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ledge , apd Jrrainjaig private characters for becwwg p * iW « p benefactors a , t Manchester , has encouraged me tq address you on & subject that may , through a divine blessing , be useful . I have lately been , at Clifton . The secession of 8 ^ Reverend Gentleman from the Established Church
naturally afforded matter for conversation . Among other topics was , the opportunity thus furnished fojr opening a place of worship , in which a . reformed Liturgy might be used . I do not consider myself competent to argue the question , which on the whole is best , extempore prayer or a printed form ; but I know from , experience , that
those who have long been accustomed to a Liturgy do not derive the same comforts , from the minister delivering a prayer , however pious , however appropriate , they would have done , had they been able to have accompanied him with the fixed attention a printed form excites .
Far be it from my intention to detract from the admirable method in which the reli g ious services are conducted at Lewm's Mead . I cannot sufficientl y praise the zeal , the piety and the judgment shewn by the pastors of that congregation . It is not to oppose , it is to strengthen their hands that this letter is written . I do
not know what are their ideas on the use of Liturgies . Nor have I 9-ny information , whether the gentleman who has joined the Unitarians would like either to reside in Bristol , or to undertake the formation of a religious society resembling that in Essex Street .
1 purely jiarrate the subjects that interested my mii * d when conversing with tUose who knew the respectability of his character , the importance of his connexions and the w ^ at of a
place of worship where those persons ini ^ ht assemble who are dissatisfied with the Liturgy of the Established Church , and < Jo not like to unite where extempore prayer is carried on . Many such J believe visit Clifton , and
* nmy < Hh $ rs WQuld join if a proper attempt were made tor combining devotion with fervour , instruction vVith hberality , and truth with freedom of investi gation . I am not acquainted with the wealthy ai » ong the Bristol Dissenters : I know notbmg of the ijiolin < Uipi > of tfo * lower classes there , no * of the immediate
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connexions of the Reverend GfeAtjbeman to whom I haye before referred , except from report that tUey i&re Wghly respectable , or \ should have been anxious whilst in the neighbourhood to have inquired , whether there mi ght not some steps be taken for
making the attempt I have suggested , 1 % occurred to me that , through the medium of your Repository , the subject might meet the eye and awaken the attention of those who might be competent to determine the expediency of the measure I have proposed . If good is effected , nay design
is answered ; if nothing follows , I shall have acted as my conscience directed , I . P .
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Torquay , Sir , January 8 , 1822 . WE are taught in Scripture that " Christ died for our sins " that " we have redemption , that is ,
remission of sins b y his blood" that * ice are reconciled to God by the death of his Son , ' * and many other expressions are used of similar import . That words like these convey
something very interesting and remarkable must be admitted by all , and there is a plainness and simplicity about them which might seem to preclude much diversity of opinion in regard to their interpretation . Yet we know that tjie
fact is very different , and that there are few parts of scripture doctrine about which Christians are more divided . All must allow that we may learn from them as much as this , that the
end for vyhich , our Lord died was that sins might be forgiven ; and , on the Other hand , that the forgiveness of sins was in some sense dependent on Ixis death . The only question ,
therefore , is , in what way our Lord ' s death promoted this end ; in what way the forgiveness of sins depended on \\ is death . Unitarians in general seejn disposed to understand the matter in this wav : Th&t the <\ ei \ ih of Jesus
Christ was a strong testimpny to t ^ e truth of his doctrine , and a ppyverful incitement to repentance and virtue ; that , therefore , so far as men . are convinced b y it of the tnj . th Qf His religion , ana in this way led by \ % % o repentance and virtue j since forgiveness of sinp is promised tp these , it becomes the means or cause of forgiveness . In
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On the Remission of Sin . 2 > l 1
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1822, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2511/page/19/
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