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The last Lecture is on Nonconformity ; and we strongly recommend the close consideration p £ it to the ^ youngi who , through * therepulsive tenaciousness of some ^ and the sptirious lfberalfeito , dr ratherHrVdiflference , of others , are likely to lose sight of those principles , on which their fathers rested firmly for the defence of their dissfefttf ^ rc / rri £ fch ti&ti vyhi £ h the Lecturer observes , << ^ ^ M jM 0 PJ ^ ftMf < , p £ ] ^ % W # > " W of which « the civil j ^ a ^ istrAte ^ i thft ^^ a ^ g ^ ei ; fpr , )>|? viewswhich ; he states are Ah
abundanfcly ^ qthqienjjjo jjj ^ tity ejClissent ; pf ; any . whq perceives the force of them : \ whet ^ c they ^ wo ^ M . lender it in . all cases imperative , as a matter of duty ; we cahB | OC determuieU / The great reason for Unitarian dissent ; thate the wdrshif o £ £ he * Established Church ifc in various parts un ^ cripttifal , W-foot broiightfbr ^^ ife ;^ ' l '' ' ¦ ' " ' - ' ' - ¦ In : t ^ fe ' ^ ncljt ^ l ^ h-W'lli ^ fcotirs ^ Mr . Horsey urges his yptihg hewers \ t 6 " cbbnsh a . JspMt ! of tinbiiasse < Jinbuiry ;* ' and thus ends his Lectures ; ; V
^ As to teHff ? dti , ^ it was ' the principle of investififation and iaqiiirK ! Hdoojled y % iiiffie * aha ( jffiym , ana the reformers in general , whicH erdancipatec ^ th e ProtMtkot vlr ^ rM-ifrc 5 fti th e- si ckles of ignorance , superstitioti ^ ajtf criifiliy ^ In th ^ p ^ urcli ^ f'Rdme ; kM ittnjist be by reason aiid ar ^ unient , ' ^ by t $ W > ti&i ^ ^ S ^ tto&i ' iStifati'bt fibmihion byer conscience ^ must < still * be ^ iifc ^ Mk . ^ S ^^ teiy ^ i i ;; ' . ^ ;" ' / " / ¦ ' . # ¦; : ! : ; ^ " ;; i ^ , ^ ¦^ ^ It is ^ bWinj ^ liti tW ^ Wt ^ - 'jif perceivingthe proprieiy ^ ind i ^ ooritapce ( of free'ln ^ t ^ r ^ aiid acting * ujjoii it , that many persons , though r > ossps §( rj ^'^ f uraj < k $$ 8 £ ij , f [ equal tq others , epjitihue through life confused in the ) r ^ on ^ pj ^^ ii ^ aM ctotr ^^ ted In ttjeir spirit ; vehement about trifles , and ten ^^ Q } iy ' of Jcus--tbms , autHBri ^ ed 6 r tinauthorised , merely because they are customs * y a ^ nq ^ t ^ ua become impediments to reformation or improvemeht , perhaps , witlidlit mi h ii
tending it , cir-even knowing it . ^ ; ] ill " . T : fatQag 6 dwe consider as fixed ; so that , in philosophyf polities alnd even religion , an ^ ttea ^ p tat any material alteration , how much soe ^ ei ^ f ^ r the > better , is , ^ scarcely % o he ] Sazftr (} eq . But it is different wHh tha yo , U 3 jgv . ^ t h ^ i ^ »^ hope bette ^ thrn ^ a ; and that , by inquiry ^ nd impartial ex ^ itimatio ^^ . ^ ey vviU adhere to wliat is trqe , as the result of " couviction-rT-for mollify f ^ e ^ j ^\ ^^ cesWily liroduc ^ a change ; and that they will relinquish vvliat tney fitfa , li irvtetfaWe , v ^ rthbuii ^ eluctattce . I win only add , alw ^ s frfeat subjelctfrfimo ^ ance with seriousness proportioned to their importance , ^ W hffe foS . earhtisjiy s ^ ek ' ffrom fhe ^ iFather of lights divine guidance and direction litldff ^ o ^ r ' reabarchea and determinations . ^—Pp . 252—254 . ' ; > i ') h-. ii ' . . . - .. .. i , I ' > 7 ' ' ' ¦ }
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Horseys Lectures to fining Persons . 685
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1829, page 685, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2577/page/13/
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