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    GU > cT assist--Us in our humble endcavotirs to obtain a Fuller acquaintance with thy nature and thy will ; to lay such a foundation for oiir faith as may make it proof against all the attacks of infidelity , against temptations and trials of

    every kind , ' arid such as may relieve us frorri painful doubt and perplexity . Yet while we are ardent and diligeiit- in the pursuit ' of religious truth , may we be humbly and duly sensible of the limited nature of our fac . ulties ; and without

    doing violence to the dictates of reason , where that can no longer avail usma ^ we believe and adore . Thy nature and attributes , no created intelligence , however exalted ., can find out to perfection . In thine infinitude , O incompreliensible Jehovahthere is enough

    , to employ all our inquiring and admiring powers , however enlarged , through eternal ages . O

    may those faint glimpses of thy glory , which we here behold as through a glass dimly , excite in us lively hopes of , * and animate us to diligent preparations for , that state of extended knowledge and

    vfnrniiigled bliss , the assured prospect of which is opened to us in the gospel of thy beloved Son .

    Under strong convictiotts of the importance of revealed ' triitli to the happiness of ' our ' fellow-m ^ n ., and having experienced its '" bles&pa effects upon our own hearth , ffiay we , in the spirit of Christi ^ iiil o ^ e , do all In our power to promote ;\ t $ universal receptioh ; and clo t % 6 u

    graciously smile upon every sincere and well-intended , however feeble , endeavour for this purpose ; and may the weakness of Itlie instruments prove that the excpllency of the povver is of'thee

    alone . ' ¦¦ ; In whatever temple or 6 tir' \ vfdit * ever mountain thy pure aticl alt * discerning eye hath this day seen a worshipper of thee in spiri ^ aJmJ in truth , may he be owned ^ ac * cepted arid blessed of th ^ e . t 51 ess us , even us also , 'O otir Fatliert

    l ^ uide us by thy gracious counsel here , and receive us to thy etefnajL . glory hereafter . Now unto the blessed and only Potentate , the King of kin ^ s , 4 nd * Lord of lords , ' who- alone liatliimmortalitj 7 ^ dwelling in light which none can approach , wiiom no man hatli seen or can se ^ be honour and glory throughout ages of ages . Amen .

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    To the Edit a ?* of the Monthly Repository .

    STIl , I have hoard it asserted that it is ^ the distinguishing characteristic of a dissenter to hold , that the < ivil magistrate or go / ernment of

    a country has no right to interfere , " ' in any degree or 'manner , with the religious doctrine or worship of its subjects ; for that no authority ; but that of the founder

    of Christianity , is to be acknowledged in his church : that this is the tenet which unites that most heterogenous body the dissenters from , the church established by

    law ; and forn ) s the only point of union by Which they can be constituted or regarded a $ j qrie body . Now , Sir . I was indeed educated a churchinan . but as sooa a * I

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    Arguments in Favour of a National Church * & 43

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    ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF A NATIONAL CIIUUC ^ .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/23/