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    kitrnduce -im ^| oiHet ^ g ^ of iai *< mi ^^^ J ^ e »^ of itifeis a presump ^ ^^^^^/^^ Ifwhidi is faith influen « ^ n ^ characjter ^ not TOere sentiment or eiuotioti ) will naturally produce a holy life- but it does not follow ih&t true doctrine \ will laeeesfariiy do so , nor

    that ! false > doeti ? inef mipt always be * ki * - accompanied » fc $ praseticafc goodness , f hare already mentioned some causes which app ^ r to / operate dis ad vantage ouslv * foi ? ' Unitatianism ; but whieh > dk >> ideasat alL

    not , accord&g . to my , affe ^ the solidity jmd puidty of : 4 ts doctrines . A lukewforriiiMligioufe feeling ; may be perfectly compatible with a Hear perception of doctrinal truth . On ; the other hand it cannot , and it ought not to be denied that * Both CaMnisto and

    Romanists have exemplified in - their lives a true religious feeling : I though this moral excellence should not hastily be admitted as an infallible criterion of the correctness of their doctrinal persuasions , any more than a latxity of moral practice should be judged

    decisive of errors in doctrine , though it certainly is indicative of unsanctified feeling . I cannot completely assent to- every thing advanced by your Correspondent in relation to Calvinism . Me affirms

    that in the Calvmist ' s opinion the " most upright ^ nd holy life is but an equivocal evidence thut the work of grace has been carried ; on in the heart /' But has he statfed this fairly ? * The Calvinist unquestioriably doef eoti ^ - SlUer 9 Itnltr lt-ft \ « o' flia < InoAnckVdklu ^ iri

    oence of divine etectlon ; i « an IB life , per 8 fereml ia to tMe end , 4 » aeccmtated a presumption of a reprobate «< ml . « ^ TCgard . > fioK « e 4 » iw A 6 i « MinonV « f ! gpa ^ e ) ; U must bei onlyiwh » e mor » l ! piactioe ¦ % * 5 « ftH ? wpQiinaetti' ^ ttt ¦ fc' >

    • - "' -1 *^ H i-. ; ^>< iih / T ^ U . -U ^ HUnn nJt J »' * e '' WWti «? 8 ' i l »« ii (> o « a ^ n <> th a 1 ? tte ^ «* rota < ff « h # . » olj 4 Spirit ! oiit » be > iniadii 8 i ^ ^ Bfc ^ jlh ^ efeiaBt of aminediate Sfe ?^ i 8 # i * w ^ ' »«« ^

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    OtoiBtfefl ; m&d > p e £ ; . l ^^ f ^^^^ M ^ % ^^^^^^^^ B not W . rded by S G ^^ 4 wS

    sanieintere 9 t > % vith ! whit . b | ifffe # igfe «} ed mmm ^ wms ^ principles of his ^ mwpit ^ m mZW Mi circumstance of - ^ oH ^ iiit tie ^ vlty ® b& &&' r ^ mmi ^^^^^^ i ^^ Spirit ^ f- placiiig virtue ^ o « f of the sp hfe ^ p of human ex ^ r 1 ; k > n /^ appear nece ^ sa ^ ty * to deprive virtue Of its ^ ntersest . > ¦ TPh ^ exertion is still humaii i > thv > Hfr ] f Oftev

    human agent is a ^ tedia ^^ n ; -ttnd ^ ^^ sense or persuasion of ibfeirig tW iriettU ^ ment or * medium ^ a ^ fc ^ % | p ^ 8 ^ l would surely lead to elevated thouglits > ( not however , in itiy ? opinion / ini ? l ) i sistent with humility ) ¦ rather than to

    indifference : a state of mind wM ^ hJ indifference ; a state of mind wM ^ hy under this convictionj could iiot by any possibility co-exist ; not \ mn ^ Sk tfe ** atoning sacrifice and imputed righteousness ^ of Christ" do away with MU& necessity of labouring to attain ^ t fc ^ ' perfection of virtue ; f < or as the &le&t

    could not feel any : cheering assurance that they wem soV witfiout thfe fruits of the Spirit , there woiJd be in ; a weil ^ disposed mind , a constant anxiety to acquire this e \ ndence of ^ raee 5 whiehy however passive the theory may siij >~ pose the human recipient to remtiin , mii 6 t indirectly produce the labour of

    attainment ; and , indeed , the fact atP mittedjfey your Cbi * e ^ J ) obdent of llu-l merous instances of licentious chara ^ n teirs reclaimed by Caivinfellc ex ^ fctidns , is a proof that no such passive inactivity forms any ^ art of ^ k ^ ir ^ ystemi In receding from the doctrinfe'of r 4 rr ^ sistible grace ^ the Unitarian is Ifehle to

    stumble on that of huni ^ n perfectibility . The feebleneserrc $ 04 r > * b&if effbrtB , and the treachefjrymnia iirtsorfc b ^ sb of mt firmest r ^ oluiitmsv' read a lessen 6 f huitmn experiet ^ 0 « guffibietitly huniiliating , ito convince tlie mi ^ iJ that no consistency in virtue ife a ^ taiii ^ bfe uril ^ ssi ibe'fl ^ igMM - ^ R ^^ ^*^ n i ^ co «

    the favour . > f G ^^ vM ^ titilt ^ S' ^ JrSiS

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    On Mr . CogtiH ** Pfyp&v *^ Calvinism . W&

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/27/