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of th £ fr £ nncip ( les j and yet they are often grd ^ ly misrepresented ; what , thep , c&h Presbyterians expect , who in general refuse to give any account at all S ? enior has furnished us with more
accoupt of iriodehi Presbyterianism than I have met with elsewhere ; and I sincerely . rejoic 6 at having been in any degree the means of drawing out one of the fraternity into an attempt to explain arid defend his system . He asserts that the Presbyters do not claim so much authority as they have been charged with , I am very glad to hear that they do not : it is an indication
of some increase of knowledge ^ reflection and intelligence . Still , according to his own account , they claim powers and prerogatives , which many , very niany societies of Christians would
thiiik could riirc be admitted , without far departing from the spirit of genuine Christianity ; add I should reel i £ uch obliged io Senior , who has , no doubt , reflected considerably on the subject , to point out tow such powers as he has described , are reconcilable
with Matt , xxiii . 8 : " One is your Master , even Christ , and all ye are brethren . " Senior represents the people in hi $ neighbourhood to be under a thick cloud of prejudice and bigotry ; but surely this cannot be the case without , at the same time , a considerable
degree of ignorance . This is certainly a lamentable state of things ; but it is exactly the state in which I should expect to find that people who could quietly admit such claims in tlieir clergy as Senior lias described " , intlie latter part of his paper . And I think we Wiy venture to predict , with a consHlferable degree of confidence , that
in proportion as this ignorance , prejudice and bigotry , shall give way to the further advances of knowledge , reflection and intelligence , the Presbyterian claims will recede still «} oi * q and more , till the very name of Presbyterianism shall be banished from the earth . NO PRESBYTERIAN .
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Mr . Cornish onMatrfafrtii % t ^^ nilng Minuters . 7 ® &
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Cotyton , Sir , necember 1 $ , W 2 X Tf Dili' hot supbose iftfrti my advice JL respecting early majriagea / p , 390 ) woula pe afoeroect wholly unobjectionable . The Minister whdse letter you
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" tm m cokdition of JOissenftng W iisters in general is * unmvouraple ^^ ma ^ rioi 6 hy , but in , wfitat ixiauner ffiS retnairMs ot ' ltlr . C . are calculated to
in ^ ei ^^ J p . 648 of the Mc ^ -ftdj ^ r for November last , agrees mtlme ;
ameliorate that condition , it is unpbWsible to perceive . " My des&n' ^ s ' to point but the best method of afoidiidg f ; reat anxiety and distress . My beoved brother Howe ,, to whom , ^ hen younger than myself in our office , my attentions were pleasing , and many
others coiildf witness for me , that my endeavours have never been wanting , in various ways , to piromote charitable efforts , though it might have been my wtsfr * that so many would not lay themselves under the necessity of seeking aid from them . " It is more
blessed to give than to receive / ' is a saying of our Divine Master ' s pre ^ served , recorded , and consequently deserving serious attention . N 6 approbation was expressed by me of the conduct of an acquaintance
who declined contributing to a distressed family , in order to check ministers from exposing themselves to such difficulties , fil y exertions in that case were approved ; but neither the Benevolent Dr . Toulmin nor mvself
caufc ^ urge our own examples on him , who' ftajxl as good right as ourselves to ^ lioosd objects , and yybose excuse to man / appeared plausible . The Minister asks , " are our con-i gregations arid wealthy individuals & £ present so very liberal to their ministers , that they need to be publicly
furnished with authority and argiu ments for eliecking tlie ov ^ rApwiriga of tlieir benevolence V Tliat in so numerous a body irfany may be deficient in zeal anp generosity , ^ with - holding nibre th £ jn is m ^ et , " must be allbwed . Perhaps ^ however , some who appear backward , if their
circumstances were known , ; woujid stand fully justified . J ^ . ^ 6 oweyer ^ my opimon , tfaat , ti&kuig tiie Dissenters ^ a body ^ tn ^ ir ^ m ^ ality to mui ^| g |; s ^ their families , and ihe support qtmelr modes ot various # is
worship ia wys fcghly commendable , jmq that . sifcft frequent # m a ^ J ^ ah ^ JMA better , it p ossible , he WoidoL ... " « J an exj ^ ensTve thing to be aDissenfer £ 5 ? ' ^ $ W- $$ % & ta& «« kW ' ^ w i » rainy ex | efted , b . amrjuup feuty should feel the reasons for |> is-
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VOL XVI . 5 B
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1821, page 729, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2507/page/33/
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