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those whQ engage in the observance of the Kmnfs Suppen But whatever may be his sentiments on the subject , il never has been considered in this light , to * ia it at present by professiag Christiana in general . The articles and creeds by which different
denominations are distinguished manifest their spirit and influence , if they are not directly inculcated in ( be various forms of administering the ordidanee which have been adopted in the Christian church . If , indeed , it were possible for a form of service to be devised which would meet with the
approbation of all professing Christians , nothing would be more despicable than the spirit of illiberality which would prevent our bitting dawn together at tbe table of our Lord . But this is by no means the case ; aad yet with all our conflicting opinions , your
correspondent would have the Unitarians and Dissenters in general to participate in ' * tbe order of the holy comraunioa" and to join ia the worship of Christ ; and hy parity of reasoning he would have the Churchman to join ia ** the adoration of the host . ' and all
the superstitions and ceremonies of the Catholic communion . What has been usually called the Test Aet > * would impose no test upon him ; aad all the anxiety which has been manifested by Dissenters to be freed from
the odious burden , he would regard as useless and unnecessary . It is true , he observes , " it is not my intentioa to vindicate , much less to support , the measures of our governors in this ease of arbitrary enactment . " But
why " arbitrary enactment" if " gentlemen of true Dissenting' principles , " can eo easily submit to the test ? It is merely " a badge of Christian feL lowskip ; " it is only * analogous to tbe pipe of peace ! " Unfortunately , Sir , it has not been so considered
either by Catholics or Protestant Dis-. Beaters from the time of Charles II . eveu uatil now . The man whose nonconformity is rather burdensome to him , and who is especially sorry for 4
those who are excluded by the < Test and Corporation Acts" from the rights and privileges which jusily belong * to all the citizens of a free count try , may wisli to persuade himself and the world , that it would be far better at once to accept the pipe of peace ,
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thw to be coBtifteally petitioning ParHoineitf fcs the removal o $ w enactment which , after all , is hup a trifling 4 < encroachment to a liberalUj , infonmed mind . " What if our fw * -
fothers thought differently on the sub ,. j € Ct y we live in a more liberal and enlightened age ; and as we increase in knowledge , surely it is only reasonable that we should increase ia power !
Whether your correspondent is ju 3 ~ tilled in adducing ^ the name of Milton as a recommendation to the sentiments which he has expressed with regard to the Lord's Supper , I have not yet been able to ascertain \ but I remember being * particularly struck
with a passage from his works , ( which is not veiy foreign to the subject we are considering , ) quoted by a man who , for the sake of a gc / od conscience , quitted his preferment in the Established Church , and bade adieu to the most flattering prospects of
temporal honour and distinction . How far the passage to which I allude will contribute to W . H . ' s testimony to Milton ' s opinion , I shall not presume to judge , but it appears to me to be worthy of his serious eo&suleratioa It appears that the illustrious p $ e $
was intended by his parents and friends for the Church ; but when he * apri » # J at maturity , and perceived what tyranny had invaded the Qhureh * h $ relinquished all intention of entering into its service , " Perceiving , " said he , " that he who would take orders must subscribe slave , aad take an
oath withal , which , unless he took with a conscience that would retch , he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; I thought it better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking * , bought and beguo with servitude and forswearing " A Protestant Dissented .
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166 English anddmeriaan Unitwians *
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Sin , March 15 , 1826 . THE following concluding- P ] " graph of a iteview of the ** Missionary Life and Labours of Richard Wright , " is extracted fr ^ m the last number of the "Christian Examiner , *** published at Boston , U . S . I * A work which ought < to bq A foettt ? r known than it is tQ th < j l ^ ngU&h Uwi-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1826, page 166, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2546/page/38/
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