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what yoij advanced concerning l ^ ie necessity of Christ s coming to judge tjh , e world for the purpose pf testifying h is eternal Deity , because you Have an unquestionable ri $ ht to deliver doctrinal sentiments which you believe to be tpue aijd important $ though I conceive such a representation to be
inconsistent aijd at variance with the Holy Scriptures , which declare this great office to be sustained by him ip . consequence of his designation to it , or by the appointment of the supreme authority pf his God aj ^ oi Father ,
What I cpmpfcii * of is , ypur placing tpose of your fcllow-chrisiipns who d ^ jbeJi £ Y $ th e Peity of our Saviour , upon a l ^ vel with the wors t rej ectors of revealed religion / by using the follpwipg expressions , when speaking of itje energies of true piety who must
receive c . oudemoatipn in the last d ^ y : ^ Spme tfypre are who deny " the Deity qf Christ , s ^ ome tr ^ niplq upon bin blopcU sjud spme despise the whole Systpm . pf his divipe revelation . " This
statement to me appear ^ very disin-^ en u-o as , as it imports 4 refusal to adm ^ t those \ q bp minabered among ttye discipl ^ of pqr Lord who dialer frQm _ ypurs > lf on this disputed point , tfrs t > sjty pf Christ ; and it has an injjipq ^ s tpqdepcy on the mia ds , of the hearers ., ^ specially the more ignorant
sqy . t , even to inspire them with similar iJliberality . Such rasij language m < Jic ^ tes ^ What ypu woujd probably tj ^ ^ qmp re luctance irjgre pj ^ iqly to ^ yp \ y th ^ t yQUf ar ^ cpQ § cious of having f % * ine 4 ^^ i ^ f ^ llible judgment re-^•^ pting a doctrme whicli has been a subject of controversy among wise iij
iaq goo <^ roeij venous ages . To tJ $ s fmay add , that it is preposterous to , associate the deniers of Christs peity with despisiqg infidejs , because t ^ oae who believ e that he is in every respect dependent upon the only tv u ^ God , the Creator of heaven and earth ,
regularly sisqemhte together for divine warship accordi n g tp the Christian revelation , and to he ^ r its truths and precept ^ dispensed . So tU ^ t they iDu ^ t either fctelieve in the divma of
l ^ beion Chri st , q . n 4 consequently esteem the ^ 9 sp € l ^ tru ^ * ya 4 divui ^ , qjr be nji ^ e hypflw tes iu t ^ eir yelir § P 9 tP 9 prctfapiop j the JaJtt ^ r of \ yhix ^ 9 ^ 3 hardly hp yo ^ v deliberate opjnipa qf th ^ ewwift lv if you qom ^ th ^
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some of them have produced . Without doubt your mind is fully persuaded that the doctrine for which you are so strenuous , of Christ ' s having a proper equality with the Father , is *
explicitly taught in the sacred writings , and you value it highly as being essential to your doctrinal system . But it is not unworthy of any Christian to- maintain his sentiments with
cjiarity for those who differ , as they Tjave a right to judge for themselves , and may have substantial reasons for their dissent , H . owever confident you may be of the truth and importance of this notion , I am equally persuaded that it has no real foundation in the
word of God , but that it is a corruptipn derived from popery . In your present temper it is not likely that you will deign to enter a place of worship used by Unitarians ; perhaps you may disdain > tp peruse a . ny of their treatises in vindication of their principles : hut I will venture to
assert that in either case you would ijot meet with an instance of an Unitarian ' s so dishonouring himself and degrading his religion , as invidiously to unite descriptions which have no kind of analogy . But supposing that on any occasipn you had heard one of that sect , in his over-heated zeal for
his opinions , arrange the deniers of the sole Deity of the Qod and Father of Jesus Christ , or Trinitarians , in the Qame lists with Deists , scoffing infidels , and tramplers on the blood of the Mediator , what would you have thpught and felt ? You w ould no
doubt pronounce this to be a species of bigotry of which the avowed PUght to be ashamed . Reflect o » your manner of classing characters , which perhaps may be top familiar , and recollect that persona who have other views of the Christian doctrine than those
which you profess , may ha ^ ve ^ quaj sensibility with yourself ; as mucfy integrity of heart and uprig htness of Yifq as you may be kixown to pps $£ ss , i a ^ sincere and strong an attachment to what they conceive to be diving truth ; and as earnest a concern to
witness the prevalence of their principles as you can entertain—though the credulity of majikiwJ *(* $ & ^ SSPP *** tp , uij scriptural ai » d Vitjfit £ )| i { pfrje mysteries , ** p < J the * * dfepJ ^ WtfW pyejudicq * ifi ftypur ot \ ih& \ i ^ rSHnctione 4 by worthy ^ irtli ^ X w 4 j ^ WRf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1817, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2465/page/20/
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