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    attention and impartiality , the meAns of forming an enlightened judgment on the most important controversy which has evesr £ leen agrtotad a <^ ong Christians , and of which every intelligent Christian ought to be ashamecT j ^ foe ^ ignora © ^ r ^ } ^ ~ - r - In Our t » tice df these pubfoteatiofiis We shall endearoar to ^ enable the

    le&der to Iprm a correct opinion of the scope of the arguments they coft ^ tain and of the manner in which they are conducted , not so much with a yiejv of superseding the necessity of hi&i [ leading the works themselves , as of exeUhjtg rhim to a careful perusal of them ; for if he have not thoroughly investigated the subject of which they treat , and if it be his wish that his

    religious opinions should be the result of coavtctt ^ n , his leisure moments miy be' y veiy profitably employed in' this study ;?? * - Mr . W ^ urdlaw ' s volume contains freeive Discourses * - l . On the Unity

    of God fend trW Trinity of Persons in Oie Godhead . £ &—5 . On the Supreme E > iaunity of Jgsbs Christ . t > . On the Testnaf Troth in-Matters of Religion . ?* < Qrx Xh& Doctrine of Atonement * 8 . On the Practical Influence of the

    © octrih ^ $ fe Atonement . , On the £ Hvinity anA Personality « f the Holy Spirk . 10 ., Ifiv On the Influences of the Holy Spirit . 12 . On the Christian Character .

    This p lan inerutles several interesting subjects , which do aot particularly bear upon the cornrov <> rsy betofceea' the Unitarian and the Trinitarian ^ JMTr . Yates , hbweVeY , strictly

    confines-tiirriself to the discussion of tbfc p oints in dispute ,, between' the woreiupiper of One Goo * the Father , arid the worshipper of " one Godhead , containing three distinct substances , dmoririnated for the want of a better

    w 4 frd * < pef 9 ons— 'the Father , the Son or Word , and the Holy Spirit . " Cheerfiittyv and from a conviction of its ras&ee , accordine ; the name of Unitztiatn to every person wno helieves thai there is One onl y God the Father , and that religious adoration ought to be paid to him alone , Mr . Yates still

    fertner narrows the scope of the contrar ^ Tsy , by confining his argument to the establishment of two great ftotths , the evidence of which , from the Scriptures , he contends is over * whelming ; namely , that there is but

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    Qn ^ e only God , One individual Being , ^ k&juc a distinction of persons , com * monly designated in the New / Testament by ^ the tertii Father , and that whatever power and glory Jesus Christ possessed , he derived from this Being who is styled his rifted and Father . The minor questions , reiatjve ^ £ 9 t fhe pre-existence 0 / Phjris ^ his c rea tion

    of the world , " &c . he leaves to be settled \> y Unitarians themseih ^ s ^ ifttel they ^ arcr - agreed in these tn ^ t gf ^ at principles . in like nianneV ; "Iftr . Vales declines entering on- "tlf& « $ is ~ cussion of the doctrine of thie

    atonement , ' * because the Calyin ^ tiC ; v ^ e ^ of aton . emeni , according to S ^[ r . ^ VPardlaw ' s o \ vp cpnfcssJo n * fal ^ - x ^ J i , ifi e doctrine of © ar SiayipiirVS up ^ ej ^^ U vinity : ' * and on trie innuen <^ ps o ^ t | ie Holy Spirit , ( t because it is eno , iigl ^ to observe , that tjit ? y procee ^' t n ^ l ^ iX out upon a misrepresentatiaii <^ f tfhitarianism . " This plio aC ^ estfli ^ pi * has evidently been ' acfq ^ fefl jnSb'Af ^ a wish to fi ^ tli e atiention ot rfteT $ & £ &cr

    on the ^ main ffuestioDs toot > 6 ^ d ^ c&le ^ in this controversyV and' ^ tia ottg h )\ it is not without trtt 5 onvei * ien ( 8 e , ? » iijfce truth is never seen ~ t& such zfanmtdgc aa whfen the wte ^ fe' of * iiHis ^ rfJeaSy stated and boldly defended ; ^ e ^ fncwpsidering how little the I > oblicr 2 mimi 9 n

    Scotland has been directed tq iiiauiries of this rfautre , It is " perha ' ps iipJn tWk whole a judicious choice . ' Mr . Yatcs divides , his \ vbrR mS 6 three parts . The first i / a 9 t cBrrfifffls ; 1 statement of the general princT |? fes Hi be followed ih investigafiii g tfie ^ Wfftb of religious docfrines , ' toifflh . e ' r ^ Wftn

    some observations on the r'd j aVrf p ^ 19 ? to the Scriptures b y 'UrritafiaftS : % i \ the proper method of asc ^ rtai ^ iri ^ the sense of Scripture arid oh fftW prV > prtety of believing m mysteHes !; ^ Jtf W secorrd f > art the b p inibrfs \^^ ^ r ^ fil rrients of Unitarians" £ 6 nceVrfrW t ! V 2 Unity oT GbiJ , the ^ u ^ raihutiSn ^^ f 1

    Jesus Christ and theuse of ttfe l ? fffi £ Holy S ^ Trit and S p irit of ^ ocHW 1 trie ' Scriptures , are adduced ; and " VIhe ' tfitffit part contains an examination p £ trie objections by which Mr . WarJtaW , haS attempted to invalidate the tTn ^ taruffi opinions . rr "

    Mr . Yates comniences his exarnuith 3 tion of Mr . Wardlaw ' s JDi siib ^^ with bearing th& i ^ ll bW i ri ^ gfenerbui ^ testimony to the ^ worthy mp $ , \ Vk&' iSy r which his bpnciicnt has been ictua ^ ciL *

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    Review . " - ^ Umtorian Gbniroversy in Scotland . SQS

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/37/