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has a fit intermediate rank tjfctvVfeien the Romahist , on his right ham } , and the Remonstrant , or the Arian , on his left—the Arian , between the Calvinist and the Unitarian Christian—the Unitarian Christian , * between the Arian and the Theist—the Theist , between the votarv of Revelation and the
Atheist—the Protestant Episcopalian ,- ^ between the adherent to Papal rites and the Presbyterian—the Presbyterian , between the Episcopalian and the Friends or the Quakers . A test so vague and indiscriminate as this , cannot be genuine . There is no congruity in affixing the word moderation to theological creeds : the tertns have no mutual
alliance . But has not ah apostle enjoined that our moderation be known unto all men ? X He has : nevertheless , his precept regards not moderation of
sentiment , ( concerning that the Scriptures are silent , ) but moderation of desire , of affection : it respects strict propriety of demeanour . The expression that he selects , § the motive that he urges , || must be considered as decisive to this effect .
There is nothing that we can now allege as a plea for discontinuing aur researches , that anight not have been said with equal plausibility at the time by Wickliff * by Luther , or by later Reformers . " f [ I | et no man
censure speculation in theology : let no man turn away from inquiries , and from tenets , merely because he deems them speculative . Why should we quarrel with so harmless a word , and so excellent a thing ? Speculation may sometimes be " a mental scheme
* Gibbon ' s Misc . Works . 8 vo . Vol . I . 232 . + The Anglican Church has sometimes claimed to be in the •< Via Media . " J Philip p . iv . 5 . § To ETTiBi ^ e ^ which is equivalent with f 7 r 4 f < Kfic » , Acts xxiv . 4 , 2 Cor . k . i . Of this word the scriptural meaning ( 1 Tim . iii . 3 , Jaiues iii . 17 , I Pet . ii . 18 , Psalm lxxxv . 4 , in the LXX ., &c , &c . ) is ** gentleness-. ** the classical ineaning , << rta 8 Ofcablenesfi " - ~ " honourable prude ncfc . " [ 1 c * The Lord is at hand ; " a remark quite foreign to the case of sentiments . < J [ See I > r , Priesttey ' e noble sermon on * ' The Importance and Extent of Free Inquiry in Matters of Religion . "
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Hat reaufced f > j > mtlc * : " * hcre > mo 3 t evidently , thfe fafclt is not necessarily in the scheme , but quite extrinsic . As to speculative * its tneiatung is > eil ther contemplative , given to speculation
, " or ** theoretical , notion **] , ideal , not practical . " ? But nothing except appropriate reasoning and free inquiry ^ can shew , whether particular tenets are solid , or only a € < baseless fabric .
When false philosophy is ingrafted on misinterpreted Scripture , the result is purely ' * notional . " Here we have unauthorized speculation . On the contrary , when we can lay down the articles of our faith in the very language of the Sacred Volume , we may be sure that our speculation is legitimate and correct . N .
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382 Anecdotes f > fJ&h Or ton , Sfc .
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^ Anecdotes of Job Orion , fyc . WORK is just published , enti-A tled " The Plain Speaker , "f ami ascribed to Mt . W . Haztitt , which
ive have looked over with some amusement . The writer sets down all hQ thittfcs or has ever thought , and tells all that he knows or recollects reading of eminent or distinguished persons . We d © not assent always or generally to feis opinions , cr iticisms or censures ; ( what can be thought of a writer who
expatiates through an Essay upon the pleasures of hating ?) we are pleased , notwithstanding , with his pithy remarks , tlie occasional vigour of his 8-tyle , and the truth and nature of some of his descriptions , to say nothing of his frankness and egotism , and the egotism of a man of talents is always interesting .
We take notice of the work in order to introduce an anecdote or two , and especially one of the late Mr . Job Orton , of the correctness of which , in « tll its circumstances , we have some tlouhts . Some of our elder readers a « d correspondents may be able to determine how far the author ' s representation of the Nonconformist Divine
is consistent with truth . iC Learning , tlren , ordinarily lay-m of folio volumes : now she litters octavos
* Johnson ' s Diet- in verb , t " The Plain Speaker : Op iu ^ ns on Books , Me « and Things . * ' In 2 V ols . 8 vo . Colburn . 1 B 26 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1826, page 382, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2550/page/2/
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