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not cin convince , yet all mu 3 t be suppressed which is not found iti their Syntagma . They are the tremblers , ihey are dividers of unity , who neglect arid permit hot others to unite those discovered pieces which are yet wanting to the body of Truth . To be still
searching what we know not by what we kriow , still closing up truth to truth as we find it , ( for all the body is hbmogeneal and proportionate , ) this ik the golden rule in theology as \ Veli as" m arithmetic , and makes up the best harmony \ k a church , not the forced and outward union of cold and
neutral and inwardly-divided niinds . " ' Noble and liberal sentiments pervade these Discourses which Mr . Hall has ushered into the world . Every thing narrow and contracted was foreign to the preacher ' s heart . The tutors of such a minister tiuglit not to have been censured for their mode of
tuition , rendering " men more distinguished for their learning than for the fervour of their piety . " By their fruits shall ye know themy is the text which our Saviour himself hath
instituted . I venerate the memory of Messrs . Ashworth and Robins . for having produced Mr . Teller , whose characteristics were gentleness , Humility and modesty / ' I once , and 6 rily once , heard him , when he officiated for my late dear and excellent friend Hugh JVorthington , with an indescribable satisfaction .
How much better is the sending forth such mfen , than the conduct of those academical institutions , ( nurseries of intolerance , ) whose only aim is to rear a race of bigots , intent on
anathematizing all who , asserting the rights of a man and the privilege of ia Christian , dare to differ from them ! But , blessed be God , intolerance is not incurable . I knew a venerable
divine , living m the vicinity of the metropolis , who , issuing" from the academy with a violent antipathy against Ahtitrinitarians , composed a sermon from Psalm Cxxxix . 22 , / hate them
with perfect hatred , which he thundered out from every pulpit into which he gained admission . But the Anti-Chnstian fervour of this youthful zealot soon cooled . He found , as he
advanced in life , that there were good men in every denomination . He recognized the image of Christ wherever he discerned it . He died an Arian ,
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through the far greater part of a long life he was distinguished for Ms moderation and liberality . 'Iiidtefed , whatever revolutions our creed
undergoes , and Christians should tie fuiv&ysgrowing wiser , it i $ a mo&t sacred duty incumbent upon us to preserve our spirits uadebased by intolerance and unpolluted with bigotry . ' Candour is the offspring of unadulterated piety . The religion that rests not on the dictates of the understanding , has no foundation in the New Testament .
Excepting the blemishes on which I Tiave animadverted , the Memoir oi Mr . Toller , by the Rev . Robert Hull ; is a well-written and interesting pieie of biography . At one omission I am surprised , there is no enumeration of the publications of the
deceased . These were probably fewy but ought to have been specified . I recollect perusing with pleasure his small tract on the Evidences of Christianity , marked by his accustomed felicity of illustration , and adapted to
generate a lasting impression upon the riiipds of the rising generation iii behalf bf revealed religion . He " also printed a Funeral Sermon for the late Rev . Samuel Palmer , of Hackney . There may h&ve been other " effusions of his pen : these only have I seen , and
they are creditable to his talents and J ) iety . In noticing these defects of the Memoir , I am actuated by no improper motive . Having had the honour , nearly forty years ago , of being one of the biographer ' s pupils ^ 1 feel
grateful for his instructions , and would be the last person to detract from the high and deserved reputation which he sustains in the Republic of Letters . He began his career well , iii chastising the arrogance of an orthodox divine , not a hundred miles from the
riifetrtfpolis , for having ascribed the Birmingham riots to the judgments of heaven avenging the spread of Unitarian blasphemy ; be then , charnplonwlike , buckled on his armour , and shook tb their foundations the strong holds of infidelity ; he next put forth a most
ingenious Apology for the Freedpm of the Press , as the palladium of the ; inestimable blessings ; of civil and religious liberty ; and now , recently , ; he : lias directed all the energies of his powerful , mind to battering down an odious ivall of partition , by vindicating : the practice of free com ? numon d ' pr # e-
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86 Dr . Evans on HatVs Memoirs of Toller .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/22/
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