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He ttien fndteeiU io sK ?< v hem- thk * & ( # ^ $ W Wraf M , <^ M tBPHTO ^ tef- 'JiMb * iH « ther H tabi $# i tK ^ iw ^ rtfe t e ^^ y « ? tM ffiBp < Sf % deel slgefc aitf £ to ^ q&F t Keir sy ^ s V ^ u ^ in ffl ^ i ; i tmir It W jtennitfed /** coinxuptkm gr ^ toaliy ¦ w . intermingle with tto It ^ ljr -eyst ^ ttl of Cfhiistiani ^ jr , td tat ^ isfc W gjorifcsy and to obscure the H | ftt o * i «^^ mj c | Fts . ^ I ^ Mjj : I ^ r ^ ifffdxscern the ofeject , $ WhibCr . ri&y ^ % tfcil £ and diti ^ ntfr ^^[ 6 y i&y ^ e § t endeavours ? Truth , * t ri $ Mm $ , if we tfvst fa &e tepresen-^ ittnS' af her professed advocate ^ haa iM & iMst variable character * In the
anqieui world she was chained a captive ta &e Idal *^ tKr on ^ , or £ wen to the winds in the Sybil ' s scattered leaves : she dejiyer ^ d ^ jf testimony in w ^ S 0 iaeni 3 oj | h # SoqtJ ^^ ver , or littemt h ^ r decis \ qbs ip Me ! aibiguous answers of the
< f j ^ I p dia she speaks in y ej 3 as arid in gfiiSte ^ s ^ or tfejiy ^ rs fefer pi ax : im § j H iht | 16 iseii of tUh ^ fShoiln . In AraTbia she rBlSs m the pagc ^ of the feiraii , and ile ^ nds %$ r ddciriiie wftn tti ^ ^ wbra flf Mahomet , In Italy she adorns he ^ irow with the triple crown , ^ a . thun ^ 4 w out Ix ^ r pbln i ous fcom St . P < etePs In
clia ^ England sHe delivers , Bee ipfallifale dogmas in the Creed of St . Aihaiiasius , and condeimis mankind to everla § tintf perdition , in order to set forth fiie glofy * of God arid the traxiscendailt sublimity of revealed religion * How then is it possible to discover truth ?"
To assist in this great work * Mr . C . proceeds , € < Oii 6 great help to the discovery at thith is to ascertain whether the thing tlairnlng to be true be natural and reas ^ ttatbley and Whether it agre ^ with , or the by
oppose ^ great principles which the ordinary opinions And conduct of men are decided : for nature and reason present us with a test of truth , and by tMfe test do mfeh agree to eall things good ©*' - « WL right or wr 6 t ) i ^ virtuoiisr or
vi-^ Perhaps the following observation ^ Wl * h j-espeot m the perception of trath ^ ^ Y b ^ deenned spflftci ^ ntly explicit for ^ « present purpose . The perce pti on 01 ? isco very of f ; ruth ifc the detection of 2 f .. ^ i a ! [ agreements or ditferejices of tmti ^ ; a ^ tjje conducting ou ^ lvea rSJH ttAfc'M th ^ rule of tiruth , Id tfia ^ itofob ^ rvl % these a ^ ee ^ eftta &tid « we ^ etvce » 1 ii our feieac ^ mtdti add iuc +
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This mte ^ i * ttetm ¥ ifi < & in v ^ tt 6 ui immnees , ahd he ¥ e « i )^ that \ trtofe in vvor ^ a ^ is % faithful rdpoW ^ ^^ tBfe 5 tMe of our dWh mihdai ^ oriimiifiicited to knt > theT- ^ -t iwh in acti on / ii * Tb ^ « \ & fi »
^ bda ^> flt <^ ii ik ^ - > w $$ m * M ttffe W& ! c ^^ n ^ iMAi ^ . ixkvti m& cSin € uni 3 tances as beings umter tbfe guidance of reason and revetation > end ^ ccouAf ^> Ie to God and tato ^ ttmh
Mi ^ lpt that gy stem doctrines ^^ fi l&grtks "wirtt wfcW ^ e " tib ^ ea tbfcii of tistolt ^ t&te&ik iM j % | M dectar ^ r ^ spectin ^ tftfi ittfttliii&s ^ God : * God is oae : God is love : * f God is tjie universal Father / ij
la order to awaken a regard to truth , he asks , " If religious truth fee a matter of such indifference as many person ^ refre ^ e nt ii to be , how doesl it ha ^ peu that men are better and hajijrffet : under one system tftan ^ titter aii ^ their ? if Heathenism wer 6 as well calcUMted « o
draw fbtth arid strengthen tte Yirttes 4 > f humanity as the yehgioh of Chii « t ^ what occasion was there for tfap \ uno ^ vation ? For mere innovation it must have beien if . the then existing iristitu * tloas of religion were equally well calculated to promote the honour and tbfe
happiness of man . The great ends of a tnere worldly policy were air ^ weited quite as well under the ancient systems which Christianity overtttrnedi They tfere closely interwoven with the machinery of the states add tke advocates ^ f those eystjems were equally ready arid deter * -
mined , with the advocates of 4 i , ny subseqtteht state religion , to support the schemed of their patty <* r the objects Of their craft , whether righteous or unholy . The systems of antiquity had ^ n Influence quite as extensive and certain as any of those Of more recent times . Piie&td cdntrottled this destinies of meti
in the present world * and Impiously pretended to fix them in the t ^ &H il to come . The mystflrifes of aKclent riteS were ftilly as imposiTag m any of the modern ceretnoaies : the tenets of the fcacteht faith were quite as incomptehen ^ ible , and were represented to be ag aecess ^ ry to man ' s * a iv « tiob a » are those of the most orthodox ' modern
ci-eed i the r conscience ? of « P * eji we ^ e as i $ M& ' - ' iiJL t ^ e . teeping , and ^ th ^ ir jp 4 fc ^ eh ts a , s njLifch under the qirection , o die ^ stewards ' and abettprd of mystery in Afideiit sysfeiiis orfaltlb / a ^ In tYitit@b fat&te&ft'&h ^ Whf * ti ! &r < ft 4 ife > should iti&ttp **« u ^ n 4 m ^^^ m ^\ t m ^ dated m \ it \ i \ mi * e&Uttm \ m-f > 5 itd offc ^ ed such * ddtabi ^ l ? ititifrf o / H % l * < k |?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1826, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2554/page/51/
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