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the phrase is , if people will but call themselves Unitarians it is enough : under that title they may harbour any error that they please . In the opinion
of some , it is quite sufficient to entitle persons of any sentiments to the honourable appellation , if they do but say that they believe " in the only true God , and in Jesus Christ whom
he hath sent . " The word Unitarian possesses a talismanlc power . Like the cowl of St . Francis or St . Dominic , it is a sure passport through the gate of Jieaven . Nay , it is like the Calvinistic robe of Christ ' s righteousness which covers ail the sins of the elect .
And it is of such easy attainment , that every body now is an Unitarian who pleases to take the name . Crede quod habes et habes . There was a time when the title of Unitarian was an honourable distinction . To be classed with such men as
Lardner , Lindsey , Priestley , Jebb and others , of whom the world was not worthy \ who sought not after names but things ; who were lovers of truth ; who searched the Scriptures daily ,
diligently and seriously , to discover the pure doctrine of Jesus , in order to publish it openly to the world , and to detect and expose popular errors of all descriptions , whether Trinitarian , Arian , high and low , Sabellian or Socinian ; who were indifferent to human censure and
applause ; and who sought after nothing but the approbation of God and conscience ; to be associated , I say , into the ranks of men like these , though among the humblest of the train , was indeed an honour . To be a Unitarian
was then a title worth aspiring after , it was a fair object of honourable ambition . But Unitarianism is now such a medley of opinions ; and there are so
many busy , pragmatical people , who assume the name ; who , unasked and undesired , put themselves forward upon all occasions as ringleaders of the sect ; and who arrogate the right of dubbing whom they please as members
should have adopted this barbarous vulgarism instead of the words " in our days , " of which it is a palpable corruption . Perhaps it is still more wonderful that even Dr . Johnson should have missed its true etymology .
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of the brotherhood , that they hme made the word Unitarian stink in the nostrils of many reasonable people . No wonder , then , that some worthy , quiet gentlemen who would "be Unitarians if they dare , are ^ afraid of taking the
name lest they should be confounded with those whom they dislike . For my own part , I am so sick of a word which has in this manner been bandied to and fro , and made the catch-word of a party , that I should be very happy to join with a few others who are
likeminded , in offering a premium to any learned and ingenious wight who would invent some new word of good report which would assist in , separating *? the precious from the vile , " the genuine Unitarian , from him who , without any just cause , or perhaps even from some
sinister motive , assumes the name : always , however , protesting against that new-fangled , barbarous appellative , Humanitarian . And till such reputable title is invented and adopted I must be content to subscribe myself , A Unitarian of Dr . Lardner's School .
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Sir , Torquay , AS those who hold the doctrine of the Trinity in general appear averse to exposing that mystery to our scrutiny in too clear a light , the plainness of the following statement
made me think it deserving a place in your Repository . It is taken from a voluminous work given to the public by the Rev . Richard Charles Simeon , of Cambridge , a man so deservedly esteemed that his name claims
attention for his sentiments . The work is entitled , " Horae Homileticse , " and the following passage occurs in its first article . Commenting on the words , " Let us make ixiB , n in our own image , " ( Gen . i . 26 , ) the writer observes :
" Here we may see an early intimation of the Trinity in Unity 9 a doctrine which pervades the whole Bible , and is the very corner-stone of our holy religion . What obligations do we owe to the ever-blessed Trinity ! If we looked no further than to our first
creation we are infinitely indebted to the Sacred Three , for making us the subject of their consultation , and for co-operating to form us in the most perfect manner . But what shall we
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280 Mr . SimeQn * s Statement of the Doctrine of the Trinity .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 280, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/24/
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