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    of a Saviour , ia the literal meaning of ihe term as applied not , as Mr . W . argues , to God , but to Christ 9 as the agent of God , ia the work of redemption . Mr . W . will surely allow that , when in " assuming" - it as my idea that the fact does not , by any means ,

    ( from what has yet appeared , ) seem to bear out any thing like the sanguine hope he , and those who think with him upon the point at issue , seem to entertain of the eventually successful

    diffusion of such missionary principles , 1 take A ?> pwn reports , connected with . practical observations , as the basis of that conclusion ; I am not building on vague or ambiguous data , that I am not deficient , as he con *

    ceives , m acquaintance with " the doctrines and the affairs of . Unitarians : " wot that I see how they require any extraordinary mental energy to comprehend them , and that after all , perhaps , I have not such " very incorrect &iew $ of the subject on which I have Written . "

    SIMPLEX . P . S . As my letter referred to an express point argued as a fact , I can ^ riot concur in Mr . W . ' s idea of laying down particular " grounds on which the efficacy or inefficacy of

    Unitariatiism , for the purposes of conversion , should be argued . " Surely it is not what should be the mode , or even vHhat might be a better mode , of discussing- the subject with which my argument is concerned ; but , what the effect is de facto . On this position

    ( to which I must beg to confine myself , although I shall not regret to see the subject now taken up and discussed on all the bearings to which MnW / s invitation extends , ) the letter of Ebion [ p . 185 ] claims no

    consideration from me , as not applying to t ^ euubject , as I viewed it , viz . as a case . I must beg , however , to observe , that he Jbas set out with ' * assuming" an inference from my statement , which it neither asserted , nor did I there mean U > deduce . Both he and Mr . W .

    a ^ em have misconceived my idea , which was to confine a specific inquiry to ' a given pbSnt , and that point a particular doctrine , as maintained in aji ghj : unfavourable to the success of iiXi s ^ iouary preaching , I do not see that I . c « n state my idea , more plainly , oph ^ prtbafL Vn ypel f mpre unambiguous ) y or distinptly on the business .

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    Sm > May % i mis : > . FROM the notice of the lines on Sleep , in / the last Repoisitory , [ p . 277 , ] I perceive that a letter ' concerning them , which I sent ,, has , from , some cause , not reached the

    Repository . The fact is , I was not aware * till I saw them in the Repository , that 1 had sent those lines [ p . 64 ] among a bundle of other verses * I do not recollect where I got them , and do not know who is the author of thenru The early insertion of this is an act of justice due to ~ ¦ J .. C _/ . H ,

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    S&O Reply to Mr * Jhyhroh ^ nJPrieMeys ^ d p ^ Sermons .

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    Birmingham , -. Sir , April 9 » 1818 . IN the Niumber for February ,. [ p # 94 , ] of your useful Repository , Mr . E . Taylor , of Norwich , notices a query of mine respecting Dr .

    Priestley ; and what he so confidently asserts ^ as to the Doctor preaching sermons written by Dr . Enfield , I am persuaded he believes to be true ^ I confess , however , it appears rather strange that such a circumstance should not be more generally known

    among his congregation . I can assure him , though I had the pleasure of being one of those who constantly , attended his services for several years , before he was unfortunately driven from Birmingham by the riots , yet I never heard of it , except from the occasion which induced me to write

    that letter 5 though I believe my connexions afforded me as favourable opportunities for hearing what he usually did , as any one belonging to the placef It is remarkable too , that those at whose houses he was used to visit , and where he indulged in that fririk communication which rendered his

    conversation so interesting and instructive , were most surprised at the assertion . Since I have read Mr . T / s letter , I have diligently inquired of others if they had ^ ver heard any thing on the subject , and find one lady , who believes she has heard of such a thin g !

    Td impute the practice alluded to , us " a blemish" to Dr . P . was what I never intended ; and so far from disapproving it , entertain the opinion , that were it much more general , both iu the Church and amongst JD ^ ssenters , the advantages would bfe v ^ ry obvious . The great abundance of r . excellent

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1818, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2476/page/32/