared for the occasion 5 at the close of whicrr the chairntan obVery £ d that «'? the earl y Chrisfians aTe ? s 3 ri 4 ^ o have eaten their nieat Avith JjlUdness and singleness of htert ; pfaMfa ^ 63 : " He then ga \ e out the ^^ tfc ^ ymrfbf
the Exeter colVectiop , Whft ^ was sing by the company . Se \^ r ^ J 6 f thef In-eth * ren addressed the nieHfiri ^ cttrig ^ rktulating ^ thein b " n Wilt < ln % renr % > - pearance at tlie tirtie , to wliat t&y made about ten yt&rs ^^ before yjrrjbn they first' began t 6 hold irieetltfgsl ' ^ The * followipg 1 &p } vttiojis Wdre moved aiad agreed t ^ \ 1 6 atrim 6 usl \ r . '
" Resolved : That the flian&S of the Unitarian Chtirch ^ t I ^ aisley be transmitted , through , the trtediunt ' of the Monthly Repository , io ^ BTbHijn . William Smith , Esq . M . P . td the Committee © f the Uwttiriai ^ Fund , London , and to tht / Rev . Trrodjas Belsham , for their ap > leiarid sttcbes ^ al exertions ^ in © bJaining ^ ii repeal bjf'ktl the penal hvvs afferfir % t > rihanArisi in
the United Kingdom , and for their uniform and strenuous exertions in the cause of religious liberty in genera ! . « Rcsb ^ VKO . That Another aach day of thanksgiving shall be o ^ rved by the church hej * e o ^ a tlie anniversary of the Sunday pext after the passing oi thp [ t ' qnilyj ActV * ' / y The thanks of the meeting were , then voted to the worthy Elder for hi * conduct in the ch . ? iir , and for his steady and exemplary exertions inijhe cause of truth ; and to all those Who assisted in condticdnfe the ^ erribes of tbe'd ^ y ; ' ; ' ' " l - : ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ The evening was q > ent in much
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i 30 Thanksgiving Hay at Paisfy ^ foy ^ f ^ Ms h ^^^ e ^ rMty Bith
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/58/
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