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Influence any well-informed mind . He expressed himself as strongly opposed to the expediency of noticing the pamphlets in the manner proposed , as it would advertise them into notice ; and , if left to themselves , they would sink into insignificance and contempt . Dr . Lee contended that the course adopted by the Committee was exactly similar to that which took place as to the works of Madame Borrinian and the
Marrow of Modern Divinity ; the authors of these works were foreigners . The Reverend Doctor combated the idea of doctrines not being worthy of notice . He said they were entertained by some men of the most unblemished
characters , and highly cultivated minds , whose influence was likely to have the most pernicious effects . He also noticed the case of young persons going from this country to London being liable to be entrapped and ensnared by those opinions . After what had been done in
this Assembly , were they to allow these books to escape without notice , it might be , with truth , said , they had strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel . Some further discussion ensued , in the course , of which , Mr . Simpson , Kirknewton , and Mr . Rose , of Nigg , expressed nearly similar sentiments ; and
Dr . Singer submitted a motion , declaring , that if Mr . Irving was the author of these works , he should be held ipso facto no longer a licentiate of the church ; but this motion was , as were several other suggestions , withdrawn , aud the Assembly divided on the motion of Dr . Forbes and Professor Macfarlan , when the former was carried by 147 to 40 .
The Assembly was dissolved shortly before 11 o ' clock , and the next Assembly appointed to meet at Edinburgh on the 21 st of May , 1832 .
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General Baptist Assembly . The General Baptist Annual Assembly was held at the meeting-house fa Worship Street on Whit-Tuesday , the 24 th of May . Mr . Smallfield was called to the Chair at half-past niue in the morning , when a short prayer having been offered up by the Rev . George Ruck land , of Benenden , the business commenced by
reading letters from various churches iu couuexion with the Assembly . At eleven o ' clock the Rev . T . F , Thomas , of Chatham , begau the public religious service by reading a portion of scripture . The Rev . Jerom Murch , of Diss , offered the prayer , and the Rev . B . Mardon , of
Worship Street , London , preached an admirable and impressive sermon in favour of spiritual liberty from the words of Paul to the Galatians , " Stand fast , therefore , in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free , and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage . "
At the conclusion of the service the business was resumed by reading the Committee ' s Report . The various motions which arose out of the Report , and otherwise , gave occasion to some animated discussion . There was a dinner afterwards at the White-Hart Tavern , Bishopsgate Street , at which Mr . Smallfield presided , and added very much to the pleasure of the evening by the manner in which he filled the office of
Chairman . A lively interest appeared to be felt in the proceedings of the whole day ; and the spirit which was manifested gave token of increased zeal in the cause of a rational theology , appealing to the plain declarations of scripture ; a theology advocated by a few in all ages of the gospel , as the only safeguard amid the metaphysical niceties on the one hand » and the imaginative pietism on the other , into which men manifest a prone
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Intelligence *—General Baptist Assembly , 503
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Dudley Lecture . At the annual Lecture at Dudley , on Tuesday , May 24 th , the Rev . Samuel Bache , of Dudley , conducted the introductory devotional service . The Rev . Stephenson Hunter , of WolverhamptoD ,
then delivered a discourse from Deut . xxix . 29 , the object of which was to shew that there are no mysteries in revelation . The other discourse was delivered by the Rev . Evan Jones , of Bewdley , from Ps . xxvii . 4 , on the importance of public worship .
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Heresy of Mr . Campbell , of Row , and Mr . M'Lean , of Dreg horn ( late Minister of London finally London ) . —The discussion of this important case occupied the General Assembly from noon of the 24 th May , to half-past six o ' clock in the morning of the 25 th of May , when sentence of deposition was pronounced against Mr . Campbell by a majority of 119 out of 124 voters .
The Rev . Mr . M'Lean was also expelled on the 25 th of May , for holding heretical potions respecting the peccability of the humanity of Jesul Christ ; similar , it Is said , to those held by Mr / Irving .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1831, page 503, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2599/page/71/
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