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BjU ^ e is tp he f * scb < M * W > po £ , tnrt be i ^ - ** fect wj ** t passages fym it b # { f teasg ^ Arid wfrat mpmcap . Jhe mos t e ^ ger pr *> selytis £ 4 £ sire ytfuui this 1 3 y a cwt 9 pf uwpnaected t xt £ , sfcrupg tqgetber wif h ^ IUtle ^^ t ^ iriay p ^ tw together a system wMcn no Homfta Catholic , a * o Uiutariaii , » p Protestant f ) i $ seater of anyxles 4 ? rip $ ipn , can puffer his ^ liiUIre *! to learn . * And I will not
* - F ^ r instance , he may string passages that , W an unniatural connexion , may LusUujflte the worsjt errors or the most offensive bigotry . He may take the iollpwiag , and , " without note or comment , ' * znake them speak a language abhorrent to the pure Scriptures : The church that is at Babylon . I Pet . v . 13 .
The Romans . Acts xxviii . 17 . That man of sin . 2 Thees . ii . 3 . The son of perdition . Same . Jfrabylon the Great , the Mother of Harlots , and . Abomhiatious .-of the Earth . Rev .. Kvii , 5 . He that doubtetlx is damned - Bom . xiv . 23 ,
This is no doubt very extravagant , but Church "bigotry has done as extravagant things before now ; and whether the thing be ever done or not , the objection is equally strong again 3 t putting the power of doing k into the hands of thousands of persons , amongst whom it is no breach of charity to imagine , that there may be persons lacking discretion or candour .
Bat we in ay suppose another selection and framing together oi texts which would be equally u * ijustifiable ., wicked and mischievous , but which is not altogether without precedent . There are in some school , then , we will take for granted , children of Unitarian parents , with whoni the parish parson may be in controversy , and iiQ Whom for this reason
he may owe no good -will . He wishes to mortify hie / antagonists , and he strikes them thsreugh -the sides of their children . He may ? pitar -the . child Fen and wish to save them troya t&e destructive eitFprs which they are taught art toune . Wixat has he to do , ilieip , hut to giw out the foUpwing lesson , pieced out in words of scripture ?
There ar / e three that beai * record in heaven , the Father , the Word , and the Ifcefy Ghost , mid these ttoree are one . 1 John v . 7 . Hereby perceive we the love of God , be&aitfle Me laid down his flife for us . 1 tatai iii . 16 . 0 f
The ^ mtch Gtod < which hat , h pwchased with Jhfe own blood . Acts aa . 28 .
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say ; that the jaarrat ^ sgr % \ m m \ l mem $ tfcftf m * cWWr ^ n ftfeall \ t $ ? p cJwJWi jErpin his spUooJs ^ but this I will say , that 4 * e bap sfee ^ p bm 9 | & | f qp& $ qwde « 8 as to thejirbeipg a ^ pittf 4 oa terms * to * t w $ l render % * & q $ mwim hopour ^ ble find 4 > enefi ( pM- ' * V « y squeamish Dissenters indeed ( / ' h $ 4 eect o
noBaio ^ tes such as obj Ms |> ian ; but does he not know that jbpneepty is always scrupulous and that religiovis honesty ia particular depiau < Js of a Ghi r istian # that for him and his Jie shall take no step that is doubtful ?
In agreement with the tenor of the Bill it i $ provided , tli&t the Church Catechism shall be taught in the schools one half * day in the week ^ and that the er and
mixjiis ^ m ^ y dire € t that this such parts of the I 4 tu * gy as he may select shall he also taught on the Sunday evening . Liberty is given , however , to Dissenters to withdraw their
children , on a statement of their Dissent , from this part of the public tuition . They are likewise permitted to take their children , the sttoie notification being made , to their own places of worship on the Sunday ' the children
not thus exempted are to be led to tlie parish church - To the religious education of Churchmen , Dissenters cannot object ; but though a minority , they are justified in contending that a new and expensive establi / almient ought not to be created
with this view , until it is proved that the £ > ld establishment is inadequate . Are not the clergy numerous enough , or endowed with s ^ ffiicie&tly » mp \ e benefices , thaut they cannot undertake the religious instruction of the cliildren
of their own communion , but »> ust have an order of spiritual assistants , invidiously appointed and supported , in a considerable measure , by thoa . e that cau derive no spiritual help from them , and that consider their appointment a grievw ^ ee ?
He that feelieveth not shall b ^ e d aai e d , M ^ rk kvj , lf > . Here , by the help ^ f one i ^ terp ^ oiatiou , % WQ fotpe readings , ^ tid ja pa $ Sftg-e tpjr- » fr&m Its proper place , a bigot may teach the -dojctoiflep of tiie Trinity ami tfce
AjtQiaement , (* s commonly behev ^ d , ) ^» d inay enforce them ? by the thr ^ ef 4 $# > - cbatkm . He mmt h ^ vepfe ^ ivpa Jfotie of ike w ^ iHmgs of i >* rty-ppirit bbfrt h ^ mot men as gro ^ s trice s , ap ^ a ^ pajpa ^ jje pe / versions of scripture , as this *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1821, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2496/page/30/
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