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    do any thing of dttrselves , election , and the like . There was , therefore , a general understanding to waive the preaching of these doctrines during the revival , since it was found that they too much paralysed the wishedfor process . Observe , the truth and importance of the doctrines were not denied . After persons had once come forward and become converted , then the intention was , if possible , to make them embrace the doctrine that they had no moral ability to do any thing * of themselves . All this dramatic arrangement , and a great deal more , passed for consistency and fidelity with some tolerably wise men among

    the orthodox . The present correspondent might better look a little after the state of his candour , when he makes such remarks as that " all schemes ., which have necessity for their basis , tend naturally to produce in their advocates a species of mental aberration

    in different degrees , which renders them impenetrable to the plainest reasonings . " I suppose that Necessitarians coolly entertain the same opinion of their opponents—and so , which party shall build a retreat for the insane ? Bible Contest in Ireland . The cause of Unitarianism is certainly advancing with a good pace . If Roman Catholics " personate"

    Socinians so well already , the next step must speedily be , to advocate their sentiments " in propri ^ person ^ . " Dr . Jones on Philo and Josephus . I cannot look at all this as any thing but a string- of happy analogies , and not of convincing proofs—no , not even

    moral proofs . A leading feature of Dr . Jones ' s mind seems to be , to accept of analogies for arguments . He is unquestionably the grand Scriptural Transcendentalist of the age . After studying the present communication with * much care , I can only accede to Dr . Jones's conclusion with the

    following modification , inserted in brackets , of his ovvji language , viz . that " Josephus , in his books against Apion , is the historian ^ tid apolQgiat of [ something li ] jse } th § gospel . *' Perhaps , however , t hafte formed a wrong- notion of Christianity , and from early education have conceived it to be something more definite , palpable , and positive in its nature , than

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    can beitaferentially extracted frm siiadoWy / descriptions of Jos ^| Why could Bfot a Jew seize upolu handle furnished by Dr . J . ' s arg ^ ment , and maintain , that the Nevrv Testament was only a concealed

    defence of the Mosaic religion , because ; it coincides in so many points with Josephus ' s open defence of it ? Moreover , ( is not Cicero , according to Dr . J . ' s principles , a pretty good Christian , or , to speak more

    chronologically , a spiritual Judaist ? However , let me attempt briefly to do justice to the writer ' s arguments , or rather analogies , by characterizing them in order :

    1 . Clear and strong . 2 . Strong , but not perfectly clear . 3 . Ingenious ; but such speculations would better satisfy the loose and accommodating theologians of a

    century ago , than the rigid critics of the present day . I should be gkd if I could understand any thing i : the Psalm here quoted , but an expression of confidence that God would not

    permit the Psalmist to die by any premature or unnatural cause . 4 . Very good . 5 . Very strong . 6 . Good , in corroboration of the

    general argument . With these opinions of his ' positions , I accede to Dr . Jones ' s conclusion , as above modified , assuring him that I am not one of those who consider him , (

    especially as long as the monthly journals take no notice of him , ) " An ignis fatuus that bewitches . And leads men into bogs and ditches : " for so the typographer might have more poetically arranged the sentence on the top of p . 725 .

    Orthodoxy of the Irish Quakers . May I ask the Editor if any Unitarians could " with perfect good faith " publish tins Quaker Creed , as asserting the divinity of Christ , without some disingenuous reservation on that same word divinity ?

    ^ ' Letters from the Baxter MSS . I muse if all this quaint and abrupt matter were plain reading to Baiter , or if he were obliged to study it Out , as I am . How is every part compressed with thought and reasoning ! Original sin is one of the topics on which the writer makes even a little merry . A venerable lady was lately

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    8 Critical Synopsis of the Monthly t&pteitory for De ^ nhen W ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1826, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2544/page/8/