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pi ^ fij ^ fts ^ i / not ^ mecthat they have declined ti » Uaitarian con ^ reg ^ t ^ nfifitj ^ b ^ rB ^ eHnecJ fe ^ fore they ^ so .- ; However few or small , their existenceAn tmMm&r&n ranks is m tnjuch clear addition * . c-Hhe ^ liajre beea s ^ nj §^ | ixpi tfee if ^ li njti pinc to ^^ rdai which , a § Presbyteiian ^ they jgei ^ teafe ^^ g » t >^ 4 ^^<> tr ^ st tfeatfetbe practicability , which ; somft cases have demoa-§ ft ^ 4 » g ^ i- | Jil ^ mwmk the usepf ^ proper means , will ^ ^ not be thrown $ WW W&& ' ^ bia clA Jt&e ; JpRgd <> ro of Gr ^ dt Britaia the aggregate numbec pf U ^ kariaBffco ^^ eg ^ i ^ BS improb abl y bet ween three and four bundced .:. <> jB < dt ^ i ^| i ^ f € 0 ^ feg ^ i ^ BS ij | probably between three and four hundred , : fEa cess from iran itarians kingdoms
y ^ Ir ^? ® W ^ ad 4 i * hf ^ . Jaje se ion the ksiof orthodoxy in Ireland , c ^ s ^ li j ^ g ^ p ^ rl ^ ps a score of congregations , for the most part lai ^ e ^ and c ^ po ^ f 4 ^ £ ft ^ v ^ rioiLis ranis in society , with the exception of the highest . A ^ ijfl ^^^ t ^ j ^ -pfi ^ Un in the three wodid prove that tHerr capgf 4 pg ^| ions ai ] e above 400 . L ^ t us inquire whence ^ they cam e and hofcr Jongjthe » rji ^ i bgeiMn arriving at this point . They cameiinostly : from the ranks $$ > o # b 94 oxy » Aye 5 there ' s the rub . The secession pains the Reviewer Th
an $ fcis ^ fiien ^ Si ey l ok upon it with regret , and they look upon it witti fear : regret that their ranks are thinned , fear that they may suffer yet greater lo ^ ^ € jl y-they proceed mostly from the ranks of orthodoxy . Sonie hMve beea gained from the world ; others from Indifference , occasioned by or * thodox jeylravagance ; and others from unbelief , occasioned by orthodox credulity . Still , most have come directly out of the ranks of the orthodox
battalions . And is here no cause of triumph to the Unitarian ? How can he do other . wise thap rejoice at the progress of itruth ? Let our Cakinistic assailant turn an eye on his own body- Where , is Calvinism , one of the xnuqh vaunted " doctrines of the Reformation ?? Where ? In the Institutesi In , tbe AssemWy ' s Gatechisra ? In moulderingicreeds , broii ^ tt forth thrice in a , century to . swear withal a man to absurdities which 'now he dares rot preach ? ^ hejQ is Calvinism ? Not on the lips of misnamed Calvintstic
miaisters but b 9 i ) ished under the nick-name of Antinoroianismto ^ the heads <^ f ; a few ; noisy and ignorant Reclaimers . Yet : the name remains * H-the pno fession remains .. The Uiing is departed in the respectable company of igho » ts an 4 } 5 witches » j Xet m % & are , foiunq , . ** free and dauntless "; enough to subscribe to that which they neither preach nQr teacji ; ; ^ ye , subscribe with Jtbein dwji liand f and profess \ vith their own lips * Th ^ Unitarian is ovecwhelnaetliMrtth abus ) Q if the lap ^ e of tinie ; and the progress of opinioiv have ^ hasiced to ifhrt » w iin itar tattj catt
h ^ | , TOcm a , J > it 1 L pf pastyre pa whicli for ^ ftrly c ^ lejibtjuiui ) j ^ qrpl ^ e voi piety 1 .- ., ,, , | s it , wt v& hotribje foti Arminian ^ pre ^ cheis loflwiCal V ^ jfitip i ^^ fe ^ sors ,, and to add to this the orime . ^ fiieodiDg ion . CaJwijaiebc V ^< l 3 ? ^ SJpweyejr , ^^ he victory of gcn ^ d senae qv 6 t sqholaBtic . ^ tinorty 'Vfl 4 fiWS » WFI ! W MffliW » te 4 Outraged aature ha ^ vu ^ icale ^ Jier orights- bUbe b 9 ^ fW ^^ M ] R 4 Jby ^ i ^ on , 4 Qiee ^ of CaLvinJBm lm& broken its bar * 3 $ asax >? fcr . " ^ SftHf ^^ Sifti ^ iWIW ^ l ^ i » fW ^^^ H MWei ^ -V- Mk * w ^ chbqcSs -. ...-: >^ nA Jtl ^^ q l ^ Qi ^^ iMrli a&lKte ^ qfioAr q ^^ body ^^ 9 § n ^ 9 ^ i < pf it ? j A , MiipH ^ i | y sg disUactions . jttUm isiohe trivwnpb 9 M in fhef softening down and e ^ plajping away q £ the han » hneflB / of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 773, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/45/
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