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    any f ^ appl ^ iifclffei ^ s Ap-^ e a ^ t ^ % at ^ ih the tnifeU if ^ y ^ i&xn # i ^^ I ' jfeft ti 5 ( Y ^ d& ^ for the hamjsorae manner in which he has been pleased to express himself towards me persoa ^ Uy , but Still more for the excellent mtA amiable spirit which Ms tettet * bissathes . The matter

    of his ctaswire is , $ hat I have cast severe airf inequitable reflections on Mr . Belsfcttnt , and hare quoted with eneornitrm an eitfiiient deceased writer who has done the Sfctnev My reply will be corajgrfred in two or three brief observations .

    1 . From the circumstance of this acute and gentlemanly censor ' s having adduced only due passage out of thirteen hundred pages , on which to ground his charge of an uncharitable and injurious spirit , I am indueed to hope , that he regards that passage as an exception to the general tetoor of

    the book ; and that he admits its spirit and language , upon the whole , to be candid and tespeetfixl . May I trust , also , that it will not be deemed unbecoming in trie to cite some sentences which expressed the disposition and desire of my mind ; thoujrh I cannot flatter myself with having always acted up to that desire ?

    " The effusions of unchristian feeling will be viewed hereafter with grief aad regret ; but the words of truth and wbernen * spoken or . written in love , will abide the trial of time , and will furnish pleasing recollections in eternity , ft is my sincere \ vish and endeavour to apply these

    sentiments , at all times and in all ire ^ Rpects , to myself : and If , li any Instance , 1 hare violated them , I would be the first to condemn myself ; and I hope I tnay say that suck violation is uot ouly

    sontrury to m& prmeiptaa , but jr ^ nuguant to m UabituaJl fe ^ Uivgs and practke . "I abhor ite ^ yjioBing W «^ 5 f 9 i ^ e otmtn fbeofygifum , or fa , ^«^ £ \^» flractisnifi : tsiySpn T innrtultfes jitrd evS pas ^ arw ^ fffi ^; ' % At t ^ i ^ cvM& df ^ o ^^ f M ^ H ^^ I ^^ tih # ^ y ^ ifer in mti i etmekVbttrW * erif-j ^ Wt 5 fica tion . If , '' « W | n ati ^^ iirt kkidMI il&vti «^ itteii , tijereTb ^ any degree 6 f uiichrisan asperlCy , aoy pai * i ^^ reasonings , any unjust representations , or any unhandso language ; I do sincerely disap

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    ^ 2 / Benevolus ha ^ iJl ^ liH 3 Je < i a « ow Bacon , Bishops ^ atF atad ifOJJldiiB , Charnock , Fla ^ ieL Cfctode ^ ^ auite ^ Sid Watts , and Bishop Clayton rin ^ vKiah there is a deliberate antl stuffed crin fusion of the properties beloiMttg to the human nature of our Biy ^ sed Ia > ri ! , wttt those or ttoit Divine Katore

    which , I coniBeive , Mflie Sdipfiir 6 Swtr 1 bute to him . These are adduced for the purpose of shewing that I h&ie acted very unjastly In charging Mr . Belsham With misrepresenting andstigmatizitig the orrfiodbx doctnae , Vh ^ a he says that it teaehefc ** flie fadBfirtse * ration of liie Q&a&dt of the worfd hi

    the body of a helpless , puKng ftiftot ^ Those citations are painful and xrffen sive indeed , and some of them so to a vexy high degree : and it fe ^^ Qc . as Benevolus intimates , that he Tnight hare swelled his collection to ama * larger bulk . He has also , in the honourable and candid manner w ^ hlch

    disxinguighes his letter , pointed out my explicit disclaiming of audh language , when found Sn ^ oithodd x : vrtfa ters , and the strong protest whitJh 1 had thought it nay duty to make against it . I beg ^ emissfem to a ^ that , in the page which he has quote d I expressly lamented that fc Dr . Wfttts

    has repeatedly fallen into this fault it * his Hymns , some of Which wotirirl A thinking and pimiB mind by language Whfch oae could not ^ copy wnfiout pain /' * Why then Is M » . BeUhatrrBO sefver ^ fy reflected upon , and accused olf misrepresentation ; when lie has only said that which emtneidt orthodox wtftfefS

    have said , and some of them in ^ phr ^ ea Btft very «*» gimilart i / r I answer ; that , to tllbs ^ ib $$ &fo tfnfti ! in others from vvftom fflfce' ^ MMBtt might be selected , the eipr ^ eioi ^ under consideration are ^ fttaric ^ s df atttdied paradox . labouirig ^ lSjc ^ m ^ sls ^ and extravaL-aat hyt ^ rDO ^ ^ but that , in the paas ^ e O ^ WiiK ^ ifiiK tfee , > % ti ^ e ^ ^^ fc ^ W ^ gruuim u *< jp . *^ ivi 9 flw *^ NtS i ' IPwRtJJpjw ^ PtPBFPi tfj ^ pp tbiak that strong- repreaenaiop mm

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/37/