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gmy& a ^ to&Mfeis ^* & 1 d ^ Bwas never fcssunietffbf iW $ tf § &&M \ n afttte < $ MiWfoT 6 & % fk&ttfirkmbfa pbW& Th ^ a ^ tle&to ^^^ w 4 n \ W b 48 ¥ * 'to ? k tri-uiie inca ^ sfr - c ^ 'C ^ fHftiFMitefr # 'flAf * wtotb Adv ^ 'idl ^' ttnLd t ; biwfa ^ ti % H ;' aittd'lti y € rai'ialtl [{ { Ef » lfcS ? % ^ e # ^* nmh I •» . < . ¦ " If the Scripturestieaeli tf oth&doetfc ^ ifitfiW 6 ^ ttoira ^ s $ ttftibwt&at the members of the church of Cbriat mia&ymmtrb&itf to a ^ trl-ftte Dfcfty , why not leave therh to dd thei ? owff office , # feaih tf ^ o ^ tf lSfeSh ;*? ' tJAre
they incapable of revealmg to the tfn ^^ the tenets necessary to salvation ? Is it riwkhebi&ft bf ! ¥% btkmM § pimt' $ ie Scripture is so plain , that he who riitis may * ready ^^ && # Sill h ^« fes t liiquirers may find from it the true path to life everlasting ivitfc $ lltf the * 'li ^ fctof an Infallible Church ? But one Of its doctrinesy it sfeemsy and tliat drieV too , of the first importance , has been left itt stidli ofcscuril # , that nMny *< % & and learndd men cannot find it ; and , therefore ^ a new Refbrmai&tfri Society starts upi with its superior torch-light to guide the « to the 4 l * Gov $ tyj and declares that no man who is so blind a « not to see , or fio perverse « 8 not to p ¥ ofe& , at
least , that he sees it , can be a member of its sanctified bo % ; 8 u £ h a declaration , my Lord , is a disgrace to any association calling itself Protestatot . Let it renounce the name , and assume another more appropriate . Its resolution is an insult to the Scriptures , and Protestantism disclaims it . What triumph , too , does it affoTd to those whom its members wish to convert ! A number of Reformers array themselves against Popery , and commence their operations by adopting" a Popish * principle ! They speak of the sufficiency 6 f
Scripture , and , at the same time , virtually iKjknowledge its insufficiency , afid sanction the traditions of the ch « rch which they wish to overthrow , by annexing to it a doctrine which feas nothing but tradition and chutch authority for its support ! Marvellous inconsistency ! Mo \ v mtist sacb proceedings tend to impede the pr 6 gress of the trtie Refofmatioti , while they provoke the ridicule and scorn of every intelligent mind among those who are the intended objects of conversion r "— -Pp . 35—37 .
The close affinity between Orthodoxy and Infallibility is thus clearly set forth : " Orthodoxy , my Lord , is not the daughter of . evangelical truth ; for then she could take her stand on the Bible , and defy all the host of hell to move her . In vain should we endeavour to trace in her origin or history any one of the characteristics of ' the wisdom that is from above . ' She is not' pure ;' for her garments are dyed in the blood of the saints , and she * savours not the things that be of God , but those that be of men . ' She is not' peaceable /
for she is in perpetual hostility with her neighbours ; neither is she ' gentle and easy to be entreated / but stern and peremptory , wrathful and vindictive ; nor ' full of mercy and of good fruits , ' for then she would not Jiave persecuted and exterminated men for their opinions when she had the power , nor now , when , by the blessing of God , she is deprived of that power , would she continue to curse and vituperate ; nor ' without partiality / for she adheres bigotedly to her own dogmas , and renders no justice to the talents atod
virtues , the motives and conduct , of any who are not of her own school ; nor ' without hypocrisy , ' for when an interest is to be secured , she can become sycophantic , assume the mask of liberality , and act the part , and speajk the language , of Arius or Socinus . The very name which sj * e audaciously assumes , viz . Orthodoxy , or Right Opinion ; is a proof p f her enormous arrogance . iWell does the adoption ; of such a title exemplify hpw tfye , world is imposed on by names , how often Satan appears transformed into an angel of light , and how
* Withdevottbn ' s visage , And pious action , men do sugar o ' er The devil himself /
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D ^ &rkmmynd't Setters to LordMountv ^ eH , 735
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1828, page 735, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2566/page/7/
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