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If lie t fUfitffr nri « intfcrpret / y Ue most answer ^^ it < Wthe * ba * of ? Wdv H > he does 1 ^ 0 thro ^ igH' i gti omnce ^ can he with Justiefe % e 1 cond £ i&fc # * ? < - » - No . > ft v has becbt bsketii when * &redor l iefraU iea , f > or persecutions , otir ' &ufferitogsl - Be' would » oi g-d ^ o fef as ^ e&li'te pe ^* ra # iow * though tie had vvadfed d ^ e ^ la itliin ^< elf When a niinlet ^ r and hi « ' people' had
K * ed happily together fot ^ 17 > , <* 20 y * 30 , ' ** r 40 years , if , tforo&gbi the % u ^ , the totrasketi imerferefceis t > f tffftetfsy strife- attd contention be stirred * i £ between thetd , these are f < pains and penalties . ' Hehad himself witnessed some of fbife , he had shed many tears * he ¦> had spent'many sleepless nightsy the peace of families
had been invaded ; ministers have had to witness the father set-up against the son ; the mother against the daughter . It is a penalty for ministers to witness such things . One of the most painful citfr tim&tances he had to endure was , the Alienation which had in many instances taken place of his former friends . In place of the cheerful smile of recognU
tu 6 n > the kind outstretched hand of affection , to behold the cold look , the averted face , the iudignaut scow } ; as if there was something pestilential , if not damning , in the touch—these were pains and penalties of no ordinary description . Tliere was not a man amongst them
who had not suffered in person , in character , or in pocket . They had been called deniers of the Lord who bought tfrem ^ -going ' On the broad road to destiucfcion , in which they were not jour ^ iieyin ^ a lone ^ but in which they were dragging the dear , the cherished objects of their affection—the wife of their
bosom , the children of their love , and all i adhered 4 b them > to perdition . To hold' up & professing < Christian minister As no Christian , 'is stabbing him Jn a vital part . As a Christian minister , he regarded his 1 character and good name as tub most * valuable property of which lie'wae « os » es 6 ed ; and he would submit
W be a beggar and a * i ontcagt rather tllatil ^ &fi'M ^ ebaittictter * Tltey even had < -bei& 6 WWtf&r : i » ki to attack « chooiina » ters . bbimwV IVhoW had ' been injured , and » teW ^ tt ^ vd ttnVir oW ihy of being trusted ^ Wil ^ ihe ' cjtt ^ of yotifih . > These are some bi < flSe V ^ m ft « ici penalties of which the y
httd Yi 6 t' ttompMnj md they complained most justly . At one tiwie heretics were ^ UA ^ W # ^ the 'flames , then there wag Mhtmg of ^ oat ** ' iind catting of ears . JFtin ^ e ^ 't *!^ Fi ^ tH'ied hit * hand at this rfntrtl lu * found that he had enough of itrtcivrMb is ' pa ^ tm aucl penalties . When £ Mtyft ;\ of Dubtiii , was tried for heresy ,
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and fined i 1000 A ,- the Jixdge 7 to Id . - , hian that he hadi ) eievv mer < iif ^ lly < icalt mthv ; that it was well for thiin ) he JiakLnot befeft tried in Spaing where Ms rhead / would have beeu dot oiF . y la the vpi e » e nt ^ day ., however , no Judge xiared uee ; Midinlaii
guage . He concluded by statingithatiIn his opltiiotti . it > was / to '; the > spimt ; of thfe times alone Jtte ^ oweddty Ifhat ^ they ^ ete not made to suffer : aotu&l cvialence * He moved the following resolutix * ny , ^ hict , was agreed to , a ^ dithe meeting adjonraed till W < idiie 8 dav > at twelvemo ' ck * efe ± v j ' l
2 . H / fbat it i , i the inalienable aright of ) every Chri 6 taan i > to search these ., accords of Daviiiei 51 > n ^ iii jfor his jjojwiS in-BtJTaction andguidaiiee ; to foj * m his own opinions with r-egard to . ' what tliey teach ^ and to worship God in sincetityy . agreeably to-the dictates of his own conflcienoe , without privationi penalty , vor : iuconvcnience , inilicted by h is i ^ lloWrimen , *( i : ¦ / ., ' ' " ' , ; ^ fa $ w&yifa& $ tiik « .
The Rev J © p i « Mitchei > < preached from Matt , rxxivj 9 > 10 v c Call Jno ... man your father o » ieartfo , ^ ' i&c ^> He explained , in a long , ^ ar ^ umeDtativii 5 and eloquent discourse , tile principles of Christian liberty , and applied those principles to the state of the Christian Churches in different countries and in different times , and particularly to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland . - -m
After the miuutes of last vederynt had been read , * , n t The ttev . Robert Campbell had pleasure in moving the next resolution . It was impossible that niinisterB could properly discharge their duties if they-laboured under the influetice of fear . They were bound to tell the entire truth , to the best of their ability . Be then-proceeded to rebut certain calumnies uttered
agaifist them , by which they had . bequ represented as depending for salvation solely on their pwn merits . This wasiuntrue ; they ( threw theinselvc > 6 ob tlie free grace of Ood . He concluded by reading the tlnrd resolution , which * was agreed to . ¦ ' ¦ > .... ' : 1 ; > ' . I ,:. ; ... .-ii - ' ¦ .-i . i . ; : , ,.. ii ;
3 . * That all exercise * of Church jppwea ' wh | ch utt ^ icli < J 8 retvartta to the pirofc ^ eion of ouc elwss of doctrines and penalties to that of any other , is coiitrary tu the Holy Scriptures , and directly calciila » e < l to undermine ¦ that sincerity * ' without which no profession of ; fuith ^ or form of worship , can be acceptable unto Uod /'
' r l he i Rev . Fuetchbri Blakelv , , in a long , able , ¦ and animated speech ,. pro - posed the fourth resolution . He contended ^ that no man coo Id merit the nauie of Protestant who uubmittcd to
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4 P 8 lWe&ig 6 ndei ** MeM 0 Wttrmt &ynodof Ulster *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1830, page 498, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2586/page/66/
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