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    eccui % til fhfe wfyole letter ; but this is prdbgibly-to . bfe accounted , for © ft ihe Conscientious bfrjedtidn bf tn «* A ^ Hter and Ms ttrftfttfen to fth * dthfer religious designation than t& £ t W * VhHst $ toAs " . I am not atvafe ttatft any dccmint has in

    hitherto bfe&i fcablish ^ d Englknd , bf Ho lttf-ge a Irody as that of the Attterican " Chrhtiaris" being •* Antfi-Calvi * hfetlc" and " Anti-Trimtariata ; " . hrit this is another encouraging prb # f that , howfcver fcealtfus our bfreihr&n niay bie * who assume thfe exclusive title trf

    vtfhodoiv , those Vi « 1 vs which Unitari ans regard &s hiofc-e honourable to < 3 ox > tod his drill sfr , are rapidly gaining advocates in denominations in which bu > most sanguine liopes would not have led us to hope they could be €

    found . It is probable that < The ChristianV * may not approve of all fhe ' opinions avowed b ^ the maj&fity of English Unitarians ; but it is ft subject ft > r devout gratitude , that they are fellow-labourers with those Who , in

    Great Britain , believe , that the SavU our did riot mean to mislead his fol-Idtters , &hd could hot be mistakeii When , dddressing the Father , he said , "' This is Kfe eternal , that they might Icttbw thee , the ONiiY true God , and \ fd&U 8 Christ whorh thoU Mst sent /'

    I have , SiV , only to add , that I have every Veasbn to mippd ^ e the utmdst reliancfe hiajr be -placed Oh the statements < & Mr . Potter , as he eoritfulted the ^) riht ed record s of thte different classes whrini He describes , and a » I

    tave this day sgeh another cotnnaunfccation from Ataierrea , in * which the writfer itatys , " Mr . 'Benedict ^ ld me he hafd ^ iVeil Mr . S . ' s letter to a Christian etaiph ^ iticttll r so called , to ateswer it . " G . S .

    c Cumberland , Rhode Island , North AmeM A ' pril 19 , 1 M . 2 ) . 1823 . € t Respected Sir , " Tlie orily apology whi ^ h I have "to offfer fot- troubling you tvith this

    commUni ^ fttfon , is the possession of a ; t te r subscribed * by you , and addressed to « Elder i > avid Benediet , of ipaw-« tHck ( tt /' R . I . / dkted Hackney , tear Lroridon , ISebt . 10 , 1818 / The Cause ^ vWch W ^ di ^ ght yonr letter imto ^ inv ^ pos ^ ssibrf ^ vill app ^ ttr in ^ the > ee ^ uel , as wlH Vntote ^ bviou % th ^^ reasw of toy W ^ atiniinfe 'to tfnaW&r . Oot » Mw-

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    htig the veiy unperfteet Msfory 6 f th ^ Am ^ fi' ^ an ~ B * pttsts , it witL b& inrpos ^ sible for tfie or a « iy either perabn , at this period , tb solvd * votfr nmnerdns indiiiriesi and should 1 eves succeed

    in augmenting your ftiafls of inform ation in a very Itmited xiegree ^ I shall ffeel that nay feeble endeavours are crowned with & success very desirable .

    ** Omktmg fearther preamble , I \ vill proceed to state that there are in the United States , nominally , * five deno imfiations of Baptists , viz ; Calvini&tic > Seventh-day , Six-principle ^ aaid Free ^ will Baptists , and Christians . These are also properly classed un <| er thij

    two following heads , a $ expressive of their peculiar tenets , viz . the Calvinism tic and Arminian Baptists . The Cat vinistic answer to yota : ' Partic ^ fcir /

    fend the Arminian to your * General Baptists . ' The fornier denominathm is considered Calvinistic ; the four lat * - ter , Arminian : aad in order to give you some idea of them > we will speak of them under then * respective heads *

    " I . CALyiNISTIC OR PARTICUI * AR BAPTISTS . * ' As you evince ne wi « h to be informed concerning this denomination , but tittle will be said . In most of ttoe States they have become popular , and embrace many large and

    flourishing churches Their preachers are better educated than those uf any other Baptist denomination . Certain feuds / which have recently carfept into Borne of their assoctotioii ^ h ave deprived them of some of their most popular pfeachera , with thc&r ! rei 3

    peotive churches ^ and threaten material prejudice to the'd ^ notuiBatiou at large . I'he principal subject of contention is the doctrine < of the IVinity , which the disaffected easay to denyy and thereby invariably subject themselvea to east communication ^

    ' This denomination 5 s eUrictly Gmvinistic , and its communion partakes of the same restrictive'chtottcttp $ being open to hone except these of their own 4 faith and order / £ ld * t tBenedic has written thmr History , ^ wrhich aocounts for the mistake under ? WhWh

    four Mend , Mr . J&cAnrdelsMoxMred Previous t ^ tlieapptmradcB / OiMr . Bk ^ w ^ rH , it was e ^ pec ^ ed he would ^ e a faithful and impartial History of the Baptists in gemmfy—but he said but

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    fft § better j ¥ mh Cuml ^ rkind , Rhode fytdnd ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1823, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1785/page/36/