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    Scriptures of difficult interpretation , and which are seen in differeut lights by different persons . B ^ t ie \?) if anyy of these are of primary importance , or such as

    may-riot be safely referred for expja ^ tuin to those which are gen erall y ac knowledged to be clear ana indisputable . Difference of opinion th ^ re will be on almost every pointthat does not admit of m&tftematijcal demonstration .

    T \\\ $ js wisely so ordered by Providence : it keeps up close and interested attention , and prevents the , human faculties from becoming torpid jandobtuse for want of exercise ; not io mention that , in

    the discussion of . matters of secondary importance , light is often thrown up . oil , and new discoveries nra < $ e with respect to , others of the highest moment . Having thus given a general view of the motives of our

    conduct * may we not at least hope * ductj may we not at least hope ? that , in the judgment of Christian charity , they will be allowed to aim at something benevolent and praiseworthy ? Jt is highly probable ^ indeed , that there will be many w ^ om we shal l not be able to convince that we arc in the

    right , and that they are niistakch . For our own part , we shall be most thankful to any , who , in the spirit of Christian meekness , will undertake to rectify our errors ; for error , however innocent

    or involuntary , was never the pkrent of virtue . To sincerity , and to those conclusions which are the result of an boncst and impartial endeavour to discover truth ,

    although different from our own , we render all due respect , and in return we humbly lay claim to it from others . If there be any who jjiulge us mora * rigorously , God forbid that we should retaliate

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    their rash and uncharitable ceru sures . If we are wrongful !^ charged , we shall defend ourselves with firmness , but without acrL mony , content to refer the ultimate decision of every controversy to that common Master before

    whom each of us must stand or fall ; and to that state of superior illumination ?; which we ^ believe will succeed the darkness and partial knowledge of the present / c , " w > - m i i —ii ¦

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    PRAYER . We adore thee , O God , as the One supreme , eternal * self-exiM . ent Being , who justly claimest our most profound reverence , our warmest affection * our unreserved

    confidence , our unlimited obedience . Whatever be our present enjoyments , whatever our'future expectations , all proceed . from , thee , all tend towards and centre in thee . W , e bless thy holy name that them hast not [ eft thyself

    without witness among us thy rational . offspring ; that by the evidence of our senses and the light of refrson we can discern something of thy greatness and thy goodness . But we especially thank thee for the

    far brighter and clearer discoveries which thou hast inade of thyself in thy word ; that we there learn the spirituality of thy nature and the moral excellence of thy character ; that thou hast there shown

    us what is good and taught us how to serve and worship thee accept * , ably . Possessed ot this inestimable treasure , and of those powers of reason and reflection whereby we are enabled to use it to the

    highest advantage , we would endeavour to Fulfil thy gracious purpose in conferring them . Ourspi- » rits would make diligent search into those repositories of life eternal , of wisdom unto salvatioiv ^

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    S 4 £ Zeal in the pause ef Religious Truth *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/22/