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      side of Dr . Priestley . Wift wfettt justice and trtxih this ftview of the controversy is conducted , is evi . deht from the contents of this address ; and Will be seen more fully by what I shall communicate to ybti hereafter .

      We know how much , during tfre last twenty years , has been effected in the political wCrld by d&untless assertion , audacious fafifefidods , and artificial influence of ail kinds . We know indeed

      how much such means are caWrul&fed to circumvent and intimidate . 6 iit' we riiay noto reasonably h 6 pe , tjb 4 t , with the extinction of the French system will < tea ; se the reign t > f abstract generalities , of

      revolutionary tights , of claiftdrbus pretension , " and artful intimidation ; and that at teast in this country , among a prosperous and gratfeftil people , the cause of truth , of Protestantism , of temperate liWrty , o ' f constitutional rights , attd estkblislied oVdet , Wh every WheYe prevail .

      T canfiot conclude this first address without iftfortffing tire rfeacler , that the objects , which HkVe in view , are to iiricIeceiVe the Unitarians in their opinions respecting Je&us CfrltisT ;—to dfefen ^ l Itti e merhory o ^ f Bp , Horsley against the calumnies of Mr . Be ^

      sham ;—and to mafntaili the positions established Vy Bj > . HdYsley m his controversy with Dr . Priesft ! ey . T . St . Dlvii >^ . Durham , Mty 28 . 1 I -S -V « -i

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      9 * Mr . Belsham ' s Answer to &p . Burgess ^ 4 ew * HifU $ e July 2 S . ' " B ! l ' a . Ur ^ an , I ItTs by no means "th ' y dtesire to

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      cbtiVert your res"pectifele Miscelliny into a the&tte IbV theoJogrcal conti ^ Vet'sy ; but , as you havs thought fit to giv ^ ^ ptiMicity to a severe attd ulnfotinded accusation

      against * e , I appeal to you * justice to be heard in my own de * fencfe . I % e leaded and worthy Bishop of St . DttVi ^^ , p . 541 * has published " An Address to Persom calling theinselVes Umtariatt ^ , with t ^ fe generous design of " un . deceiving them in th ' eir opinions respecting Jesus Chrfeu ' In

      ardfcr to wh ? di ^ bis lordship warns thefti against toy Writings ; the atifchdf of ^ vhich be is pleased to represent as " ignorant , p ^ eju . diced , incompetent , " Sec . in the extreme . Gf thfe , Mr . Urban , I cfc > not cofthprain- ^ -If his lordship beltev&s rftie to be wh&t he < te .

      scribes , he has & right to declare it ; and , if able , to p ^ ove it . I need not reiaitid ^ isloYd ship , that , in the present ifcqtrisitive uge , hard

      words are hot tic € e |) ted for solid arguments , and teast of nil by that dass of Ch ^ fetiltrts for whose spiri - tual edificaitioh his lordship interests Iriifa ^ f Wkh su ^ h ttiafr m and unsolicited feeiieV ^ tencew Of tfrte iThpiitation , lidWever , I cd * fc « ive

      I havfe jtiiEft 'khd ^ e ry gr ^ at reasoa to complain . Aft ^ r ha ving stated titfat"" Mr . BeMiatti qalls Biihop Morsley a baffled and defeated antagonist , and ^ ro ^ tttMSes tte victory d { £ »• P ^ ksffey to be decisive and cdfthpkJtV' hfe lordship adds , " Mr &&&htitnfntiy sup ihk , btti 7 fe canritit cbeli&ce it !* Mr . Urban , ^ hf $ fe h rogiisge which ^^ hoald ^ V ^ fifefen ^ fehairfod to use of t he l ^ ir « 6 a prelate , tow * eh ^ r errdri ^^ i s dr pft mdt ^ ical 4 fe apinions -may appear 4 e-ine to be i and how < rsrer itt | pwb » bl ^ -it may - ti '* / ¦

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      60 ft Mr . Betsliam ' ' s tftisftfr 1 fo &p . BtoVgct **

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 606, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/18/