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We agree too with this writer that Uoitariaaism needs the aid of the people ft ) r iis diflbskm amongst the people ; and we confidently hope that a doctrine which h&s been expounded
and defended by so many learned pens , will be at length asserted and recommended by voices with which the mul titude are familiar .
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Review \* - ~ Va Untlne * * Sermoh at / farlesion , Sfe . ffrl
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- Art . VII . —Observations on some Recent Proceeding's amongst the Dissenters of Saffron ffatden , and on a Lettery by a Member of the Church
of England , relating Ao the same Subject . . By a Friend to Religious Liberty . 8 vo . pp . 16 . Bishop Stortford , printed and sold by Tnorogood : sold also b y Kirby , Warwick Lane . 1822 . 6 rf .
THE remark of a cool friend of ours , ah ancient Nonconformist , on reading Mr . W . Clavlonfs Letter , was , " Well ! This will do good . ' * Phlegmatic as he appeared , there was sagacity in his remark . The ebullition of priestcraft and bigotry to which
it referred , has been serviceable m drawing the attention of the ¦ Dissenters in Saffron Wulden and the nei g hbourhood , to the prittctpteB of sehgiou 3 liberty . Of thifc , the pamphlet before us is a pr <* of , the author of which seems to be imbued wjrtb ^ jc genuine sentiments of freedom , x ^ bich he has asserted seasonably and with no little spirit .
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Aviv . V . —~ T / tomas Johnson ' s Reasons jffiM Dissenting from the Church of England . ! 7 th ed . 18 mo * 2 rf .
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Aut . VI . Thomas Johnson * * Further Reasons for Dissenting ffoif * && thurch # f EnglandV In 7 iWr 0 u ^ logues , afc . 18 mo . Ad . Holdsworth . 1822 .
THE former of these Tracts is somewhat to the point : the latter confounds ¦** Diaaeat" with Calvinism , on the ground , we suppose , of there being , aecordin ^ to the author , ** very few that do not worship Cnrist . * The real principle of Nonconformity is not sufficiently prominent in either of them , and the writer is encumbered with a Dialogue for the sake of which some things are said that otherwise would not have
been : e . g . " John . But your bishops are not appointed by the King . •* Thomas * Appointed by the King they are not ; nor were the New Testa-« nent bishops appointed by the King . Bat if it will give you any satisfaction , Jofw ^
our ministers are as lawfull y ministers as yours . Yours are licensed by the bishop ; our 8 are licensed by the magistrate . Both the bishop and the magistrate derive their authority from the King . So that the chief difference , after all , comes
" J —^—P to this , that the clergy are paid by the state , our ministers by the people . John . Now , Mr . ohnson , now ; you have such a May of putting things ?*—. 33 .
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Aut . IV . t—A Sermon preached at the Opening of the Unitarian Meeting House , Harleston 9 Norfolk % on Sunday the 7 th of April , 1822 . By Charleys Valentine , Minister of the
Unitarian Church , Diss . gvo ., pp . 40 . Harleston , printed and Sold by R . Cann ; sold also by R . Hunter , London . Is * WE hail these provincial publications as instructive ** signs of the times . * ' Unitarianism , which two
centuries ago was considered in England as the doctrine of certain foreigners , and which until within this halfTcentury was scarcely known by name out of our larger towns , is now become the faith of a considerable pro *
poigion af the people in all ranks , and structures are rising up in all parts of the kingdom for the accommodation of its professors in their social worship . The fact is abundantly verified by our
own pages ; yet Bishops and Dissenting Ministers , with a marvellous but comfortable ignorance on this subject , are accustomed to cheer their flocks with the assurance that " the Unitarian heresy" is every where on the decline !
We aue not informed of the circumstances which led to the establishment of Unitarianism at Harleston ; but presume that the event was brought about by the exertions of Mr . Valentine . His sermon is creditable to his talents and his spiri | J One short pas-&ag £ comprises the Substance of it , and the substance of the doctrines , feelings and expectations * of Unitarian Christinas : - e-
* The Bible is 4 br religion , our reason and conscience is our guide , and God is our Judge . These are at once our professions and our principles— -here we rest the issue of every controversy—here We justify our conduct and ground out hopes of tfcg Divine fWoun "— P- 12 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 701, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/45/
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