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of his Christian character . He had the College-education of Geneva ; and his book shews him to be a man of gocftl sense , of research , and of capacity for sound reasoning " . In the
absence of any evidence to support the accusation , it is preposterous to represent the author of a serious and well-argued , as well as animated , pamphlet , to be a barbarian , a brute , a fanatical , foe to the rational exercises
of the human mind!—It appears to be M . C / s maxim , as it was that of the Church of Rome at the time of the Reformation , to assert , lavishly and outrageously , any thing that may serve to run down an adversary and to hide the true state of a question , though it be the most shameless
fiction . To a man of no conscience , there is policy in this . Many may read and credit the accusation , who will never listen to a reply . I think , however , that I have found a passage in the Genive Religieuse , which was likely to touch so closely as to have provoked this dishonourable revenge . " Lower still—( and thither is the
tendency of the preceding degrees of progress ; there actually are arrived almost whole Provinces in Germany , and in Switzerland not a few of the pastors ; there also already are found , without telling it , some other spiritual shepherds , who are only waiting the
favourable moment for making the profession ;)—lower still , I say , they arrive at an open denial of all the miracles of the Bible : every thing is explained upon natural principles . Jesus Christ
was not really dead : toe only had a fit . The Jordan was dried up , by an enormous rock falling into its bed , Christ cured diseases by magnetism . All the embarrassing portions of the Christian Scriptures were added afterwards .
Jesus Christ was no more than you or I : and even , to say the truth , ( God pardon these blasphemies !) he was an impostor . No miracles : no Holy Spirit : no revelation : consequently , no more intimations of a life to come ; no more doctrine from on high ; no more connexion between earth and
heaven ; no more religion . We are Pagans ! Now , the free empire of the passions : now the soul is let loose , and never more shall know restraint ! No more the gentle spirit of the humble , resigned , aelf-renouncing Chris-Xian ; no more the spirit of God : no more piety : no more integrity . Now ,
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corruption of youth ; dissoluteness of manners 5 bursting of social bonds ; frightful extravagance in all opinions ; speedy abolition of public worship ;
innovations in all the parts of government , jreligious , moral and civil ; revolution , overturning " , chaos ! These are , in my apprehension , the fruits of the vaunted progress of illumination . This is what we have seen within the
last twenty-five years . " ( Gen&ve Reh p . 40 . ) To my great disappointment , I have not been able to comprize , in this third paper , all that I thought incumbent upon me to advance ; though I
have laid much restraint upon myself in every particular . If I may be favoured with a few pages in the next Repository , I hope to finish what appears most necessary to be said upon the New or Congregational Church , M . M&anel , aad particularly M . Caesar Malan . J . PYE SMITH .
Erratum . —In the last number , p , 407 , col . 2 , line 12 from the bottom , for considerable read inconsiderable .
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4 f 4 Correction of an Error in Worsteds Lectures on Nonconformity .
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Sik , IT is a great pity that such an excellent work as Mr , Worsley ' s Lectures on Nonconformity should betray any marks of incorrectness in the statement of historical facts . I
allude to the account given in Lecture VIII . of the mode of electing a Bishop , which is erroneous iii every particular . I am glad to find a new edition of the Lectures is called for , and before it is
published I recommend to Mr . W / s perusal the Act of Parliament passed in the 25 th year of Henry VIII . c . 2 Q , which amongst other things regulates the future inode of electing Bishops , and which is the method now in use .
By that Act , whenever a Bishopric becomes vacant , the King is to send a conffS d'Mire to the Dean and Chapter to authorize them to elect a new Bishop within twelve days , and at the same time he sends a letter missive , recommending and naming the person to be
elected . And the statute further provides , that if they do not elect the person so recommended , they shall incur the penalties of a premunire . This , which is the real legal statement , makes the ceremony more absurd , and one might almost say more impious and witked , than Mr . Worsley ' s statement . CORRECTOR .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1824, page 474, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2527/page/26/
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