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reaflCgep ii ^ W ^ Mi ^^^ ki ^ ii ^/ or , church , existing in his da ^ rs . Pejrhaps , pure , primitive , vital Christianity is to be found only in the Sacred
Stfrtpttrres , -arid no small degree of fintfification must probably ta&e place , p . * fore its" genuine form , with all its Cpiestial features , can be restored to t ' lis earth . t * " * .
Although this circumstance does infinite credit to Mr . IJnrnett ' s mt ^ griti / , his iinderstdndttiir sdems , on t ' lis point , to have been misinformed ' . Ife ' appears '' hot , at this period of his \\ f& , to have reflected on tile general O&tfga ^ iorr , r £ sflng upon sill men , to TWnftup their Creator , both hi public iiftd \ ti private , nor to Flave rightly
dHt itagufehed between tfye Juhdmrferilai afticfc * of ' Christianity ; 2 n \ & those points v ^ hi ei i Are df subordinate / importance ; between those . Which a ^ e - \ essent ial to Us existence , aftd those Which are , comparatively , less niorAttilous . He seeing "iiut to have reflected on the
truly > jttdicicnis and divineH liberal sentiments of the Apostle Paul , on this , and ' other similar subjects * * ' Hirn , that is -weak in the iaith , ' says he , " riecei ve . ye , bu £ ' ntjt uhto dbirtitfut' dis ^ utatforts . * One man ^ J 3 te&h eth - one day abo ve another t day
a ^ ridfher este ^ ttxeifli every alike ; IL , et evety than he Fully § er ^ naded in Mis oWn mirtd . He , that re ^ ar 4 eth the day , iregardeth it uirto the tord ; and he that regardeth not the day , to the llOrd he doth not regard it . - He that
ea ^ th , eatetji to the Lord , f 6 r he giveth God lihanks ; and fie that eafc-^ th no t , to the Lord \ te eateth not , and giVeth Ood thanfcs . The kingdoiti of @tkl i ^ not" mttat and drink ,
bmt Hght € * dtt « ne 3 $ i and peace , and joy ih the Holy Ghost . Hastthou fkith > HaVe it to thyself before God . H aj ^ y U h ^ that cottd ^ miiet > r not himself Vn ttiat thiKi § which he allo ^ th . Whatsoever is hot of faHh , is sinJ *^ sroever is not or tartn , is sin . -p
The spitit of thj > se' passages is to this- - purpose ; that pore ChrTstiarifty consists hot iti points cdttipUrativeJy indifferent , but in certain grand ana important ' Vfevrs - ktid that whatever Is a ^ bservietit tb tH ^ se ^ xn connected With % hferh / ^ bi ^ itti ^ it ? ' essence ,
] - ± * tBtiUkiXiv . I- f ' p ^ Bnw * idh ^ . & 1 T ^ «« ^ - ^ 8 a ; n ¦> ¦ 'N . .
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* avan £ < gf ils $ i ^ K ^^^ &j ^;^^» bfe iirm ^^ tf ^ nah ^^ ryetbiitfta ^^ , but , that matters of smaller moment ' in which , however , the generality of mankind have , in all ages , been
disposed to place the very substance of refigim , ought to produce ncy sehbjii auiong Christians , bat must be viewed with mutual forbearance ami charity . It wpuld have bee £ happy for the Christian church , if these apostolical
sentiments , which have , ijj fact char facterize !< J also the ; ablest and ht& men , since the apostolic tirhes , bad been generally adopted . Jvluch c 6 n ~ fusion would have been prevented , and one great cause of ? ntolrrdt ' ? ice'iind pe ^ ecution woul d have cca ^ e ^ t ° oporate . ^ qv ? , -a . s the Jk »( fammial * ot
( . hrisUatuiv seem to be jpTe ^ erv ^ d amon ^ aft Pfo ^ est ^ nt ^ ,. with tne exoeutioit of such as exclude , ftbxn ' sakatioy , those who difier ffom them in the most minute article of order , or ? oorship , there appears to be fib ; spUd reason for ' withdrawit ^ " JVom any Prot ^ tant communion , in Which a ^
person has been educated , and refusing to join with any other , da this stfle ground , that assent ' cannot tie ' giVe ^ to every individual tenet whJeff hs members may profess . Oil the saffie prirtciple , there could hardly be art } society among meii . For , tnere exisjt
not , , |> erhaps , any two ' individttajs Whose opinions are , ; 6 tv alt stioie ^ Vs . perfectly conformable fo each jOtheY Such cdiiformity of seritimeYit ^ oultl not , on the whole " , be conducive to the advancement of truth , or to tn ^ attainment of hcqjpincss . \ i \ % \ $ diversity of ofrinion , by I he' ( Jiff ^ fcm
aspects in which the same obj ' ect is viewed b y different minds , th ^; a variety of information is collected , an ^ that tile ftores of knowledge are iiv cj rease 4 . The feaf bond of uhioh , therefore . Is not exact coriihrrmtu $
opiriioti , but , mutual charity , Jrecdom qf discussion , and true , not forcfend liherulWy of mind ; is * the suljugation of pri&e , ttye renunciation of tyrarmicty snprerhacy % and the Unqualified actohotfr ledgmeftt of those rights , in religious matters * as belonging to others , ionkh
we claim to ourselves . If Mr . Bm ^ bad reflected on these principles , th * excellent heart would have P *^ ^^ his wilhdrawi n ^ f / ofn ptstbbc wvrwf Sn every religions con ^ mtiWi ^ "' * fact , we bhtAl iKi « l 6 # atJeI ^ : ^ f /
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438 Memoir relative to John Murnett , JBlsg . of Ddtis .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 438, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/2/
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