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Art . III . —Minutes of a Meeting held at Nottingham in the Month of August , 1819 , by the Delegates of ttie Society of People called Primitive . Methodists , known also by the name of Ranters . 12 mo . pp . 12 . Nottingham , printed by Shorroek and Son . 2 d . 1819 .
IT cannot be matter of surprise to those who are acquainted with the peculiarities of Methodism , that many who have been nurtured in its bosom > and have imbibed its spirit , should be carried to irregularities in their proceedings , and should even exceed the limits , wide as they are , which the
system allpws . Appealing to the stronger passions , and addressing itself to those classes which are most likely to allow full ^ scope to their feelings , we need not wonder that the result , in persons more than commonly
susceptible , has sometimes been a degree of excitement incompatible with all the restraints of decency and good order . The dexterity of Wesley could not prevent such irregularities—his authority was not always sufficient to repress them when they occurred . But in his
days this Ultra Methodism ne \ ier assumed a permanent form . It was the mania produced by . violent stimulus-on minds predisposed to extravagance and rant ; and being destitute of all the elements of stability \ yas necessarily transient in its duration .- »
It * was reserved-for the present age to witness an attempt to organize disorder , and t& reduce ranting tb a system .. For some years past a sect , under the name P of Primitive Methodists or
Ranters , have' been spjteading themselves over the North-eastern part of the kingdom . Their converts hWe , in miany instances , been persons previously unconnected with any religious bpd y ^ but many others have come over from the Wesieian Methodists ^ Their fMtoteBfe't * fe perhaps not wholly * to be
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ascribed to the power off enthu ^ a ^ operating oa ignorance . » In many vppts of the kingdom , the members of jtyfo thodist Societies have become di&satisfied with the constitution qf the sect and still more with the amount of the demands upon them for the
maintenance of their ministers . In the villa ges especially , the frequency of congregsu tional and other collections , has excited a wish for a cheaper reHgipn . Of this feeling the Primitive Methodists or Ranters have successfully availed
themselves , and the number of their societies has rendered a division into circuits and a < system of management necessary . The pamphlet which has given rise to theSQ / remarks , records , in a series of questions and answers ,
the transactions of the first general meeting , and contains the outlines of the constitution . Our readers will , perhaps , be curious to know something of its contents . In answer to the question , " WhqX are
the doctrines held by us / ' the following statement is given : " The Innocency of Man in his First State ; The Fall of Man ; General Redemption by Christ Jesus ; Repentance ; Justification of the Ungodly by Faith ; Holiness of Heart and Life ; The Divinity of Christ : The Resurrection of the Dead :
The General Judgment ; and Eternal Rewards and Punishment , &c . " It is somewhat odd to terminate so important a document with an et cetera . The omission of an explicit reference to the -personality and influence of the Holy Spirit , indicates either that the
composer of the formulary , is a novice in his vocation , of that he conceived the express mention of this part , of the system to be quite unnecessary . The constitution bf th £ Sodety is evidentl y intended to shame the hierarchy of th , e . We ^ l eiam Methodists , it is declarM tWt " all members of the
Connexion shall have equal rights , according to the station they fill in the Church ; " . Tne > aflkirs of < each circuit arel ma » ag £ ji . foy a % aartfer Board , co » - sistingof prerfc ^ Wileadeirs , stewards and delegdtis . ; O / ! QM - ^ NSt * ° f * ^ re subcirdka ^ | % i ^^ l me 0 a& > which J isxon % pqsM Qt m ^ m ^ y ^ an » o ^ , ^^ p ^^ < gg mll . surek uMn ^ th ^ t ^ xm ^ -yh * salary of an ^ WMm&W& # - ti ^ »
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encounter misrepresentation and obloquy by exposing papular delusion and reprobating political insincerity . To the Sermon is added the eonchusion of a discourse by the preacher on the death of the Princess , Charlotte , inserted in our XUth Volume , pp . 705 , 706 .
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168 Review . —Minutes of a Meeting of Primitive Methodists .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1820, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2486/page/40/
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