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small pfflmmti the other , immediately aft ^ r Bferliefcease , was taken with a putrid fever , and for a month was given over by the physician : on her recovery , my wife was taken ill ; and it being Sessions time now , my wife has not been allowed to see me all the
week , and the last time I heard of her , I was informed she was very ill . When I was presented this morning with your kind letter , I was almost afraid to open it for fear of its containing some fatal news , but happily I was disappointed .
I have got nearly ready for the press , a letter to the Bishop of London , as president , and another to Mr . Wilberforce , as vice-president of the Society who prosecuted me ; and , with your permission , I will send you a
copy of each as soon as they are printed . I must beg leave to inform you , that I am not allowed to speak privately to my wife , and that neither pen 3 , ink or paper is ( if known ) allowed , therefore must intrude on this
letter of mine being kept a profound secret , as the channel of my information would bfe shut if it was known , fcnd most likely I not be allowed to see my wife again during the remainder of the time I have to remain
here , which , to all outward appearance , will be till the 28 th of April next . I remain , Sir ; Your most obliged , Humble Servant , THO . WILLIAMS .
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No . III . Mrs . JVilliams to Mr . Cornish . London , Sir , Nov . \ b , 1798 . I have this day received a fresh wound from my inhuman persecutors ,
orders being given to have my husband closely locked up to prevent his communication with any one , in consequence of a manuscript of the intended publication being found upon him . Although it contained no subject of crimination , being purely intended to shew that the conduct of his
prosecutors was quite opposite to the spirit 6 t the gospel ; yet a handle is made of it for fresh severity , and to wfiat length they will now carry it , I dufttot tell '; ' but with constant gratitude to ' ^ ou , I shall ev 6 r remain , YOur much obliged Servant , 1 ' E . WILI > IAMS .
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58 # ** On the JSpiriflecfrmtofr Unitarians .
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Sf r , September , 1822 , IT is very j ^ tjfyteg / torjvje ^ v the faith of Unitarian Christians in connexion with a manly freedom of mind and a fearless exercise of the understanding , such as the history of religious inquiry has never before
exhibited . . It is still more delightful to see its appropriate effect on the temper of a man ' s heart ; to view it preeminently favourable to an amiable mind ; an enlarged Catholic spirit ; a spirit friendly to social charities and
private affections ; in a word , a kind and candid temper , without which religion has no beauty , and human nature no loveliness . One is naturally desirous that such a spirit should i € go on to perfection ; " and that every
thing in the conduct or writings of our Unitarian brethren , really or apparently inconsistent with it , should be done away . Permit me , Sir , by your useful pages , to throw out a hint or
two for so good an end . With a very distinguished zeal and ability , the Repository and Reformer have protested and argued against the popular creed ; and , with most of your readers , I have no doubt the name of Calvinism is
tantamount to every thing unamiable and bad . I cannot but think , Sir , we have somewhat erred in this course of proceeding ; and that the effect has not been good , either to our own minds , or in facilitating the conversion or our brethren . Should it
appear to my fellow Unitarians that some ignorance of human nature has been betrayed , some disingenuousness discovered , and a forgetfulness of the requisitions of the Christian character , I shall be confident of their candid acknowledgment and ready correction of the error . To come to the
point : If the wise and the good and the amiable ( and who will say there are not many such ?) amongst our Calvinistic brethren , deny the truth and correctness of the consequences we charge on their creed , and say , ( as they do , ) " Were Calvinism the odious thing you describe it , we would fling
it from us , " shall we continue the disingenuous practice of taxing the system wfyh them ? It has ever appeared to myself , Sir , bad every way , 4 T—bad to the best Unitarians , in embittering the' temper towards their ffel-Io \ v-ohri 3 tian 8 , strengthening prejudice against them , ttndiiiifci ^ easinfgf thfeccfMneas and distance between themu The
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1822, page 588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2517/page/4/
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