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Art . W . —The Apostle Paul an TJ 711-tarian ; especially as appears from ( t Minute Examination of the celebrated Passage in his Epistle to the Phitippians , ( ii . 6—11 J « JFno
being in the Form of God , ' SfC , in which are included , Strictures on some Reasonings of Dr . J . Pye Smith in his Scripture Testimony to the Messiah ; together with Notes < md Illustrations . By Benjamin Mardon , M . A . 8 vo . pp . 52 . Hunter . 1826 .
J NITARIAN ministers appear to VJ us to be wise in selecting * for their discourses on public occasions t »» se texts which Trinitarians have claimed as peculiarl y their own . This plan not only shews that they are not j « raid to meet any passages of Scripjure , but opens the sole way of disl odffmg from men ' s minds the prcjua J C € s asj sociatcd with certain peculiar Pnrases . We could name several rc ^ ceiitly ]) ul ) lished sermons which In . „ ? res iwt have very great merit , * na have been and are likely to be or iceablc to the interests of biblical lL ^ ui ) ff and Christian truth .
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Dr . Lardn ^ s Fbur - ' DiscoiiMes m the tdxt adopted in this discourse ; 6 y Mr . Bftardon , are an admirable specimen of pulpit criticism and controversial preaching . Little know some divines who appeal to him , and quote
him as the successful champion of Christianity , that his last thoughts and cares were for the promotion of the pure Unitarian doctrine , and that he left these admirable sermons for posthumous publication , a bequest to the religious world ! While we cannot
praise Dr . Lardner ' s Discourses too highly , we do not think they supersede all others upon the same text and subject . Their value ,, perhaps , consists in the example which they set of plain and popular sermons upon words esteemed hard of interpretation , Mr . Mardon has followed in the steps of
this great divine , and has produced a very clear exposition of the apostle ' s words , and a strong argument from them for the Unitarianism of the primitive gospel . He discusses the passage in a series of remarks , which are so connected that we should do injustice to almost any one by selecting it from the rest .
At the end of the sermon are some notes , containing judicious criticisms , useful illustrations and interesting information . In reference to the publication of Dr . Lardner ' s Discourses , just referred to , by the late Mr . Wiche ^ of Maidstone , the author says ,
"The conduct of the executors of Dr . Isaac Watts , in withholding the more copious evidence of his having rejected the doctrine of the Trinity , ( though we have sufficient proof of this in his Solemn Address to the Deity , ) naturally occurs to recollection The expression of Bishop
Horsley , concerning the * cart-load oi Sir Isaac Newton ' s papers unfit for publication / serves to shew us what injury prejudice may inflict on the cause of truth and how blind it may render men to the evidence of reason . For , without denying to that accomplished ecclesiastic
considerable acutenessof penetration , ! choose rather to coincide in opinion with one not his inferior in scientific attainments , the present Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow , according to whose forcible expression , No one who has ever read a page of Sir Isaac Newton ' s works can believe that he would write a
cartload of papers on a subject which he did not understand . Dr , Hoisley was the champion of the Trinity , this gives us
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Review— -Mar don * & Discount on Pftilippi&ns n . 6 ^ -11 . 661
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lei ^ pcr . Cfery one Interested it , and riVe decision of it may deeply affect the sense in which Christianity is to be hereafter and universally received . There are but two principal schools of Christian theology ; the one holding that the lessons and discipline
of the church are unchangeable in theii application to men of every age , every degree of civilization ' , and every description of moral character—the other , that much of the first form of our religion was temporary , a
scaffolding to be taken down when the building was completed ; that the condition , relatively to Christian ordinances and the correspondent Christian duties , of newly converted Jews and Heathens , and of Christians born
of Christian parents , in countries evangelized for ages , must be widely different ; and that in proportion as the gospel is received and represented as an intellectual and moral religion ,
it is likely to make its way into all places , to retain its influence throughout all times , and to exercise a happy influence upon the minds of individuals , and upon the institutions of society .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 551, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/43/
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