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litatf ' ii&afc'arcttwtitties' their dtver&ities af ( i p fnion are only verbal andf ap * parent . Tbotfe we deem to be- least Jfcconciteable to each other wfytela ff-ratd the object of worship , and the ns > mii&r do < Jt * fiie ^ ofatonement or vicar
JiotiS satisfactioi * , which , it secms ^ fcwever , Mr . ' Carpenter does not lte * ld ( 3 &--67 J ; though he more fchaa once employs fckis term ) ; iever used in the Christian Sefrq&tures , and leaves it unexolainedi * .
Ifwe auspeettbat his metaphysical and his theological learning are somet wskat inaccurate , * he following sentence awakens * and , perhaps , may justify , the suspicion ( 19 ) ; « th « high Calvinists who maintain that all the actions of men are
fore-^ rdaid by God , and that man is not a f ree agent , exactly agree with many who ire esteemed inost wide "in their sentiments , an 4 ^ hd believe in the necessity of m hum ^ o , actions . «* That &h the actions of meri are
foreordained by God / is a position admitted ; we conceive , by every class of believers in the ? Divine Government and in the records of revelation , a act not exclusively , by Hi gh Calviaists and by Philosophical Necessitarians . Nor 4 o any of them deny the free agency of man , ia the iust and consistent The
jense of that qxpr ^ ssion . dpcjrine of vvjhat Mr- C styles * the neces titif of ail , hua ^ a ^ actions , " is not fatalism , or an approach to fatalism ; | t is trje ccrtwntu of actions , ag ^ e ^ at ^ y
to the nature aa 4 the force of the n ^ oT iktes ufJfti < jh- ; 4 i ^ te £ oem ; and . th is telnet caunot be disyiroved > however it Re misun 4 ersU > pd - Of philosophical fjeces $ i ^ y (^ r ip is a metapJi $$ i < xd > &nd pot a thaplogisal , opinion ) tjie bu ^ k . Qf GaUf in ists—rrwhethe r ^« gh or iow Liiayeoo . knojwle 4 ge : and ( jhejir qhajr ^ cf er ^ tic notion ^ c ^ farbitrairy decree ^ a , i > 4 influences are incompatible y ^ i ^>>{[^§ simplicity and fatal to it ' s proper * and Natural operation . Coucernin ^ his **; wbrthy . coHeagure ** M& himserf the preacher affirms . O ^ P )* 77- ^ in cvety religidus service , we Jither directl y or indirectly profess our with in Christ as ; the Son of God a , n 4 Ac Saviour of men . " Of the justness
*' Sc * iptural dootriries may be stated in ^ npttiral . language . Here ' the proper * w& hyt > euu cili < ttio ? i . J ^ oiii . v . . l ' l . 2 Cor .
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ftf ^ fefeii ^^^ ratioi ^ ; \ U f& are £ qmuw £ * ^ o | f J ^ S 8 ., o /> 4 i ^ 40 ntris ., pur pe ^^ k » io ^ tfo&tr < $ * cjla ^ qs of v Cl ^ ri » tfa * i ^ profit \ &p sa ^ W ^ re ^} : v «* n 4 w ^ ^ heartsiiy ^ y ^ j | ih ^ f .. <* qrt ^ eR f © u > # ia ^ i ^ n v ^ uld , v iw jn ^ . n ( . lay ! " > « ., . . , - - . ;<»« , - ; - ^ i ¦ .-i ; . This gentlieMiiJWI ^ 4 mi ^ 0 s ; . ¦ & $ ) ,.. t $ t conduct of the Q ** a k 3 i £ ^ j fji W vf ; l md
openly placing thetr principle ^ i > ef ^ pe their Qhristian brethren , an $ k ^ ving them to judge for t f herfiselvesy but ^ fcovering " no gfeat zeal far makir ^ proselytes , * ' NqW in several iDenib ^ w of this society , we have wiUies ed a considerable zeal to enlarge it * s bounidsw Be the fact ho ^ eye ^ r as it nti ayr ^ - 'VV' ^
hare yet to learn that . prosely ^ i ^ ijg zeal is > an offeuce , a ^ inst the CVjrititi ^ n law and spirit , llidicute , weR « ow , is throvvi \ on it b y unbelievers ^ nd > by n > ep of the wqjjld : but t ^ at any professjors , and inir ^ isters ^ of the Qosj pe should attepnpt ' to brand it with disgrace , is a sa ^ l iliust . ration of human weakness and It ^ consisteriey . Is pro-1
selytizing zeai , as ^// cA , coiideninedrj j our Lord and his apostles f Uqques ^ tionably , not . TKe y denounce it only , when it takes an $ 1 direction ^ or ^ s accom ^ nied | l ^ y ; a ^ n g ^ i ^ nant tempej Of proselyXi ^ in ^ ^ e ^ Uii . lt ' s purest fojsij ) they were then ^ ejvr es examples * Na
doubt , the zeal pi some men Tor making converts / * ' wilt a&o ^ t every rnethod , fair or unfair ^ to accoinrjusK it ' s purposes . ' 0 ^ KUTs * rn i ^ chie \^ u ^ and accursed ; ' * t ndt | howeV ^ f beci ii ^ it is a ** proselyting * ' but l ? ecau ^ 6 it is a spurious zeal . <<; lt is no uncbrhrn ^ n thing , bbth
in politics and in religion ( W'Mr . C . iniR > rms us , 22 ) , for persohs J ^ ho ^ afS of the middle party to be regarded wltn , a suspicious or an evil eye by ; tnose bigots who belong to th ^ tv ^ d , ^ pbo ^ ftg Extremes . ? Bigots , x > f eveiV p ^ r ty ; ^ hcither' ^ f the irhiddie or the t ^ d ; o ^ p AsAe I v J e ^ tornie ? s , regard with a smmcious 6 iJ dri / e < ri \ eye those to wh ^ rn they coiU stdW th ' emselv ^ s & >; . ' -Kbhid o # feoseai
Yet , a / jeraH , wW . Axia ' wliat are ^ a middle party ? Tfc : » T W 3 ^ tio AiU nation Which dbea ribf clairn . Jtiia which mayjiot successfoHj ^ iffei m ; W fee the fpiadbs party ^ in rcapect . 6 f certain oihw ? denon * ifiation » . Tbis . faot however i& : no test , no presb «* ptton ; of swch wikl ^ Je t > artf , » beirtg' irt > pWses stouoPtl ^ Hrutri . V - '" - ^^ ^ i ^ # Htoat \ V < i tp pe ^ and Viftfiejr / Bftr C . urgd ? the fcdnsideration ^ tH « t fliert ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 479, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/43/
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