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    pected to attend a divine revelation , ( Props * xcv . & xcviiX as a sort of begging of the question , and to the idea of uncontrolled

    miracles in Def . lxix , in opposition to which , he insisted largely on the importance of Mr . Farmer ' s notion of miracles T -and he introduced a variety of additional remarks on the evidences of

    Christianity , particularly those suggested by the objections of Hume and Gibbon ^ The fourth year was devoted to

    the long miscellaneous series of subjects , contained in the remain * der of Doddridge ' s course ; consisting of a review of the various schemes which have been formed

    of the doctrines of revelation , respecting God , the Son and the Spirit , the fail , and the recovery of man by the mediation of Jes&s , the positive institutions , the Christian sabbath , the doctrine of angels and the future state . It must be confessed that there is a

    great apparent fairness in a review of this sort ; and it will be admitted by all who have attended hi » lectures , that Dr . Aikin reported the various schemes of the

    numerous authors referred to by Doddridge , or of those who , having published their works since Doddridge ' s death , were introduced by the Dr . himself , with all possible justice and impartiality . It

    may , Tiowever ,. be doubted whether this plan of bringing the doctrines of fallible men successively in review , before a set of youthful hearers , might not be likely either

    to lead them to fix upon some 11 master" in theology ; or to m ^ ke them conceited sciolists , imagining themselves at once fully qualified to judge and decide on questions which have exercised the

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    wits of the wisest and best of men ; or else to induce the opposite extreme of scepticism , on subjects , with regard to which they find such men coming to such different and even opposite conclusions . These several effects the writer

    thinks he has observed in different young persons , according to the notions which they had respectively formed of the extent of their own powers . Is it not likely , that a steady and settled , as well as free and unbiassed , system of

    opinions , touching the doctrines of revelation , will be formed , with greater advantage , by a careftil , critical examination of the original scriptures ? and when these have once been closely investigated ,

    the mind will be prepared to judge , with greater ability as well as fairness , concerning the result of other men ' s researches . The fifth yeaY was employed in the study of Jewish antiquities , ecclesiastical history , the pastoral care , &c .: and the students were

    at liberty to refresh their memories with attending any part of the course of the four former years . Their time , besides , was much taken up with engagements to

    preach , among the numerous congregations which are scattered over that part of Lancashire and Cheshire ; either for the supply of vacancies , or for the occasional

    accommodation of resident ministers . In the preparation of sermons for this purpose , they had every assistance and direction , both sis to method and language , of which they chose to avail themselves , without the slightest interference with sentiments , unless io the way of : friendly suggestion ; but never of authoritative interference .

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    168 Historical Account of the fvarringtdh Academy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1813, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2426/page/20/