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> iSynodi qfiUlvterNnnd ^ Ae Me * monstrants . ; Wikg £ kv&a > J $ m& Imtimmth * from an lr ten - dBe , yv « paper ^ bi » f r % ] && axmngemeu t ngrze&up&n by the Committees severally apnj # nfc $ j , by these - bodies . 3 » Although sub ^^ n tiaity correct , the re , (; j re two partf culajps itt which it requires amendment .
Tl $ fr £ tpm *> i ^ tf i-aMs foj not separate # s & [^ # gi / Qm : h Soiaa of ther m am not so . Ther fQlU ) vvi |] g extract froDi their address to . tbie Synod is an excellent statement of tlae piindpleof ^ he Secession : V v / ^ Tii § i < yieatioD at iswie between us ; i 4 *^ pt , < -8 | S has ( fe > ee& frequently asserted , a question of doctrine ; At \ % m > t > whether
ri ^ iiiitamaqism or i \ nti-Triiritarianism , Calvinism or Armiuianism , be most accordant with the word of Go& > Upon these points we aGfenowledge a variety of opinion to exist , even amongst ourselves . The real subject io debate , therefore , is nut the absolute truth o * error of certain
; tH « oiogical ^ mie : t » s but dimply this , wbe-> thertke sacred Scripfaires be a sufficient or a « iw ^ ufficieot i * ule of fai th and duty ; Whether tli ^ Ministers : an d Liceutiates of ttbe- j ^ u ^ t ^ lc- Synod shall be permitted , without naolestation or injury , to
inculcate 5 those -views tpf Christian doctrine whivh , M \ then- otJm commences , tiiey be-> lieve ta < & $ tntfis < or , shall be required , > i | ndei ' : the penalty of the most serious WorWly loss , to teach the opinions ap-? proved ; by * Committee of tlieir brethren , no wiser and no less fallible than
themm ) mm , ^ although they should believe those opinions to be utterly efroneoit »; and , finally , ; whether- Ihe people of the Presbyteriau commuaion shall have full lihetty to elect pastors whose religions sentiments accord with their oum , or be limited iu their choice to such individuals
as may have regulated their religious . profession by the standard of human authority . Wie press it upon your serious con aide ration , that this is the real and tmly question at issue . Absolute Truth cau be determined only by an In allible Tribunal ';^ bntLiberty of Conscience , which
• ' i 8 » 'the » jdiv : aiiely chartered right of every Christian , may be mutually conceded , and ought to - be conceded in the fullest extent ,. by those whose theological views are most directly opposed to each other . Whiter , therefore * we are by no means indifferent either to the maintenance or
extension of our own peculiar opinions , we desire to hold them in charity with all men ; and , in conformity with our uniform practice , we shall never attempt jtp press their adoption upon-others by any authoritative or penal enactments . "
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1 % also appear * that | b ^^ giiil ||^ oi | tftn fe to h * . eBJ 9 ^ jfir $ h tH ^^ the separating ministers . The ^ pjtjes ^ excluded from it are those who hiay fierea&er « etke or-he e ^ pt ? Jje 4 fwra ife ^ Sy-OOd . : . - ¦ - ' . , . j . v-: J - .- ^ rlj ¦ fj-iiiiii / r , " ) rh - . . I " The following extract * IroHfe tjie proceedings of the Syoodat ^ oo ^? tow « . on ther 18 th-Augu ^ u ar « taken fiiom tJiat
useful little woo ^ ibe Gbri&tia , ik JPiQneei * . " As the cas ^ of tAlr ^ # erjr | e . niataly occupied the attention of tjie Synod , jwh ^ n met at l ^ urgan , wer notice the resuBned proceedings respecting it . j .,. j , ^ .. .,. ^ * The Committee , appointed # t , % mgan t . to inquire iutft \ Sir . Ferrie * * ceUgious opinions , vga ; ye > a report of $ beir proceedings .: Several , letters wei : ^ , r ^ ad
from certain ministersaud p ^ Qfessaiein Scotland , inreplj to appUc ^ tipns frpm . the Committee ^ but ncine oi fa ^ m contained any positire , Informatiqa .,,, JLet ^ ijSr ; M * j-e also read from v Mp ^ JPern , i « whicfo : ^ e stated that he was most anxious to give every explanation , and as he * had never knowingly preached any thing < roijtrary to the doctrines * contained in the Westminster Confession of Faith , . he-:, was read y ^ as the most ^ Ukely methoid p | giving general satisfaction , * agaUa to
subscribe it , as an evidence that Jie- ^ jll believes it to contain the doctrines qfqur holy religion . ' In consequence of tfeis , the Committee resolFed , that > t ^ e proposal now made by him , solemnly :, ^ o renew his subscriptiou to the We&tinin ster Confession of Faith , appears so reasonable , that we recommend it to ^ ac - cepted , provided it be done in a satisfactory manner , in presence of Committees from both Synods' ( the Synod of yijs&r and the Reformed Presbyterian , Synod ) ,.
"We feel impelled to place in juxta position with this voluntary offer , as John Milton has it , to * subscribe , sM ^ e , and take an oath withal , which unless he took with a conscience that would retch , he must either strait perjure pr split his faith / the following language and act of the Rev , William Porter , the Clerk of the Synod , , Mr . Porter rose ,, but it was some time before he could obtain
a hearing . The Moderator and many of the members attempted to persuade him from addressing the house , anticipating what he ww ahqfit to , say i And beggad lritti not to come hastily to any deteroiinationi , but tp let the Syuod judge * fit is now / sajd Mr , Por ^ r , * rendered , n ecessary , l ? y what has , fallen from , some gentlemen , that J should , state to you clearly my own d ^ rmination . , The present 18 not a convenient time for you to choose a successor to me in office , and
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InMigmce ^ Sy ^ d tffMl&pr < m 4 M& UtrnotWrjmts . 813
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 813, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/69/
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