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hody I thee worship ; that i * idolatry ^««*< ri $ i all all my ** $ ddly goods 1 Ahe * endow ; " that is * . fie- -As a jjfpof however e > f the weakness of hu * - ^ juan nature , or perhaps still more of . jjpfe strength of human passions , we . are also told of the venerable Seer , that
ijtg Jfiad been guilty of -this three-fold rCftrine three several times . j ' Wfe know so little of the lives of Abraham and Sarah , or those of Isaac $ nd Rebecca , that there is more than . a doubt of the propriety of introducing them into the marriage ceremony ; while
s * ve feel a persuasion that they would b » c better left out ; for in truth they offer a facility of scoffing and banter tp those who are disposed to turn a 'serious and a solemn compact into a 5 e § t .
These are objections , Sir , to the marriage ceremony of the Church of J ^ ng land , which , it is presumed , are felt by serious thinking men of all societies of Christians , as well in the Church as put of it . Surely the great 1 > oay of the people would be pjeas * ed with being rid of so much nonsense
altogether . But the most serious objection aja&onopt that class of religious professor * % j whom these pages will be read , is , the name in wnich this engagement is entered into , " in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost / ' We are obliged to make a-religious rite of what numbers can regard in no other point of vie w than as a civil compact ; we are obliged to go to a church to celebrate this rite from
which we carefully and conscientiously Veithhpld ourselves on every other occairffcm , and we are obliged to contract an lifl ' i ^ nce in a name , which either conveys ho Idea whatever to the mind , Or ' 'Wnich we conceive to be an insult
' fa ' pon common sense , and an offence to "the One Living and True God whom l worship . This , this , is the se-Vtrest cut of all . The fofl y of some * toaHs , of this service , and the indecency * or 6 ther parts of it , we might perchanca -ijtpon such an occasion be inclined to
tbferate by a laugh of scorn ; but when * we £ 6 me to use a name which we con-¦ celVe to * be the foulest 6 pot on the fair fade of Christianity , the great stumbling block of its ; professors , a * nd the ter ¥$ r which excludes from its biale tho ^^ iitids and ten > eff thous ^ rid s 01 se-- ftt yrMno'tisj pr wnid ^ irivc | vW ? h siicli % dreatMul i iniU thbse ^ 8 tto enten
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that they can scatcely even see that two ami two make fOUr ; joking Is if ^ g end , the countenance re ^ tifeKe ^ ili |^ bnqfeiy , and for afmoment w © ar £ e ** induced to doiibt whether ^> e ou $ & not to turn from an * altar Pri which - ^ are compelled to sacrifice fevefcy b ^ tt
feeKng , eVery pious derotional thought . Can it be , Sir , that under any dtn § r circumstances than those i « k which advantage is taken of our vv eaknH * , we should consent thus to a bato ^ n our religious principles , and act in direct opposition to our most serious
convictions . > x These thoughts will for the raoit part appear just to dissenters of all classes , and it is desirable they should unite to obtain parliamentary relief ; but to Unitarians it most clearly belongs to consider this subject seriously , and to act upon it with , firm ness ; not can we doubt that their number , their
respectability , and the disposition which is manifest in the best circles to indulge their religious views and -accommodate the laws to their ' prejudices , will insure to them the right and-pru vileee of every rational creature of God in a natural or in a social state . ISRAEL WORSLEY .
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Newport , Isle of Wighty Fel . 7 , 1 SI& Sjr , , YOUR corfespondent D . E . ( p . 22 . ) has inyited the discussion in the Repository , of the question , how far it is proper for Unitarians to be married at Church , and feaa called
upon them to apply for legislative f > £ Jmiisio n * to marry arnqng th ^ em ^ elv ^ s , as is the case with ^ the ^ ocle fy of Friends anjl the Jews . I perfectly agree with D . Jb . that * it is extremely , »»^
proper to oblige Unitarians to gQ v * ° church for this , or any other occasion * because to the commons objjectjior | s to the Church , which . allVDl ^ sea ^ a have , they have tbe > additional anejtfjsing from their different view , of
Christian doctrine . And ^ -consequentl ^ ap Unitarian can fairly join i in . ^ , ^ ie ^ T vice It is true they ma ^ s . tand q ^ unconcerned whi ^ le the tripst t fa ; pg 5 " forming his dujty J i \\? x , m * y { b ? [ . flW / r )
inattentive , ' as far as ^^^ on , W ( fi ^? j cerned , to tli ^ WWfcjlMffiM < witness the ceremoni £ 9 ( pf fpe pmffl —Sid 'thts - OpowVh *()« % , , < m ®
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tlS X F . * n ike Marriage Cefemony .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1816, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2451/page/24/
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