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is wellr&unided , I propose , with no ordinary measure of certainty , ; < to detmmstratethe fallacy of its application . As the matter now stands ,- ^ -both th e doctrine and its application being unrefuted , because the former is sound and because the rottenness of the latter
is ^ not perceiv ^ d ^—there is no altern ative but to admit that Jesus is the enly time God , or to deny the authority o £ the apostolic writings . I thank the Almighty that I am hat reduced to this dilemma , because my consolation under the afflictions of trtis state , the
visitations of God and the malignity © f men ; is the-evangelical hope of eternal life , of'which I should be despoiled by the election which would be forced 6 vL my mind .
- It is , a-long while since I intimated , in a note to one of my papers on Acts x * u gg jUthat Dr . Mradleton ' s , " Doctrine' * appeared to be generally true . In my letter , given in your number for Navetnbea : last > t it is asserted , that " the
argument *! . deduced from that doctrine , " jdz totally imibunded , " and that "I ca ^ demonstrate that the new doctrine © £ the l C ^ eek \ Articl € i ifails : to prove the Qiyinity $ r Deity of Christ , " I am at a loss to guess wr \ at ^ w ^/ # c 4 i Dr . Car * pgnter can expect on < a question of criticism , of what facts ^ nas adduced tp
w ^^ h he , requires an addition . ^ The piwciytespp yrhiqh ' 1 rely are not des % Ji £ d £ * qdqjjiiomfa SJWa , maintained kytfpr ^ eriwr . ijers , Wt a ^ independent o ^| hen > . W ^ hQ ut giving an ; e * xposir of
ti ^ n , " tl ^ ejm ,, X wiji tepeat , that X ad-« ¥ Aidje c ^ ief ? principles of Dr . IVJidcljU ? - t « pa , thinking , however , that " nothing h ^; yet beeii do $ e with effeqt against' * tkc-cpnj ^ tusion wthich he infe rs , though I iipld . it aJtogetW i ^ iadmissibl ^
tQe&dy . tp assign " honour to whom honour if ] 4 oe / x have to observe that ikify ground pn whicl ^ I proceed has bfWP 4 iWi « prf -by .. tW P im ^ ependen ^ ini Bifep 1 ?^ . wrf ift pr . ota ^ ly unknown to al | f pw ^^ I--am , happy 1 . to . bsw this <* PfWfmkPyiP £ tyG ** W $ my humble lestimpny to the perspicuity of one ^ pf the and best
n ^ ojs ^ unAsju naing informed friends of ^ he Unitarian cause . It gave ui £ no ^ malit ^ pleasure to find , on ^ Mllf tpg ftp Mr . ^ hardTaYlpir my Vl jghfa t&tq ^^ | ^ % » itejfti | f ^ # lnpM ^^^ qwi ^ i 4 ^ ll » i ^( 4 M |^^ iw %
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Taylor has hirfier claims to este ^ u than those fwfucK tt | e profoundest learning alo&e would furQisn , to which neither he non I presume to urge any pretensions . His genuine , simplicity , nis modest manners , his diligence of inquiry and lore of file truth , add grace
and ornament to the clearness of his perception , and to the' respectable learning which distinguishes him in his . profession . These have contributed their full share towards securing to him the attention and patronage of the most renowned scholars of our times . It is
a great satisfaction to me to be able to appeal to him for the originality of the principles oil which my argument proceeds , and for the complete conviction which Jesuits from them . I may be able to bring forward some collateral
considerations to fortify it , that have not presented themselves to his mind ; but have no hesitation in saying , that he w , ill fully support my delaratron , that *^ all the learning called to the aid of the argument from the Greek article by Middleton , Wordsworth , Arc . is alto ^
gether watyedJ ' At the same time , I am compelled to observe , that there is no appearance of any desire among the Unitarians to countenance my efforts on this question . . In love of the truth I yield to none : thousands may boast of much greater zeal for the interest of the party , -which , like btiiers , is not exempt from weakness , or divested of a partiality towards those who , at least , unite
de-VQledness to . the *> ne , with an attachment te the other . . Indeed , the utmost indifference v to the nresent subject has been indicated . Tnis might excise no small surprise on a moment ' s consideration of tne humiliating state ta which Mr , Yatesi was reduced in his
controversy with Mr . Wardlaw . Having hi > other resource , be was under the necessity of transcribing the miserable aind evasive gloss of a popular , writer , which , to say the least , is anv thing but satisfactory , —ra gloss which may serve asua specimen of polemic dexterity in a case that had no remedy at , command , h \ % wbich is by n ^ n > ean » a Fair sample pf the general ability , of its author , wh seldo m takes in hai ? 4 a subject q «* which he does not spread all the ligtit yet em itted from ith ^ orb of truth , ¦ f ' < + ¦ J , am , howeven , / CQntcnU The retutati ^ r of .: I ^^ -B ^ i 4 < ql 0 ^ , mtnr , as Jt sc ^ p ^ a , i r £# i £ in uncpmmun icated except
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& § & Dr . Lloyd en the Creek ArlicleA
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 282, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/30/
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