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Editor of our Repository . And , therefokb , being thus recognized , Ac . Q + JB . d . « In these Remarks I have not adverted to the assertion fcbat * the whole community of Unitarians appear now to be consolidated and organized in a , manner somewhat approaching to the system of
the Wesleian Methodists , ' because it is given in the form of conjecture . But if , as in other cases , some learned Dignitary should unfortunately rely on the Dean of Cork , and , presuming that his assertion of appearance must have some foundation in reality * should venture to go one step farther , and declare that the Unitarians are so consolidated and organized , he
would express what many Unitarians wish to see , but any well-informed Unitarian would tell him , it is a wish which cannot speedily be accomplished . The declaration would , however , be just as trae as a multitude of others which the Dean of Cork has made against us /'—Pp . 109—112 .
With equal clearness , candour and spirit , Dr . Carpenter repels the Bishop ' s accusations , as also some of Bishop Burgess ' s , against himself . In one place , indeed , Dr . Magee makes an exception of " Dr . Estlin , Mr . Freud
and Dr . Carpenter /* from the number of those Unitarians against whom his " strong language" was directed ; but he is so little used to discrimination , not to say controversial justice , that he commonly forgets his exception and violates his own rule .
cc A notable specimen of the Dean's random , sweeping censures , occurs in his Postscript , p . 48 [ 512 ] . After quoting some passages from Locke , to shew that this eminent philosopher and scripturaiist
held views , respecting the nature of Christ , which materially differ from those of the present believers in his simple humanity , and one from Grotlus , which in no way proves his orthodoxy , and which few Unitarians would hesitate to
employ , —the IXean thus proceeds : * Why these two eminent writers were not referred to on the present subject , ' the interpretation of Rom . t 3 , < the Reader is now probably enabled to conjecture . But what will be his reflections token he learns , that Mr , Behltam , I > r . Carpenter , and all TMEiit Unitarian
fbixowlabourers , claim these very writers as concurking m their opinions torching the mere human nature of Christ , and unblu $ hing *« y assert this in every public ation ?' cc What , I would ask in return , will be "is reflections , when he learns that the
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whole sentence is a tissue of false asset ** - tions ? It is not true , that Mr . Betsiham ever claimed Grotvtts as concurring in his opinions touching the mere human nature of Christ . It is not true , that Dr . Carpenter ever claimed either Grotvus or £ &eke , as concurring with him in those opinions * . It is not true , that all their
fellow-labourers do so . It is not true , that we do so in every publication . Locke , undoubtedly , we claim as ours ; and ours he is : but if Dean Magee , or Bishop Burgess , can produce a Unitarian Writer who represents even Locke as concurring in the opinions common among believers in the simple humanity , respecting the birth and nature of Christ , he can do what I
" I . will not attribute the falsehoods in the above quotation to any thing but an unfortunate confusion of mind , produced by blind party-zeal and personal
resentment , which makes the Dean imagine the reveries of his own imagination to be realities ; but I do say , that when a man can write thus , he forfeits all claim to unsuspecting reliance on his assertions , and ceases to be a credible witness in the controversy . "—Note , pp . 114 , 115 . FTo be continued . ]
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Art . IV . —The Care of their Sur ~ viving Families a Becoming Tribute to the Memory of Ministers of the Gospel : a Sermon preached in Hanover Square , Newcastle , March 27 , 1813 , previous to a Collection
in aid of the Fund Established in London for the Relief of the Necessitous Widows and Orphans of Protestant Dissenting Ministers . By William Turner , 12 mo . pp . 22 . Printed by Hodgson , Newcastle .
1820 . rTTfHIS Sermon is published , at this JL distance of time from its delivery , " at the request of the Associated Protestant Dissenting Ministers in the Northern Counties , for a Widows * Fund , " who judged fpom the report of it , that it would be serviceable in
promoting a resolution of one of their former meetings , that they would ia their respective congregations preach sermons on behalf ot the London institution . ' « , We earnestly hope that the publication win encourage wd asskt their benevolent detrign , by its sFimpte and perspicuous statement of fajcta , and its unpretending but powerful plea
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Review . ~*« Turner ' s Sermon for Widows Fiend . 24 l
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vol . xvi . 2 i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1821, page 241, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2499/page/49/
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