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Art . II . —A Pica for the Nazarcncs : in a Letter to the British Reviewer By Servetus . 8 vo . pp . 208 . Bristol , printed and sold by Mancbec ; sold in London by R . Hunter and by John Robinson . 1821 .
* g ^ IIE British Reviewy a quarterly JL journal , in the hands of the soidisant Evangelical churchmen , has exceeded the usual bounds of the odium the olo ^ icum , in its attacks upon the Unitarians . One of its philippics has drawn upon it the animadversions of the writer before us , to whose mas-
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terly pen we are indebted for the valuable work , so largely reviewed in a former volume ( XIV . 431 and 500 ) , entitled , < fAn Appeal to Scripture and Tradition on behalf of the Unitarian Faith . " Servetus discusses and
refutes the arguments , exposes the unwarrantable assumptions , chastises the bigotry and repels the calum nies of the anonymous Reviewer . This fanatical Trinitarian preaches up a
new crusade against the infidel Unitarians , and calls upon all believers of every orthodox denomination to unite under the tri-une standard . The Unitarian is emphatically " The Enemy . " What can the reverend * Reviewer
mean ? Already the orthodox are united in refusing the name of Christian to a sect of which Lardner was the ornament and the champion . They cannot go further in abusive and scandalous language . Nothing would seem to remain for the zeal of true
believers to accomplish , but some measure of personal violence or secular injury . This , however , is not yet avowed , and is not likely , we humbly think , to be carried into effect . But
¦» « * a ^» « w we leave the author of the mysterious project to the lash of Servetus , who retorts upon him the charge of heresy and proves , again and agaip , that his doctrine is as anti-evangelical as h ! s
temper . The anonymous accuser draws up his indictment in the spirit , and almost in the language , of that enlightened statesman , Haman ( Esther iii . 8 , 9 ) : in behalf of the sect who are not to be
suffered , because they are " diverse from all people , " Servetus thus pleads : ( C The assumption that Unitarians worship a different God from that worshiped by the general church is ( I might . say unjust to the general church , but 1 will say , if you please ) unjust to the
Unitarians . They who acknowledge the Father to be the sole , self-existent being , the root of Deity and the fountain of love , worship , with the Unitarian , the Father as properly and supremely God . They te and
who worship a sole , eternal , infini indivisible being , assurning towards his creatures the offices or relations of Father , Son and Spirit , Worship , with the Unitarian , a common God : but it tnwt be owned that we do not worship the * It is reported that the writer is » clergyman .
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106 Review . A —Plea for the Ncusarenes .
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Portius , Prince George ( George III . ) . Juba , Prince Edward , Duke of York . Sempronius , Master Evelyn . Lucius , Master Montague . Decius , Lord Milsington . Syphax , Master North . Marcus , Master Madden . Marcia , Princess Augusta ( Duchess of Brunswick ) . Lucia , Princess Elizabeth .
" The Prologue , spoken by Prince George , and Epilogue , by Princess Augusta and Prince Edward , were but indifferent compositions , particularly the latter ; which may indeed have been written by the Prince himself . As a specimen I shall copy the concluding lines
"< Prince Edward . " In England born , my inclination , Like yours , is wedded to this nation : And future times , I hope , will see Me , General in reality . Indeed , I wish to serve this land ; It is my father ' s strict command : And none he ever gav . e shall be More cheerfully obey'd by me . '
* And all this mummery and doggrel was intended less to amuse the children , than to vex their grandfather , and make the father popular in his opposition to the King , "—Pp . 147 , 148 .
We cannot make any further use of this interesting volume ; interesting * to all readers , but especially to those in the circles of fashion and power , whom it admonishes , iu effect , to take care what letters they write , lest on the turn of the next century their great grand-children-should shew the
public of that age , by their secret correspondence , what are their real opinions of personages , whom , as in duty bound and as interest prompts , they now praise and extol in the high places .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1822, page 106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2509/page/42/
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