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rat Jiifreqforetafekm ' . of t&ese numerous land , coinpdesL < }> EopbritjioBs \ vas not 1 deigned a disgraces and it was even : iteraght to . be . i icosuhtenancfed by the : amcies themselves , which ? require
that nothing should l > e insisted tap&n Jas an article t > f faith which cannot be * pM ^ sd by the . "holy scriptures . And * in * axYy in those- days w ^ ere hot ashamed "' - rto avow ithe principle , *« that an unky of issark in the bond erf * peace , ' wasl
of : fer greater vaiue ^ tban " an unity of ' faith hi ihe tjond of igamsance , or an - unity of profession in the ftond of ' h&poemsf " . Iri oran tfays the case ¦ is altered : ami we aie now Itound to be- ¦
ikve that every clergyman who subscribes the articles ^ assents to every proposition containfeS * n \ them : and that to hint the contrary ie both ** fes | se and injurious ;!* ¦ • ?¦»« , . * ! , ¦ ¦ ^^^^^^ A ^^ Bh ^^^^^_^_
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| : Kat the favovir <^ ^ c ^ < h ^ nils ori a Gircumstance cnti ^ l ) ^ iiKfejpendent on the uiH of man . ^ u < : the Armiriians , opposed to . Wa&er , = cobferid riotwith ' £ ta $ idt&g , titeat nrt ^ tt Has a ffee-Wili , atid ftiat li ^ i * few « in « state * tf bial ; fbr it ^ bti ^ K i ^ r ^ ni / infi fiikv Wifikifn i 4 w ^ « rh ^ . « m « - ^^^^ b % t J ^^^
- ^ . ^^ - ^ -s . ** . a ^^ - « . « . ^ waaw ^* »*» - ^^ ^^* « s « r ff Ulllf : toidjf of scripture , dad they are quite shocked at the i opposite suppositions . Walker , in hk various Writings , she ^ & that they maintain ihese opinions in opposition to the f # inciple of atone n ^ nt . M ^ asks tfe ^ f » substance
with ranch reason , —^ As you not merely admit t -but ^ tientioiiifty Tiiaintaiii that the sins of men are forgiven , and that they > j& jc * aceotnitgd ^ ji ^ r before < 3 cid , oiiiyW ih ^ e ssike of the atbneiti en t made ijy » Christ , fi ^ w ^ Ift 5 ^ 1 i ^ tne ft ^ t breath attribute thebe eflwts to a
different ca-ase ? If wbt % : ^ te a nedessary condition of Ood ^ ft&o ^ ir , \ vKere is the necessity for-the atonenient ? Must the infinite atoneiment made to God ^ by a p ^ tt d € himself be abortive , unless k be aided by tnW jputiy efforts of mif 5 era % 4 ^ man ? Ca » sucrfaicostly
atonement he riece 3 sa ¥ y df Suilabfe , to render our good works accjeptahle , or td enabteaman to atotiefoir himself ? Can it oe in the -power o ^ a riy man to re verse the councils arid decrees of God \ rith respefct to hitnselfj the most important of which muit relate to the atonement ?
In ataswerto these questions , Arminiaiis appeal to scriptlireairf Reason for the freedom of ^ -matins '< WttlV u leaving the principle of atonemetlt- » t 0 shift ? for k-6 eflf ; ¦ ' ' •¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ••* ' ¦ Biit neirfiei do WaHcer and his party abide by the foir corisdqueiSces from this doctrine of atonement , a « may he seen in a few lndtatt ^ si j For if G © d
has atoned for mahkift& to a partbf himself by > an infinite « sfeirificer whjr should the benefit of tt > i ^ t * iriiiUe sacrifice be restricted to & < fi $ w persons , who have no more free- ^ ill to please hirh , than those have frotl £$ vtiom the benefit t Is ^ thheld ? CiMitttofte dispose bf
this question arbilraril y ^ not regarding theilrowin desoriptidfi ckf fhe atonemen t as infinite , nor ^ tKejU 3 ticeand good ness of < 5 od , whose essence is love , and who w no respecter of * persons . The case of the potter , to Whi < lh we are often
refejrred i can relate pnly to the various canditiona of men miMs world . -There are other questions , in answer to whicli Wallcer will hesitate to do > full justice to Jfehe ddctrine of th « f ( aitomeiiafint- A itifa ^ pnd ^ in maa lois »| k ) O 3 c that a > i ^
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JUtlcr to w Friend 6 n Jthe Atonement . ^ Cbmmianfiteated firo ' pi Ireland . ] P ^ ar & * # , j ( Mwch k i % i 6 . t % . INTiENO to answer at some
Ml , length the note-which you were so iihiiging as to 6 end zne with SandetixeoDL a Letters and WaLicer ^ s Addressi , Ibr i ^ casaine cyou wi ^ h tiikt ^ I should cave ^ ou my opinion these writers . j
- Yon fcay you do not subseribe to all I ihesentimentp ' ® f Sandemaa . He certhinly goes a strknge length in describing the corruption of many partieitkirly iKrhbte he maiti&atns , that << as to tlie matter of acceptance with God , there is no difference ! between qne man and another , " fok instance *' . between the
laiost ravssxed judge , and the most odious criiaaiinal , " &rc . Yet : in bis yci ply Jto Haurey , and otherd " whom h e ciils popular preachers , he argues with candour , alia ; he shews that they are not ; triie to their own principles . In general , 1 think he proves t ^ ata mode - rate Calvinist is an inconsistent
character . Mr . Walker also appears to me to have an evident advantage ovex thoee vriih ^ whom he reasons ; for they concede to hiiEi what is a-Butiticient grpun < l-^ vork fox his entire theory , and he
kaaiows well how to profit b y their concession . But tfye remark which I > aiiaUe vipoh hrm and his opponents is , that jjteey bdth build upon a wrong principle ^ whicb h ^ no fou nd at ion - in . Jllya Rr ^ cijpTei wmrp&n t ^ QtJ ^ aT . iMjfctfome ^ da cl ^ pe oi the ^ ioneiijicnt ^ which leads neccsaariiy taiJhfc opiaioin ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 260, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/8/
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