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Ifcat tfft * atitft&s ' ol mate < lfccriSd tooHs-, ^ liifet ^ h ^ £ re ^ ted % fem * e **^ & < m t ^ theofcgicai jargon of thfc school * -tfKd th& degrading folly of the time * , > 8 € lL kh& highest vstfue : upon Christian - ^ sd < to * and recommended their * yche > tieof triitlvas the means of more
exalted piety and purer virtue . He " ^ tyi ^ hdw ready to accuse his own prej % d& € which rrad so long blinded him t& tfoese treasures of Christian excellence . He saw that if some Unitarians had been philosophers , they had not feeeri worse but better Chrisiians on that account . His mind underwent ,
in short , a complete conversion ; he began to breathe a different air , and to live a new spiritual life ; nor had he Any higher ambition than to follow Lardner , Priestley and Lindsey , in their imitation of the one common txiasier , Jesus Christ . To a mere student in the closet ,
Socha change as this would have been l ) 6 f thfe highest importance : in his own nfcase Mr . Vidler foresaw that it would Be productive of fearful consequences , -ft is * heresy oh one point of faith had raised against him a tumult which it -required all his strength of mind and atthis- faith to become able to
disregafd ; w ^ at might he riot expect when n £ should abandon all tire tenets on Which the prej udices of the religious "World are fastened add on which their passions feed and invigorate ihernselVesT His congregation . which had < e # pe 7 rienced some vicissitudes was now itit a high state of prosperity , &nc \ the and
^ fowli ng numbe r affection and ability of the members migM justly embolden him to rely upon an in-< 5 leasing provision for the , decline of life ; " ¦¦ "but- his avowal of w | iat was "itfalted Socinianism" would
inevit'afeiy divide and perhaps disperse the society , and deprive him of al ! opportunity of acting in the cliaraeterof a ^ Christian teacher . The unH erijal < lox * - t ^ rie vi ^ a ^ likewise spreading throughout the kingdom , and he w ^ lo oketl ~ * ip 4 o as- ' the head-of the rfemg sect ; but all his influertce would be in- a
-tft 0 meht armihHated by his abanddn-^ ttoMi % f rebutcd orthodbky , on the redej ^ ti 6 n lot whicrri in its rriore e $ sen-^ Jrfptnneiplea the Uhrver&atisjte ; noicss than ^ tifeers , blaced' the' \ sa 1 vatio \ v of ^ ri ^ - sdUll So rjfi e of hfa rVios ^ t dev + jted -S Hi ^ h ^ , tdfr % > 6 Yr l ^ ho ^ e ; ltberaflity r ^ e ttiainlf f ^ Iied in the jbreserti &htt ^ ^ W V ? i > tldly c ^ O mVi ^ ances , wc ^^ ecd-
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their places . * c-. x : ;* ; -.: > : ; : > r .. us * Su < jh iwet ^ M ^ VitJIer ^ '^ rtspem on becorriirig an l # Mta ¥ farti -Maii ^ he been w 6 fWty-mino ? ed ^ or -car ^ liss * of rel igion , or hy bocr ^ i ttckl > they -Would have checked nirh \ xi the course & £
inquiry and induced him tb veil Ihs doubts and to hide his com ietio ' rfs under a mysterious phraseology ^ wrsiefo has in so many cases Ue ^ pt up 1 t ^» fe appearance of " orthodoxy ^ wJWft t ^ e reality has long vanished . ^ Ekitf iu ' s make of mind and heart Avoul ^^ iilow
him neither to deceive nor to tc < 4 ^ - ceived . He looked abotat - ' ca # efti $ ly and patiently for the path of -duty , and when he had found it , no Consideration could turn hiar aside-ti * converting his resolotion irtto prayer ^ his language , familiar to tbe > ear& < if his religious friends , Ivas , Ttiktnot
the word mf truth liperVif bupofmif mouth i for 1 have heped in thy Hrffaments : so shall f liciivt luherGiJbuU * tq answer him thai reproacheth ^ vneffot -I trltst in thy word : s& shkU , 1 ktep -thy law continually Jbr ever ajid ^ e * t And I will walk at liberty > fi * I seek thy precepts . ' ¦' ' ¦ ¦ ' - ¦' - ¦'¦ ' '¦' ¦ •¦ - ¦ - •^ t ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦' >
The first sermon in whichi Air . Vidler explicitly- rfenoulvc ^ ^ jfe-d& <| r tririe of m ^ Tfin ? ty *)^ roveii tb ^| his apprehe ^ siohs of 4 he trons ^ f ^ ft ^ es were tbo we ! I-fo « t ) &ed : ^ f € * u alarm was tnsrtantty ^ excited' aticf bi ^ i ^ y ^ id ^^[«» oldest arid i « ost opulent fwerwls i ^ 14-solved theitc 6 nneotion > with- ^ h ^ aoiu
gr ' egatien . TlwJ ) r t ^ esaib ^ i w ^ ikeneH the bmVd ; o * f-&tAtiii £ &rid th ^> iMvS storis wMifch prevtfil ^ arriottgit . ^ thli \ r&ckikber ^ who ^ reiri ^ m fed in ^ O fn tt » WiJor | ii | t Parliiinrem Coti f * d = eaden * d th % iial
of 1 he sdcieiy an ^ T -it ^ j V ^ efsred *^ feit si ri ki'ng * i rVfd 4 ecaV . Th e < & I a * y ? ivliwtli ^ 1 K Vid &t 'ire ' aeiVcd duvitifr the' / kf | t year that he poached ih $ Ttinitkfiwn dbctrine was riot les& triatii d& 29 b 'i-fo&
tfhtiuat siif ) etid <*^ irid ^ d < feOofi -after Itis ^ ha rt ^ e df ^ oiii ^ ii ^ a- fa ) £$ OV &&& at thi * loW ^ o » W ' ii iGf 6 ^ ri | Ma ^^ 4 qr nvahV ' j ^ ii rfe . "Thi ^ ah ^ tmn l iA ^ His circAwpstihces deprive ^ h ) % tvr 4 if } * x \ avfy comfA'irfe zihd of ^ tlve rtieaf ^ olF t ^ ettiv ness , -tffid -nietfe ^ ^ ri ^ h rcW hltn int »^ i sta ^ te ^ ftf ifksotTie ^ p * % iitt « 0 eJtrpc « i » his pHV ^ fH ^ rtffcP ; bbt ^ W idM ffuUj tfoifib <^ lib tlfWt after Q (<^ Andd ( ile&s « i « fii ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/4/
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