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    very little of it will go a great way . If we can but abjure the apostle ' s creed , that . * ' Jesus Christ is a man in all respects like unto his brethren / 7 there is no

    insuperable obstacle in our way , to the highest preferment which nonconformity has to bestow . I cannot therefore by any means agree with your correspondent , ' that it anzucs weakness of intellect in

    some modern A nans , to assume and shelter themselves under the auspicions name : nor should I expect in theory , nor do I observe in fact , any woeful disappointment in consequence of it . Your correspondent says , that 14 some impute the opinions of modern Arians , to weakness of intellect , " and after acknowledging my courtesy or justice in admitting the right of modern Arians to the title of Unitarians ; he adds " that £ his appellation is by some applied exclusively to those who believe that Jesus Christ had no

    existence before -he appeared in this world . " I do not suspect the veracity of your correspondent , nor can I suppose that so grave a writer would hazardLa random and unfounded assertion . I can only say , that his connexions must

    have been very peculiar . For I can truly affirm that in the whole circle of my acquaintance , which amongst Unitarians has been pretty extensive , I have never yet met with an individual who avowed , or whom 1 could suspect of entertaining the sentiments , which

    your correspondent imputes to tome whom he has probably known , or heard of . But hold ! To my utter astonishwent , I see that I am myself implicated in the charge . Your Correspondent svUds , as his con .-,

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    cludingsentence and bonne bouche ^ " While he ( Mr . B . ) confined his charge against them to weakness ^ &c . it might be borne in silence /* What , sir ! did I ever charge those illustrious and venerable men , the

    Lockes , theClarkes , the Fences , the Emlyns , the Taylors , the Bensons t and the Chandlers of a former age , my fathers and instructors in the gospel of Christ , to whose admirable writings lam chiefly

    indebted for all that I know of pure and rational Christianity , and by whose example I have been animated to profess it whose light , bright and resplendent for the season in which it appeared ,

    enabled the Lardners and the Jebbs , the Lindseys and the . Priestleys of a later day * to see still further into the simplicity and reasonableness of the Christian doctrine , and to remove still more of the

    rubbish with which its progress is impeded ; those great and revered characters whose names I cannot pronounce but with veneration and gratitude ; did I , sir , ever whisper a syllable , could I ever entertain a thought of accusing

    them of " weakness of intellect , >? merely because they believed and were supporters of the Arian doctrine ? It is impossible . Every feeling of my heart revolts at the thought . It' I could over be charge able with such infatuation , well

    might I adopt the patriarch ' s imprecation , let my right hand forget her cunning , arid my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth . But your correspondent also alleges it p . s a proof of wonderful moderation that his modern Anu *

    ans , bear in silence the heavy charge of prejudice . Sir , in my humble opinion , all error must be founded Ui vradjudication—in

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    Mr . Bchkdm on modern Arians . 23 $ f -

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1808, page 239, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2392/page/11/