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ftQT shally- ^ elect . a paragraph in reply to the common accusation against Unitarians of degrading Jesus Christ . " You have observed , Sir , that ' one thing is plain , that it is the very essence of our system to lower
the : aviour / It is equally plain , that it is the very essence of Protestants-a to lower the Virgia Mary . She does not appear among us in the exalted character of the Mother of God . In this rase I believe you would . reply , ' Truth is our object r
pur notions of the dignity of the Virgin are not subject to our choice . * Is it not the gtorious peculiarity of God to have no equal ? Even heathens have claimed this privilege for one of their deities . * Can you
suppose , Sir , that any number of persons or gods may be admitted without -affecting the honour of the Father , or that so small a number as two or three , but no more , is admissible ? Is ° * 1 ) the evil of
advancing other beings to the same rank with God , to be removed by the little contrivance of saying , that they are persons only , and not Gods ? Are all the plain testimonies of the New--Testament to the proper humanity of Jesus to be evaded by the help of the words * as man ?* It seems to be assumed that if Jesus be
only a man , there is no injury done in believing him to be a God : but that if he be God , the evil of denying his divinity is great and fatal . But is not the danger on your side equal , unless you imagine that , if we are mistaken , eternal
condemnation must , await us ; but that , if you , are mistaken , it is to be attri-* ** Horace sings , in strains which a Chnitfiatfi might , approve , if addressed to . ift 4 'Fathtttof all : &iiid prius dicam solitis Parcntis
L . Midil > u&l qqi res horninum ac deorumy Qaii marc ct terrae > vanieque mundurn > ) V ( , ^ ipper ; at , ho £ is ? Unde nil majus generaturlpso , > Nee viget quidquum simile , ttut scam-, # un * A . .- ¦; „ , lC r 4 , .. ^ , ,,
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buted only to a pardonable excess of zeal for the hbribiif df ^ GftflS ^? But is not equal concern ctae to tjfe honour of the Father ? If Profestants had been intimidated by tKte doctrine of Catholics , that there Is no salvation out of the pale of tKe
church , they would never have obtained ecclesiastical power , and have claimed in their turn the privilege of sitting in judgment on all who presume to reform their reformation : and what is more , they
would never have discovered m&fty important truths , or reformed mariy gross abuses . Bigotry has ahvays the advantage of assuming that , it is on the safe side of every question ; because thev who endeavour to
divest themselves of this unamiable quality , remenber who hath said , * Judge not that ye be not judged * " Pp . 86 , 87 . ' ^ The reader will now judge for himself of the value of these
hette ?* + which we can confidently commend to his perusal , not only for the excellencies already specified , but also for the serious spirit ami urbane manner in which they are written .
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Art . IV . —The Exercise of the Social . Principle in Religion : A Sermon , preached at the Unitarian Chapel , in Artillery L ^ ne , London , June ] T 814 . By John Kentish , l ^ mo . pp ; 43-Birmingham , Belcher an < l Son , and Smiths ; Lon / l <> n ^ Jounson
and Co . and D . Eaton . LIJ We have already given sift abstract of this ingenious anci interesting discourse ( pj ) . 370 , 371 ) , and , on a review of it » feei anxious
to give it the humble sanction of our commendation . > i " The * social principle' is beautifully described knd illustrftted ia the introduction ; is then li ^ lhpily L > s ^ i >> fjj ^ ifieel in the pas ^ < £ j the apOStfe Eauli fcQin whose 1 mtory
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Review . ^ -Kentish ' s Sermon for the Unitarian Fund . 569
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 569, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/45/
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