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in Reply to tte GkargeM < $ & # * * R . #$ & SmUA . Lett . III . 6 SS
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trines , yn $ m $ y ^ gwllpg ttm » P ** dangerous ^ few ^ . , Woufet tins Caivini&t Kfck of Scotlandtfeafc $ &e ~
cedjag miaister witli " t&s s $ m $ le « w * X and forbes ^ iice $ s JMf * Msl&fr hm e * b perieneed from the Gene ^ a ^ QJjiMrcb ? In justice , however * botfe t& ML Malan and the ChurcU of Qeaeva ,, it should
be stated , that the section $£ $ g&t gular pastor was , ui * d £ E stfjl thg , cir-i cumstaaces , ap entirely npy ^ q ^ p , and it may well be fo ^ liev € ^ that , mth the best intentions W bptl ^ skies , they might be mueli eH ^ rrassgd * and uncertain h ^ w to act If * th ^ b ^ Uaaapi ^ r * Dr . Smitji eommtQ ? M ± Mtim before
the Consistory , to » Hm § W Je £ oi * ie before the Couiisil of Constance- I am almost surprised thai ; he bm : aot compared tfcfc Consistojpy t £ , tfcetfewisb Sanhedrim , m& M- Malan to a mmh higher perspc ^^ tha # eithei : of the two Beforiayers ,. The p ^ ti ^ ns of M , Malan , at Gen ^ vft , # scover iq his
physiognomy f ^ ^ tnjfeing r £ S £ i » blance to the head of Christ a ^ dr ^ jvn by the best Italian nxasters ; md it mu ^ t be confessed th ^ jfe the parting q | tfee haiir ovei : the f ^ eh ^ e ^ d , froi & wli ^ nc ^ if 4 e- » sceuds i » Img w ^ i ^ c # r | s to th $ shoulders , combined , witfe ? tn agreea ^
ble and beuevole . nt $ ^{^ e §^ Q ^ $ f coun-r tenan ^ e , tend t ; p < jpiji % m t ^ illmio ^ This is bigWv : fwQiir ^ U % 9 \* m < W $ the leader of a new sect : were 1 m hair to be nt in tk % modern fa ^ hip ii i
he would , I bf ^ v ^ , perceiice ^ like Samson , that h | a fiitre ^ gjtfe had ^ 1 spi ^ a decree departed frp * a hir ^ . The Pastors .-of the Gm ^ m de VaucJ have not escaped the condemnation of Dr . Smiths Th ^ y W % He / s ^ ys , be ^ lievers in the Deity of Qbrfet , but that is not sufficient to ^^ ve them firo m
perdition , for they believe i # the cloc- » trine of Free WiU , they are P ^ l ^ gi ^ s or Semi-Pelagian ^ ^ nd , therefore , I > r . Smith , from hia j ^ ilgwentr ^ at ^ t Womertou , j > vonQjuwe& t ^ e o ? to , \> e for ^? tQ
malists in religiQi ) ,. * ' a ^ id hold the truth in uarigUteQusn ^^ ^ U What \ does Dr . J . Pye 8 uiith ussume the at ^ tributes of ^ n OmnUri ^ nt Gpd i x $ om but He who seetb thfi , aev ^ e ^ a q ( all hearts can knovv whetjicr a nation or
society of rcspeqt ^ bte Christian ^ hold fhe truth ia unrighteousness or not . ¦ i he arrogange of s ^ q h rash judgincuts , proaouncsri by wciak a » d laUVr « le men , caq only bo equalled by their monstrous absurdity . Who ait tliou vot
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tkat j udgest another F' ^ J u < Jge ndt ^ tUat ye be net j ^ udg ^ d . " Sorely these moral adjaK ) ttitions in the gospel are tap much uadervalued by Dr , Smiths A W ® & portion of feis letters , renting
ta Geneva , proceeds upon the ^ aaujnp tion of his power to search the hearts of other men , and of his ri ^ ht to pass judgment upon them , which he does us freely as if he were admitted into the clf ^ p counsels § t heaven . The
Pastors of Geneva , than whom a body oC . sewe truly respectable ministers cannot be found , exemplifying the sincerity of their feith by the simplicity md integrity o £ their lives , and in
^ y tfew active exertions the digch ^ trg ^ of tkeir various duties , yet these men Dr . Smith most presumptuously pronounces to b $ all that the false teachers were of old , quoting against them the words of Isaiah ivL 10 . He looks into their hearts and sees that many of them knovv not what they believe ; and the heart
truth in unrighteousness ; " and what 13 to be the future fate of svich , is well known . Thus does X ) r . Smith consign whole bodies of people to perdition with as imick nonchalance as it he
of one of them feeds upon false ? liflod . The , people of C ^ nev ^ not * withstanding all appearances to the contrary , a ? e dissolute ^ profligate , blaspLemous and impious * The Pastors pf the Pays de ¥ aud " hold thQ
were ordering Ms cook to kill a fowl for his dinner . Now , of these people : whom he so freely qo ^ deiQn ^ I be- * lieve Ue kno ^ ws little- or nothing , eic ^ c ^ pt it be fro m hearsay , hut ilmy , ai ? Q heretics , and tha ^ t is sufficient-,: his own resources" will enable him to de- ?
cide their present condition * uui future doom . It U too much the daily habit of certain ^ eligipai ^ t ^ { o assuxae the fijijtictiond o £ Oinnipptence ^ and to di- ? vide naai ^ kiiid into go ^ s and sheep , cla ^^ ing among tfc fprijaer those Christian $ cet $ who ditfer on vvluit
they all essentials : A , rian 3 » SQcmi ^ os and Unitarians are consigned to Tari tarus , with a sipgl ^ word : Pelagians , Semi-Pelagians and Sabelliaiis " hold tl ^ Q truth in unri ghtea ^ s ^ e ^ 3 , " tlieir
fate is also sealed : others are guilty of " formalism , " and are not , perhaps ,, quite hopejess . These self-elected jii 4 g 3 s seem to forget that the final Judge of mankind will not be Calvin , but Christ , The great inquiry we are
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 665, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/25/
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