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pfcasfcg P& * ro" kebt w * m tim a » - J ^ pte rf 0 » r g » e «* JVf&fe »* *** toft tnaratt&M ® &Uw « ni , fc * cwdfiaUy im&iog togt jrieh a # * l p ^ r is *§*«» . Www af io ? e , a » £ to affiess * rf Chnsfoai * . Loin&Tl
These , todwA , dp # o * app&ar to me ftU t&e advantages whieh may be de * rived from » odrties- Qf fthi * ateacriffction ; for if overy Unitarian vap&egz * jion in the eja&pim were ta for $ » ikem ** pelrea into similar &G © ie #£ 3 , they would aot oaly 4 efive t | ie benefits before pointed our , but tfeey would riflraby moHt effectually promote a more extensive knowledge of the . doctx * mz of Unitarianism : a reKcioH wbifib ,
however it may have met with the censure of many weli ^ meaning , but mistake ** Christians , only retires to be known , in order tha * it may be duly estimated . Such societies , if properly encouraged by the Unitarians $ heaiselv ^ s and the ir miaisters , would not long be m exf
isteajee without exciting the attention of the world ; and that attenliori £ &ee excited , would Iea 4 to inquiry as to our tloetrin ^^ Inquiry is all we wigh , is all we mk for : we 4 o not urge , we dp not desire wy one tier profess our faith unless p § rff * etly Qoaivioced of it « truth . Belief without coaviotion
W a blind faith which can produce no good effects . Tbe wi ^ h of t \ & U nit a * T % m ^ is , that the gQspel C&nd thuat aloae ) m $ y b ^ tk $ fta »( J ard of every maa '« f ^ ithj fe eling cQnvinced & » they do , that the more the S ^ pipturea am searched , iix $ mpre their religion will flourish . Societies of tliis ji ^ lure
thojaga at first they > nay not ap ^ e ajp of much consequence , yet they ara calculated to produce many inipoi-tapt Pdyantagea to the community at ferge . But even admitting for 3 moment , that th $ r < & i » » a probaWity of their
ever attaining surf * iropertanw * yet ough $ ^ ey to b < $ eocQuraged iW Ibta gaod $ fev mmt n « , tn 4 rajly p ^ oduw a ^ opgat ; theij member ^ , Mmxy iasti ^ tebow whroh , ^ t ^ hek wmn ^ pc ^ ^ Vllji appeared ttruler more linfavamr-.
^ te auspices , ^ nQVV ftonplshia g' i » JJ gour , »« d why m « y we no * iudiil ^ a ?* « « bopQ % aji ttes « , like ^ there ^ jpay ^ e » nd flour « *!* , if ttoywe « » top ^ w to a ^ wer ny good ed , ? ^ wul d , you * oniaiaa cotooiii ^ wilh flwe , tn ^ t su ^ h in * titjttwttis ttne worttar « " PUblk » tte » tW > tow wiU nuieh
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Obl ^ e me tto iii 3 « rtu ) n x * f tk «« e fmr c ^^ r ^ atibno m the ne ^ t Number of the Alo ^ tUly Repository * P . EGKERSLEY .
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by Me * &wW ? x tte Mow * m ^ tory of thfaGrtatim . » 6
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IN niy IftBt letter ( p . 24 ) I endea ^ voured to remove Mr . Belflham ' e objoetion to the authenticity of the Mosaic history . I &ex £ attempt to prove that it U not chargeable with
thQ vulgar woia which this wntor imputes to i * . In justice to himself iu * 3 to Moses , Mt . B , has specified these errors . To deal m vague charges , dictated by a love of paradox , by an aflfeet&tton of BUHfelty , or a regard to populiir prejudice , i * not the character of this intrepid inquirer . Reason and
conviction alone guide hb enlightened naind ; and though ha may occasionally fall into error , and to err is human , the diffusion of moral aad religious knowledge , the substitution of genuine in the room of epttrious views on the aubjeet of revelation , are the sole object of his animating toil . Aad what man is there wha can boast of
more ard&ftt seal , of greater talents , of more abundant success in the same honourable field } Moses , aemrdiag t& Mr . Belshatn ; regarded the firmament as a , eolid
arch , but the sacrpd wwter , it ia cer * tain , held no & » cJi opinioa ; in proof of this I copy a note fcoea jEssenu * , » little publication which Mr . B . seema not to have perused 1
" Ihe original of expanse is regnai * . a word that signifies mere Apace or extension . Ths terms by wMeh th& firmament i » expressed in Greek and Latin , and in many modern tongues , exhibit n remarkable instance of the
influence oi philosophical opinion on Language , Early in the second ceniury M an Egyptian philosopher taught , that the nro ^ woaeiit or heavens consisted : of ^ olUi orU a , each atar being aupposed to be iixed in a solid s transparent &p&ere , lika cjryataj ^ . This notion Was dQubtJa ^ nol new : i * prevailed m
Sgypt agea bef ^ e , ^ hongk fro « a Pto ^ \ $ my > who , with some additions and aiodiftcatiou * , no doubt first systema UvtiHy ftwr # h £ it , it weat by tke naaaos « f the Ftcuemfttc ( tystenk . It uf fif < % m tha prevalence of this t epiuHin , that < ntt * wt * m in iTreek 4 ad firmamentum in I&tyn , cftmn tp ba applied to tjra
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1822, page 95, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2509/page/31/
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