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    to suppose that ; it relates literally to an atoiiejaaent *—that is , to actual blood , in which the sins of the Elect are steeped and , rubbed , and then come out vhv

    tues ? All the texts particularly relied on by Galvinisis , have been abundantly proved- to be consistent with the remainder of scripture , and thus their fancied privileges , deducible from their ^ notions of the atonement , are shewn

    to be illusory . This has been done even by John V ^ esley , who gave up the groundless fancy of the imputed righteousness of Christ . But an objection lies to this doctrine of atonement , which supersedes all necessity for arguing against it on the ground of

    its great absurdity . It supposes that -the grand and peculiar doctrine of the gospel is , that the One God is a compounded Being , made up of various persons , with opposite dispositions , and persons , wiui oppos ^ ne dispositions , ana

    , heterogeneous natures y whereas , th ^ e junifonn testimony of- the whole Bible is , that the Lord our , God is one JLord ; $ &d this One God and Father of All , who "is above all ,-is most particularly stated in tbe New Testament x& be ~

    . the God mzdt Father of' our Lord Jesiis . ( Jkri ^ f * , ! . - ¦; . i .,... * . *; . ¦ ¦ ¦*] X ho ^ pe i 3 W > w ^ I ^ ear Sir , that you wi } l djtaw que vary f j } just . conclusion from this long'fetter , vyhjcb is , that J would not be ^ to the , tr ouble of writing , it , if I x } id 001 entertain for , you much respect , . to whiih > - ypu are * en titled from your j tfra&icter , ; and professional labours ,. i , { : < I remain , ther ^ fpre , &c ,. &c . - 'J ¦ i ' . Tiii •>> ' : ' ' . i fl r \ , 7 J 3 T-S .

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    264 Vindication of Count Zinzcndorf .

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    them , and if he considered the phraseology he employed as be § £ calculated to convey and illustrate them , who "has a right to cjeny him this liberty ? Having received a considerable nan

    of my education amongst the United Brethren , or Moravians * , as the y are often though improperly called , and having attentively studied their history , especially that of their late ordinary and made myself pretty familiar with his religious ideas and the language in which they are couched , I conceive

    myself rather better qualified than your correspondent , to form a just estimate of the moral worth of that respectable individual . Had the writer in your Repository , instead of adopting the malignant and deceptive representations of a Rimius , ( who , forsooth , styles his work a Candid Narrative , —how far

    it deserves such an appellation will presently appear , ) attentively perused Crantz ' s History of the Brethren , or the ample and ingenuous Life of Zinzeiidori by the learned and venerable Mr . Spangenberg , or Had ' he duly examined several of the " numerous

    writings of the Count himself , I have little doubt but he would have formed a very different opinion . Your corres pondent appears Iq have dipped into one or , two of their works , but I trust

    that is all ; I myself have had access to ^ 11 their performances , and have made considerable use of them . * I have , besides , been favoured with various communications from esteemed individuals

    of undoubted veracity , who were about the Count ' s person , and intimately acquainted with his public and private character . But I nave not formed my judgment of the late ordinary merely from the testimony of friends , or from his own writings , but have attentively

    examined the works of his opponents ; and though I have been at considerable pains to investigate , their charges , yet have I never been able to substantiate any one that affected . his morals . If it be true that the moral worth t > f a man results from his intentions and

    the motives that actuate him , and that hisi intentions and motives are alone discoverable from his dispositions and copduct , I then feel no hesitation in affirming , that tWl ^ te Count Zinzehdorf is ^ in no iricOnsidetable ' ' decree , entitled to oujr A esteenl ; and respect Every hojaest tfnd uaprfejiMiced persop , yvfrq wiPA $ kfc the pAftf entering into ' ffier ' d 6 tfiToriteGS ' ^ 8 lif ^ m «* ,

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    . SfK ,- i . r- ~ M Q Exeleryf # tch \ £ h , 1816 . - ' ^ rl ^ N > p ^ Fusing , yotir < i ^ aluable mjiscel-: \ izM-1 lany < fbr last february , ( p ., 6 b , ) ; a few > days ' siniQe , I w #$ not a jittjle surt jprised and donoerned , at perceiving < an !> atftpefBion ofrtio irxcon $ i 4 er 4 ble iiiagixif ^ M ^ , castor ^ t he mora < r cl ^ rac ter of

    m& \ mteCou ^ ir ., Zin % & % dprf $ being con-NUiG&A )' t $ Wit < there js rjL ^ . foundation for ) t&efa & fthfrrgfu yl feel it a dutyjjioiamkfcht : < m rfnft ^ o defend -ai > inju ^ ep ! i ch ^ - -raster , ¦ thfit 711 niuclii and 'dese ^ veidly

    ( « € steewi . ( KJ 4 ibl «/ ' < 0 addi ,, that in this un-^ Kt ajfcing ^ J sha ^ v ^ purel y followed the jj t ^ pw (^^ ^ mvv , oiwn vininfl . % would f . S ^ r ^/ lo ^ con ^ j 4 ^ ^ $% i merely ^^ P 03 ; 1 " . iiig . ih 0

    i ^ pinioM ^ i apv mpr ^ , tfaq < d $ fepding ' h ^ is . i ^ i ^ lpgw ^ t fo ^ guag ^ Jf | , he copsqi-^^^ f ^ 4 l # 4 > fl « 5 ri n ^^ m t ffiRt ^ unquestionably right in maintaining

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 264, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/12/