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    sufficient knowledge of his Subject . AH Unitarians do not deny , as he affirms , the pre-existence of Christ , and none deny , as he affirms of all , " the offered * propitiation through faith in his blood . ' " Disagreeing as we do from many of his remarks on what he terms Socinianism , and disagreeing because we know more of what Unitarians really believe than Mr * Shaw , we are glad to be able to express our warmest approbation of the concluding sentences in his " Essay . "

    " T have allowed myself to run into thk digression ( on ' Socinianism' ) from my main object , in the hope of shewing the danger of yielding up our understandings in matters of religion to the direction of any man , however eminent lie may be accounted for skill in particular branches of human science , unless his opinions be supported by the Holy Scriptures . Philosophy , under the guidance of a sound and unprejudiced mind , tends to a conviction of the truth of our holy religion ; yet men , who devote their time and attention chiefly to experiments upon matter , frequently go astray when they treat of spiritual affairs . It cannot be denied that Dr . Priestley was an acute and

    laborious philosopher ; but that philosophers are not always good theologians is obvious from the glaring contradictions of each other which we continually meet with in their writings . Mr . Jones , of Nayland , was also an able philosopher ; yet no two men were ever more directly opposed to each other in their religious opinions than he and E > r . Priestley . Let us then not say , am of Jones , ' and ' I am of Priestley . ' Let us seek instruction at the fountain bead—the Holy Scriptures : let us say with Peter , ' Lord , to whom shall we go ? Thou hast the words of eternal life /"

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    No . V . Sir , Heidelberg . Mendelssohn ' s treatise on the Immateriality of the Soul of Man was first published at Vienna , in 1785 . The Editor then informed the public , that they were indebted to his Prussian Majesty for the production of the essay , and that a condescending discretion on the part of the author had

    hitherto withheld it from publication . Perhaps the great Frederick constituted himself partner , and wished to have the lion ' s share . A Latin translation of the tract had appeared before , and the translator having been informed by a friend , that it was not disapproved by the author , he ventured to publish the German original . I do not know if it has ever appeared in English . If it has not , you may be willing to give a place to some extracts from it in your Repository . Many of the acutest reasoners of the last cenfrom it in your Repository . Many of the acutest reasoners of the last

    century were Spiritualists : some of the nineteenth century are so too : could they do it a greater service , —and in Republican France , ( for it is and must be substantially that , ) could they do their country a greater service , — than by promoting an alliance between liberalism and spiritualism ? The treatise is not long . It consists of answers to three questions , and some added remarks on iyAlemberVs Thoughts upon the Spirituality of the Soul .

    Quest . 1 . Can matter have in itself the power to think ? Q . 2 . If matter in its proper nature is incapable of thinking , cannot the Almighty communicate to it this property ?

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    LETTERS FROM GERMANY .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1831, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2593/page/30/