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Christians should be united , not only " in the same mind , but in the same judgment . It was impossible he could have a cordial affection for one whose opinions were at perfect antipodes with his , and whose creed did not constitute him a Christian . The Synod professed
to regard the Scriptures , and he called on the members to perform their duty to the Head of the Church . Again , he opposed them , because they were not fitted to remove the evils complained of —the plaster was not co-extensive with the sore ; because they offered a direct and gross insult to our Arian friends .
You are directly requiring them to vio - late their consciences , and thus you are insulting them ; but he ( Mr . B . ) had too great a respect for them to treat thern ^ in any such manner ; and , lastly , he wished to be regarded by Arians as an honest man ; and how should he be
so , if be were not desirous of a separa - tion ? They did not , he knew , attach the same importance to truth that he did ; but let them put themselves in his situation , and let them say whether he could be honest if he did not urge a division .
Mr ; John Hogg ( ofCarlau ) supported the amendment , as conducive to the peace of the Synod . 'Mt . N . Alexander ( Cnrmlin ) declared himself an enemy to all human creeds , tests ; and confessions , as fetters upon the free soul of man , the inventions of men / for which they can find no authority In the ^ Scriptures . I am not an
Arian ; ( aaid Mr . A . ) but , after carefully perusing the word of God , and after much reading on the subject , from my youth till the present time , I am an Anti-Trinitarian . I not onjy oppose this test , because I cannot find it in the Scriptures , bnt I oppose all human tests , as assumptions of infallibility and reliques of Popery . All the grounds of scriptural ^ elusion are impenitent iniquity , and
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they are sinful , and therefore to b ^ rejected . Again , no supplements to the word of God ( such as tests and confessions ) ought to be adopted , unless made by infallible men . Since the time of the apostles there are no infallible men ; therefore no such supplements as tests or confessions ought to be adopted . Again , human tests are either intended
to be permanently binding , or they are not intended to be so . If they are not intended to be so , they may be changed the day after they are made , and are therefore useless . If they are intended to be permanently binding , they bind those that sign them never to be wiser than they are at present ; and , therefore , being a sinful drag on improvement , ' ought to be rejected . The
use of tests implies that the Spirit of God could not foresee , or provide against all future errors , in , the Holy Word of God ; it is , therefore , a libel on that Spirit . The only test that I can see necessary , then , is a minute examination of our young men on the Scriptures , the only infallible guide given to us in our present state of trial .
The House was then addressed by Mr . F . Dill , in favour of the Amendment ; and Mr . Brown , ( Tobermore , ) against it . Mr . Fletcher Blakeley ( of Moneyrea ) spoke to the following effect : —I rise to oppose the amended overture with the best of my ability ; and , in doing so , while it is well known that
I am no Trinitarian , I wish it to be understood that I am not a disciple of Arius ot Socinus . As gross misrepresentations , however , of the seiitiments of these persons have been made in this assembly , I may ; before I conclude ; claim your indulgence in stating them from some authorities that catinot fairly be disputed . This ntay be deemed a
departure from the question ; but I do , notwithstanding , pledge myself to keejJ closer to it than any bpeaker ' that has gone before me . And , in pursuing this course , I must forget all popular'tfediugs which have been fco ft ^ utintly and' so shamefully appealed to , and speak as if in the hearing of God alone , who « e allseeing eye m every * where present ; I have heard , Sir . much pompoms decla-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1828, page 640, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2564/page/56/
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