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irerSre we dismiss the present article . Mr . W . observes in his Appendix , p ; 22 € > , ** Mtich has be « n said by sctn&e of the dtitfo f charity to th ^ opinions of others ; but I have no charity for opinions , nor do
I know of such a duty in the Christian code . To the person ? of all men , however they may differ from us , we owe Christian charity ; but what * ifr meant by charity to opinions ? Am I to believe that to be true which I am convinced is false ?
&c . &c . " To all this we have no objection : it expresses , on the whole , our own views . The use we are going to make of it is to shew that on the very same leaf where these remarks occur , Air . W , has given proof that he either does not understand , or will not steadily adhere to his own rules . In a note to p . 21 {) , he says z
The following is a specimen of language most intemperate and extravagant : the succeeding note will form itsr counterpart . The doctrine of the Trinity * is the parent stock of all that system of error whieb has branched out into all the various
forms of reputed orthodoxy , darkening with its deadly shade i ; he < brightness of the Divine character , and shedding its poisonous influences upon the best charities of human nature /—Madge ' s Sermon before the Unitarian Fund y 18 J 5 , p . 13 . "
What Mr . W . considers as the counterpart of this quotation , he adduces in a note to the next page ( 220 ) : " Mticb and often have I been shocked afc the hprrid cut of flames and devils prefixed to Macgowan's * Arian ' s and Socinian ' s Monitor / which , it must be confessed , however , is v « ry appropr iate to the
tvatt . itself . Take the following specimen . * No sooner ( says the damned heretic ) was I within these frightful mansions , but virtus- and Scciuus were apprised of my coming * by fresh bolts of divine indignation being thundered against their apostate heads . ' - This language , also , is s < j far appropriate , that it must be
confessed it is fit * only Tor the infernal regions \ And yet we ate told at the beginning of the ti * aoty this mode of writing was chosen with a-view to make it the rnore entertaining ! Most horrible ! a picture of hell , and the damnation of a Christian teacher , for the entertainment of pious Christians , It is impossible to calculate the injury such books render to religion . "
"We are perfectly of Mr . W . ' s opinion in ? this , and heartily rejoice that the GaMnists themselves begin to be horror-stricken with their own system ,
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' when it is stripped of every disguise , and set before themin aH its naked deformity . But now let us ask , in the name of candour and good sense , what is there in the quotation from Mr . Madge ' s sermon that deserves to be placed in paral lei with Macgowan ' s vul * gar and malignant abuse r Mr . Madge has no charity for the Trinitarian opiu nions : and Mr . W . himself avows that
he knows of no Christian precept that req u i res charity for opinions . JB u t w h e n has Mr . Madge , or indeed any Unita * rian , ever sentenced any one Trinitarian or Calvinist to the regions of the damned , on account of their creed 2 No , such usurpations of the Divine prerogative are only to be found among
our opponents . After all , we think this Book may be usefuj to many of the author ' s Orthodox friends , and on that account we consider it a seasonable and salutary publication ^ We are persuaded that few of the books they are most accustomed to read , contain so many liberal and useful observations .
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Art . IV . — The- Regards due to tht Memory of Faithful Ministers . A Sermon preached at Stourbridgc and Cradley , Dec . 8 , * 18 l 6 , orithe Death of the Rev . Benjamin Carpenter : to . which is added an Address delivered at the interment .
By James Scott . Stourbridge : Printed and said by ' J . Heming : Sold also by Sherwood . and Co , London , &c , 8 vo . pp . 36 : 3 N the concluding senfeertde * of ouf I' review of Mr . Carpertter ' siDift-, courses on Christian Pbace 'And Unify / ' we expressed our persuasion that'his ^ ' * life and character" would 'promote
the important objects for which- he pleads . * That valuable life , alas ! was soon to be terminated : trVat exem * nlary character , such is thef"Will- ' 'of J ? rovidence , now lives only in * our recollection . Amidst the pursuits of theological literature , ana the
collisions of controversy , we are feelingly reminded of the limits of human views , the precariousness of mortal life and the supreme moment of practical reli g ion . It was impossible , to regard Mr . Carpenter personally with any other emotions than 'thosfr ' of ' affection and respect . Such werwi the virtues of the man * that , ill 1 ' th «^
* Vol . XI . p . 486 .
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Review . ^^ Scbits Funeral Serni&n ontM ffe& * R / ZSarpenter . 51
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/51/
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