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* ante 3 iff maagw * j i&fcgnrent mm titft * in ' * hfiii& 0 »^ witri ; rtfeese . semi * tilths * r hmi v ^ ithrthe ground of 4 f ^ is ? ^ ^ BB statedvoa its records . jMiA ^ - f | u $ mating feeling the ^ lieties&fcy iof out being - . united as 4 l ^ l % Hgi <) us society in faith and
^ pftiiciple , appointed a committee 16 inspect into the stale of our -Society in this respect , as well as ** fcy Other which may regard the ^ Ml ^ fate'of any other part of our "Christian testimonies /* This was
-indeed to appoint an inquisitorial <*> mmittee without any farther $ $$ ffrhation to its powers of inspec * ^ Itetoj thvm die discretion of those - « iho couW accept such an ap-^ fotntment ^ would be likely to inci
jHDSe tlpon themselves * This committee reported—*** £ that a disposition hath appeared £ il * s&tne of our Society , tending *^" prdduc ^ schi 2 » m and to weaken ' ttfbfe general testimony and belief , 3 « " m
* - . $ * 4 * ich we , as a people , have i'feaiiitained as to the origin , use &itd advantage of these records ^ ** * & ** the ** holyscriptures . " They » 0 re © vet say , 4 i we think it right * tha £ a standard should be lifted
Up against this spirit of speculation and unbelief . '' What was this standard to consist of ? The committee further recommend
tiitut ** Where any have manifested opinions contrary to the general senst ? of the bod y ^ that Tbey bt timely laboured with : tnffct'tf the ^ e do not become sensible
e ^ f ttrcto errar ^ but persist in mainiaining such sentinu nts and doca liWdS , and 4 o not condemn- , their ; ^ e ( 4 idktcfy that ^ ihont-hly meetings "* £ &fttify ' against them , as being out t ihtthe unity of f riends ^ ' Neither
tb * » flveefcmg nnr its committee ^¦ pdittt ^ d ^>« n how individuals are ' ^ ' » « iiC 6 ^ tftin i ^ at a » th « genoreJ
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sense mf rtm ^ Qitfcs byt AiffiPjWffl this to be praaiiG&bJte , iq ^ i ^ i ^ such a report ^ is >> h ^ Jcl , up 4 W paramouot autkfifttxi Qf ( jL hG ruling members of th ^ wGhi ^ ch ^ ove ^ 4 b ^ coiscienoes of ithL ^ i r- j ^ f ^ Bfp ^ wJfli
proportion to the ^ power i ^ y cp ^ - sess , as fully & $ li * e \ Churcht ^ rf Rome ever exerci ^ d ove r i ^ s members * la pursuance of tbi $ report , ^ another committee -f *? M appointed t& visit all the meetings
in Ireland , and . as misht haare Jn Ireland ^ aad , as TO ^ hft & #£ & been ^ jcpeeted , a nuiaber , c ^ p # gr SQli ^ -of the mos t Ti ^ &p ^ citftBle ^ ft ^ raicfcer for moral and r ^ Ugii ^ worth , v * ere ^ n $ iti : e $ Jii ^ i ^! ^ # ftowned , ¦ . for ? . alleged diversity ; tpf
opinion coac ^ rni ng the scriptuj ^ fc ; and otkers far . n ^ t acting , ^ c ;^ g ^ ing to the uaual %# s pfe $£ & § # - cietyy in standing up * « il ^ itlq ^ r hats off during t ^ e time opty&fcifep supplication , by $ &e , of J ^ a § - » k nowtejdged ministers r > iii | iarticu
lar David Sands , ^ rphp ^^ nS ^ - nistry they did not- Qppt ftfftt *' And why ? « ¦• - , ^ r- ' - ¦» . » : « m He was in the frequent p ^ aij ^ se of denouncing the Jl » c ) e ^ % fecf > f the Almtg ^ ly on tii ! m § Mkp / Of
fered from him in opinioiv , p % ^ cularly on my * terioua ; p ^ int % j ^> f faith , on which lie dkcov ^ ^ ^ n e « gexness to que $ tip& al > d cei ^^ fa othcrs On ou ^ occasiou no J ^ s than twenty mini&ters ^ nd ^ y ^ rs openly expressed their di ^ appf ^ -
bation of hia mirttstrjr-,. ' - ^ Bfe % i ntolerant proceedings of th ^ S ^^ y against some of the ^ e Ffi ^ , induced othe rs IP r ^ igf ^ nd ^ e fcC conspicuous stati ^^/ ^ PJfiiWcupied , and tii ^ ly th ^ i r m ^^
bership , for wfekfelbeyo tn ^ Ml ^ ajftii signed th ^ ir r ^ p « ^ 1 % v ^ QJffi ^ I U So to vtm : * km $ qpmty x &RFi censuriagc * thmtii pMmm j fri ( timi * wtiki&WXl WftipiWloa ^ fv ^ jfti ^ r-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 154, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/18/
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