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588 A Suggest tin ft Unitarians .
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gently issued from the press , and being strongly recommended hi 'MSvange * licaP Magazines smdt Bevi&ws ^ I beg hem . e .:- $ & suggest the < ti > i ^ riety - ^ ii 0 t tQ > my the necesfitjr , * - * # f its being iBet by a coiidbe vievv of the leading doctrines of Unitarian ism . , 1
As , the Trinitarian jmbltcation advocates the deity of Christy the personality of the Holy Spirit * . and ; the atonement of Jesus Qirjst ^^ tite an * swer s&cHildcontain lucid proofs of the Divine Unifcy > the subordination of the Messiah , ) the iiripersonality of and of
tWrllcrty Spirit ^ salvation the free grace of God . Perhaps selections from Ya | as ^/ Vindication of Unitari * anisin and Sequel * Marsom ' s Imper ^ tonality of thefc&rfyGhost , Wright ' s
Anti-ISatisfactionist , and Madge ' s Ser * mon oo the Atonement , would furnish a very * cogentr reply ; but as Relsham ' s Suaimaryj ^ iew of Unitarianrsm in the second part of his Calm Inquiry , and Pox * a Sermons on the Voice of
Revelation and on Popular Objections to Unitarianism are invaluable works on those subjects , a consolidation of the whole , condensed into a sm all Compendium , is highly desirable- The Editor of the orthodox publication
above-mentioned seems in his preface to deny the name of Christian to Unitarians : should this pitiful malignity be thought to deserve an answer , more than is necessary to rebut the slander may be found in Aspland ' s excellent sermon on" The Unitarian
Christian ' s Appeal to his Fellow-Christians on the Christian Name /' If persons in general could be induced to hear both sides of theological questions , and to read the answers to Trinitarian calumnies , Unitarianism would be much more prevalent . Educated as I was in " the straitest . sect "
of orthodoxy , I became a Unitarian from a careful perusal of the controversy between Wardlatv and Yates ; though strongly prejudiced against ** Socinianism" when I began to study the subject . The arguments and proofs in Yates * powerful Vindication
of Unitarianism , and in his incomparable Sequel , made me an Untuilling convert to the force of truth ; and upon some gentlemen whom I well know , and one friend whom I highly esteem , . $ shnilfir effect was produced by the reading of those works . Much
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aii I have suffered in a pecuniary way from becoming a Unitarian ^ and acutely as I have felt the reproach of relatives and friends , ( and none but
those who have been pliieed in similar circumstances can tell how keenly reproach comes from such characters ^) I cannot repine while consoled by the mens sibi eonscia rectu
. It is well known that the whole of the controversy between Wardlaw and Yatesi or between Horsley and Priestley , is iiot generally read by "the orthodox ; ^ and that they confine themselves to Wardlaw and Horsley , instead of attending to the equitable
aphorism ** audi alterarn partem . " I think , however , that a Compentlium of Unitarian doctrines , with the arguments and proofs by which they are supported , about the size and price of the " Concise View /* would meet
with their attention : it would certainly be read by hundreds who will not wade through volumes . And as strenuous efforts are making to spread the summary of Trinitarian doctrines , 1 trust it wilt be seen ttiat Unitarians
can display equal zeal in the cause of truth and righteousness . Cordially wishing the spread ? of r pure and , undefiled religion before God , even the Father / ' I remain , &cc . JloocrtpwTO <; . t *¦ ¦ ¦ , P ,, S . Would it not be worth while
for the London Unitarian Society to print the teart of Griesbach ' s Greek Testament ? The two volumes are too dear for some who would be purchasers , and many prefer the simple teM € t without note or comment . " - . It would be then about the size and price
of a school Greek Testament , might be used also as a school-book , and would undoubtedly have a great sale as such , besides being very acceptable to all who wish to have the pure original . Such a publication would be serviceable to UnitariaHtem , as it would effectually expose the disingenuous artifice of those Editors of th £
Greek Testament who have inserted Griesbaeh ' s name in | heir title p&ge , without regarding his text , and would more generally spread that edition of the Greek text , which real scholars of all parties now admit to be the most correct .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 588, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/12/
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