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    fce c # s ^ el ? # We » ti £ ed , —tji ^ t the former should have no separate interests 4 g $ fn . j&e i $ tter , but should . a * 3 $ tiroes be we&Af . to give effect to the wishes frf theii * fqllow-memKers . But here a difficulty occurs at tlie outset , for in ^ Scotland , $ nd I bejlieve in

    England also , an um ^ rtered society cannot jegajly hold $ uch propejcty in the name of its office-bearers , who are # n elected body > and \ liable to perj > e Jii ^ l changes , but must have its , property invested in persons permanently appointed . . It is proposecl that our chapel shall be invested in eleven such persons , and in $ h £ survivor or

    survivors of Jheir number ; and in order to connect them mtjk the society at large , and so , to avoid the difficulty above stated ^ these eleven persons have signed a declaration , that they accept their office Solely ior , $ ae benefit of the rest * , that , £ hey will give eiFect at all times to the ^ cisioas of thei r fellow ? -

    mem ^ ej-s , regarding the trusty \ yhich they hay . e received from them , and thftt they y ^^ be ready , when required by £ hem , % oxx > nvey the property by a future Trust Dee 4 Jo any persons whom the congregation' may choose , to Appoint , I-Tommm * niiarn r \ -r rv »«»» " » tr unnlaooonf Having- beam of unpleasant

    many disputes , and even litigations , which have occurred , both in -England and in Scotland between , the trustees of chapels an 4 ^ the CQvngTegations assen ^ bling in th ^ pa , we £ * re very desirous that no such unpleasant and ruinous disputes should occur among us , and we hope that . thejabove arrangement vvjlH pflfectu ^ -lly prevent them . ' » ' ' .

    There ia , another subject intimately connected wi ^ h the fo rmer , ; viz . the inetho < l of acquiring the eights pf a member in a Christian congregation . It is ofmpus . that to confer these upon all who may be accustomed to

    assemble for , public worship ^ Vvith that Congregation , ' would be attended ^ with very prejudicial ; consequences ; wlnra , on

    the other hand * it is necessary to avoid all such modes pf ^ dmisBion as woujtfi involve the well-foundfed objecticms which h ^ ve been so often nxade to subscriptions to articles of faitn ^ / Ax some future period I may trouble jou with a Communication on this subject . EI ) INBURGENSIS .

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    . ^ itteivypt illustrute Jude , yer . 9 . Letter II . SiH , NOW proceed , as I proposed , to I inquire into the meaning of the ninth verse of the j Ejustle of Jude , < c Yet Michael the Archangel , when contending with the Devil he disputed about the bod y / of . Moses , durst hot bring against him a raiting accusation , but said , The " jLord rebuke thee . " The main ptiject of Jude in this

    Epistle was to warn the Christians '' to whom it was written , agsdnst certain evil men and seducers vvno had privily crept in among them , whom he styles ungodly inen , who turned the grace of God into lasqiviousriess , denying

    the pply sovereign 0 o 4 and our Lord Jesus Christ . He then goes on , in a variety of instances , to' draw a comparison between their cringes and those of some of the most notorious sinners

    who , under the former dispensation , were the objects i ^ f the Divine disple ' a * sure and the subjects of the severest jU ( lgm ^ hts , arid predicts that the like judgments and condemnation awaited thein , and would speedily be executed

    upon thenai Both jPeter and Jude describe the characters of these men very much at large . We shall only refer to that part of the description which is immediately connected with aad introduces our present subject Jude , referring to the crimes of the

    people of Sodom and Gomorrah , Cwhich . he had just mentioned , ) says , ver ^ 8 , " , TheseJBlthy dreamers defile

    the Jtefh , despise dbminioh , ' and speak evil ojF ( blaspheme ) dignities , " with whiph ; he contrasts the conduct of Michael th ^ Archangel , who , when contending v ^ h the Devil , durst n / 6 t bring against him a raiting , a blaspheming accusation . Peter also'

    'describes them , second Lpistle li . 10 , as those * ' who ' wulk after the fiesh in the lust of uncleanness , and despise government , as presumptuous , selfixrtilor ) -cmt \ v % nt nrvrtirl . tn sn ** ft ' h /^ ti ^ J . fhf VVIlJLOtl Ckll UUb Uf l OfSGit tsi / tv

    , -U . I * CW IIS n vrj ( to blaspheme ) dignities ; " he then contrasts with their conduct th ^ t ^ f the angels , who , though greatei ^ m power and might , he says , yer ^ TJ , * ' bring not ratling- ( blasphe miig )^ £ ? - cusation against them before the

    Lordr fn considering the subject , we have then to inquire ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 673, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/17/