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Sijt , November 11 ; 1824 . CRAVE leave to make a few re-I marks on the concluding' part of the " Friendly Correspondence , " ( p . 605 , ) not by way of intrusion , but only to throw my mite" into the common stock , and which I shall condense as much as possible . tc
As respects your doctrine , T see and feel increasing danger . " So says the Jesuit and the Confessor ; but the Protestant only smiles . There is , therefore , no argument here . What immediatelfollows is good Zte
y , —* " - ccitfulness of the human hearty ) ~~ OT , according to the prophet , Deceitful above all things and desperately wicked / " that is , more or less , according to circumstances ; and the degrees of sin , or of holiness in the human cha-
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y ) g Remarks on "A Friendly Correspondence
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On the * ' Friendly Correspondence betbveen an Unitarian and a Calvinist ?' SiR ,
WHE N I placqd at your disposal the tetters which you have inserted in your Repository , under the designation of "A Friendly Correspondence between an Unitarian and a CkfrUrisV * I informed you that I did so without the concurrence of either
party . Had they been written by other persons , it is extremely probable that I should not have takers so great a liberty with them , but s ias I was
convinced that nothing short of a miracle would induce the Calvinist to approach a work which is surrounded , I have « p doubt , in his imagination , witk as many terrors as protected that of Mer-
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piroumataeces . * I feel that I have much to learn an 4 to unlearn , f and I wish to cultivate humility of heart and mind , to avoid strife , and , as far as Ueth in me , to live peaceably with alt raen , and to mind my own business . Yours , affectionately , 1 ' X *
* - This is what I call a great error . The grand circumstance is conviction by the Holy Ghost . None can conceive what that is who has not felt it . If you knew what it was , and the sealing evidences of tfr < 3 Spirit , I am sure you would be glad to give your supposed discoveries in exchange for them . 1 &o not wish to have your views , and if I had I would not promulgate them .. The most godly and happy people connect with their godliness and happiness a contemplation of the threatenings and designations of the impenitent in their fullest latitude , that they tnay appreciate more and more the evil of their sinful state . Let people say what they will , this is held by us to be practical charity as respects all . You will never persuade a genuine Calvinist , under Drvine searching , to part with these convictions . I compare the language held on your side with their experiences in all ages . Let us pray for the deepest convictions . You carefully avoid noticing them . Such evasions will not do always . f Who has not ? To do so let us look at sin fidly . Let us strive to obtain full conviction of sin that we may have fulness of joy , peace and holiness , which -we cannot have without it . You skip , $ hese things .
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lin ; and felt , therefore * t | tftf I h # d it in ray poster to save hliti the humiliation of witnessing the weakness of Jris arguments , the obscurity of his views , and the excesses of bis timidity , exposed to tHe pubUc eye I aMbWed my
desire to benefit that part of the community which has the £ 90 $ jsense to prefer your iav ? ilua $ ) ie publication to other religious periodical oaes * to get tfee better of the feelings which opposed themselves to siich aa
inclination . As to the Unitarian , I presumed too confidently upon the leniency which has ever marked his coftduct , to calculate upon more than a gentle reprimand for exhibiting his talents in the undress in which they are here
exhibited ; and tteugh > as I tner&ed , I received that rejirimand ^ Bay respect for the party pr < mouneiiig > it was increased by finding that it waa not so much the undress in which he appears at present that influenced him , as aa impression that his best dress but ill qualified Mm to appear at any time
before the public .- * - ! trust , however * that the judicious opinion expressed by your American friend to the contrary , as well as by many others , will induce him to alter that opinion , and to persist in favouring us , as often as his other laborious avocations will permit , with the excellent papers which he has hitherto done in this and other contemporary publications , under the respected signature of Philadelphus .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 718, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/14/
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