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    ings , which entitle the author to no mean praisej for fhdfrbugh ae . quaintauce with tb ^ ologyy and ati accurate discernment of the human mind .

    The following is , we fear ^ a true picture of the state of mind in which the greater part of the pro * fessors of religion read the Bible : " So unacquainted are many with

    the state of their own minds , that it requires much pains to convince them , that the terms , which they use to express the articles of their faith , are not to be found in the

    scriptures ; and that almost all the language in which they converse on religious subjects , is either destitute of meaning , or full of contradictions where a glimpse of iraean * ing can be discerned . Bad metaphysics are wrought into the very

    texture of their minds , and mistaken , either for simple and evicfent truths , or for sacred and inexplicable mysteries . Obscure terms , into the meaning of which they have never once inquired , are the mdst familiar to their ears . While a

    thousand plain passages of scripture , which' teach the . most sublime and interesting- doctrines , lie neg-lected and forgotten , a few difficult texts occupy all their attention , and

    becomeiinmerausin appearance , from iocessani repetition . Interpretations of scripture to which they h $ ve been Jong accustomed , seem to them perfectly natural , even wfteii mdst remote from the

    conceptions tof those to whom thejanpaffe Stfthe sacred Writings ' was first addressed * and at variance with toe design of the speaker . They consider the naost complicated systenj of religion , as all simplicity , exclusi vely tb ^ gospel of Christ , &

    authereligion # f the poor ; plain truth as infidel philosophy ; and ? 0 Mnfoh : * ettte as an enemy to sav-!» g faith . Objections Which arise jnaheir minds against aenrtiments t ! *> roost shocking to their bt ^ arid m natural feelings , they instant-

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    li repel , as temptations to apostaey ^ jSaiagemus books , blasphemous q $ f tions , awful delusions , are the | pt ¦ LI ~ £ ^^^

    * pellations under which they he $£ the writings of the most pious a « a illustrious men proscribed . Jnthig state of min d , impartial reading and inquiry arid regarded as criminal . Yet under every dfsadvsttitage i &f iift of

    ing from the . prejudio ^ s education , the influence of popular opi-p nions , the dread of opprobrious names , and of evils far more $ aripu ^ in the estimation of those who po $ ? caoo nn An li / vrif ^ m Arl inrk -i KkAl nnn . 4 JV&

    ouoo 1 ^ 4 ViAJAgAM' ^ Mv-M ^ -M ** My »»; < ftj | ~ m fe ^ iiqg heart , many . who have eiu ^ braced the doctrines of iTnitairi a ^ v ism have been at first excited fQint quiry , by that impatience of arbil trary restrictions which is imtura ^

    to the soul of man ;^ by ob ^ orvwgi the repugnance q £ reaspxn toifee ^^ r surdities of human cr ^ ec ^ ^ and feji cohtrasting the simpli c ity pt s ^^ i ^ tiire with the comnaenjts of ip&gx teachers . The rea , ding of Unit ^ ^ Han writings has been their taife resource . " Pp . 4 , 5 . -....- ¦ > . 4 *< * a

    Mr . Perry contends boldlyaniil ^ successfully that Unitarianism i ^ not , as its ^ vei ^ ttrf' ^^ e iD ^ fbyi ^ a ^ gine , of modern d ^ tb ^ ^ nd l \ e th . ^ beautifully describes aad iUu ^ trateis , the revival of it , ^ ft ^ r Jhi Jl ^ fo rmation : - ¦ ¦ ,. ¦ -. /;¦ - ,.: ^ -. ' -v ^ . ^ ^

    " All s € f < ± s > 3 < f , have ftatf ^ r af * themselves thatfhe gferi ^ rtil mMf ., pies of their ^ steaii ^ ^ iife W 0 tMl ^ as truth , an 4 theitf p ^ fettMWti e 4 Sl a % ancient as * tl ^ e fo | i » d el" of thej r / teligion . Catholics wish to fefer -Pr «* ^ testantisitl to a recent and impure origin , in the reign of Henr ^ the Vlllth , Tiinitariaiis confine their views of Unitarianism , to this sidel ( of that deluge of batbaristtf And 'isii- '¦{ perstition which overwhelmed € h&

    moral world , at the desfcrtictlitftf tof the Roman empire , and eiiteiid ^ d to the era of the Refoi mtttion ; ^ 3 id > froni which some , * $ cts aroae sooner . thaii othiifs ^ The top i ' o ^ ^ ugs ^ d ^ itodk * ^ ahil * ftffrftr fiiount ^ iis IS rsI appeared ; but the extensive plains

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    Review * ~ P £ try V LetUrs t& J £ inghorn < ., 5 * n :- r > 46 f

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 567, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/43/