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the circle of the firmament , and liath established his throne in the highest heavens , — who filled the magnificent universe with thousands and thousands of suns , ranged at
immense distances and multiplied without end , attended by ten thousand times ten thousand worlds , all in rapid motion , yet calm , regular and harmonious ! " Pp . 65 —67 .
Our limits will not allow us to extract the " Questions addressed to the Bishop of St , David ' s , " in pages 81 —91 , which are in fact an admirable summary of the Unitarian controversy ; but we cannot refrain from calling the reader ' s attention to them , or from
expressing a wish that , with the author ' s permission , they were reprinted separately for general distribution . * Captain Gifford , as we have already said , is exemplary in point of candour ,
but he feels properly indignant ( as any one not a bigot * must ) at the Bishop of St . David ' s atrocious charges against the Unitarians , and in this spirit thus remonstrates with his lordship ;
Ci Judge not , lest ye be judged . If there is one situation apparently more awful and appalling than another , it appears to me to be that of placing oneself between another man ' s conscience and his God . and pro *
nouncing upon him sentence of condemnation 5 thus usnrping a power which can belong to none but God himself , who alone cam view the secret springs of our hearts , aud see our thoughts afar off . And I think it is not improbable that , ere you quit this transient scene , you may feel inclined to
lain en t the multitude of heavy and unde - served reproaches which you have heaped upon many pious , upright and conscientious men . I willingly give you credit , my Lord , for all due sincerity ; and I can readily attribute the spirit you have manifested to an excessive and iiitemperate zeal : I believe it is the best excuse your warmest
friends can offer in your defence . But it cannot be forgot ten , that while the intolerant zealot may be an ignis fatuus to the ignorant and unwary , he must be alike condemned by the good and enlightened ; for what is the plea of his zeal , but an apology at the expense of his religion and his judgment ?" Pp . 18 , lih
As Gaptain Gilford is himself an example of charity in union with zeal , he ? is entitled to recommend this amiable temper to his brethren ; and M—«*>» ¦> ' p ! . »; >¦ IT ) P "' ' fin •>**(*—» n (» wi »»"' i ^ ' ¦ id . 'ii ' ii « . ¦¦ ¦ * They will be found entire in the Chmtian Reformer for the pra&cnt month .
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with quoting a passage from him to this effect , we shall conclude our review , not without hoping that tfur specimens of the " Remonstrance "
may induce our readers to purchase the work itself , than which they cannot lay before their children a more pleasing or before their intelligent neighbours a more convincing representation of the Unitarian doctrine :
u longas Unitarians maintain this fairness and liberality they will surety abide . And here I would pause from my subject , earnestly to conjure them , in all their labours , to continue to let humanity charity and good-will shine as conspicuous as the energy of their arguments . Should they swerve from this course , they will
assuredly get upon the quicksands of malice and hatred , and be no longer worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called . I am the more desirous of manifesting my anxiety on this subject , as I feel myself called upon readily to admit , and at the same time much to lament , that in a few instances the defenders of our doctrine have suffered
expressions to escape them , unjustifiable oto the score of candour , and which , for their own sakes , as well as the cause in which they are labouring ' , would much better have been omitted . Considering , however , the great multiplicity of their publications , and the asperity with which they have been
attacked , the candid observer will , I hare no doubt , admit , that Unitarians have comparatively seldom been deficient'in forbearance and moderation $ and that , in this respect , they fall far short indeed of your JLordship ^ s unmerciful censures . '' Pp . 9 , 10 .
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Art . II . L—A Key to the Apocalypse . By George Allan . Paisley , printed by Neilson , and sold by Eaton , London . 8 vo . Pp . 216 . 1818 . MR . ALLAN , we find , is a zealous Scottish Unitarian . His spirit of bold investigation may be easily learned from his dedication—4 t To those who dare to think for
themselves . ' His theological predilections appear in every page of his performance , and , as we cannot but think , are suggested by phraseology , between which , few besides himself will find a connexion . His under * taking is confessedly an arduous one $ and we leave it to our readers to
judge of the merit of the execution . We are inclined to say with Scaljger , Calvinns sapuit , quia non scrip&it in Apocalypsin * Mr . A , gratefully ac ~ kiHwleoges his obligation to PriesfJey *
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640 Review . A ' A —llans Key to the pocalypse-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 640, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/40/
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