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pri ^ ety in , being $ lpg found laapre or less frequently among the attendants at the Church . "Let not him that euteth despise him that eateth not ^ and , let not him that eateth not judge hint that eateth : for God hath receivetf h / ittth " A FRIEND TO INQUIRY ,
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fhree persqns * according to this Creed ,, are no more than three modes or ch $ n racter § > according to which God is revealed to us . Now , this is equivalent to Unitarianism : the Church , therefore , binds us under the direst anathemas to be Unitarians . I fear
that I may be thought to trifle wkh serious things ; but let me assure your readers that I am quite in ear- * nest , and do declare that it appears ta me that a Trinitarian , if he be consistent , cannot approve af the Church services with any better conscience than a Unitarian can . How should it
be otherwise , if the fraraers of her Liturgy were cramped a ^ d embarrassed with a Unitarian Bible , and other remains of Unitarian antiquity ? But , perhaps , it will be said , that if these representations of the public services are just , there remains no sufficient reason for Unitarians to
disapprove of them , or to frequent a separate worship . This , however , is not my opinion . The Ritual of the Establishment appears to me to be inconsistent with itself , and not
calculated to give satisfaction to either party ; and although the tenor of the worship acknowledges the one God the Father , yet there is too much of a contrary description to produce that rational and harmonious service which
the worship of God ought pre-eminently to be . Important errors , as we conceive , are inculcated in the most solemn and authoritative manner , tending not onjy to mislead the judgment and overawe the conscience of the weak , but to trouble and distract the mind even of the most
established . 'In this there is a sufficient , yea , an imperative reason for the Unitarian to desire a simpler and purer worship ; neither , if he be serious , will he be able to rest contented till he enjoy this privilege , $ s far as
circumstances permit - My design , in the remarks which I have made , has not been to depreciate the importance of proper Unitarian worship , but merely to plead for indulgence towards those whose circumstances
forbidding them that advantage , induce them to attend the pi ^ blic devotions of the Establishment rather than none , or who , even while they do more statedly frequent the Unitarian chapel , nevertheless see no inopro-
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Account of the Establishment of PresbyterianiHm in Manchester . No . vir . Manchester .
Sir , August 7 , \ 824 ^ NOW send you additional extracts I from the Register of the Presbyterian Classic if the district of Manchester , Hept in the time of the Commonwealth . After the extracts which
have been already made , in pretty full detail , I do not conceive it necessary any longer to insert matters merely in the course of business and order , such as ordaining ministers , certificates of removal , delegations to the
Proyinciall Meeting , &c ., though some particulars introduced ia connexion with some of these things might appear interesting to the antiquarian ; but I shall confine myself to those particulars which relate to the genius
and operation of the Presbyterian system , which throw light upon the opinions and spirit of those times , or to which local or personal considerations may impart u more lasting interest .
Wm . JOHNS . The Register of several Meetings of the Classis subsequent fco the 59 th , * are unaccountably uninteresting , considering the mea , sur €$ before in agitation , particularly the several
compulsory mandates issued for complying with the ordar ^ of the Classis , relative to the admission of the Presbyterian system . For which reason , the Meetings from No . 60—65 are entirely passed over .
" The 66 th Meeteinge at Manchester ¦ > Aprill 13 ° , 1652 . " 5 . An exercise to bee atRingley , Wednesday y 28 ° of Aprill instant , Mr . Walton arid JVIr . Francis to preach . ' * , ^ ,.,,.... i . -. . ^ . wy . — » .. vr .... . . > , < .- ...
* See Vol . XVIII . p . 690 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page 541, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/29/
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