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    H | j ^ l £ lHR 4 V 4 ss 4 Witi testimonies © f f &i& # * mfht 4 % &ito& them soon 'ixkeftf 3 jfasttfyirig that s ^ p on ac-Md&tit ^ HteteM ^ &t ¦; yet now is Ififeir *^ g * nettf eto-or ** described as ^ fo n&istifcg riot ifr the opinions they

    Bdffi , But ^ fejgeing out from the Body . ' * HaW this can be said ^ with propriety or consistency is difficult to imaging * If the parties Seceding acted as they believed to be right , after deliberate ¦ doriisideration . thev did well in

    dbeytng their own convictions of 4 tily * They knight have broken ^ tb ^^ febnds <^ f rel igious fellotvship # A inefficient grounds , but in ttis case their error did not so

    * Meh t ! : o « sist in ceasing to be \ teei 5 &bei& of the Society , as in mis-^ nCeiving 4 lie proper conditions "W ' meittbership in a Christian -iikfcfttht i ; awd not in acting con-^ S ^ eHtiously upon them . ¦; - ^ f # B € ve ^ al tit these unseasonable ,

    ti % n «§ t ? essary , and illegal testimosfte&j ^ tHe Sbdfety possessing na legal jurisdiction over any indivi-^ 3 ttfcls * % lle # £ m notice that they hs ^ h ^ e ^ gri ^ d their membership , ^ te sentiments and canduct of the

    ; ^ Hftf | i ^^ disdiwned is uncandidly itnSl ^^ M ^ iusfly described .. In one rv Sf ^ fi'fefte documents a charge was ^ & $ vte&ced s £ palpably groundless , * % && % wft ^ khe re monstrance of the

    |» ait : y , it iHrA ^ expunged fro m the re ^ ofrds ' of the Society In others ^ tt&tty requrring it , especially in < 5 ases of ^ di < K ) wnment % for solemni-WHfth't beiftg present at marriages , ibbnftbty to the rules , this justice Wa ^ ttb t done *

    ^^ Bfttt' th ^ Society , apparently * ten %$ 1 ft& ^ o £ 4 h& impropriety or illogfelity & issiung such tesumottf < 0 s , ^ i > tt afte ^ w atd s mtire gi ne-v rally recorded , the tes % iiaMan of > h <> B ^\ vh <) Voluntarily selected . >

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    as many did , on , account q £ jhm attempts ^ hich wei ^ e made , tensl * ing , in tbeir apprehension r m $# riously to abridge liberty : of cajtp science , as a raean $ of proi »< jfeting 46 conformity ; and unifoxittity ^ sto

    unessential tenets and prac U ^ cs ^' a ^ id because they could not ujute with , and approve < r much of tt ^ e ministry and conduct of many ^ f their active members /* To giiw an instance of this . In the raifttffe

    accepting the secession of a per&C&a wbo had been highly esteerao 4 ^ a minister , it is stated— \\ i $ . lj $ continues to think it to be his U&Sv to recede from our Society , ' . ' ^ f ^ d that the " Meeting tlter ^ fere d ^ -

    ceives his resignation , and no \ qq ~ ger considers him as a membe r or minister among us /' Notwithstanding ihese jj * Aiea .

    tions of returning moderatt ! CM 3 ami justice , at the Yearly Mwt t ^ g for 1802 , those cases , which bjjd occurred in theprovino ^ of XJtefar , are indiscriminately describ ^ 4 , &t * its records , as c 4 instances of

    disorder , '' to which , it is satdv ffcte rules of ihe discipline kavsv fc ^ ia applied t 4 so as to r « acb mfel or all of those cases . " And Ahe

    connnittee appciinted at theipneceding Yearly Meeting , reepUU mended " that those , who ftre rightly bound to tb « mainteo ^ ce of good order , and support Qefr « £ tir Christian testimonies * may i ^^ p-5

    couraged and , assistedjbfy vig || jcirs from other p # tt& of-tlie ua * b # > # Well mtght ^ William Ra * l * toc *?* e j contemplating ? rticse px < mpe $$

    views of the Society , qFxqlftll ^ Jin p . iy 9 of his Narratm ^ ^^ feA ^ s , poor lREi , ABri > l is thif ^ tb ^ l ^ ip » per , . spir it ^ ami system . ^ il ^ r \ Uhich the church ^ o ^ e 4 P * l »> ep |^ of our Society in ihat kingd « trtl ^ i # ia futureio be cuJfl ^ inwtetcti ; « sid

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 155, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/19/