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      to enter on learned arguments , A

      structcd me in occult science , lie

      doctrine supported oiijy hyjqrj tiicisms , tbeAmderstarjdJpgt of which requires much literary skijl , is cer ^ tainjy a doctrine not intended £ smt Che bulk of mankind . All truths which fall uud ^ r the notice of bodi

      toe learned aad iinlearoed paatof mankind , are &ui ^ ect to Itaroed objections ^ aad to popular pbjectioes , and consequently &hey are t&be defended by learned aud by popular arguments . A pjaie Christian ought to propose hk doubts , if he have any , about the trqlh of a idcKStr ^ ie ; but wfeea his own

      own doubts © re remoyed ] b y the Xarce of plain , popular reasoning , he ought not to suffer his mind to h& bewildered in ( Greek . asd JJe-. trew Cfltor ^ cters ^ the reasonings on which he does not understand . It

      16 lh * e gJory of ajl ihe doctrines of Christianity , and particularly that 9 f Chrises divinity , to give eyi-4 ettee to corarpon observation- ^ i&nd to plain good « e ©§ e /^ Jn another pa » t of tbe sairte

      vvt 4 Tk ^ replying to objectors , he observes a ^ -follows trrr * ' Says » third , you cannot be so ignorant afiijtou pretend 4 o be . You ha # e xe&dthe great Dr . Clarke . Have ypu never ssea those critical

      disfcfjctioiis of texts hy learned tnen , whicb ^ xplii ^ ry all the passages tha t ^ ee ^ y to ^ uppon your oostTura , and prove that i&ey * re all 4 m the opposite aide . He { tbe plain ^ kriB ^ mn ] wromld beg leave to j ^ Ay-t r + * t Lave read Dr . ClarJke , ftlid a bund Bed doctors rnoi-e ;

      AHQ' 'I have read , olso , a Buying o £ ^ OH © 5 whr ^ , Akhon ^ i ( be was / io graduate , was greater than them & \ L ttemy $ :- ^ Cvlint > mun mortwnpoM iedrtkj fo ** m& 4 & $ < i 4 masttrjevert CtoriM . < H ¥ * sy I h ^ ve seen anaoy a critical anatomist dissect a text : bibt while he in-

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      iliestroyed that ^ eii etial pl ^ rali % vffect tbe Creator had proriuet I ^ y the whole . ¥ oa can niBv « r' ^ rsu ^ de me , that all ¦ ariicte - > o irh ^ pprtaut as the doc ^ ri ae « ef tfee ' 6 ? - ject of oujT worship is allowed tb be , lies concealed in d ^ p dj ^ of ^ r u * ditiofi . The belief of Christ ^ tf ^

      viiuty is an effect , 4 thitikV ^ rtt duced by the features ' -erf " - &e fa ^ e of revelation , if you mH \ pardbfr the expression . 1 haw aB -tiife i&eneratio « for Dr . Cla-r 4 e , i ftftS -otugbt to jh # ve , Imt , i « my ^ opiMo ^ I could make mare eonvGH&t& tiife

      being of a G *> d , with ' fUi' 4 ^ V < &rm a nettle ^ tban he could with ^ 31 his > FDathematicai pr <^ pfttStibinf » Mathematics and criticisms may oo ^ frmn a wib& toan in r&ipti& ' f but wo 0 be fe th < & r ^ tfgionHS ^ t k& ^ gs u pon them ^ . r * v

      Tfeese opinions m ^> nal& ^ fe 3 fc © d use of criticising ^ rere wiifcrfej ^ ly maintained by th ^ authta , ' nor hos Mf . Belsham prod «^^ : i Evidence which has a te ^ idency to pjK ) ve he was ^ in ^ aniy d « ftgrec 9 fti 1 - eoRsi 8 jte £ kt oa thiaHkeadi ^ A % 4 o

      those Wise inca , ^ fe ^ ie ifea ;! ©** " needed dbeir k « owicdg € ^ l ! i > ) aiid who ^< weakly inferred that a doctrine supported foy CTiticismf ^ riy ^ be erroneous ^ hecmisr ^ fotso ^ l * ^

      the common people teou&d < n # t ^^ bde ^ s tas d it / Mr , Relsliarrt ' ^ *^ Heal * fcs /* 1 feai » , ^ -- « 64 ^ ie i § 4 d ' ^ -taf ^ vyledge / 7 in holding up sil ^ lv idiats to the .

      wcridasmfioWtt-, ^ on ^ adi » irerw ^^// & W ^ * ( and Jlhifi js the only ah ^ vwe ^ xVshi cii insinuations so unworthy t&eiOfoiii-< i » n , or the man blf l ^ tfAbn ^ 'Vor liber ^ liJLy de ^ e ^ rve : —>»» * ^ irf ^ tbat these ^ wise liieii ^ of Gotidth

      - i- Plia fof the D ^ iriity rfMMt W cd . p . 9 , *< J , *« 3 . Or Mi ^ ct WMV , vol . ill . p . 9 , X 04 . -. ¦ ¦ ; :, ^" i ? a '

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      2 & 8 On Mr * Betsfutm ' s Account of R . Robinsen .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 258, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/38/