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eoh-¥ * &rs * &&s of wi ' ra description accom-{^ isft * d by the ' -efforts - -of Driittrkfn sV > 6 * € tifcs tt&velitatg from place to place tfc ^ 4- 1 |* i * st i ; o n of fact , which perhaps mi g ht be ascertained without much jftU&c uUy , but which , until ascertained ,
trWoof $ be impertinent to discuss on . te ^ ji ^ conj ectura l grounds . * I % " Unitarian missi an strv-preach ing e * mtfucted on a proper plan , such a ? * $ h ^ ir of tij e a ble and eminent Mr . Wfttfht % tii \ others , 1 should lw * dispts&m to Ascribe much more of useful
eUteaoy- Certainly many congregations fefdfeMl % t ^ nitart-t&nrain hwe been lately formed , cirtd thew fluinber seems to be iucoreasii < ^ g ; but whether the in-^^ k } uai $ cnuposi ng them hgve been teejfatii&ed frotn an opposite sysuW ,
^ feiirhig ^ Xjiencticed some rleflectioh ff&m i | "&ilh not vrry dissimilar , have fc ft |*^ iy dssvimed . a different name , I kkvh tito tlreanfe ot ' -tteteraiinitig . Whttt-Cv * fr Jibe fax l may he , I conceive that if S fatfc tfery flistingaished advocate of st
Oi ^ common Chri i an ity has reference to Iftiitkiriaiis in the follow ing sentence , ^^ W ^^ Dirof th ^ l ^ scrij ) lion of heretics twill % > e' £ b } c to read it without a smile . Suiting of Sir Isaac Newton ami his ihttiiGgy , l ) r . Chd 9 iner » * saVs , ^ J tlb Itffirf ttmvk that , amid the distraction
9 » 4 Ciigrossment of his other pursuits , fc * has at all tiitics succeeded in his mt ^ ipret&tion of the hook ; else he w ** md ti ^ ver , in my apprehension , h *^ c ab etted the leading doctrine of a sect or & itfstem , ichich ha $ tmw fwart y dwindlNt liriwy from public observulion " ¥ * ttekbh&domof Had cometh not with
0 MMMtfJ 04 > neither shall they nay to , here , 0 t , lu there . 1 have long persuaded ftfysdtf that the same may be said of t < majpmM » trivth ; and this persuasion has Int ^ f&t t »> view without alarm the idtMrentfr rapid growth of ab ^ nrefky
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< &mk * t *? «< * m \ a $ t £ f&t $ § t 0 t 0 f ^ rn ^ * Hfee itftemptfr to re ^ iler < $ ** o || po ^ ke ay ^ H ^ t o 4 S 8 e © ttlattv « « toctm > # » p ^ Ng ^ K - laaf * pen « % g t ^ ife mv terflH 8- # fe ^ mifervt ^ w ith scverai pe * snn& j ^ tatet ^ t ^ jT . Tttach < 5 ti to tine ^ otttiMumon ^ i ^* C ^ iitch f ) f Kngla » d ; 1 have ua \ wmt& t * m * m ati ^ Tfrntig th ^ , to itte Ua * t d ^ tuy knowledge and beli ^ they ^ ketv ^ the marks and hear the fruits &f pum
and undefiled religion m as eimitcvit a degree as can any where he iband , « t least if we a ^ ree with the Ap 0 b *> &j Janies in his definition of the ^ g tenns [ chap . i . ver . 27 ] . Peri 5 ^ l » 8 < % f " % 4 iis description lia \ e a claim to ttnicii im »»
-srideration and respect . Many <* f thefea , holding the instiuitioD » of ifeeiT fe **^ fathcry in great veneration , ate a&ft&h to inquire , lest they sbouid fimi && § it& to give them up as hid ^ fe rml ^ . 4 conceive that much tentlerness m &&b
to these worthy but mistake !* imp *! - duals . To liberate them fir © n * $ p&c * i ± lative error atid from the sfavery «» £ prejudices , whicii , when ) M » r » £ ie » % & their consequcru ! es sm # « aaieriij |) r injure their mental |« ace , k a teQa ^ destraUW object . Now * bi « objw ^ is
set at an imtneas \ irsihle dHtatwje iiy ^ i « language and 4 eportmem « if s ^ i ^ ldi luodern champtoirs of the&tm&&im faith , Tvho , when they cann ^ rt ^ F ^« t 4 % - appear to think that they h ^ ve 4 nt ^ something by producing wi ^ iatfa ^ 4 Hld alarm . If they eivtertaui th « h € lp # « if spreading tlreir heresy throw ^ tfefe world by dint of numbers and |> b $ st 8 tfi
force , their plan oi ojieratioft , alibn ^^ not very promising , miglit be cotisid ^ rti ^ as not Wholly unsuitable to the ergl Iti view , ina&Hiuch tife idle generaliMr of mattkuid are more dispose ^ tOt yi ^ WEW vehemence than to any otirer ataribtite or quality in a speaker or writer ; b «* l on tlie supposition of ii different o ^« 0 t 9 it is of all others the least likelv to s $ RS »
ceed . The means tfcat are best fitted to infuse into the minds of moderate anci welUin formed lay-mem hereof th « Church of Kngland an « attacbni&nt t 0 the pure and simple doetrtoes of $ jhe Netv Testawient ^ and to rescue ttf « t | jfr
from the influence of a ^> rieith ^ 0 # either on the one hand ^ unaticai , atwl ^ fram principle , inbeleraft ? , or , on tt » e other , secular and 4 ^ jftjr , « ce « i « o tl «« UMBatm most iilfcelv of I > rtt 4 gi « ig idtiem ^^ o Ac » ik ) ptk > jft « hI | < ^ j jfai jii rff , i < rf | jJ < ii ^ ttwwta ^ tprincipie % » i 4 ^« U ««»^ y f « C dtftt » i « jg / ibis ** * b * feugh 4 > to ^ MMt y vflMy ly iiie ^| a ^ l # ooWM ^ cmia ^ afBuar ^ w ^
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f ^ i : rr »^ tf ^ Rrr ^ r ^ ^ T ^ tefe « # Wtittatmte .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 288, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/32/
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