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whatever of . good is common to all rrlWionS omhting what is peculiar to i iv ; The Theophilanlhrop ists proit-. sotl not fo be disci p les of a particular man , but to avail themselves of
the counsels of * wisdom transmuted by -writers of all countries , and all times . ] : roin these they would c . uibtne the injunct ions of moralists , both ancient and modern , separated from 'maxims either toc > severe and refined , or
contrarv to the duties of piety towards God or men . Sueli is a sketch of the information communicated in this preface , the Pn ' cis Uhloriquv sur lu Society da Theophilanthropes . Some detail respecting / heir course of worship nnd instruction must be reserved to another occasion . 11 . 13 .
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Sir , . /«/// 1 , ! 8 IO \ fTMIKRK is too much reason to bell lieve that What has been so common may have happened in the case of Mr . Cardalc , and that , though a
learned , he may have been an \ inattractive preacher . Had Mr . Orton , however , expressed this fact with more kindness , he had done more credit to himself .. As to the character of Mr . CirdfaJe ' s Writings ,, ( p . 343 ) I beg lftive to demur to the authority of Mr . Wilson . IIis censure reminds ' me of a more favourable opinion , given soon after ihe publlegation , of thje TruS Doctrine , bv a wriVer wh ^ differed'iroih the aiiuio / , but whose learned competence vvill not . be disputed , whatever ni : iv he thought ' c ^ f liis uncommon and see mindly extravagant theories . 1 reiV-rto Mr . Ilolwell , who had
fillrd ; i v ( tv hignj if not the highest j ^ lacie iw . tlie adniihi ' stnltion of Bengal , ' arid 5 > umislled , a variety of curious 'LVacts « n the civil untl sacred aiitiq ! i !( ief 5 , " As ' well as on the' feritisli gt ^ vernment ' olf fndia . I Us Ijhe 9 loiical Svsteni h Xt-^ tly at issue \ yith tlia't " of * Mr .
Maurice on the Hindoo and the Christian I rmuy , rejeC j Un ^; both , as ecjnall y * opj » ose 4 to the propef Ohltanan dpetrine , which he supposes to h ^ ve been reeled alike to " 'Moses , BirnVah ,, aiid
' hrist . He rejects the tHiriiculohs son * W { W , ' for , ' tli ^ reasons wfcicfa \ hav e been fr ^ rjficiuly ' adduced agaihst tHl \ t ?« ctrine , But tnaJiitajiis a' pre-exr ^ encje ' of th £ soxil of Chnst . con-?>* FJ } j 1 y wttlv hk nhtloiii of ilit nr ^ ex-% . $ ; 4 , mftt ^ i / choJs . ' tf 6 %$ l %
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to set the authority of the Gospcfs above that of the KpistleV , and id defer least of all to the * autboriJty oT 2 ' anI , whom ht ; even charges witli > r $ v ** rirs . Yet amidst tiis freest remarks IVIr . Ilolwell deprecates , Siith ap [> arent sincerity and seriousness , the
imputation of Iteisrn ^ or a design (< wiiii UofrOes , 'rindaL Itoilrigiroke And orhers , to sap the . foundation or injure Uki r < K » t of C'htisti . uuty . " Such is a-hasty but , I hope , not an unfair representation of this singular theologian , who speaks of Mr . Cardalt / s book , without appearin ^ to know the author , in the foJUwinG ; terms :
A treatise which we never sa > v or heard of before we had closed our second general head , ( although- published in 17 () 7 } entitled , The Trite JJ&c ~ trine of the Nciv Testament concerning Jcsnt' ( 'hrist -consideredy contains a p lausible chain of objections to his sUp-] M * sed / jrtw \ r 7 . cnr 7 \ In that , book , and the appendix :, we have the singular pleasure or nnomg our sentnneuts
upon the evil tendency " of the Athariasian doctrine , and the true riieaiuntC , and reading of the first chapter of St . Johifs GosjMil , supj ^ orted by so learned and judicious an advocate for truth . We concur in setitiment with this writer ^ -arid fee 1 vgv y distinct ideas respecting the dfity ' of the Father ' ancf t \\ u divinity of-the Son , but we cannot conceive why be sfioxild stumble at allowing the ^ re-existence of the diving spirit of Clirint . % Vhen this 'leafheii at » d ingenious writer < riVes an uhprepU * Hiceil liearinii ; , and full force to ? 'rf « e doctrines of the mctcmsycfiosis 9 andduly weighs , the insufficiency" of every other human hypothesis , to account
for t )» e phenomena of our present existence , and indeed of all nature , he Wi | l , we flatter ourselves , receive full conviction , that his doubts and disbelief ojf the jVre-existent : state ancf origin : » l di g nity of thri ' st / wer-e yi-foiiniled ' , ': uii \ not the True Drtefrhh * a / ' the 'Nhtr Testamenti" Py . l ' 45- 0 , Vatt 3 , ihitcA Milford Haven , ' isrNovember , 177 O .
Mr , Moiwci ! A \ M in 1 ^( JS . He must have reached <^ H ; f " " ery Advanced . Tge as he , Veside ^ in'Trfdfa as ea /! y as f 742 f s andVil lrtl a ' cc > nsk ! eri ( hU' s '^ i tion in 1756 , ' wHeri lie Avas &ne of ihe tj ^ V / survivin <>; sutrrnJrs in fHd" * fca - faWK TMtit } a ? Of tire H . ortlnte ^^ edVs ^ iW ^ tliat ^ Ar < &in lfc ^ f AJis ^ d . * * ^ cVy ^ c tte f ^ Hr ^ -J / ire y v V ^ xcr . iiuO ' * & ty } f-. ' r \ lit t . , - A - * t i - ' /•>' r .. . ' ¦ ¦ .. , : , ; ' . a ir . ¦ - , *« . !< ¦ , ¦ * - ; _ ¦ ¦ v . ' i " ' - ' ' " ¦ • ' s li . . . ' ' : ¦ . -, ' : ,
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Mr . Cardale and Mr . ITolwelL i ) yQ
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1816, page 399, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2454/page/27/
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