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      prudently to moderate my attachment to earthly objects ; and diligently to prepare for that _ a . w / ul moment , when it will be my lot also to breathe my last , and , to close my eyes for ever on terrestrial things / ' Throughout he

      discovers pious resignation , and devout confidence in God . P . 12 , he says , " It is , I must confess , no slight satisfaction to me to be able to reflect that it was neither conceived nor born

      in sin . " What must be the feelings of tender parents who entertain the opposite sentiment !

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      170 Reviefo . —Vindication of Baptists , 8 fc ,

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      Art . V . —A Vindication , of the General ^ Bapt is ts , from some aspersions cast on them in the Letters , published by the Rev . Joseph Ivimy , entitled , " Neutrality the , proper Ground for Protestant Dissenters

      respecting the Catholic Claims . " Being an Address , delivered at the General Baptist Meeting-House , Portsmouth . By a Member ( Not a Minister ) . Pp . 24 . WITH much good sense this writer vindicates his brethren

      from the aspersions of Mr . Ivimy , and concludes with the following advice : " Let us take heed then , brethren , if we suffer reproach , that it be wrongfully ; otherwise it cannot be persecution . Then if we bear it patiently , our patience will be acceptable to God . Hear our beloved Master ' s

      cheering message—* Hold fast that which thou hast , that no man take thy crown / Let us not be discouraged by the taunts , the sneers , the sarcasms , or the slanders of the sons

      of bigotry and enthusiasm . Our Master hath told us— ' If they have persecuted me , they will also persecute you . ' He hath also said- —* Be of good cheer ; I have overcome the world ; and to him that overcometh will I

      give to eat of the tree of life , which Mis in the midst of the Paradise of Go < V

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      iti support of the strict Unity of God . The clergyman having after this , from the pulpit , denounced the Unitarians under the inappropriate name of Socinians , as " damnable heretics ; damnable idolaters , and damnable apostates ; " Mr . Payne wrote his second Jetted ; in which he expostulates with his clerical adversary , on the iiliberality and injustice of his conduct , with much earnestness , but without

      on Unitarians . In the first letter the writer appeals from mystery to scrip ture . and in a plain , concise , atid forcible manner , alleges the ; testimony of Moses and the prophets , Jesm an 4 nis apdstles , against the Trinfty , anS

      returning railing for railing " : so far from it , he is careful to express his respect for the moral worth of nis opponent , and praises him for his " commendable and truly Christian conduct , in behalf of the Bible

      Society . " We are glad to find these letters are adopted by the Kent and Sussex Unitarian Tract Society ; as they are well calculated to promote the cause of truth _ and charity .

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      Art . VII . —A Brief Statement of the Religious Sentiments of Unitarians , more particularly respecting the Person , Cftaracter mid Offices of Jesus Christ ; In a Letter to a Friend , who had expressed considerable * egret and surprise at the writer , for having quitted the Church of England on Unitarian principles .

      THIS writer follows the advice of the Apostle , «• Be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in you . " By a p | ain statement of his sentiments , which he supports by solid airgiiment , he justifies his Reparation -from tire Established Church * and ifirvites life friend to examine the $ u *> ifects oh wMch they differ . TMs [ pk ^ pfAiit discovers triuch g 6 dd seirt&e aiid candour . i ^ fc

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      Art . VIIl . ^ the Opinions of Unitarians Cor Modern Socinians ) prdyti Unscripttfral ttnd Dangerous : in * Sermon opon the Self-ejri ^ tetace ^ f Jesus Christ . By thetaieReV . \ Vhto Rottid&nfc , M . A ., Sfcc . &p : $ & .

      SIXTY , year $ have elapsed eiffce the fjrpt publication of thfesfmon , durhtg which fcyfry ¦ Ibiinfff ' *** author insists on as evident -of lift self-existence of Jesus Christ tfes ^^ cn

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      Art- VI . —A Vindication of Unitarians and Unitarian Worship t in j tooo , Letters to a Clergyman . By Thomas Payne . Pp . & 7 .

      rw ^ H fe author of * to # se Letters is an JL Unitarian ' preacher in JSu&sex . He vrtote them , " As a check to censo ^ ibti sm * ss ; *? in consequence pf the UTijusiu censures the clergyman , to whom they site addressed ^ had passed

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 170, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/42/