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jifotng can well be farther from tmetmm : t ! ¦ Tfte | eiieral temper and spirit ~ € ff : tlie disciplinary proceedings at
ttf&t time , were it is true , m £ nisoft »^ r ! t ti the intolerant requisitions o £ t&is minute , but there fe little , if any , similarity between the objects to which this spirit was directed on that occasion , and on
this retrospective view of those painful events . To evince this > Xttfill sjbetv on what grounds the yearly meeting in 179 & directed ti $ e seb © r 4 inale meetings and its own visiting committees to act
^ t&ivafds tJ ^ pise censured the satinti ^ ry , jn anrner and intolerant zspirit " id which the discipline of the society t&us administered , and -eip # essed their dissatisfaction with "tJb £ > strain of preaching which was ^ mhoxit that -dine countenanced and
^ ittC ( $ toaged by its ruling members . ^ *> f ^ -iBCp paears ; '* that the practice of ^^ Wtdiinrg the iioly scriptures , came L ^ pw ^ eSafIytun der the consideration of this Meeting u from an
C-7 ^ pgf ^ Rehsfoit that sam e diffe rence lili ^ s ^ ltriieiit , from the general pl ^^^ P Friends , hath appeared , ^ fft ^ ffcgurd to the irse and ad
vantf 6 ge ^ of these ? re cords . ' '' 1 Pbis apprehended difference of ^ i ^ Wtilti ^ t Hvas concerning those >| j& * t $ of the Old Testurnent which 2 &&&rt the express commands of ' © 8 $ for the avowed extirpation ibf the'Cahaanites . and others of
(^| Sl * hilar natdre , Und whether the ; wl |^ F that stich commands were ^ tfiAlliy given for proceedings , in -Iftimle caWs perfidious , and in ^ tlS ^ tS ^ fcfttel ^ and unjust , con-• iblffttted ' an ' .. ^ se « hal / article of fai th f * it
Cb ^ stian That did ; ^^ ' ^ sert ^ ii ; ' on ' the one' hiind « *> ff % e : oUvr / .. ^ {^ L it wii s
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altogether unnecessary an < l unwarrantable ' that such p <^ ini « should ; be deemed-essertttJil aft * - cle& of a Christian ' s faith ; because difference of opinion concerning them had always existed , and
might be expected to exist , even between men of very serious . and upright minds . " " H \ Mnility and candour / 1 sayi William Rathbone , in his NarrMtT € of these Events * ' are seldom associated with a confident persuasion that any of the opinions , respecting which their advocates differ from other serious anil reflecting persons , are absolutely and infallibly . . triie . Whenever , amidst opposing opiujp-ns , the importance of arriving at trusts ig mutually admitted , it must be by i * J > -
riglit inquiry , and temperate discussion , that this object is to be attained . Let these be conducted by both pstrties , ^ ith candour , liberality , benevolence , and a sincere desire of f !* e improvement of mankind ; and although the abettors of sects and systems may dread and deprecate the agitation of such questions , yet the votaries of truth and of pure Christianity will rejoice that the baman faculties are employed on subjects worthy the attention of ratioaal ^ and immortal beings .
" They rest with unshaken corifi * dence on the persuasion ^ that * truth is great and will finally prevail / Th ? y ask ouly that her peaceful triumphs may not be retarded by the opposition of penal laws , nor by eitbfr the allurements or the restraints of auy extraneous influence . They , behold ,, without
dismay , even the most hostile efforts of heresy , infidelity , sopttfqtry , and error , so long as the friends of undefiled religion are equally vigorous .., in their efforts to do justice to their own cause . Their chief discourageiaaentt ^ arise from the thraldom of bigotry , superstition , and implicit faith £ —
from that supine indifference , to : illl intellectual and moral » mproveinef ) t , whifch is produce ^ liy sensual pleasure ® and wovldly purawit ^ . ;—and frona fKat indolent temperament , which Cttn ^ be roused to mental actiyityi by no xu * n * cerngi j rith < B » : 0 f tboac ? m eternity , * ' P m . ' — ¦ " > -v ¦ ¦ ¦ v - ; ;; * I T X . !?• IS f \ ?¦ * i - * ' ¦ -
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 153, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/17/
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