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-Obris&i-asri ty * £ ja $ JU , t » ef . 1 * Wr # o j * r rv the niggedness <^ fs | mr ^ . fef J&i gyt&ad ; > ceM > ract ; the U"ger-3 a ^ g- ' $ e ^ tshnesa $ fe ' st poisojas discussion with f&S j bitterness j- whew the uairesarict-? d aad disinterested lore of truth shall bos longer be aia- empty Action ; when the differences between * mind and mind
will "be hut § a < ra@uy ,-eogivejrgiffig pates l ) f which jM&nkhu ) » witlj o&m heart and < ane speedj hastes to the same goal of
cei&iurty . '—Pp . 4 , 5 . Eat in awaiting and 9 if we can , accelerating this happy period , it is iucimi"bent 011 us to ascertain , practise , and enforce the duties which belong to ao G age of doctrinal debate ; " and this is ftbe main object of the sermon before ms 9 a scnuon which well displays , In the
catholic spirit by which it is animated , 2 he disposition which it ijiculcato . The clelincatioii of these duties is comprised 'hy the author iu three particulars : cc I , It is the doty of Christians to remember ihow unany are their points of union ' —¦ = Gb 2 , amid all our controversies it is of Diiomi ^ it that we should remember the moral iinnocence of rnemtal error" — 3 P It is the duty of every Christian iiii aa sige of controversy ! o make an opeu undisguised statemcut of his opinious , and a ) f the evidence wliich satisfies him * of nheir truth . "
The portion of this sermon with wlbich we are least satisfied is the second division , liy ' conceding the application of ihe pemUiLy iu Mark xvi . 16 ^ to the case cuf a niodern unbelaevcij amd * ' the des-1 ' niies of a > future world / " Mr . JMartiuca . u has 3 we thicik , imate j iidSy injurt : d liis argument . The bigot will always identify the heretic with the unbeliever .
Hie p < L ) pular iaith 1111 variably rlj-iuus , not to fye derived from , but to be , tlhe Chai . s tianiiy of the apostles- The Calvinist will merer concede tiiat £ < the gospel itj-elfp considered as a revelation , bears thi ; s < imp relation to all tlie rival creeds wi ^^ Je , credit liau ^ a on its authority - " lie , ca , n only be led U \ that point < ovtsr
thci ' ifjns jt > t " Jus ,, theological systesn . in h \ $ . \ fltw the- . gospel implies the total ilcprfWty . % \ hI etexoal condemu 4 ation of t , hq , hu , iH ^ iii i&cci , t . « t , ful cwtisls 0 / the procUi ( iM ^ UW ^ f uie atuniti ^ sacrifice to procuifc , j ^ rcl tuij aai . d heaven from Divine Juhtictr ' p , Thia uo > ti » n , fto hini , is the [ ouutaiu itself o £ sacred truth ; nofc a
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pairtie ^ ilar stream . jflow | u ^ . frpi ^ , si # , f | i cn t ^ Wliod with other iStrcpltpB * .- ! , ¦ J ^ ia ^ fflffs ^ r ness casi . only-bp ., dt ;< $$ ol , 'isbft 4 i 8 hy > oi ^ iqg tw <© . m < Bthorl * S ; "B > 3 g- Ui-sj ^ roy ' ^ i ^ , ^ i ^^ . G r ^ e ^ or by shewing tjaat ¦ . v ^ . ft . ¦ mtt ^ jlfef , i t ^ iift , eomsidered as a niemt ^ i act ^ i ^ ftp £ sH ^ jeet to futurie- pininsb . ni ^ &r& ' . T . he dii ^^ sion tn < ri ) s vevynnuch . upnn-. ^ e-p ^ ai ^ pg of . the term fait Si . in -She . Nevv , Xe ^ tanHUi tC
As connected with future ¦ , reward , hijk puiiishrueiitg we appu'eh ^ tud , > $ hat it uever designates belief in the modern . se « se the reception by ' the waders tan ding w ^ any proposition or set af prepositions It is wery rarely f € > ssd ia thaii C ^ nnc ^ J ^^ aud whcEi ifi . is , it designate ^ a m ^ : al quality , coufideuce irD God ^ inl is uea iij ^ if niot altogether , equivalent po pi ^ tvri |
The rest of this discourse not on ^ commands < i 3 ur nuiqualirled approval ,. jj £$ frequently d'xeites oar adiuj ^ atio ^ . . , ,- } # makes our hearts glow with a . deli ght ^ , hope of the good to be accoiuj nij ^ U'l ^ jy its author iti the future yea , rs of his odj .-uisterial labours , which we pray may he : very many . It is evidently nota laboured composition , but it indicates < q , u alkies .-cut
un nd and huar& whteh are a nch pr «> r inise for futurity . Such are the uieu whom the eause of truth require * fur defence , for ornament , and for couque&t . May Providence send more of thenn inltu the vineyard . May they all ., like oujt autthorp discern and avoid the luistaUu which many very good , but very timidi , men have committed . That ho knows
his work and appreciates his reward uh evident from the spirited and beautiful passage with which the sermon concludes . as The alarmed reconciler of jjicorisistenches may stem for a while to he successful ; lie may keep together in
temporary harmony those dissimilar elements which more fearless spirits wn ^ Eit separate ; he may persuade iiH'n thiU they agree when tltey are wide as the poles asunder ; lin may surround himself by imiobers , and multiply thf directions iu which his immediate iuilucnee
extends . On the other hand , the refl ' onuA ' i who cannott conceal , and w 1 kj > dare not pretend , who interprets most strictly the law of Chnytian simplicity , may lowt , ' many supporters who ought , to stand by him m the hour of trial - lie iu ;\ y h < c looked on vvcth susprciou and iivoidcd as
dangerous he may be the centre , at which a thousand weapons are directed , ; lie inay s (» e m to have been imprudent and pretnatore , and to have baffU'd his own cause by his indiscreet openness ; hv . may {^( j down to the evening teiutination ( ti lias hthours , 'deeoimiamL'd untv
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 784, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/56/
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