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    sectarian controv ^ syv and unembarrassed > ¦ . by the restraints of sectarian prepossession . Emancipating tbemselyes , as far as possible , front the trammels of sect and party , they will habitually consult , for their own guidance and the instruction of others , the perfect model of human wisdom and virtue exhibited in the gospel : and estimating all religious professors by the faithfulness with which they express , in their profession and general practice , the

    great first principles of all religion , will endeavour , in the truly Catholic spirit of the ancient eclectic philosophy , to borrow without reserve , and transfuse into their own sentiments and conduct , whatever is most sublime and scriptural in the doctrine , and whatever is kindest and holiest in the spirit and example of other sects ; and will consider that the best religion

    which turns the minds and energies of its votaries with the greatest force and directness upon vital piety and goodness ; which is most practical , most soulsubduing , most heavenly , in its influences ; and which develops and enforces the great eternal principles of religious belief , accompanied by the fewest of those accessories , the value of which is purely factitious and conventional .

    It will be long , probably , before the mass of sects are animated with this spirit ; the prepossessions and institutions of society oppose but too many obstacles to its diffusion . But the more advanced and enlightened of the members of different sects may lead the way in this important revolution , and make preparation for that holiest of all communions on earth , a communion of the pious , benevolent , and sincere . Already we witness among

    good men of all parties a more cordial disposition to sympathize with each other , and to merge niinor differences of opinion , that they may co-operate more effectually in the promotion of truth and goodness . The intellectual excitement that now prevails , the free discussion of all moral and religious topics , and the constant intercourse amongst all parties , all sects , all nations , must accelerate this union of kindred minds ; and from that union , in the pursuit of the noblest objects , the most important results may be anticipated .

    Happy they , who can recognize in such a union a pledge of the continued happiness and improvement of mankind ! Happy they , who , amidst the gloom which political convulsions and the storms , of bigotry and intolerance occasionally throw over the prospects of society , can discern in Christianity that pure and holy light which , while it conducts the successive generations

    of individuals to immortal blessedness , discovers with no less clearness the path which Providence has traced out for the species , and through which , amidst the ever-shifting vicissitudes of manners and opinions , it is destined to move on in indefinite progression towards wisdom , and virtue , and happiness ! J . J . T .

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    AFTER A THEOLOGICAL DISCUSSION WITH OPfE WHO MENACE *) MY HETERODOXY WITH DIVINE DISPLEASURE . God hath not placed salvation in their ljancl , Far less damnation , to'deal out at will On those who their vain threats nor understand , Nor tremble at them . God is mercy still , Though they wqujtd ipake h ^ cn luercijess—hath given To ail—to all , ttye promises of heaven ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 810, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/10/