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    • MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS; OR, ' ¦ • . ¦ ^ L " — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The Christian's Survey of the political World.
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      Both were descended from respectable * , but not affluent parents in distant counties : — both educated in the gloomy tenets of Calvinism ;—both sent ^ from th © country to be apprenticed in the metropolis : —both , in after-life , abandoned the doctrines infused into their youthful minds by pious , excellent , and well-intentioned parents , and becoming

      active Unitarians : *~ both set out in life as tradesmen , and obtained the general respect and aiFection of all who knew them ;—both sustained the loss of their whole property by the ravages of fire : ind both equally assisted and protected , beyond their most sanguine hopes by fcnd and benevolent friends- Firmin , in defiance of the frowns and terrors of a CromwelJ , was the open and avowed

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      The events at home and abroad , vrhich have of late years agitated the see of Rome , must have struck every person , at all acquainted with the politics of Europe . To the true Christian they must be doubly interesting , as connected with those prophecies which assure us of the downfall of the apostate church ,

      and the final victory of the kingdom of Christ over all opposition . On the continent the pope still retains great authority , and in the united kifigdom he has many followers . That bo lew should have come over to the principles of the reformation need not surprise any one who considers , how ltitle real progress

      was made by that reformation , and how many gross errors were left to vitiate those truths of the gospel , which were expected to shine forth in the utmost purity ., It is of little consequence by what name men distinguished themselves , by that of Protestants or of Papists , if they

      set up an authority paramount to that of our Lord and Saviour , aod lay down rules for faith upon their views of scripture , and slander others for not being of their opinion . The lords of the gentiles exercise authority but it shall not be so with niy disciples , says our Saviour . Be none of you called master , for one only is your inaster : and where two cr three are

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      friend and benefactor of tac honesty persecuted , and exiled Biddle & Joha # son , regardless of the terrors of a ty * rannical administration , was not less the friend of the injured and persecuted Priestley , the admirer and fpllower of

      the illustrious Biddle .. They both courted the esteem and friendship of literary men , and of the clergy of di £ * ferent denominations , and were both the patrons of those in that class who stood in need of their assistance .

      Firmin was , however , one of the most sanguine men that ever lived ; and Mr . Johnson , at least in late years , had little of that temperament iii him 5 but the lives of both were a continued dis * play of the virtues inculcated by Christianity . J . J .

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      gathered tpgether m my name , tber am I in the midst of you . These are awful truths : and let Protestants and Papists equally ask themselves , whether they * re obedient to thelt lord and master or not . "Let every oae indeed put it to himself , whether he is

      really a subject of Christ , or a mere nominal Christian , guided by the traditions of men , in the sect in which he happened to be born . We are led to these reflections by the great ; stir , that has been lately made in part of the kingdom by our catholic brethren , who have had

      various meetings , and canie to very strong resolutions , in which their claims arc advanced to a perfect freedpm from all civil restraints in matters of conscience ; and to the civil power is denied that interference , which seemed in a former application to have been allowed-The question is of great importance , and wej who profess unbounded

      toleration to every religious opinion , not interfering with the just law * of the land , should be 9 orry to advance anything which should seem t-o impugn the right of every man or body of men to worship god in the manner , \ #$ t adapted to their view ? of religion . £ qt there are limits to this que $ tioo , which it will not be difficult to naark out * - A atat « may vio-

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      j »( j State of Public Affairs .

      Monthly Retrospect Of Public Affairs; Or, ' ¦ • . ¦ ^ L " — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The Christian's Survey Of The Political World.

      MONTHLY RETROSPECT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ; OR , ' ¦ . ¦ ^ L " — ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The Christian ' s Survey of the political World .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 96, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/48/