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      Eiiipiressive language of the New Testament in reference to our Lord . — When he was baptized of John in Jordan , " Lo , a voice from heaven , saying , This is my beloved Son , in whom I am well pleased . — God ,

      ' who at sundry times , and in divers manners , spake in time past unto the fathers , by the prophets , hath , in these last days , spoken unto us by his Son , whom he hath appointed heir of all things , by whom , also , he made the -worlds /'

      "AH power , ' * said Christ , ** is given unto me , both in heaven and inearth . I am the way , the truth , and the life ; no man cometh unto the Father but by me * All things are delivered unto me of my Father . He thM honoureth not the Son , honoureth not the Father which hath sent him . That all men

      should honour the Son even as they honour the Father . And this is life eternal , that they might know thee , the only true God , and Jesus Christ , -whom thou hast sent : " with a host

      of other texts , alone applicable to Jesus Christ , chosen and sent of God to preach the Gospel of Salvation ; and , through whom the gift of immortal life is conveyed to us , having received this commission from the Father .

      In conclusion , 1 would respectfully suggest to the author of the " Call , " the propriety of avoiding , in all public addresses , the use of metaphorical language with which the paper abounds , and I trust lie will allow me seriously to recommend him to reconsider the

      passage upon which I have animadverted , and to indulge the hope that such a review will convince him that it is not founded in truth . It may be proper to add , that this communication is unofficial , and that the writer is alone responsible for its

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      Sir , March 16 , 1818 . TAKE the liberty of transmitting I to you the following extract , from the letter of a correspondent in the country , which I received lately , on her returning me several Numbers of « The Monthly Repository , " which I had lent her .

      " They contain some very curious articles , but do not be shocked at my bad taste if I confess that I wish the contributors would not expend so much intellect upon dry controversy ; they would have far more chance of

      rationalising idolaters , ( is not that the proper phrase ?) were the subjects less exclusively adapted not only to the belief , but the habitual tone of study of such as themselves . Without being either bigoted or trivial , there are

      few others comparatively , save theological students by profession , who , upon turning over the leaves of a Number of this work , would not lay it aside , as quite out of their way . If it is intended to produce any effect upon those brought up according to the Established Church , or the

      Evangelists , ( who , in fact , except when urged into opposition , are only ultra swallowers of the Thirty-nine Articles , and the Athanasian Creed , ) there should be besides , short ( only short ) expositions of the Unitarian belief , from authority of the gospel ; calm ,

      tempered , but animated , imaginative descriptions and illustrations of the mischiefs produced upon the conduct of the lower orders by the perversion and exaggeration of the doctrine of atonement ; upon the temper of the higher by their notions of election , &c *

      and upon the minds of by far the greater portion of Christians , for so many past ages , as well as at present , by the idea of the Deity being not kept sufficiently distinct from that of the creature 5 as it might be asserted

      without fear of being charged to Unitarian prejudices , that , had their doctrines alone prevailed in the first few centuries of the Christian era , none of the superstitions of the church of Rome could have arisen . You will

      laugh at my instructions to so many of the learned ; but , pray do not suppose you have corrupted me , because I cannot help observing how it appears to me that your friends neglect to make the most of their means of doing so to others of mine " You will , of course , Sir , make no

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      Critique on the Monthly Repository . 499

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      Critique on the Monthly Repository . £ lt is impossible to accommodate a periodical work to every taste , and , therefore , the Editor of the Monthly Repository is neither offended nor surprised that the yvork is

      unpalatable to sopae readers . He is ready to a < i # iit » JiQwever , that there may be some justice ia the following critique , ( which , as it does not entirely depend upon himself what the contents of any oae Number shall be , he submits to the consideration of his various correspondents . Ed . ]

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1818, page 499, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2479/page/27/