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ftttd tnay Ibe interested by a brief detail « 4 f them , which I am enabled to give iron * some letters put iivto my haodfi by Mr . Isaac , the reBpectabte minister of the Unitarian Baptist congregation , Moreton-Hampstead * and addressed to him by my fattier . He had formed a
plan for the delivary arf a ^ series of lectures upon those doctrines of Christianity * of which erroneous notions commonly prevail , and had engaged € igfat or nine ministers in Exeter and its vicinity to beat * a part in it , The chief peculiarity in the plan warn , that the whole course wa « to be delivered in
one plac e * 5 y the associated preacher s * each taking his turn * at the interval of a fortnight , and then to be repeated to their respective congregaiions , till die whole series had been preached in every p )« ce comprehended in the mien . A we ^ day evening was chosen both for the convenience of
the minister * , and to avoid giving pfffence to those who disliked the introduction of controversy into the pulpit on the Sabbath . The sermon was to coutaiu §<* a brief bnt comprehensive view of the arguments from reason and scripture , in support of the doctrine maintained , accompanied with inferences aad-observations
calculated to « hcw thatit will have no unfavourable inference upoa the religious conduct of itwm by whom it is embraced , but on the contrary affords % » good or a better foundation for peace and comfort , and for the dirties
of f * ety a » d morality than the opposite opinion . The whole to be conducted with as little of the appearance of controversy as can be admitted /' The Mint meeting at Exeter , which had been tmirt for Mr * James Peiree ,
* m a refuge to heresy and liberty of ^ imscience ^ from the iwy ctf the western iiiquwifcors , wits t ite place foxed upon for the first delivery of the leertnres > but on a application bein g made to tWe trustees , the use of it for auch 4 bl purpose fw « # refused * In klludKog « 9 matter 4 tf fci ^ tory to this vefu « al , it
wi not my wiA to reviie any of libe ^ fc ^ lings which may lurve been * eipsitad 44 tbe tirae « wor to give pain to tbo * e thorny have fcw *«| 8 t « ini «! ntal in ^ prtyewmg i # , « nd frtio a *» y iliU « up-**«* . I am lMttlitaA to believe th « t * c « t ttiift nwd n « 4 boe <{ imt r < fu » tt « f *« atli « r < plao ^ > oT Jmtmhipiifi B ^ akcr *»« * ttMitar > pmiyoit ^ (« i « get 4 b ^ ^ f
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tlte Uiiiterkn Society , ) aro ^ e eet nro m any hostility to Uni 4 ariai » lsitH but fr ^ m a fear that the jeakmsy of £ everiiitte « t , then beginitkig to be avrake ^ d by the introduction of revolutionary pprppt cip ^ es from France ,, might be excited by Ham open attatik upoa e ^ ablisbfd be
opHiiotis ^ or even the bttild «> g 5 s « u dauigered by the outrages © f a clwirchr and ^ ktng inob * They iw ^ vt % e 4 tUc temper even of fhoee troubk ^ ome times , I believe , in apprehending $ &y sach danger , a » d tbey certainly very much misconceived the motives ^ f the in
fwojectors of the pl ^ n question , if they suspected them of any cwcealed politick schemes ; but It i * » ot for ire , ? ia ^ mdmmbw $ wmi ** harshly t ^ pronounce that the refueal may not have proceeded from conwjientioue fears of the conse ^ ueneee : ^ vh ^ a the love of iiniovatioa <\ & raftamed into
freniy , kk not . woaderftrl ths ^ t prudence is chilled into tiaawjily , la eonfiequeace of this difficulty at < & $ outset , the scheme was never carried into execution , although in a letter written by m $ ^ Bb « to ; Mr j J&aac immediately after , he announces his
design of persevering in it . It happened that aotai after * a meeting of ministers took pfee& at BridweJ ^ near CollamptoB ^ &r the p ^ rp ^ e of openv ing a chapel fbr UjtitMffiim worship and hi emmumemm d ike # u $ i | # f * 0 f
ike other pteiv ita * of an asnu ^ l a $ « iOH ciationvraftpscqpflecd ^ aiidtheWc ^ ter UttitatiaB Society vrai formed- It % I believe , the sweonA xA the kiwi in # iia khigebjn , a » d o » ly yo ^^ er by a iew memAln tlian the X ^ ttdon Uj » v
tftrian Book Society . The drawing up » « f the voles , and the pttemNklfitW which the \ principles * and objecte of tile moiety ana ^ tatied ^ devolved apoa my AcllK ! y 9 dud he contkaued to t £ « a » - act all tts % noin « as till his dt ^ fck ; , b ^ t the fden did b ^ I drigjoftte tviUb | i ** a fo a tekief tavfakb ta bete m ^« be
hiin « rif attributes it to * hk ^ in ^ i ^ » n 4 , 1 bdieve , 1 i « peratm riktfleGktq nnii » Mr . Wittmn I >»» e } 5 , of Eo « dtop ^ a f « atieaian wiho ^ afl ^ rr ttomtvy ymw ? residence in the United States , hm > lately returttnito tWs eo « Ht « y « , ;"> H ; . - ?¦ ' , i € tate mothie mth ^ n ^ for lwiflgiiig forward thejslto ** to ii * ^ ftt < jiic # <» # ft « if « v # « gJ » * fcw &f oiaetkul « f t ^ ei "Walteru l % jrittwri ^ l : '» fii ND | i ^ associatioius for the purpose o&jfciiln
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tSd » i % Kenrtch mttite Dissenihw Asad&ny ( it Extter , &f
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1818, page 230, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2475/page/6/
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