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scripture without reference to any mere human , fermidarp J And till this obvious and only jusfc mode of interpretation be adopted , the Calvinistic and Arminian parties in the church may continue to wrangle about the © pinions of the English Reformers , while no additional light is thrown by them on the far more important question , What did our Saviour and his holy apostles inculcate ?
Mr . Cooper seems quite satisfied with the church ' s doctrine respecting " a Triune God , " * a notion which he may have been brought up from early life to believcf We know that he will find a statement of this doctrine in the Articles , and " he holds himsetf bound by their authority s" but of that doctrine in the writings of evangelists and apostles , he
* Vindication , p . 183 . t Letter , p . 7 . t Vindication , p . 416 .
can find no trace . We doubt not that his earliest and truly religious feelings are associated with those invocations , to which he will find no parallel in the Bible . Would that he may reconsider the proper sources of religious truth , discard from his mind the prejudices of his education , and experience the full force of his own admission , " There is one foundation only which can be laid for faith and practice , and that is in
Christ Jesys * ' ! Then he may come to see that the mischief which has already resulted , would be only continued in another form by the formation of a new standard for uniformity of doctrine ; J and his proposal may be rendered unnecessary , for " the church to . be restored to her ancient rights , allowed to meet again in convocation , and to consult for her own interest 9 in particular , and for those of the Christian religion in general" I
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Art . VIII . —A Letter to the Right Hon . Robert Peel , on the Subject of the London University , By Christianus . London , 1828 . We should not be surprised if the project here proposed of settiug up a rival London University in the church interest should be adapted , Sq the
instruction of the poor was opposed aud reviled , till it was found that it could not be stemmed * and theu our eccle $ i « attfcs became very eager about " National Schools . " A similar process n * ay be observed in other institutions . We can only rejoice in the promotion of knowledge , from whatever mptivea it proceeds . We really cannot see how
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moral or religious discipline or instruction for any important practical purpose could be enforced in such a voluntary institution as the London University . Without a charter giving any legal power of enforcing discipline , and without residence within the walls , ( which it
is obvious would in a metropolis be only creating mischief ;) how can reliance be placed on any other than personal character and parental guardianship ? Christianus ( if he succeeds in persuading Government and the Church to embark in the attempt to place instruction within the reach of London
residents ) mar get advantages and powers for his institution , which it is useless to upbraid the present London University ( we wish it called itself a College instead of this high-sounding name of misdescription ) with not possessing . But we would ask Christianus what this
outcry really means : whether it is meant seriously to be asserted that Cambridge and Oxford exercise any active influence over the religious habits and discipline of the minds assembled within their walls ; and whether all which can be done is not to furnish the means of
knowledge to those whose interests or right principles lead them to desire it ? In this view , the only objection to the London University is , that those who want to study divinity will not find it there . The consequence will be , that the University will be resorted to for what it does teach , and other sources will be visited for what it does not furnish .
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Art . IX . —Narrative of an Attempt to reach the North Pole , by means of Travelling over the Ice in Sledgeboats , w IS 2 / . By Captain Parry . 4 to . 21 . 2 s . If the object of sending out Captain Parry on such errands as his last book commemorate * , be to make big books
about nothing , for his and Mr . Murray ' s profit , it had better be so announced at once ; and it would be worth while for the public to compound in some way for exemption from these predatory quartos . If journeys over the ice ( which end in finding out that moving on is moving
backward , and that the ships could have got without trouble further than-the boats could get with a great deal ) are to go On at public expense , we ought to be told the result , as we might be * , in a co- < Jomn of a newspaper or in a twopenny pamphlet j instead of a monopoly being established ty authority in favour of Hie
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1828, page 411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2561/page/51/
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