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    gddly without a mi 4 ftu $ ion , Wotild it not be arbitrary sMerity to cotisign the impenitent to a doom so dkpropoHionably the reverse as that of eternal torment ? If He is ih * t «^ -Me / v ? £ ^ b ^ rig Unitarians represent him to l > £ , would not the exercise of his compassion , as we might

    suppose , be everted m a proportionate degree to the misefy of his creatures ; and would it not interpose to prevent so awful a destiny by miraculously overruling t&e widked obstitiacy which hinders their compliance with the conditions ofdeliverance ? R . M .

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    Mr . Isaac Taylor ' s Balance of Criminality " . To the Editor . Sir , Thf . re is something So shocking in the calunaiiv of Mr . Isaac Taylor against

    Unitarians , in charging them with toting Ghrist in their hearty ( as mentioned in your number for April , p . 241 , ) that one knows not whether 1 % ought father to be treated with silent * cOrn , ^ r repelled with honest indignation . Should one officer in the British service rtccude

    another of hating Our rigbtfal fcbvereign , wje know that for so foul an teshiuation , nothing bat the satisfaction of mortal combat could atone . And though an apical of this kind , or even that more temperate one which may be made to the law of our country , in cases Of iirju * rious , f alse , and malicious libel , may not

    be suitable to affairs Of this nature , it is nevertheless befitting that those Who thus wantonly speak the utmost Ml iH their brethren , should be plainly tbld that therein they violate etely feeling of humanity , every rttle of courtesy , and every duty of CbristtariiDy . 1 sftfttyty ask , what right has Mr * TaylW to day Of any consistent Utntalittn , thatt he hates Christ ? Did be Hoi Wtfttfote to tiWer

    words bo fdlee find hideous ? Wliiil s&-tanlc influence ggfcfsfted toim el-en to th 6 conception «? f ft dhtffge 60 bttSe ? Severe afc are tfce ( j « tosa * e * f j * tisfe 4 iti the NeW Tefstoment on V ^ ioMs erring ' afrtd a ^ tfstate cb&tametti , them is Wdt , n ^ ewithstand ^ any tfeftig f ^ aid « f th e ^ fco viVttleiitly bad afe i * ite of to « tiwg € hH 8 ti lenVy not tne iwsotH of that matt , hoWeVer respectable l > e may oibtetwtde have be % ta > who cotftd dvlib ^ ately devlfte and commit to the | x « ss this iNNAi # tfaftt refrTOfiteft ^ galrifit a respectable class of his neighbours , wf * 0 pi'obabty , at fettfct , Ti ^ ve ^ done him no vvrwr * v 1 ami ^ m ^ ihGed , Sir , Uhat t

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    sh 6 uld wound the feelings of every siucere and pious Unitarian , were I to attempt to prove that this charge of hating Christ is as false as it is ungenerous . I cannot , I will not , enter on a topic so disgusting : I will only remind my brethren of the words of our honoured and

    beloved Lord : " He who hath my commandments and keepeth them , he it is that loveth me . And this is my commandment , that ye love one another . " Let me add thereto one word of the apostle ' s : " In Christ Jesus neither circumcisron availeth any thing , nor uncircumcision , but faith that worketh by

    love . " By criteria such as these let Unitarians be tried , whether they indeed hate Chrifet , or whether they love him . But the Lord Jesus Christ himself also will judge these things , arid surely will pass iio approving sentence on those who , by such bitter calumnies , wound the peace of the church , and their brethren ' s good name .

    It is matter of sorrow to observe * that the injury on which I have thus coinhiented , is not accidental ; not confined to one careless or petulant passage : it is the scope and design of the whole book . Never was a religious pamphlet penned with a purpose more Ill-natured and uncharitable . In general , amidst the varieties of opinion to which our imperfect

    understandings g ive occasion , charity has found a resource in pointing out the upright and praiseworthy conduct which might be observed in the professors of those most opposite ; and has suggested , amidst the oensoriousness of controversy , that the heari might often be pious , though the judgment was misled . It seems ,

    hdwever , to be the express design of this Balance of Criminality to tear up by the roots this kiudly dower of charity , so pleasing amidst the thorny regions where it grew , tt is the author ' s aim to inculcate that error of judgment is more criminal , more deserving of hatred ^ than tfat of conduct . What a moral pestilence is such at notion ! For as we niust allj of necessity , impHiean error of judgment to those who ditfer from ourselves in

    opinion , it will follow , that we shaft regard all who dissent fik > m our own religious doctrines as among the worst 0 ^ men , as guilty of the most subtle and virulent wickedness , and that we shall be led to hate tnem accordingly . Woe to the Christian world qnouid such an opinion become general ] Unhappy those who live to see thai day of trouble , and rebuke , and blasphemy ! ^ F R

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    346 OceasfoMl Cofrtspondence .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1828, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2560/page/58/