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ipff ourselves vvitUiu ^ lividuaJs of ^ oub ^ fuj cb ^ raqt ^ r ) or known enemies to religion . Granting that all state pro * sectaittna fyr infidelity are unwise and unchristian $ grafting that in interr course ( if we mu&t have it ) with per * - $ aps of this character , we ought % 9 abstain from a ^ rlmouy and ungeutle
j \ ese ; still it does seem ^ plain duty tha * we should carefully restrict our * selves to necessary intercourse witt suet ** That if we feel they can do ue 410 personal harm , ( a supposition
which , by the bye , it seems to me can © ever be justified . by human e ^ perienc ^ or Scripture example , ) we ought to remember our often- * revilod reli g ion , and for her saKe , forbear to ^ assooate ourselves with those whose religious or moral characters are at war with all
our notions of piety or of equity . P-oliticajl men are apt to regard public more than private character in thek friendly interoour&e , a& if the salvation of their country were a thing ( vast as k is ) to be put in aay sort of competition with tba furtherance q { ralrcious interests , If it please the
Supreme Being that even " the wrath of man" should praise him—if important aod beneficial changes in the affairs of natfotts are sometimes brought about by individuals whom the utmost stretch of charity will not allow us to regard with a favourable eye , —tet us < $$ fpiffe his dispensations ; but let not us thru&t our&etaee forward to " do
ievjj that good may cmm $ " le $ u ^ not 4 iive back tUe we ^ k broth er , un « d give the open foe opportunity tQ « pt * aJkevil < itf our good . Observation * of 4 fcis kind may perhaps be applied wUU especial Jfocce to IJailarUin IVlwii ^ te ^ ; ton , Jayiwim are Wo apt to make ac&p # - goatti of U * eir iKitttor ^ , mW 4 ? e ^ erv ^ to
themselves the liberty of acting iag ( they ; ptaaee . In su ^ h a tUn e as ^ hin , cvdiry Uakatiun ^ l ^ ukl recktm Htawelf X ^ o lt * is a motive far uivteut ^ iou , but 4 ^ w ^ ri « e sa ) * " a city » et on a JiHL " JVl ^ y be tirnt " » ev > sr siaiiibcrttlf ne ^ r ^ leep ^ th" ** keep 1 > l » flt city , ^ awl 4 isfK > &e j ^ t ^ ui » cec | Bii | g yi gilmt ^ , uo-. weajned xefU ajad fofW Mid forveni 4 * wk yt !
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^ 3 my ipowle < % e eicteud ? , tkm tbz xeports of tl ^ e ^ various ^ association of eliurches and muiiaters in the eountry . Ia reading t ^ m , fiqm tU » e tp tip ^ e , the question baj * unavoidably apaen in nay awn mipd , and in the minds of several of iny friends . Why have w ^ no similar association in London ?
Are we too much divided m opuuoi \ , t < w lukewarm or too much immersed ip secular affairs ? J bojpe and treat that each of these Questions may be confidently aiwwercd in the negative , l ^ et then an individual Immbl y recommend that this na ^ tter be taKen into
consideration . The Independents ^ nd Baptists have long 'held periodical meetings of associated churches , and there appears po reason why ti * e Presbyterians should not adopt a measure wWch tUey , I am told , have fqund essentiall y useful in cherie ^ ip g § fcro-% hGn \ y spirit and fc foxwurifag thek
regspe ^ tfive lntere&t ^ k I could name several miinsters in London and tfoz neighboMrhooil who could mstantiy put this plun m mo-Jfcon ; and injay J be pardoned for specifying oii ^ , $ * e veoers ^ le Dr . Hebs , to whom t&e J&hi ' Siwtcvs in ge » emJ ,
WP t | be Preftby ^ ei ^ aiis i ^ particular , are so largely HMi ^ bl ^ d ^ anil whose sanction wovM p mbfbly unite pn tUe ai > soci ^ tioTi projec ^ ef } , most of the churches of " E ^ g lirfi Preaby ^ edans i » the mo tmpolip and $ ie viek ^ ity ?
The two other denominations , before ip € » tiG ^ 4 » b ^ y ^^ ntHly Mee tings , bub < W&skte £ l $ g the sm ^ li « umb < sr of P ^ e ^ byleimi eon ^ reg ^ tions , Qu ^ t ^ j ^ y Mwti ^ iB migto b £ far them mo » i iexfked ^ D |; . ^ the ^ e meetings , eaqh ^ mi ^ ter Ui the Ujuion m igh t a » d the
pr ^ oh i ^ riH 4 tio # M aervices of cvyp try mimters piigfei ba frequewtly ^ Ul adviOjbtogeousiy < f > btftised . To eull ; rtH 5 s 4 $ ^ e 4 fHft » u ^» ? f eaciefy , aa ^ fterneoft vviv ^ 4 perhftp * be imnre pfigjfele xh # H fr mom ^ &mvieto . As kk % h $ QQ uvtry &H&Qc \ itf > um ' $ abd in
th 9 *^ < rf rAe JLtfHictoa Independents fifHl Bu pit ^ , tJb ^ . miniated « uod Hkeir fr ie » d $ migh * 7 pmriake , « fter < he servfcee * of nn cm > no « aical iand fiioodly dii ^ n r . rCi ^ iivefueii ^ wovrid firobabty ihwt Ibe held
d ^ m ^ m ^ tiitgft be in kwctetf * oil * h e Hivb Aw » t ^ r . meetisigs , ^ ad ia time covmtry on the two c unitaer © Wfi . / CJb ^ iies Qf various jdescriptfonsrwould be promoted by tbe uieamwe pro ^ 06 « 4 , but for obvious re asons
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^ 4 Un ion of London Pr& $ y 4 < erktn Congregations .
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Ispndon , < §** , , September 30 , 18 & 2 . TJU £ fRK is no part of yottir work reafl wit ^ greater pJeusui : ^ as far
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/30/
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