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    fgj ^ t ^ &he ^ ^ tatetnedts , and in c « mpliau ^ e \ x itfi * 3 m&m . corse ^ t , aaterpret # tia&iftf tke ,, Bible , # \ i ascription ^ of Pf ^ i §^ apd thanksgiving , ai ^ , confined { # the ^ ftneonly living aud tru ^ God ; and ; o | I . jexpressions omitted . which

    ga 8 £ , countenance to the common thpugh erroneous potions of ** . the sacrifice of . CJirist as , a satisfaction to divine justice $ " ** tlie eternity of hellfire a § a place of future torment , " and i * the ajl-, pervading influence of the devil / ' ¦ vv , * Such , Sir , were the candid and

    honourable proceedings which have been , so vehemently arraigned . Such are the alterations which , alarming tfte prejudices of a narrow and petulant high-churchman , conscious of his

    own dismgenuou&ness , as accessory to a secret and altogether unwarranted suppression , in the garb of a British Critic , or under the disguise of a PJaiiirJDealer , has been so idly and slanderously . assailed . But it is in vain that facts < have , been distorted , and

    conjecture , substituted for proof . In vajn Jias Mr . Nares or Mr . Norris impeached the integrity of the Revisers' motives , where all idea of deception o ^ r- concealment ha § been so clearly and unequivocally disavowed . And , fec

    jn th ^^ e ; o ^ . this mideniable fact , it required po common effrontery , in a Parj ^ cji ial Yic % r % in his * ' Remarks on Pr . jtP elsham * s fetters to the Bishop of J ^ ppdonV' ( pp . 11 —13 , ) restin g on tljfiir aujl > orityjfor his statements , to

    re / ie yx the . slanderous and unfounded charge . , ' , , The ju . dicioqs qpnduct of the Revisers as advocates for the supreme authority of the scriptures , correctly interpreted , in all matters of religion ,

    was not less worthy of their benevolent design , of rendering these deservedly admired vrorks , as unexceptionable in doctrine and language , as for inculcating moral virtues and Christian piety , they have long beewi universally approved . For fyow * let * ne asjc " this new assailant * has " the

    beautiful composition or Christian piejv of Dr . WaJ : ts \ s Hymns / ' evaporated , or " , Uie utility of Mr . Melinojljfs TractJ for calling the attention ^ nN ^ oung minds to tii / e observance of Cnristiap i ^ orals , or io ^ th ^ knowledge ° t ddqjriheai peculiarly Christian , " ^ P ^^ egted by ^ ir vfiyisipii ? Whilst Sw fotfia ! * nqC . ; r to ftpcu ^ te all U ^ B \« qiaff « iaC JM <* if&ti * ti wi-fet ^

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    w , hat tnoraH precept , vrtiat f ^ itf ^ i ^ . turariidoefMne ^ li « g * teec * tj ^ ¥ k 'fciflrffer casei whhdrfavnrf *? " * hrf *»> tlfey * 4 ffe cleared of all doctrines pectflilMy Christian , 11 is'art af % s ^ Hio ** a ^ ffoifee as it is-foui ; isnlens ttie Vfcaris bi ^^ Wd to shew thai : * Ohristferrit ^ eb mpri s ^ no peculiar doctrines , whto'ffe ^ Ototy and atonement " of' its ibui&terV . tht eternity of hell-torments , and ^ toe devil , are withdraws . In rejecting * Htt such unwarranted interprettttions ojf

    detached or highly figurative pa&'ajgty , and in recurring to the unifortn ^ nd consistent testimony of fccripturfe ^ t ^ the divine wisdom and' beh € * t *> feiif ^ , the editors have essentially eblHrt&iW ted to " the advancement of reflgidti $ truth . " And trmir little Av ^ fk ^ ttfc&y

    be safely put into the haftds of * ^ ftfr ^ dren or reflecting persons * 'Vftliout the fear of exciting those et ¥ &h&& \\ & views of the . dispensations o # * -pv 6 H'i dence , which are calculal ^ d ^' onVv td

    terrify or disgust . Kferw tto * tfiey be deemed ** mutilated and impe * tfect , where every deficiency is so welf Strpplied ; where the genuine simplicity of the gospel is restored by ra « Removal of excrescences w hie ft 1 tend

    only to vitiate and deform *? ' So far from being < c marred" tfiey are mfflid * rated both in sentiment and language ; so far from being * 'despoiled , " they m 6 adjusted to thelegitima $ estand € eptf 9 $ cripture ; add instead of being " eviscerated ^ are lawfully ciettnseti from life gangrene which assaifg theifvfta ? s of the Christian-scheme . ( V '

    When the ** real purpose" 'H soex- ? plicitJy avowed , and teh&deaigti do judiciously executed , "where does the Parochial Vicar find ' any traces of " that ingenious management , or that

    imposing artinoe , ' * Which h& so uncharitably ventures to impute ? " HoV is tBis " method of conveying irliitl ? uction and persuasion inconsistent wiih what is generally understood by the terms , fair and honourable ?* And

    with what , propriety can this comrnBti and most useful practice af revitmiff books of instruction , be so vehemenrly censured by the clergy of the Church of England , Whose bbastted scheme is nothing 1 mere tfian the'Veligion of Rome < 4 inttrred ; despoiled and eviscerated ; wF ^ fee Li tur ^ w ^ ilBf better than a M \ j « sr Book altetrfd * hW revised ? v > o K > 41 l ¦« * - » . » >* But , Sir , '" * th ^ whOte tttetit % f t \ Msv ** mvoY *>* wuA »^ itTkftl ^ 1 fftW

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    Outcry against tfa Revieie * vf&bpular Works . ^ 9 i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 151, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/23/