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    which glory may he bring us who hath most dearly bought us with his own blood 1 Amen .

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    The following is part of a letter written by a lady from Manchester to a friend in Chester , dated July 1 , 176 l . It is interesting on many accounts . What do you hear of our good Mr . Seddon ? " foul think it very probable the rumour of his present

    subjects has reached you , as I find they afford great matter of speculation here , and last Sabbath-day we had several strangers at cliapel , drawn by curiosity y but whatever they think of his particular sentiments , sure I am , whoever has a love for sincere piety and virtue , for the noblest zeal for what

    he believes truth , for the honour of God and the Redeemer , for the good of mankind in striving to give the gospel its full force upon the heart and life ; whoever prizes the very spirit ^ nd temper of the glorious founder of Christianity , must feel their hearts warm towards one who shews so much

    of it $ and I confess I never attend him with more affection than when I most differ in opinion . Sorry I was at first that he had taken up the subject , but Sabbath-day was se ' nnight ,

    he addressed us in so striking a manner , gave such weighty reasons , as not only justified him to me , but highly raised him in my esteem . " I have ( says he ) many years been fully convinced of the truths I now deliver , and I have

    found the greatest satisfaction in them . I have always intended to bear my public testimony to the truth , and the growing precariousness of my life makes me not dare to delay any longer , lest I should not have time allowed

    me to discharge it , and should not be able to give a just account of my ministry at that awful ( or impartial ) bar , to which I expect shortly to be called ; it is become to me an indispensable duty . " These , or near it , were his

    words ; rejoicing in the generous freedom of the congregation that could bear to hear so long-received opinions so freely canvassed , as being so open

    to truth , speaking his suspicion of the censures he might fall under , but with a generous disregard of every thing short of approving himself to his great Master . Indeed , my friend , you must have loved tfie good man , the upright ,

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    the brave Christian , however you had dissented in faith . I heartily hope him mistaken as to his own life , and rejoice he is in an age in no danger of being treated like good Mr . Emlyn ;

    for such disinterested goodness appears to me the very essence of Christianity , however it may differ in particular opinions . He has given us five discourses , and I expect his farewell yet behind , nor will 1 lose one of them if

    I can help it . Willing to hear all that can be said , and picking up many pleasing flowers by the way , at the same time finding ray long-learnt sentiments oft confirmed by the very things opposed to them , and happy I can hear v them with , I hope , some degree of the same Christian spirit ,

    with which I am persuaded they are preached . The first was a kind of apology for the subject , and speaking of the vast importance of it , and a little touch at the Trinity . The second more fully the Trinity , and expounding some texts which speak of thepreexistence of Christ . The third more

    fully to explode the belief of the preexistence , and shew the ill effects of the opinion . The" fourth to prove the real humanity of Christ ; and the last Sabbath-day , the running through a variety of instances in the gospels , that proved him anointed of God and invested with a fulness of divine

    power , above every other created being , and made Lord of all things , all from one text , St . Peter ' s words in Acts ii . 2 % : " A man approved of God by miracles and wonders , " &c . [ The sermons here mentioned were published 1793 , with a Memoir of the Author , who died in 1769 , aged 53 . }

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    430 Mr . Seddons Preaching ' . —Indifference to Religious Opinions ,

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    Edinhurgh 9 Sir , June 5 , 1818 ~ IT is common for a certain description of persons , who lay claim to greater liberality than their neighbours , to ask , Why will you not allow

    every one to g 6 to heaven in his ow » way ? And what % the use of disturbing the world with the disputes aud cavils , the divisions and misunderstandings which the doctrines of

    controversial divinity have given rise to ? That such should be the language of infidels , or even of conscientious Deists , is not surprising ; t > ut that persons who , profess to believe in the divide mission of Jesus Christ , and who fcaye Jtytt J **

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 430, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/22/