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    repeatedly ^ nswerefl and ew n to B | ye no , desiring on the subject * as olf | en a $ tt > e advpeates for ibis option Jiave ventured to take t £ e field , they have found their opponents ready to jpeet them , and after a few attempts at argument have been glad to take refuge \ n mystery . Its republicatipn

    ^ rff this time is a proof that Trinitarians still rely more on appeals to the passions than to tfre understanding . The self-existence of a person who was actually born , arid who actually died , ( and that Jesus Christ was such

    a person the scriptures plainly teach , and no Christian can deny it ) is a notion so directly contrary to reason , anil'involves such a seeming impossibility , that nothing contained in scripture ought to be supposed to teacji it , if it will bear any other construction ; but Mr . Romaine builds his

    conclusions on the mere sound of words , arbitrarily applied , and makes up for the want of argument by thundering out eternal damnation against tl ) osc who differ from him . P . 10 , he says ,

    " if you deny him [ Christ ] to be God , your sins remain , and misery must be your portion—Misery , the greatest you can suffer , in soul and body , among the condemned spirits in hell for ever and ever . " Where is

    Christian charity ? Where the meekness and gentleness of Christ , when professed ministers of the gospel , thus condemn others , for what at most can be but an error in judgment ?

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    Review . —Utiiiarianism Vindieafed , $ c . 171

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    Art . TX . TJnitarianism Vindicated , in a Letter to the Editor of Mr Romaine ' s Sermon , upon the Self existence of Jesus Christ . Pp . 53 .

    THE passages of scripture referred to by Mr . Romaine , as proofs of the self-existence of Jesus Christ , are here impartially examined , and shewn to have a very different meaning : and his uncharitable declamation

    animadverted upon , and justly censured . Nor hfls the writer confined himself to Mr . ?' s sermon ; but replied , with cons iderable ability , to the arguments of other writers in favour of the same hypothesis . He ahews himself well

    acq uainted with the subject on which W has written , and reasons in a clear and forcible manner . After havipg vacated the Unitarian doctrine ] by jSM ^ rai argument , he asks , p . 44 , c ln what respect are the views of

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    Art . X . —The Influence of Bible Societies on the " Temporal Necessities of the Poor . By the Rev . Thomas Chalmers , Kilmany . Pp . 40 . 8 vo . W . White and Co ., Edinburgh ' , Longman and Co ., London .

    V 1 1 HIS well written pamphlet is an M answer to the objections which , it seems , have been made to the Bible Societies in the North , as encroaching on the fund which charity provides for the relief of poverty , by diverting the contributions of benevolent persons to another object , and

    as taking from the comfort of the poor , by exciting them to form Bible associations , in which they contribute one penny a week to promote the circulation of the scriptures . He shews that the subscriptions of those who are above the class of mere labourers ,

    may be taken from the fund employed in luxuries , without sensibly diminishing it : p . 3 , and that , so far from the" benevolent principle being exhausted by its operation in Bible So » - cieties , it will be rendered more active in other direction * , p . g , Jhe say » ,

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    Trinitarians more estimable than those of Unitarians ? Are we upon their principles to expect something greafcer tfyan the favour of God and endless felicity ? Or are these prospects of greater importance if purchased by the sufferings of Christ , than if they are the unmerited gift of God to men through him ?

    u In many respects the views of the reputed orthodox are certainly far less cheering * and consolatory than those of Unitarians . The first believe him to be a being * of unreJaxing' rigfour and severity , when

    offended ; that he will severely punish every transgression , Jiowever unpremeditated , however forcible the temptation which led to its commission , however sincerely it may be repented of , either in the sinner himself or in his substitute .

    The latter believe him to be < merciful and gracious , slow to anger , and plenteous in mercy : ' that he is * not willing * that any should perish , ljut that all should come to repentance . * These believe him to be the kind and compassionate Parent of the whole universe ; those consider him as a

    partial , arbitrary , and vindictive sovereign . Which of the two systems vould a wise and srood man wish to be true ? rVhich of the characters above described , namely , the God of the Caivinists , or the God of the Unitarians , is it the Christian ' s duty to imitate ? "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 171, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/43/