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too t&uefejrtntff against tBeoii I wiHragf ^ tt $ sk > are thoses pi » in ^ pit-s wfeicb ? wroughb $ & the mitKls of such men as WrtTts anaHod < lritfge so deep ^ a coitvict i on of th £ malignity of sin , and v& higtt a sense of the Dtefrte Justice atid i « rrby in the redemption of s 4 njners * by th « death of < Uirist , are 4 &ose Jtfin * -
lipies a merer delusion ? Have t&ey » d iotjndation m the Gsttspel ? Do thoy cease ^ o pliU downthe strong holds of sio , > and to concert transgressors to God , because sofruychoice spirits of the |> resent . day cbuse to . call them superstitious and absurd ? To
these questions I am strongly disposed to answer iii tbe negati ve . 37 . Here- amidst a few remarks -which are just , and one or two inquiries which arepertiiient , we find others that
derhand our strictures . To argitrnent , where it is employed , argument may perhaps be opposed . But what course shtrll we take when the prejudices of men are addressed , instead of their understandings , and when an imposing tone and an unwarrantable sneer are
substituted for fair discussion ? Principles embraced even hy & Watt's and a E > eddridge , may , nevertheless , be errors , may have no foundation in the Gospel , One is our Master : and that Master is Christ . Let not those who
$ peak of certain opinions ( which , it tn ® y be , hare the sanction of great kam ^ s ) , as unscriptural , be sarcasticall y denominated choice spirits . Some Trinitarians would bestow the sarcasm on
Mr . Carpenter himself for denying the essential , lindertved Deity of Christ : and some Calrini . sts , for his calling in <| tiestum the doctrine of the Saviour ' s viqaivsjus sac ^ rifrcei Of needlessly # ffen ^ ivtj l ^ ngitage ini ati y class of eotfilro ^ ersialis <» we shalf not be the
advocates : In'this gerjftlenia ^ eminently censurable Qn mcauTit of his reiterated professions of candour , moderation and Ubeuality . W e are far from believing that the decline of a serious spirit has preceefcd
^ e ^ charge of sentiment among the Presbyterian 9 , lndjfiere . nce to . religious * £ ** t h j ^ nd to the exaniination of the ^ esipiure 3 , is , on the other hand , a ayroptom and a cause of decaying piety . *! Ekere is , no surer indication of the ex ~
Meltoe -of ** a serious spirit" than a ftaflteasTegardto tenets which , however ^ rWbrto IVoWii' on them , arfe inculf > A * H ittr i * -- ^ ifirifiHdr ' tabT ^ > ootivictipn in are uiade x > v aCvcral UiiitaxiEiis : mri iiWsij snTTT jail . ' *' " Jv *^ . 4 . " * wij * wt& - fvjs
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xfa ' e sake of wriat they deem the g ^ t ^ ir « feitb of the Grt s {^ H V ' tkey have been coa . tented-to surv ^ fe d ^ ^ em ^© ral Wessiugi of no tviftibg ^ net liftd to have th ^ f rraTTJOs cast'bi < t as && 1 , We-cfo ©^ -remind' duf > Jreadel « s 0 f * l ^ is feet hv ^
< rf boaj ? 4 ii % ; , btft k \ > rd ^ r to rtepie l the irteimiafeion , fic ^ ni wh a ^ evej quarter it proceed ; in Whatever style k be ooni vej ed , that Unitari ^ aoism is in 4 uspieioui to ** a serious spirit . " 13 .
When Mr . C . ^ sks-OB ) , r $ have we any better commentators on the Scripi tures than Henry and Whitby antd Doddridge and Grton ? " We answei distinctly Yes , Of Henry and Whitb y and Doddridge and Or ton we think with high veneration : and most tff their works we read with much
satisfaction and improvement . But we repeat , without hesitation , and , we trust ; without a bias lor or against particular systems of theology , that many bettier « omnientators an the Scriptvtres ijaay be consulted . On the New Testament especially fiisriop Pearce , -l ? eirce of Exeter , Haltet > lienso ^ Lowman and Dean Woodhouse are friotfe accurate
( and , with an exception , perhaps , in the instance of Whitby , more-learned ) expositors . * To shew our impartiality , w-tt have purposely mentioned writers whose religious sentiments accord ttiore nearly-with the preacher ' s than With outfs * For the correctness of our
statement and our choice , we appeal to the knowledge arid experience 'of those who are in the habit of studying the Scriiptaaises , r « Have , tttey' * ^ th ^ moder ns ] , farther asks this gentleman ^ " found out by tbc examination of ancient M . SJS . that all thosie
passages which speak o £ the di \* ine nsfittre Mid atonement of Christ fire interpolations ?" The difference betweeii Mr . C . and the Unitarian Christian , is chiefly in respect oFinterpi etation . No Unitarian to
concedes that the passages adverted by our author " speak of the divine nature and atoaement of Christ : " and ii there be any . texts which the Unitarian considers us interpolations * be so considers them on those principle 8 ° J Biblical criticiBm which are admitted
* Of « te book ? of the OW Test ^ men * there has be < m k series of translations executed duHog th ^ ri 3 ty& "'< tf hW pr ^ nt Majesty . Tiicwc ^ for the mostryxrt , «* i ^ t ^ nipa ^^ d hy mtW >\ m 4 $ <****** & £ * neral , superior merit . ,
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4 « 5 f Rmiew . (< ~~ Carpenter * * S&htm miZkiistiati f * $ tSe md Unify
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 482, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/46/
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