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M °$ & : tP ; m Sfweqt-V ^ pfct ; £ r& I * ijust return . , ' " TTHe richer members 6 f JP ^ byterto jpdhgrpgatiotis appear , to be asti j umed to belong to a sect ; apd they wish their ministers to conform as inuph as possible to the more liberal party in the
Church . They must say fcheir prayers from a boo ^ in a monotonous man ner , au > d they must read for sermons short jnoral essays ^ , without any reference to the peculiar doctrines of the gospel * or the anti ^ christian errors and < dehisiorrs
of the age . These persons have too long contftiudd to give tb « ton to our Presbyterian congregations ; they have dainpeu an , d half extinguished free an < J liberal inquiry z they naves tied the hands of Qur ministers : they have iiirnibied the energies of oar peo p le-: they mistakenly imagine that a zeal for their relig ^ us ^ profession and opinions would disqualify them for the general society of men of their own rank in the Svorld . Hence they become ashamed of the peculiarities of the conventicle ,
like a rich man of rjis poor-relations ; and their ingenuity from this time is wasted on devising rneans how to serve God and Mammon , or how most speciousl y to desert the former for the latter . It would be m \ ich better for the Presbyterians if such persons would leave them at once , as a thins of course *
as soon as they became rich : for as . it is ; mey not only will not enter themselves into the kingdom of heaven , but they hinder others from entering . SJ Thi $ prpcess has been gradually gqing on since the Restoration . ^ At uiaiinme this Nonconformists consisted
of many persons of Tank and influence ; at this time , I believe , they cannot tay claim to an individual of the nobility Or geptry . We perfectly , however , iin < Jerstan | l the process by Which this i ^ hsto rination has been effec ted - Jjyy oeqeaps pftib p prevalence of a worldly
V jp ^ p V ^ v ^ religiws p rinctple Though : « V 3 f ty ^ 4 n of property still remain aui'tfngf us , yet the too general spirit of " eVmJjorauty to _ the wotld , and the dread of toeing suspected partial to the pecu-Uarittea of a sect , and zealous in
propaapMerdeMiow , Bat we hope « P JSS * ^ sW « f •*« 4 qB ^ nsrate w ^ ir be w ^ e l auppUed b y the virtue and cpttiutei ' j | f fr ^ W accession * : for 1 am MMfWiW ^ ^ ffilMj&cvqil J * M * toU ncv&x be asliad ^
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of th ^ Teproa ^ Hof pr ^ serytism ; whifc reason -and persuasiorir fiire my onW weapons of conypr&ion . . . ¦ : In justice to ^ a iiuozwirous class of opulent Presbyterians a § d Unitarians it gives me great ? pleasure to obsery ^ before I conbiude , ahat there « re many most honourable exceptions to a too
common rule . Many are truly con ^ sistent in thej f conduct ; and hy their consistency they maintain that respectability and dignity of character wnicU the . others never fail to sacrifice , bv apina ; the manners of the world , aud
sacrificing independence of principle ; still , ruany to whom this praise truly belongs , might do more , much more , by a renewed attention to the interests of religious fcrutb ~~ b y their example , by their w ^ ^ ealth , by tneir personal exertions and general influence .
Sir , —If these remarks should induce any of your readers duly to consider the subject , more especially if they should excite amicable discussion , and promote practical improvement , my object will be fully answered . I am , your ' s , &c . HOMILY .
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Apparent Inconsistencies vf great Jffinds , exemplified in a Series of Extracts on Future Punishment * [ Concluded from p . 330 . ] BUT the fore-cited authors are no } generall y read : it may be proper , therefore , in the same view , to mention * i few of those , which are universally celebrated and admired .
The classic moralists of the United Kingdoms , though the most profound reasoners in matters of practice ^ yet , seldom deviate from the strait line of orthodoxy , so called , in matters of
theory . Though the avowed friends of toleration , aud enemies tp bigotry and persecution in every form , , th $ y never censure the ecclesiastical establishments of their own country , either in doctrine , constitution , or discipline .
No doubt they either thought all these things right and as they should be , or they had their reasons for proceeding do farther , into which we do «« # now ; inquire . But . there is one cvcumstance here which deserves no ^;
notwithstanding all their wit and W their wisdom , they sometimes , l ? Jrfy theological cssavs , adopt a k * p <* g phra ^ ology . neither calle 4 for py ^; ^ asten ^ Hifi ^ by , the « wJJ ^ ... rf / ip ^^ ^ v ^ SJc 3 P upp ^ thejLir 9 > yn ; ieligl 6 u » prfil ^^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/24/
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