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    s . When the savage drops down in the woods under the raving enthusiasm of the preacher , who announces a God appeased only by the innocent blood , are we to believe that " here is Christ * ?

    When the groanings and prostrations of the sacrificing mass-priest have struck the heart through 1 he senses ; when the god-changed bread is elevated in the eyes of bowed adorers , are we to u say unto the cities of Israel , behold your God" ?

    Simplex affirms that the gospel is inexplicable as a whole , and incapable of a consistent explanation of all its parts , without " the grounding mainspring of the atonement . "

    The Papist will affirm that « the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is inexplicable aaci incapable of a consistent explanation without the grounding mainspring of transubstantiation * *

    The apostles spoke of justification , or a reprieve from the judgment of death , " . which passed on all men , even upon those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam ' s transgression $ " they spoke of Christ undergoing this penaltyt though sinless , and thus " being

    made sin for us , " or for our sakes ; that he might * become the first-fruits of them that slept , " and * ' quicken those that were dead in trespasses and sins , * by the life of his resurrection ; thus * ' washing us from our sins in his blood : they spoke of the

    reconciliation by which " they that had been enemies through wicked works were reconciled to God ; " which . w $ s received through Christ ; which was declared by him , as from a propitiatory or mercy-seat , set forth by God : but they said nothing of dying incarnate gods , or dying incarnate angels , or

    of an interposing Saviour : they said nothing of satisfaction ; they said nothing of atonement . If the gospel be , therefore , inexplicable , is it not so from its incongruity with p re-conceived systems of error and superstition > But it in said , " to convert sinners without

    a Saviour , ccvfyp , salutifer , restorer , seems a hopeless effort . ' Where has Simplex heard or found that Humanitarians * discard from their

    ? I have chosen this word in deference to the scruples of Simplex , who wishes to vindicate the titlfe of Unitarian to the as ^ sevtors of the super-augelic scheme with

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    preaching the doctrine of a Saviour ? It is the title of him who says of himself , " I am God ; and besides me there is no Saviour : " of him " who

    blots out our iniquities for his own sake , and will not remember our sins ; ' * of him who " saved us according to his mercy : " " the Lord that bought us 5

    Aeovrorrjs ; that purchased us to himself from the power of sin . If the people cannot yet receive this , it is because " they hear indeed , but understand not ; and see indeed , but perceive not . "

    The Humanitarian worshiper of ** the only wise God our Saviour / * is not discouraged by the less specious and less noisy spread of the restored apostolic faith . ' Many have run to

    and fro , and knowledge has been increased . ' * It is not possible that primitive Christianity can receive a fair and patient hearing , till the Bible shall be studied without a reference to human systems , and till the people be persuaded to think kindly of God . EB 1 ON .

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    Liverpool 9 Sir , January 28 , 1818-THE well-known fact that many chapels which originally belonged to the old Dissenters , have , from

    various causes , been lost to that connexion , and in many instances become the property of other denominations of Christians , has induced me , in my occasional rides across the country , to

    inquire into the state of the remaining places of worship in that interest . Passing a few weeks ago through Macclesfield , I was sorry to learn that the trust-deed belonging to the chapel in Back Street , now , I believe , called

    King Edward Street , had not beer * renewed at the time it ought to have been . I believe the only remaining trustee , who in course holds the deed , is a very highly respected gentleman

    of that cqngregation whose property adjoins , and in fact , through whose property the only road to the chapel lies , and to whom I copsider an application only is necessary , to have the

    the atonement . I shall not inquire how far they who formally acknowledge the unity of GoiPs essence , & . nd hi » claim to undivided worship , yet divide his attributes , are entitled in strictness to he called Unitariuns %

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 186, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/34/