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v { , sound-itiords , v * hic ^ a £ sa } ti fee ) thon J * a $ t h ^ ar ^ o f me . " I ] L raese ? roueh to he * d « # tred * that ** v # ;« js * uldi < k nwv ^ whut this focui was , that we mi ^ ht ja udge of th& ; propriety ^ f , tk « 5 pp& *? a £ ion . ijoubttess it was soti ^ e pro ji&skton of |> d » inry importanc ^^ ojaciaely exprnsa-« d * frequently repeated and easily rpinetnbered ; . and if any such can be roet with in the other' writings of this
Apostle ,, we may be allowed * for * vant € > f mafft precise , evidence / to adopt it as the ^/ m to w . hich he referred * Suppose then we were to 6 k upon that which i # e find in his first Kpistle to Timothy , chap , ii , verse 6 , — * To us tbere is one (^ od , and one mediator
between Gpd and men , the man Christ Jesy $ S \ Or that in I Cor . viii . 6 , •* To u $ there is one God ^ the Father , of whom a ^ e all things , and we irj him , ; and one Lord Jesus Christ , by whenn are all things , and we by him . " Oc this , Epb- iv . . 5 * . 6 , ' * Qne Lord ., one faith , one baptism , one God and Father of all , who is » above all , and through
a )! ,, and in you all . " These ^ or something fp the same purpose ,, it fcs highly , probajble ihatirifao | hy had often heard * from Paul $ . but t ^ e like cannot be said ? of one of j ^ i § - inost prominQQ \ articles in the / qtrjGqtiil ^ fies of faith i ^ ppn whjah
I arn coit | mef > ting , namely , that .. ? - ' in tl ^ e uftity . of the CJodhead tpere be t ^ hcee persons , of-t ^ he s ^ me ^ ubstance i « | wer . and eternity ^ " and so forth j 4 as I do x > ot Rod that Paul has any where laid
down such aY ) axiom , or p reached such r a doctrine , or that he paid divine worship to any other than the God and Fa ther of , the Lord Jesu s JChrist » ( . _ w -Every expedient of a ^ strictiv-e nature h e aving been found lipavaHing foj ^; the security of unanifiiity w l ' . cqpppwjk . arpon ^ Christians , it wa ^ t ? hought Worth twhiie . in the ibmiation of , this
society to try whether gospel truth aad io ^ e ^ ind peace tx ^ h t not be best ,-promoted and preserved in connexionwith perfect liberty of judgment . All therefore that is reauked , as a test of opip i ^ n , to ; qua ] i fyi f 5 f > r meni . bersh ip , is aj ^ ajran 4 to these two propositions , n ^ meiyj ; tfh ^ tt Jih&ue is but one God , ju ^
& $ 4 » v ^ necessaril y follows , that he at ? WK 4 * fhf 5 proper ofyecit of religious adorati ^ n ^ VV ^ t ^^ ut these w ^ could not c oi ^ £ * # n tly b ^ n ^ assumed the title <^ £ a &Uirmhlp& Pl- 4 ? axc . ^ tbey- ftoxr * . b ^« HWW ^ A ^ WMf A * K vfK * . . * Q c ^^^ o ^ o ^ qfil ^^ L ^ napr iiu ^ Ht jom aw 9 t religious services wuhoat offence
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to his pdnoif 5 > le 8 > ft they are npthh ^ g ovctre in tenns ihai ^^ vhat he hi msbfif professes stnd eorxstantly practised . At the same tiyae it ia-. Croe ^ ' ami . we have no wish to dissemble it , that a strict acid invariable adherence to this , which w % conceive to be the truly primitive and SrcrLptural form of faith aird devotional service , will have a direct
tendency to lead the mind to the adoption of other sentiments which naturally flow from it ; in other words , that when the ' spirit of truth has thus obtained possession of the understanding , it will be led into all truth . Not the
least ulea of dictation is , however , entertained . May the time never come when tb | ose who assemble in this house shall be authoritatively told what they are to believe , or referred to any other code than the Scriptures as the groundwork of their faith . Never may they fall into such a disgraceful state of
indolence and supine ness , as , in order t&t save , theimelv *^ s the trouble of thinking , to accept of a ready-prepared system of doctrine at { he hands of any man or body ^ -of . men whatever ! Reason aik £ ui ) der ^ lar » di ng vvejr ^ e given for far high&t
p VPjpos ^ s ; npr shoul d that talent be laid ^ up in a napkin to just and canker , vyJbic ^ ^ ou ^ h t to he kept bright and clean * * and ready for employment accoj-d fi ^ g U > the graciQ ^ is design of lit in who ije&towdd it . \ \[ t £ * o beGoHclutfed Ui the newt Nufinher . ]
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'SjtR , . ; . Jan . 28 , 1817 . r ^ HEJRIt was published in 1745 , a A book with the following title" . r , he ( Conformity between Modern asicl . Ancient Ceremonies , wherein ig proved , by incontestable Authorities , , that tha Ceremonies of the Church of
Roine aie entirely derived from the Heathen /* This is a translation fmipn ilxQ French original , which was ppb ! jsl \ ed in lO 6 ' 7 , and I now refer to it for the sake of two passages in 4 i the Translator ' s Preface , " p » . xx .
Having mentioned the " retaining old customs when the reason of them is forgot or not attended to , " he adds , " In many of the midland parts of-England at this day , [ 17451 it is usual for the" poor , upon All ' St > ufs t ) ay t to go from One village to apoiner , a beggih ^ So utfCpkes , which a ^ c ' freely di ^ pe rs ^ hv ^ wiany gqod J ^ rpleiitan ^ , vvho' ' f ) eUe < e r * either purgatory nor the . etiicacy of masacs for the dead > as
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• : Co 4 ^»? -mi /( v xCuieen Modern and Ancient Getemrfii ^ s . $ &&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 209, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/17/
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