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290 Mr . Rutt on his Edition of Dr . Priestley ' s Theological tfl / rks , &c .
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but have fixed-and immutable lines of d * ffeWfte * . —* 4 Viiat should w % riftok of a mdraF cofle VWcft tepreseftMF the purest and ;> m ^ Mn ^ ftcfeB vi rtues as owing all their -ela + tn to approbation , not to their motives or their effects , but to a reflection of splendour from some
remote and foreign Murce ? What is the first sentiment which rushes on . the niVs ^ jSnisticaied rniric !; wheri the most flagitious enormities are represented as ' tVa ^ nrated into hfgh niHral ' qualities bv ^ hte agonies of extraneous rntio een ce ? WhSt ctmld we say of the justice or ine ¥ cy * ofthat government , which should
cVjWderriri such a hero as the Duke of "\ V * elIihgton to a lingering death , in order to expiate the cowardice of all the recreants in the land ; or which should sentence such al philanthropist as Howard to the rack or the gallows , as thb fittest mode of effecting the
punfrcatibn of-airthe thieves arid" prostituted ii ^ the empire ? What motives t 6 f / 3 ttfo t % Courage could 1 > e furnished h ^ siic h an act as the first s or to a diffusive bemeficence by the last ? In fixing tfie criterion of right and wrong , W&isryottfcf never outrage the c 6 ttitcibw
sentiments * ' of niatikind ; which Xviil bfe foiind to merit uix > re attehtiibfn than aTHh ^ mystic jargon of VisJojiaties or fcoieriii-cs , to whatever party they may keMh £ / ' ? i Anotfier part of the zealous divirfe ' s Charge is directed against & cilassof pe ' opl ^ whtWri he calls liheraKsls . Amongst these are included the supporters of
liible Societies and the unfortunate Unitarians 9 who are as much as tythes in the dVearns of the cieVgy . vVith regard to them , the Archdeacon piously nexVanh the repeal of the Act whicn ¦ fe ftinjecfed them to corporal penalties , iiilrigTj ' fi g with hislarnentations a strong ^ ^ tpressibn of sympathy with Bishop
-S ^ r V ^ ie ' , ppbr man , who having written 'ii' ^ aiqs ^ tnese rnisbelievers has been ^ ns were ^ fey them ! The passage is a biirtosityar ) 3 should'he preserved : iu ' ** Viee ( say ' s the learned dignitary ) is wir / hout odium and virtue without -Sfctractitrifi , when viewed through the ^ uali ^ ing medium of what is called
Iwerahty - tk term whicri in its present ippHdatian teite no fixed or determinate meaning , but -which involves in Its lffi&antoi Ttfie two last sets of italics : ^ Wt ( fe divin ^ si **' thfc confusion of all prit \ t ? Frlleis ana me crtcbtir ^ genient of all errors . A solemn act of the le-
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gislature has removed the veil which * &ur tfndestofs cohsidfered 'heces ^ aty to fckcfudte from the ptibKc eye the licenttonsnes ^ ftf "blasphemy ggaSnst the Son \ tif t © 6 <* J and nerite" [ the italics acain are not Co be ascribed to the Anihdeacori ] " & learned and disfingui )» hed prelaw htfs' beefi ! ibe ! 1 eti afld ¦
tkiraigfitd ^ fbt sta {> p 6 rtiiig ' the dignity of our Sav ^ iourfw fhd l dischhrge of one of * his most important Junctions , against' the Scripture-mutilations" £ once more * the Archdeacon of Htttitingdon muA be e ^ oiierate ^? from responsibility for the italics } ** of the promoters ttntl alScftclVsof Socinianism . " * ' " ' "" ;; : p '* * - ¦ ¦ ' ' -4 .
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Sir , Clapton , May 15 , 1817-CAN NOT vyithhold from jjou I an acTditional circumstance ^ which came to my kno % vledge seVeraf * ^ ars since , respecting Jewel , rrtet * C 16 nOT 4 n the note ( p . ^ 00 ^) ofybUr l ^ st num ber . ---Whtle id Chelrtisf 6 td'JaTlI ' awMt ? iig the vengeance of otit san ^ tnhafr ^
iHrisprii * drtce , he was vi ^ Tted by W'fH ^ rid of mine ; ' frotii niritiv ^ s ' of Cfifi ^ tlam compas ^ ibn ' . r rB hirn" the ^• n ha ^ pBy misguided man r * efcdtinttefl HK $ gfdat kihdtfesses of-Mf . Vidler , " ahd 6 om ^ sfed the aft worthy- ' return he had prepared for his BenWactoK to vtf&m ^ l bft ^ e rel ated the stfcry , wliibh J could tf ^ t ptil to interest hrhi . ^ * '^
I am nowebnvinced that'Mr . PatrVfer ( p . 2 O 4 ) was correct in his account , and that Mr . MUtT and his associates were conveyed on board the Surprize hand-fiiffed . This appears from &cUi ~ tion ^ al papers which I ' have ' vejpy iai » Iy examinelf , and wr > ich may £ p al ) l ^ . rae to oflier some furlner contributions . ^
vonr departnient of Original X + ctters . Mr . Jralmer appears Ip . ryave been gfj » t on board the sri ^ p alone , ahd nof to have been hand-cuffed . ihere w 5 s probably some consideration of bis clerical character , in compliment to tiie
Alliance let ween Church and State , I take this opportunity of informing the subscribers to Dr . Priestley ' s Theological Works , that the number of subscriptions having reached very nearly 200 , I have determined , Deo volente *
to proceed immediatel y ^ and 1 trust tbe first volume will be in the press before this notice can appear . Qn . account of the customary rates of printings tBe number of sets must be confined strictly to 25 t ) , unless , which cannot now l > e
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 290, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/34/
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