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my tQ truth . Biijt tkv v 6 n 4 ^ tfcfe ^ pernicioiia tracts ar ^ iio $ ; i ^ od |^ | a& miea that Christi Q ^ Uy ^ H !^ 0 Jcj ^ pil a ^ aiast : there a ? mmy % e ¦ & $ & af friends who , accprd } ag ^ o the $$ * ' thor o £ this excellent disQ ^ wi ^ , q $ & still more hostUe to i ^ through ^ b ^ fii ist receives yet greater harm . T . he ^
are ilioae who indulga in a slothful indifference ; who , while Ui ^ r / fwrfpfc ta admit tiie triith , cap Htel $ % b& # ti ite propagation , aad will na | employ tttue means , which are , iiv % \\ &r h ^ n qs tO ( fiad it a place aniQiig , tj ^ e J ^ jajLy iVRft ^ re walking in darkae $ 6 ;
^ W e ^ e i aslced /* says Mr . C ^ ^ wwcji is tlie greater foe to truth—iyMcltW weakens the influence of religifm s precept ^—whicli is the greater ban e of vital godliness- —In difference or Infidelity ? I should uot hesitate to awaw ^ r , IjuKfifefr
eace » < c Infidelity is instrumantal in spiiudwg an alarm , and in warning the jfrien 4 » pf truth of the threatening da » gex ; . iIndifference cries Peace , peace , j | pd } QOI * ftti ^«^ acts the watchfulness whteh » h ^ mldrg 8 ^«
the interests of truth s and thrqWfl bOT altiggieh spell over tha mindSi ^ G ^ tMnp gles in her snares . Openi opposatiQl * * & favourable to the establishment-. 0 f tyath beca ^ se it calls forth her frienda ap& to ^ resources ; and ^ thro prepares hep fp « ^
struggle in which she will ever be vfc ^ rious : while indifference |* raduce » " & treacherous calm , the , forerunner ; o&evUft against which it gives no note of vr&E « - in ^; it unnerve * the arm of her « l < reJigwi , relaxes tte exertions of hei ^^ uppo i ^^* and ^ prostarates the rampart Qf her secu * rity . °
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Akt * III . —Indifference to the Cause of Truth w&rse titan fnfidbCity . A Sermon preached at Preston > at
the Moor-Lane Meetin g ffduse , Bolton , and before the Unitarian Association of Hind fay , Park TMrite and HFi g afl , afid published at their Request . By Robert Creq . l ^ un-t ter , Eaton , tod Fox . 12 ino .
OHHE subject which is largely and JL ably treated of in this discourse , is of the very first importance . We h £ ve during the last years , heard ^ bupdance of invectivq pQured out , against the open opponents of th $ Christian faith . Not satisfied with
eryfiag down tho ^ e p ersons who hav ^ daredt to write and sell pampjiiels ^ hat e a | l in question the truth ot our hply religion , oiir ruleirs have tho ^ hi it thsk 4 iLty to tlyrow them inta
prison , to iniuet ^ tjhem , by very heavy ime ^ and , us far ^ s ipL their ppWjBr , ^ o ruin their reputation and starve their families . But has any benefit arisen to the c ^ tuse d £ Christianity by these severe measures , these measures
so decidedly opposed to the spirit and to tjhe xna ^ im 3 of the gospel I Have they awakened the inhabitants of our land , and especially those of our large manufacturing towns ,, to a regard for the Scriptures and for the religion
which they teach ? And have their pious endeavours repressed that spirit < 5 f dissipation and or irreligion , which is preyaSling in the houses of the no-Bility and gentry , and from them copied into inferior dwellings ? They
have , on the contrary , directed the attention of society at large to the mow . than : mwiteA punishment of the » e » infatuated , meuj ; who , taking thoiadvimt ^ ge of the symp athy shewn , tlien > have publiBlied their philippics
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 686, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/50/
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