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<< For the las ^ month s my con - duct to you has beea directed by Rom . xvi . 179 18 , and 2 Thess . iii . 6 , and 14 . And now , Sir , as I design ( unless you resign that office you so unworthily hold , and dissolve that connexion with our church you have so justly forfeited )
to take measures which you may deplore , I shall in my final testimony assure you , that iujuries done to the cause and ministers of Christ , will not be unvisited ; that you and your posterity , as they already
have , will be yet severely noticed by Him who has said , * Vengeance is mine , and I wilt repay : * and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God , who is faithful to the threatenings as well as the promises of his covenant .
" O may these dispensations produce a sincere repentance through the purchased influences of the Spirit of Grace ; for you still share in my prayers , though 1 believe I am not the only minister , nor is ours
the only church , which have ample reason to bewail your conduct to them . " I remain , Sir , with deep regret for your lamentable failures , your wellwisher , but no longer your pastor ,
" W . CLAYTON . " The publisher of this curious anathema states that " the tokens of affectionate regard" alluded to in it were mutual , and that there is no ground for the insinuation of ingratitude .
Although Mr . W . Clayton excommunicated this more Calvinistic brother , Mr . Player would not withdraw , and therefore the congregation , properly trained to spiritual obedience , have proceeded to re-fulminate the anathema of the pastor .
Is it fteasible that a Dissenting Minister can SBriowsi y believe that he is authorized b y the Wew ^ t % rtaaB » fcnt in demanding Christening and Burial Fees ? Can it be that any |> ody of Dissenters will permit their preacher
to lay it down asa " sin" for a member of their congregation to bear any one preach but himself ? ftjust not this letter be a forgery , a letter hurling awful threatenings against a Christian , to whom no immorality is imputed , for disobliging a minister , and
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denouncing calamities for this highest of af 1 blasphemies against his posterity also ? If young gentlemen educated for the ministry amongst Protestant Dissenters are thus allowed to act the
Pope , that denomination will become the laughing-stock ofwtheir neighbours , and the more independent members of their body will be obliged to fly to the Church of England to enjoy religious liberty .
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B six Review . —utchers Prayers for the Use of Families . 605
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Art . V . —Prayers for the Use of Families and Individuals : including * a Prayer adapted to each Discourse , in Three Volumes of Sermons , by the same Author ; and also Forms suited to Particular Occasions . By the Rev . Edmund Butcher . 8 vo . pp . 318 . Sherwood and Co . 8 * . 1822 .
THIS work may be considered as the legacy of the pious author to the religious public . It was scarcely given to the world before he was called to his reward . This circumstance
has , we confess , led us to regard the volume with peculiar interest , and may , perhaps , influence our opinion of its merits ; though every one that knew the late Mr . Butcher will admit
that few persons were so likely , both from constitution of mind and habits of life , to excel in devotional compo-« £$ kms . There appear to us to be three * jtXB&fieatious principally desirable in wrtttett rarayers ; mm $$ &i \ fervour and $ judicious cotiTwiiffcy to the language and idiom of the Scriptures : and these will be found in the
" Prayers" before us . Home expressions may be thought too colloquial for public use , but these may not be felt to be too familiar for the closet or the domestic circle . Few
corrections , at most , would be necessary to make the volume serviceable , not only for private devotion , but also for the use of any " two or three" who may gather together in the name of Christ to worship the Father .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 505, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/49/
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