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®?! SL *«* March 25 , 1 S 2 O . ^ ' KPEK much thought and serious jC 3 L reflection on the subject , it clearly appeal $ o ydfcifr- present * Cortffespondent , tn&t the practice of requiring and of submitting to the imposition of an oath , is not to be justified .
But wishing to elicit the opinions of Mhet ^ Oft So important a subject , I should be obliged by your insertion of thfe following objections to the almost nnivet * Sal Usage where fidelity in office is expected , or where the truth of testimony is to be in the fullest degree credited .
W . A . Reasons of a man and a Christian for' refusing to take ail oath . 1 st . Because I profoundl y revere God / And , humbly conceiving & public nppeal to Him , as a witness , or in attestation of the truth , of what I
should say or do , woiild be gratuitous and irreverent , I cannot , dare not , make such appeal . 2 ndly . Because , on any of my fellow-meti , however exalted by official situation , requiring' me to take an oath , my complying \* dth their rebe an
quisfti ^ L would acknowledgment d £ a right in them to make it : Which . right I positively deny and protest against . No mortal , not the whole of human society , can havfc a shadow of tight to intetpose between individual man and his Maker . Such
interference is d ^ rin ^ presumption . 3 rclly . Because an oath , although a solemn religious ceremony , is not a Christian rite . And , professing Christiani ty I cannot practise or submit to the imposition of &&y reHgioutfriie or eerGimtif , notiiiBftitttttedor ^ uth < n 4 zed by Jestis , the QhMt , fctte sdle and only Maatte * df « hristi « Wil '
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sums voted by the Ftods > aiid rennt thetbtal to tm applica&ts . - fe ^ & - Tins , it wae feft , wottld be ad < fing k burden to the already severe labours ^> t that CohiQiJtiee , &&& thei ^ fOre nbtUilg w ; as dore . . wfmvih I ^ rimoloq ' thegle&ve to Bnggestthkt tb 6 above duties i ^ felft be e ^ lSttt ^ € tv % tii ^ WI ?
sidents , fr ^^ urei s fitod Se ^ refarie ^ df the Fellowship Fubd # in and i ^^ Ijdb ± ddii > who woitld then foto ^ like F $ k lowship Funds * Central Committee , and who might , febin among themselves , appoint a Secretary to cortrespond with all the Fttnds in the
county . • » - • > - - Should this suggesti ^^ meet itfth the concurrence Of the Fiinds , each migiit appoint one deputy to meet next Whitsuntide , to establish and set in motion the above Committee . MEDIUS .
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ijes tHose df your readers who have more time on their hahds may examine th 6 subject more closely ; at all events this int ^^ reiatibn will be an exquisite mm mi u ? &&mpti&n I # ctim * r . - » ; A > \ ¦ ' /¦; ¦ - ¦ . ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ : ^ ^^^^^^^ -:
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• 'S S » i ^ " ««¦ ¦ r . M Jiffy 2 ^ * i 820 . ^« T . "ffife Attttttal ^ MfeetSri ^ df fhie xm } , Unitarian Futia , Ml-. ^ % «^ ii . pres ^ d the desire of the Nortvioli Pel Io ^ lfijWiliJaaa ^ i ^ ts ^^ CpibMittefe ( of t ^>> lJMt « te ^! Si ^ ijj' ^ otfld tel ^ fe , coh ^ iaer and einction all cases tif a *> i ^ n datf 6 fi [< ? fi > f « ^ ae ^ istdnd ^ - - rec ^ re " me
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Sir , npHE doctrine of the Trinity , what-JL ever may be the weight of th 6 scriptural arguments by which it is supported , Ira ? always been one of
those points that have been the most keenly contrO ^ ertted among Christitos . Those who affirm it have generally assumed the appellation of orthodox ; arid those who deny it liave generall y been complimented by their antagonists with the appellation of heterodox .
The latter party has been split into a variety of Sects or denominations ^ according to the grOttnd of their objections , or to the leader whom they have professed to follow . Hence the several appellations of Ebionites and -Ari ^ ttis in ancient tiine $ ; and of Soeinian | and Unitarians in modern times . © ffitJ ^ e
Otthodox party 'hate not been ^ Kv&ys ttnited 6 n tbi # point ; for we ^ find < ftt £ - sions even aniong tlem-- ^ foi ^ m ?^ ly the Homoousian&titad fremoiomi ( trt&-4 atel y the Nominalists hnd Realists : and at it
present it ^ ould ^) be difficult-to point out ishttila * dirtitteiSoals . ' Th ^ ' greait an& utf avoidable difficulty in whidK the subject is l « i ^ HPll to the want of all e ^ lMt # fo «| pSS
• vm&t&tog it u * m puevf mmmma t 3 f th ^ nUe divide , nn «§ iiikef t 6 It is ^ t MS ' m ^^^^ iim ^ ' % m ^ ¦ £ ne r £ ia ^
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Scruples as to Oath ^ aMkg ^ Ptppotot regard to Fellowship . W $
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VOL . XV . 3 F
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 397, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/17/
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