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    Good sense and a Christian spirit characterize the following suggestion , pp . 26 , 27 : " So numerous throughout this kingdom have societies become , whose object is the universal distribution of the Holy Scriptures , that a clergyman can hardly be stationed in a parish which is not either itself the seat of one of those popular institutions , or in some way connected with them . Should he not

    altogether approve of them , yet let him ask himself with what consistency can he , as a minister of a church which admits the Bible as the sole test of religious doctrine , set himself to oppose the designs of associations whose exclusive purpose it is ^ in full recognition of the principles on which his church is founded , to circulate the records of

    salvation in every tongue among all nations ? Harsh invectives against Bible Societies , as appear- ' to ike , come with a peculiarly ill . grace from members p ^ a , Protestant church , aiid dotabty so ., should it prove that they * , manifest JJttjje , or only a languid zeal , in behalf of that institution with which , as chiirchnien , they conceive themselves to be more intimately connected . "

    , The coubfiels which Mr . Hett next delivers have not yet ceased to be seasonable and pertipeni , pp . 27 , &cf " We maV express ourselves warmly upon tlie apostolical institutions of our church—upon its tolerating character :

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    th ^ t r m liftBqf , pyayj . Jfagj pip , jOfl % a ^ jtfe ^ f otfeith ^ m ^ qfj . ^ oi ^ lfi ,. . ^ We ( t # ay a ^ r ^? f the . Hoi ^ an , c ^ qh ^ uPk ^ W ^ e ^ i , < jla ) es , superstitionem aui |^ m ,, i ^ ulo ^ latriaui aetestandam , ob . sublatam libertatjem cpnscientiae , et iritolerandami ( ty-f rannidem Romanorum pontific ^ m . ; 'f , tye may , explain in how many ways that church has corrupted the pure faith of the gospel , and show the grounds of

    separation between us and men ^ er ^ of that communion ; but though oar opposition ought , on these points , to be expressed in firm , intelligible language , yet ought it also to be expressed in a candid , liberal spirit , and in strict accordance with those canons of religious' controversy which have received the sanction of an

    enlightened age . Above all , in censuring the Romanists for error in doctrine , expediency itself , not less than the saered office with which we are invested ¦ , requires that we should abstain from introducing matters of a political concern * ment only , and which have nothing to do

    with points of faith , as how far it may be prudent to concede or continue the de- ? uial of civil privileges to . our Catholic brethren . At any rate it may demand consideration whether by the attempt to rivet faster their chains , a minister may not be loosening the stability of that cause of which he exhibits himself so

    indiscreet an advocate ? " s This is sound and charitable advice : would that it were less needed , and that it may be properly regarded ! Scarcely can we regret the circumstances which have occasioned our delay in noticing Mr . Hett's sermon , when we consider that these < c words of truth and sobers

    ness" and love , are yet more important now than they were even at the period of their being first published . The discourse comprehends ) numerous points of admonition ; and the text , " Suffer the woi * d of exhortation , " Heh . xiii . 2 $ , well suited the purpose of the

    preacher , who , indeed , " on account of the ; great length of the Ordination service , " ditj not deliver all the passages . f He appears to be si ncere , earnest , stu * dio ^ s ,,, a , n 4 intelligent . Many valuable tyjuts , arg given by him on the object of life , cle ^ ripal profession , and the spirit wjfth wl ^ chj it should be pursued ; and

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 844, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/44/