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    a perm ^ iieflt > nattti ^ kv ^^ ^^^ chrm | fBe ^ obpwbyer ^ I to ^ k&a ^ $ ff 0 § # feftfp pt JV | r * P ^ ftefi $ hq \§ &s $$ j& ^ feauffe , " ^ 'f ^ as |; e 4 by tlifj iCoji ^ i ^ i )(^ ri € > fd EgS ^ t p » inquiry , ' fie had avpvsfed' hiiifseiC an Arian . vTbere ; $ rere / jro the : S $ nodaii least four parties ^ the yio | ettcfy Orthodox , the moderately Orthodox */ thbse suspected of Arianism wko did not avow it , and the acknowledged Ariank . The first party , with which the motion for dismissing Mr . Porter originated , and who were for carrying all measures

    for the purification of the Synod with a high hand , may be considered as having Mr . Cooke for its leader , and , from the signatures to a protest against Mr . Porter's continuance in office , may be set down as , comprising forty-one ministers and fourteen elders . In calling the others moderatel y' orthodox * it is not meant to insinuate that they are less convinced of the truth of the doctrines called Orthodox than Mr . Cooke himself , but that tihey hold them Ayith more cfcarity , and are averse to impose a yoke on their bmhretij © ft ©

    persecute them for the honest avowal of their opinions . To t&fevpaatfyi&&-longed Dr . Wright , the late Moderator , Dr . Hanna , the Syiiod ^ r Pw ± fessor of Diyimty-at Belfast , Mr . Carlile , of Dublin , one o £ the Sreeretitrieb of the Hibernian : Bible Society , and a great proportion of the most ! &g&hm& respectable ministers . These gentlemen , when the question was iMmdhced , could not approve , of Mr . Porter ' s sentiments , but they were shocked btntWe

    attempt , t oh remove a faithful officer for such a reason ; and the amendfneut wl > ic ? h wasHfinally iearried originated with them , and maybe considered < as their ^ easu r ^ M It is painfu l to s peak of the third party , some of whom imayfee o , bject # ai pity rather than resentment . Whether they have lately ¦ Fe ^ eiv ^^ a ii I accession of knowledge , like a member who has published ^ jsoonvi ^ ippy ^ rKl is now one of the most violent , or whether their fears

    bad it £ O / nw ( ch &afluenee , we presume not to say . They were , we hope , few in nvmhotf } for ^ bey toUld not hope to retain the respect of their old frie nds , andthe ^; JiaV ^ nQt sMce eeded in acquiring the good opinion of those wh&m they coqried . : Itiha » been said that the great Orthodox leader observed > 6 f some , 'Vthat ^ w ^ hpdoxpvvas not ^ orthodoxy ; - ' and thus it will < ' cjBier foe with tinaid ar ) id undecided characters . These persons , whoever they were * weye < ranged with ; the moderately Orthodox . The fourth pauty wafs ¦

    sn ^ ali andeeq , but it contained « the Rev . H . Montgomery , whose pbwepfbl spjEsech commanded the uespecbof his most bitter opponents , whilst it has secured him the esteem and admiration of the friends' of free -inquiry , wherever lk& debate has been circulated . Mr . Porter , himself , a map of considerable taints , did not tamely shrink from his opponents , but defended himself with $ pfaik anfl shewed himself an honest and independent man . The small

    numsbsinof * hia pariy must be attributed to the place of meeting , which was at a gr ^ a £ 4 ist , ance from the counties of Down and Antrim , where freedom of in-^ l ivy is ^ waore prevalent , and the consequent absence pf the greater number Qfcnimnifitqm froixl these counties , especially as the discussions which were J ^ ou igjik ^ jj pould- not have been expectedw iJr . Winder ' s letter , already re-% fjert ) t «> , r « hews that , in 1723 , the rules of the Scotch Church , and of the violated without

    4 W& $$ T §^ i ^ d ^ were scruple by onhodox majorities ; and the \< te ^ pj ^\ diorthodoxy , ki 1827 , kept the Synod occupied for dayft on itob-- ^ S ififiii # feieH >» Q ? notice had been ^ given ; though the code of diskipiinh , s ) NtetM . Q Mv * ^ alvTB boasts of as chiefly bis own work , lays it doWn , thafl ^* he i ^ lflW ^ d ^ eiPf Overtures' ^ is' to ; prepare all matters originally comx » e ^ trt »^ in ^^ flOcly <« iM that newfovertures shall be on thfe Bynod ^ s ^ woks ^ oii atffea § t ¦ ty ) & y ^ ar *'; It ! iftjftruelthfttthe , ielection of a cleiik , < mpIa » Heclarateiohiotf ) senti > - ji > qvJB , , ma ^ jaa bCi ^ oiisidet ^ jiasiACoix ^^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1827, page 910, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1803/page/54/