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    Godj ^ rbijt one God , and of the wicked Jewsn kilBng God p $ < fcq Mr . Caflile , who . bdiirowiiiir the tf ^^ winter ' s

    s $ l 9 g isoi , seafe ^ al § p ratfe £ ktt ! i » p * o bation of the Lord Bishop of St . David " * , affirms that thd 7 >^ fVy fe the fundamental doctrine of Chiistiai ^ ty and consequently that an unbeliever in the Trinity is not a Christian , —they may simply be challenged to sheW , that

    the Bible > from the beginning tO : the end , contains one word about Gtod the Son or Grid the Holy Ghost , drkillibg God , or Trinity . , ' ^ , In another part of the same paper in which the writer insists ' oil fihfe

    . # » £ * impracticability of cOnv ^ frtinfgf the UnWKevelr b y argument /* hfe * adverts to tjie prediction of apo 8 tac 5 ¥ in tb ^ e Christian churches . What in tihSs case becomes of the proposition of his Unbeliever ^ that - the doctrines 6 f aft

    the churches in ? Christendom , said by them to be contained in , and capable of proof from , the New Testament , the wWters of which , they affirto , were inspired ; > . ?* krfe ^ cohtrary to jtist notions of the Divine perfections , and therefore warpaint the rejectioin # 6 f Ghristiiiiity ^^ What becomes of that

    objection , which he confesses to be a formidable one , * ' that there iare scarcely two teachers of the different doctrines which they embrace that can agree Upon what this revelation , said to be froittfG 6 dj does teach" t Or what title hate this Unbeliever to the epithet of en l ^ g htened > when , on finding the

    natural and necessary consequences of the * corruption thus predicted , he infers from the prediction and its accomplishment the false pretensions of Christianity ? The writer is not content with shewing us ( in the manner we have seen )

    that one class of Unbelievers is too enlightened tt > be convinced , but he finds out that another class is toaifrno-f ranty . The ' ? labouring classes of the people" tore ** concluded all uttder unbelief . Why the manufacturers of the North ace to represent the Whole common people of England , I cailnot see r ^ buti ae the labourincf cla 3 SS 6 have

    goiie on foh centuries contented >^ th tHeir . Jcreeds or their hymn-bb 6 ks , and neither in tlus aor in ftn ^ other cOiiiit ^ y ^ latot oiitich to coriiplain of thiftga ^ HMm 0 bs mmtsrkiaoW hi 'A 0 Om of iStabUshed credence , I presiihie to doubt this vsudddn flood df sceptical

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    illtttti&aiS ) n , With tesptoP , i&fm te ^ < d Pffimv $ ais ^ ec ttbn ^ ffle theit m ^ dbm , have mixed np Pmtie > unterate mnaenty wit

    cross ana n ms liac ^ s < Witm ®* ' B tl ^ Wi ^ ^ lf dental ; The p ^ e irio ^ re ^ popiilir disaffection w&k * decay of trkB $ ati ( $ waneofj'&od ; anil if any tHihg ^ of a religfcitis' complexion blended itstelf with t ^ ei ^ feel&g of the benefit WhiSh would ilecrtte td them from refonn , it

    arose froiii % he ojfportunity whieli the Church and State alliance gave fo ^ the identifying Christianity uith tlie polltifeai system 1 ^! from the secular character and political officiousness of the established clergy ; the grievance of tithes , and ^ other matters of similarly deep theological import .

    As to the writer ' s most complacent proposition , that these " classes are neither from education nor inquiry capable of understanding the subject /' let me ask , what subject ? That of creeds , or decretals , or half-popish formularies ? The subtleties and contradictions contained in these , form a

    distinct subject from the teachings of the Holy Scriptures , though the yvriter , in order to substantiate the preferabieness of expunging to explaining the gospels , chooses to confound them

    together . " Incapable of understand * ing" the things of God ! Why , Sir * it was " the poor" that had the " gospel preached unto them . * ' Whatever may be the case among those who have been parroted in the church creeds and catechism , and who are

    apt , like their betters , to imagine that religion has its essence in certai n forms appointed by law , and in a scrupulous periodical attendance at their own parish church , the atate of intellect among the Dissenting poor ( wh&t ^ v ^ if may be the speculative errors of the

    particular sect , which yet are qtntp compatible with the sharpenip ^ of the understanding ) dflfers a' complete cotttradictidii to this * voter ' s supercilioiis assumption , that the labouring classes are incapable <> f tMi ^ AaSt . Mgtdus questions . * * As reg&rda the tMtij Am faith especial ^ , a nrore gratukpto assertion hm ) n ^ p ^ mme Ufm the daily pro ^ sf m& '^ Smtp a # d scripturally . grbilnded ^ ttri ^ ci ^ P' Wft m ^ iiig ^ arrio ^ tfie ^ lessem ^ te ^ claB ^ offers & practical confaiatiOn'rlt

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    71 ^ The Canonical Gospels ^ suppor t Unitarian CKris ttafifty .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1820, page 712, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2495/page/24/