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gat ing , afc -ftft fc&eri 6 bs 6 rv * a BdoHr , 5 o $ r miicfi \ M $ * xk indebted to thfeiir m ^ r chti rch , for their " alter&T hMtiif f 9 their " altered" Thorns * a Kempfti , &nd other works : but , to bofrpVir the wit of Bishtfjp Hdadly , though they abhor the Church of
Rome for claiming infallibility , they , tihfnble sduls ! are never iri tft ' fe wrpiv ^ 1 Herje , hbivever , in the works of F < erieloii they # buld , I trust , allbW us to dig ih the same mine with thetriselvl > s ; and as they value the dross as thuch as we dd the pure gold , it may be hoped each will allow fb feach the indulgence
of their respective tastes . Should such a book as I recommend be compiled , fhbugfi it tbight not have all the atWabtidii of some of our cdntrbvfcfslsU Wbrks , ; tt wofctW , Wh 6 n it Mc ^ e ktiar&h , k& introduced into
the cafAld | iies & 3 iir Trafct Societies , be VeVy atic ^ b ^ ble kri d serviceable to inahy Cttristiah niinBs . B . i f- ' ^ itik * . ^
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hith for £ 8 rr <* ctt tig ihc . Th 6 ^ t of thBe propositions he has < tecid £% pi ^ v ^ d . Of the truth c ^ f ihe & $ ® M I think he has sli £ wn some considerable prtfBability ; and to this , in hia tti ) A | iWer to ttie , h"fe appfears to lihtiit hiiri&lf * for hfe ttt&t latisfies hiirisW ivith as ^ lf « ifag
tKfe apostolical authdHty df Infe ^ lBtjrtism ^ btit he inust st 3 rfely b& kW ^ that this may be granted , Wlth&ut its following that Infant Baptism Is a cidSSimaiid of divine drigYri . Mr . mflshstih ,
I suppose , hardly imagiri ^ s all the directions which Paul gives in his fepistles with respect to the \ vbfeferpdf Clfttfe . tians , to bfc of diviiie origin , « $ h bitiSilrg 6 n Christians of the rjrfes ^ rit d&y ' $ yet XhHe are certainly 6 f dpostoliaXl
authority . If , therefcre , I Wfere fd ailoW that Infant Baptisih was pr ^ cti *^! by the apostles , tliis adhii ^ sibn ivou M not prove its di virte origin . Of tltts last and most important stfep df his argument , Mr . Belsham has , as it seems to me ,
brought Dp proof whatever . Though J thirlli he has ttlade it appear prdbahle that Infant Baptisth # as ^ facife ^ a by thfe ajpdstles ) yet I do ttot think that probability very strong . But of th % ^ vhat Was b e £ h airway said Will fufiy eiiable your headers to jiidgfe . f
I notv r ^ ro c ^ ed to arisWer sdhife t > lTtli ^ T ^ ftiarKs whicih Mr . Beishaih hks iiiatfe dh n ^ y fetter , [ XII . 715 ] . IM ^ ittdto Lardner , as containing tftfe ^ idMce 6 f We "geiiiiinebess of the 1 bt / 6 ks » f the {iSfeW Te ^ taittieiit , that by a ioteip ^ feoTi bf flVe eviafeufce whixih Mr . feeteham
Ms brttught to prove thte a ^ ostbli ca l Origin hf ifefent Ba | 3 tistki , with that iv ^ iich litfarrer lias { yrbduideid in proof bf \ fifei gfefiMtifeeS Wf the New TfeistkW ^ t , your readers nffMtt judte of
the ^ opfi ^ y of Mr . Btelfifcath ' s i » ferftorr , that ihfe apostolical dHgi ^ 6 f infant MpWam ivas proved by feVidfefice Wciuarty slWWg HvSVh the ^ rddf of the g ettiiWei )^ s of any ! 6 f the bbofrs ^> f fte MW tdstamerit , ^ 1 do hot
$ 5 W&fve trtWv Mr . BeKhatai ' s ^ ar «^«» s ( bVytttth 6 t ^« tHe btilfcy ^^ tSfiWesbfliai'dtifer ^ aWd 4 hb ^ cdlfefiias % rcal Wrttfer ^ of We lir ' atirtPire ^ ^ erittiW ^ , ^^ t dll W ^ al ^ tfs ^ fe ^ rite of ^ y ^ rgWHifeftt Ifl ^^ ed Y 6 r ' tfi ^ WMbWaW ^ ftifeteff ^ ^^ ^ baii % pertfecftly ^ is ^ r ^ rtrry , ^ b ^^^ I jkfei ? no W 6 of fchat tKei 6 is ^ HV' ^ fvihe ^ irfittanfl aywat it 5 fe tft ; if * % ^ e ^ o idiilit \ liat /^ WrfHi ^ riW 6 rffWn ^ Widiiwwi i « fti # !^< K ! tmhimke « & * & 8 f ntfittft * a % « fei ^ vmm&mdk % *
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^ 66 Reply id Wr . Belsham , fa Ms kfft ^ mt pr in fant mptism .
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"dhMiester , Sir , r &ehrttary 4 , iS 18 . AM s © rFy to bfeliketife ^ toa ^ spefetal I pleads by a person \ vhjom I t ^ e-
spect so highly ias I'Ho Mr ; BeTsham . I wrsh , and stride to thte best of rny pokier , to Itt ^ ort ih e character of an Hufti ^ bife , seHoiis ahd siti £ ere irilquir ' er attfer truth ; Ih tfifa character , Mr . BefeKaim tiiiiWt al ^ vv ftfelto iftakfe a lew tth Wer
^ eiftapk ^ to ittfr , [^> . «©] . I havfe ^ eneraHy folittd it n good ^ Tah fer detecting any f err 6 r iti a c ' otirse of reasobftig , 'to ifedfice the ar ^ um ^ ht to Idfefial for % , by which n * 2 aAs I haVre b » feAablea to see What r ^ arts 6 T it were weak , and what >* arts cdtaidVidt shal
be deWKd . l ^ h ^ Wfethc ^ d 1 l take witii Mr . Beishsihi ' s Argument . It m ^ I WMk , b £ feVitfly ex ^ ess ^ d tofts ' - ™ - &y tv ^ * ftJi * ' 6 ny of the
aVttieht others , ft is p ^ bVfed , tliat In the ^ iftie df Tfertultefti ahd C ^ rian , that is , at the eiifrdf life s ^ 6 hd ciihtery aft ^ r ChVlst ^ thfe ^ Vacticfe of WYaht BitfeKm Was aliticVst ^ rVer ^ al , tffad < vc its % aVi
IikVe ho ^ cc bVAt ^ f Ver hfag Wet Wffh ofp ^ os ¥ fi « h ^ WvWfcfe to Tffiat tlitte . 2 nd . Therefore it must be suftpfts&d ' to HSite 5 eeii tfr ^ ecaea »^ iht ad ^ iles , JrB . ^ h ^ ref&rfe 1 t % Wd HHnh ofeTh , itta ^ ifttTte c « iiiffl * fM ^» ^ clflniiik SfGpa . Ili ^ fe |* m afc ^ r ^ b ^ e fo m We ^ WeM" 8 f 3 V % V . dil ^ tti ^ ^ WAItieiit W P «» i fcfi » t «* eh , FsTiafl fHSflrk
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 306, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/18/
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