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CRITICAL NOTICES.
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THEOLOGY .
Art . I . — Antichrist — what it is , and what it is not ; being' a Reply to a Sermon by the Rev . Robert Brodie , A . M , entitled " The Prevalence and Danger of Negative Error in Matters of Faith , " By George Harris . Glasgow . 12 rao . 1831 . We understand that this Tract is already out of print . If so , Mr . Harris should republish it forthwith . The vituperations and misrepresentations of Mr . Brodie , to which it is a reply , are « o very like the vituperations and
misrepresentations of a hundred , or a thousand , other assailants of the Unitarian faith and its professors , that their exposure ought not to be confined to any particular locality . The bane is to be found almost every where ; and let the antidote follow it . Mr . B . had
denounced Unitarianism as Antichrist . Mr . Harris shews , by scriptural and historical induction , that it was the doctrine of the apostles and early Christians ; and then retorts the charge on the churches which have upheld or do uphold mysterious dogmas by persecu-f ting practices . The tract shews great diligence in the collection of illustrative facts , both ancient and modern , and they are applied and euforced with that
energy and fervour by which Mr . Harris is distinguished . The substance of the tract was delivered as a sermon before several associations at their late anniversaries , and with great acceptance and effect . The folio whig is the Author ' s
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description of where Autichrist is to be fuund : " In every sect , therefore , in which any of the features of the predicted Monster can be clearly traced , does Antichrist dwell . Wherever persecution lifts up her unhallowed front—in
whatever shape that persecution may manifest herself , there is Antichrist . Whereever the austerity is seen that would deprive the people of innocent amusements , converting the world into a sepulchre , and making man the inhabitant of the valley of the shadow of death , there is Antichrist . Wherever one
thing is professed , whilst another is believed—wherever people speak deceitfully for God , or go iuto his presence with a lie in their right hand , there is Antichrist . Wherever is seen the hypocrite , bending in lowly prostration to
set days and fastings , there is Antichrist . Wherever blasphemy is uttered ¦—evil speaking against the Almighty , whether it exhibit itself in describing the Father of mercies as wrathful , and Infinite Love as vindictive and
unrelenting—whether it states that * the delight of Ood in Christ is manifested in the perdition of those that perish , as well as in the salvation of those that are saved , ' and that ' hell shall bear testimony to this as well as heaven ; the lesson shall be read for ever by the fires of Tophet , as well as by the light of Paradise , '—there , assuredly , is Antichrist . Wherever men adore the
creature rather than the Creator , pluck the Eternal from his throne , and seat thereon him whom He hath raised from
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must be confessed , has very much the appearance of an ingenious plot , invented for the purpose of introducing these Dialogues into the world , without directly implicating any of the parties concerned . But it is time to bring the present remarks to a close , which we shall do by simply observing , that if they are found sufficient to justify us in assigning to Curio a place among the number of ** Continental Unitarians , " our object in making them will be fully answered .
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Critical Natives . — Theological . 615
Critical Notices.
CRITICAL NOTICES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1831, page 645, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2601/page/69/
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