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v » e esea somefeiines inctnr the daflgsi of imbibing partial pfejudke , for the sate of what we deem universal truth . There is some famhtim for what Mt » Taylor says , that it is teudly worth while to ask thegkfcrjv thoughtless aod happy ,, what their opinion mar beo £ Christ ; hoice it ia ^ tb ^ no serious Unitarian eaa repice to see
tbe bands of Calvinism broken by the mere pmtr of the anbaal spirits * and the desire of a moce accomusodatkg code , because he dreads the powerful re-aetka * sore taiiake place ma . case like this ; bufe , oa Ihe © the * hand , he never ia better satisfied witk tshe refcg joit . he has adopted , thaa whea he finds that it has served as-a check to febe most unbotit&ded scepticism ; that the possibility o ^ belief in : tbe . SasriocB * * and acceptance through the mercy of God manifested m him , apart from be&el m Calvinism , may , and actually has * come to some souls as a Westing of unutterable value , aa the oae thing
which seemed to stared ! between them and hopeless misery of sd * f& But the most painfol part o £ Mr . Taylor ' s book ia Ihe constant effort therein apparent to £ qb upon Uaitapia ( ns the stigma of being haters oi Chtist . " The mere worlcHTngj , " says he , * neglects the Redeemer cornpletely ; yet he tah \ s , ff put to it , respectfiilljr of onr £ ord and ; Saviotrr Jesws CLrist . The Unitarian can scarcely stoop even to sireh customary politeness towards a
jyersjDiKtge whom in hte heart he kates , Whose claims he resists , wbose honours lie prMes himself o » denyinsf . His > aim k t © dethrone the Carpenter ' s Son , b y sly insmmatioD to lower las hrfloencey or by open opposition to disgrace his determined foMow ^ s . "—P « 62 . Air this reqtriresr " much patience . Warm , as every generous and virtooas yoathftrl heart must b « , with admiration for the divine character of otrr Lord , glowing with Jove for the meekness , gentleness , exquisite compassion and perfect submission tftat was in him , can there be a more
effectual way of bringing ocfitttn upon a people than by representing them as enemies to him . ? Even ff they are so callous themselves as not to feel keenl y an accusation Kke this , tney cannot but regard it as a drop of bitterness mfbsed into their mortal cup , that the young , generous and confiding mind is thasr turned' against them , tlbat hatred to profligacy is decidedly marked out , by a minister of religion , as a less duty than hatred to Onitananism . The Kar , the drunkard , the murderer , the adulterer , indeed are to be shunned ; but there is a being whose guilt taints the air with a yet more offensive breath of corruption , and this being is " the intellrgent ^ determined
Unitarian *" Were we inclined to exasperate , passages in this book might be quoted without number fbr that purpose ; but the simple object of Christians ought to be mutual improvement in faith and practice , and Mr . Taylor ' s book will do us no good * He seems himself , indeed , to have taken particular care to know as little of <* the accursed thing" as possible ; but when next he
" draws an angel down" for the purpose of commenting on ? Urrtfarran worship , it wontoVbe more reverend to suppose him better instructed . And let not Mr . Taylor be so > confident of possessing our hatred as he is : " ¦ For all who hate CkraV' aoyt he * " those who do not honour him have charity : of aucktbey c «* kopewctt ; with Mich they cam compaodonke and aiwunikte . But i £ any oue Wve the Lord Jesus Christ too well Cauppoain ^ thia could be ) ^ for him , they bave aa word of favour . He ia an enthusiast ^ au idolater , ki their nouieaelaturc j and they act accordingly . " If these pages should meet the eye of Mr . Taylor or any of his Calvimstic iriends , we would entreat him to wad tlie following extract from a sermon
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Benietr . —Tayfor * * Batettee # f € rimimUii }[~ 241
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1828, page 241, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2559/page/25/
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