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knowledge they diffused , proved an incalculable benefit to the world > How much have they diminished the tnaSfc 6 f prejudice and bigotry , though some of them suffered so much from their effects ! They were not intimidated from pursuing a course which proved tiat they truly possessed and eherisht €
eq the genuine spirit of Christianity , * ' and they were regardless of any thing that their bigoted and " orthodox opponents" might say about ° the sincerity of their faith , " prdvided they advanced the interests of
truth , and promoted the happ f ness of their fellow-creitiires . After all that Mr . J . has said , will it be deemed any impropriety or want of rhbdesty to say to him , ' * Go thou and do likewise" ?
THEOPHI&iJS . * I would , " said the exc ^ tleut Bishop Shipley , " as soon niurder a man
for his estate as persecute him / fof his religious opinions ; ' * and it is to be Avi ^ hed that such a feeling were common W all *< bishops , priests and deacons . " Let Dissenters beware lest they permit the 4 C demon of discord" to be introduced
into their societies . When the rage of bigotry is once excited , it is jnut very easily repressed , and history abounds with its cruelties and persecutions . Had Mr . J . 3 een the direful effects of its operation , which the writer of this saw , in 1791 , id the Riots at Birmingham , he would have learned a painful lesson that
might not have been unuseful . Was it Hot cm Mr . J / s principle that Mr . Frend was expelled the University of Cambridge ? Was not he deemed an Infidel , so far as the professed believers of that place were concerned ? Mr . J . ' s doctrine may do among the ) Monks of Salamanca or the Jesuits of Austria , but not for the Dissenters of Britain ! i ,, . ¦ ¦ i
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IE ordinance of the Lord > * Sup Tpar has frequently been a subject of discussion in the pages of the Repository , and various are the opinions which have been expressed as to its nature , its design and tendency ; but , amidst all the liberty of speech with
\ Vhich you have indulged your correspondents , I nevef yet recoHect that any individual , except W . H ., ( p . 39 , ) has considered it as in any degree 44 analogous to the pipe of peace smoked in the wigwam of the North American savages / ' Could our
Missionaries be persuaded to take a hint from your correspondent , and whenever they went to preach among the Heathen , or those who have not received the gospel in its purity , would they take care to be provided with a considerable quantity of bread awl
wine , they might obtain many introductions , and would doubtless gain many proselytes , where they now irieet with little more than hatred and opposition . But Unitarian Missionaries
< 4 re not the only men that may be essentially benefited by your eorrespohdent ' s remarks . He has discovered , that he £ an satisfy the Calvinistic inquisitor , and answer his questions in such & mahner as will afford him
admission to the table of the elect ?; flay , that he can even sit , or rather I should say kheel , before the " holy tabfe" of the church , and participate in a service which is purely Trinitarian , and of which the worship of Christ forms an important part ,
without being either a Churchman or a Caivinist 1 Listen , ye tender consciences , and be comforted . —There is still another class of men , and if I mistake not they are the gentlemen for whom your correspondent manifests the greatest concern , who ittay
be signally benefited by W . H . ' s iriost liberal indulgence . " We have often had to witness , " says he , p . 40 , ** aml deplore the taunt and reviling manifested when gentlemen of true Dissenting- principles and education have found Ir'toecessary , 4 ti a ^ ttalifieatkm for m&g \ Uet \ nV& £ > M& } £ p& \ M ; iiwties ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1826, page 164, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2546/page/36/
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