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ift tEfc croufs ^ the same conversatloa , -he entirely overthrew the fotaii * dation of what appears , at first glaae ^ so fair a structure * The Atonement renting' as it daes upon the scriptural tf&cvurtt of the person and sacrifice of Christ , there can be no scriptural belief in the Atonement without a
ftrlr and explicit admission of the Redeemer ' s Deity , which Sir R . P . unequivocally denied . ** Ofr this grmitHl , therefore , and because he avowed his determination in tite presence of Mr . Le Griee and iayseFf , of disseminating his opinions as widely as possible , the Society proceeded to remove him from the Chair ,
aad appointed a new President * Nor cfo 1 see how , in consistency with its principles , it could have acted' otherwise * I may add , that all due attention to courtesy and honour was shewn to Sir R . P . b y the previous visit , and tfoat individually and collectively the
Committee expressed the pain they ffelt in being compelled to this act of duty . Ac Respecting the point of doetriite which has been brought under dis ^ ettssion , I ar » fully of Scotl » opinion , that it ' is of the greatest importance ;? aud will conclude with quoting his observation as to ike manner in which
it shoujd be treated , earnestly reeo * a * n ending the whole Essay to the pern * sal of sttch of your readers as may be desirous of information on the sublet " ^ Either Trinitarians or
Anti-trinitariuns afe idolaters : for they cannot botfi worship that God , wlio reveals kinasell' to us in Scripture : but on ^ of < them must substitute an imaginary being' la his place . It is not , thewfore ] , a subject to he decided by sallies , of wit , ostentation of learning , or at-, tempting to render one another odious
0 t ridiculous . A sober , humble , teacliable mind , disposed to believe the testimony of God , is above all things requisite px such inquiries : this should tie saugftt hy fervent prayer : and the Scriptures should be daily and dill * gently examined with aji obedient and re \? ere » tiul mityd /— - ( Scoffs . Essqys . } "I ai ** , Sir , your obedient
servant , " J . H . TOWNSENDi ** Mar avion , Jnnuury 26 , 1824- /
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[ From tfee Meg&i CormmU Gazette of Pel ^ 7 » 1824 . ] " To the BMor of the Jteyal Cornwall Gazette . , " TrengwaintQti , Feb . 3 , 1824 , " Mn . Edftok ,
< In reply to what appeared in ycmr last week ' s paper , I shall be as brief as possible - I solemnly declare , I never saw Dr . Pearsoh in my life ; I never endeavoured to see him ; I neve ^ went from Cornwall with the intention .
of making Ms acquaintance , and I had no such plan in my head . The mischievous object of this report wit ! be * evident' to every gentleman whose epinion lvalue .- —I declare again , in $ * & most solemn manner , that ray former statement & eorreefz and that Mt .
Le Gricc said , * Then you say ytm at % » am Unitarian / &c ., and that I appealed to Mr . Townsend on that ofecA ^ tolr ONty . The Rev . Gentleman , it * Ms letter t& the pubHc * ba » said : — £$ r Rose Price , m his letter printed in your last paper * quotes me , as allow * - *
ing that in the interview alluded to , he disclaimed Unitarmnism ; I futty grarttr that he < Ed : bo , totidem * verMs . - ~ -Mr he Grice acknowledges that he bought Evansfon ^ s wark ( which I presented to Mr . Thomson ) at Mr . Thomson ' s f
sale , about the year 1811 . —» That he thought we mi g &t gather that my opinions were not sTfcicnpkY oritho- * i > ost in 1818 ^—and that he triumphed in the thought THAT » e had madb a PROSELYTE 0-F MB / HlS avowal of
this fe all I can ? d ^ ire on that subject . No mat * of sense , I presume , permits another to publish his private epfc * nion »; aed paitJcwlarty a pei » s ^ a whose acquaintance he has renonaeed . —Mr . L ^ € friee , if is trae > waited on
me FROM A ^^ TAHTK MB ? ET * lN € r , aft the dedtre of a > few of the clergy , for which red 8 ote his communication ^ t&as of cgww » confidential one— - < a word which , 1 think , he madfe use of ) . He
waited on me to suggest whether I would resign aav oilk > e : —I gav « him my ansurei % which was all , asaimm of honour , be was called on to delitfe to tfot annual meeting : whatever that answer had bee » , unless it had beei * a
recantation of tenets , the result would have been the same , I am certain--r-The mieons « raiiu > d manner in Which I < teK > rered my opinions , is a suflictoftf )
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1824, page 148, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2522/page/20/
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