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    toy himself and others to supply the defect and remedy the evil ; ba | ' # ie state of this kind of literature in England is still extremely low . Of solid knowk ?< 3 ge the usual com pamotvs are candour a , » idAt | i » i ; nmi . n ation 5 and these qualities the aufe&or of the

    sermon before us exercises in bis estimate of M the modern German dMnes , " whom foe judiciously vindicates from a mo&t unadvised attack by a member of his own university . * " They are accused of having rejected the authority of the Scriptures ,, and of a departure from the sound and established rules of interpret tailon . "

    " These /* Mr . Hett remarks , ( note , pp . 18 , &c ., ) " are heavy charges ; nor would it be , on the supposition of their being true to the extent alleged , any extenuation to allege that the same or similar accusations have been successively

    brought against Wickhff , against the reformers almost generally , against Grotius , and , in latter times , and in our own country , against JLocke , Paley , Bishop Watson , and many others . But the fact , however , of charges oi this kind having constantly been preferred by the Sciolists of the day against men of

    such eminence , and whose Christianity could not in truth be questioned , ought ta restrain us from yielding to such imputations a too ' hasty assent . It is not enough to bring in proof detached passages selected from voluminous works ^ a . nd to place them before the reader hi an isolated form , nor to heap together authorities which the majority of readers

    have neither leisure nor abilities to coin suit . All this is easy ; it is misleading ; it carries away the judgment , under the show of varied and compact evidence , which , if examined , might possibly be found insufficient and inconclusive . How long was ivir . Hose resident in Germany ? it for time ?• for

    J /^ as any considerable a year , or for a longer period ? W \ th haw many of the retired , pains-taking , learned professors of that country did he actually converse on subjects upon which hq has undertaken to pronounce with sucfr confidence and certainty ? l ^ ie reader is

    ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - 1 "¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ < . - ., « , .. ^ '" M ' •' ¦ ¦ < . " of persecution , and of promoting brotherly love ana charity / 1 , W sndtiitt rejoice to see tne ^ mphl ^' A ^ elV . drculated amoi * g inniisters and thcolotiilfc ^ students of all denomination fi \ l" ' V " " * Mr . Hett ? s oir JfiWrCWWtt , Ca mbridge : the writer oft wUbm He anrmadverts is the ftev . H . fa& * 'WM > < Jf Trinity College . < u-n ^ ' 1

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    undoubtedly , led to the inference that hte visit to ^ erii > auyw | is not a transient one ; » nd thai the opportunities he had of conferring with intelligent individuals upon the state of theological learning and opinions in that country were nufot

    merpti ^ ' and ^ v ^ urable f elieitiuff tvutln Th ^ re iV orte cireumstanctv , f ^^ ewr , which goes m sojiie measure t » m ^ aHdate these suppositious ; t mean hi * constantly Vefeirilttg hw t ^ adfr to p ^ i i ( idie » t jouwials . and biographical notices - One caahardly help suspectiug that hia information is UQt of that original kind aiid sterling character which he would have us ta

    think it H , when w € nud him expressing disappointment at not meeting in such a profound author as Chalmers with any mention of Semler ( p . 122 ) . " The following passage , at p . 82 , I give it in his own words , leaves the

    impression of Mr . Rose being more of an advocate than of the dispassionate , candid inquirer . ' It is curious to observe , ' he writes , * that the common principle of rejecting -every thing above reason has conducted the learning of the Germans , and the gross ignorance of

    the English schools ( the Unitarian is meant ) to - the same point of absurdity / Now ibis passage alone , and Jt is far from being the only one of the kindi would p&t me upon my guard against placing implicit confidence in Mri Hose ' s statements . The insinuation , ta say the least , is harsh and uncalled for , and

    proves that , though fj / tt ; Kole )) rdfesse 8 himself to be a great admirer of ^ calm and lucid views of theolo ^ yi * he is not the person disposed at all tvme .-v to take them An advocate , he know ^ , contends for victory , not for truth ; and Is there *

    fore lavush , wh ^ n it niay siiit 'purpose , of imputations discreditable to his ad * versary . I Uiiow little of the Unitarians , nor am 1 the advocate of Unitarian error : hut can , wil ^> a ny -show of tru th or can- ^ dour , gross ignorance' be imputed to Larduei- to whom the world k indebted

    for one ofl the fullest and btest oefe ^ ce ^ of GhrjfeJtiajaitt enfer s publishfe ^ ' ? Can <^ ' ^( p ^^ P ^ to faylor , ine ^^ o ^ : ^ th ^ biB 8 t ^ Hc ! Mw Coneord ^ e ^ ^ ^^ lii ^ sfe'f Was thp Jate Oilbe ^ t Wdki * field ( I hu ^ nothing to do with hfe political tJuiuion ^) a fiuo to to

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    Ct $ ti < MiiWoik&B . 843

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 843, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/43/