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less or disturbance to the Church than of ilutnination anal
eililicasion. Nor do 1 see how the Church can be more
Jiaturbid by the investigation of ttnth, titan were the
teeotilmi by the firot promulgation of the gospel; since so
far from recommending or imposing any thing on my own
"obesity. it is my particular ailaice that every cnc should
suspend his opinion on whatever points he may not feel
himecif fnlly satisfied, till the evidence of Scripture pre-
yed, and persuade his reason into Latent and faith. Con-
gealment is not my object ; it is to the learned that 1 ad-
ae.ae n,yself, or it it be tought that the learned are not
the best umpires and judges of su h things, I shou'd at'
feast wish to submit my opinions to men of a mature and
mealy understanding, poescosing a thorouith knowledge of
the doctrines of the gospel ; on whose judgments 1 should
rely with far more confidence than on those of novices In
these matters. And whereas the greater part of those
who have Written most largely on these subjects have
been wont to till whole pages with explanations of their
own opinions, thrusting into the margin the texts in sup-
Fort of their doctrine with a summary reference to the
e'epter and verse, I have chosen, on the contrary, to till
ice pages even to redundance with quotations from &rip-
oste, that so as little space as possible might be left for my
own words, even when they arts.: from the context of reve-
lation itself.
It has alsoheen my ohjrct to ?rake it appear from the
opinions I shall be found to hare advanced, whether new
or old, of how much consequence to the Christian religion
is the liberty not only of winnowing and sifting every doc-
trine, ha also of thinking and even writing respecting it,
accordiag to mu individual faith and persnastun ; an infer-
ence which will be stronger in proportion to the weight
iuwd importance of those opinions, or rather in proportion to
the authority of Scripture, on the abundant testimony of
which they zest. Without ties fluty there is neither rs-
lic,ion nor got/pi—force alone prevalls;—by whklt it is
diseraceful for' the Christian relation to be supported.
Without this liberty ere ore Eli enslaved, nor itiaeek
as formerly, under the divine law, but what is Worst of all,
under the law of man, or to speak more truly, mulct O bar-
harm tyranny. But I donut expect from candid anti jut...
dicious readers a conduct so unworthy of them—that like
certain unjust and foolish men, they should stamp with the
invidious name of heretic or heresy whatever appears to
them to differ from the received opinions, without trying
the doctrine by a comparison with Scripture testimonies.
According to their notions, to have branded any one at ran-
dom with this opprobrious mark, is to have refuted him
without any trouble, by a singie word. By the simple
Imputation of. the tome of heretic, they think they have
despatched dick man at one blow. To metrof this kind I
answer, that in the time of the Apostles, ere the New Tes-
tament was written, whenever the charge of heresy was ap-
p'ied as a term of reproach, that alone was considered as
hirer) which was at variance with their doctrine orally de-
livered,—and that those only were looked upon as heretics
who according to It tan. xvi. 17. 18, "caused divisions and
offences contrary to the doctrine of the apostles—serving
not out Lord Jews Christ, but their own billy." By pa-
rity of reasoning, therefore, since the cumpilation of the
Ncw Testament, I maintain that nothing but what is in
contradiction to it can properly be called heresy.
For my own part, 1 adhLre to the Holy Scriptures
alone-1 follow no other heresy or suet. I had not even
rad any of the works of heretics, so called, when the'
mistakes of those who are reckoned fur orthodox, and their
locations handling of Scripture, brat taught, me to agree
with their opponents whenever these opponents agreed
with Scripture. If this he heresy, I confess with St..
Paul, Acts xxiv. 14. '' that after the way which they
call heresy, so worship I the Cod of my fathers, believ-
ieg all things which arc written, in the law and the
prophets—to whklt I add, whatever is written in the
New Testament. Any other judges or chief interpre-
ters of the Christian belief, tbgether with all implicit
faith, as it is called, I, in common with the Protestant
Church, reftme to recognise.
For the rest, brethren, cultivate truths with brotherly
love, Judge of my present undertaking according to the
admonishing of the Spirit of God—and neither adopt my
sentiments nor reject them, unless every cloche has been
removed'from your belief by the clear testimony of revels-
lation. Finally, live in the faith of our Lord end Saviour
Jesus Christ. Farewell.

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On the last birth-tit? Of Washington, the Liberato
Bolivar paid a visit to the United' States squadron at'
Chorillos, and was saluted from the frigate United States !
and the sloop of war Peacock. The British ship Cambridge,
71, and the Chilian agaselron, also saluted the Li herator,-1
the three squadrons.tlins combined in evincing their respect!
for the character and talents of one of the first men of!
the age.—Pleiludelphi t Paper.
Astaittea.—The.State of Ohio was visited by a severe
tempest, on the 18th ult. A whirwincl, which commenced
nest. the west line of Licking comity, proceeded north-cast,
wide the sweep of a mile in width ; and, on nearly half a
mile of its centre line left not a tree standing. The little
town of Burlington. ten miles north of Granville, con-
taining twenty dwellings, r• ceived the whole fm y of the
tempest. Rvery dwelling was demolished ; most of them
being uplifted from the foundation, some of them in solid
masses, and others in pieces, and hurled in the air. Large
trees were seen as high in the air as the eye could reach,
wiping round as in a vortex. Three persons were killed,
three others mortally wounded, and several mete injured
less seriously. The cattle were nearly all killel. Such
are the particulars as for as they have yet transpired.
The citizens of the nearest towns turned out to relieve the
di,tressed and bouselesa inhabitants ; and the physicians
'vete eemtant in their attendance oniehe wounded. Other,
towns appear to have suffered ; but no where else do we
find any details which come into comparison with the
abore.—Nal. Jeer nal, Jane lb.
We are assured that Professor Majendie will visit Lon-
don (Asir in August, and that he has sent word to Mr.
Martin his lectures will not be conducted with any kind of
cruelty, and therefore hopes that the Hon. Member for
Galway will abstain from any observations calculated to
excite resentment against one who Grates his object to be
that of the advancement of science. Mania that for some
time past Majendiel lectures, accompanied by the dissec-
tion of living animals, have, even in Paris, excited great
disgust, insomuch that the College of Surgeons have de-
sired their disrontinuanee.

Int or NI rons.—On Monday lasiLibout 200 persons
took an excursionround the Isle of Wight in the Ariadne
steam-packet, attended by a band of music. The day
NIS extremely fine, and the passage delightful. The
Ariadne started at nine o'clock in the morning, and re-
turned toiler moorings at r. quarter past six in the evening.
An accident of a serious nature hail nearly occurred in
passing Cowes, which caused cons:derable rearm on board ;
a boat which had come,from the shore with a man and a
b y, in attempting to board the packet while going at the
r ,te of ten or twelve miles an hour, s.as upset by coming
contact with the paddles; the man held op by the
bottom of the boat, but the boy was drawn by the paddle
up into the box before the engine could be stopped. The
engineer, however, had, on the boat's first striking the
paddle, hastened to effect its stoppage, and so opportunely
dal the engine cease to act, that the boy was extricated
from the paddie at the top of the box without injury.
PROGATSS or RErINEDIENT.—A FACT.—A young
woman meeting a former fellow-servant, was asked how
alt= liked her new place, " Very well."—" Then you have
nothing to complain of?" " Nothing; only master and
rei,sus talk such very bad grammar."—American Paler.
Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, when the Edin-
burgh mail was on its way to this city, the guard observed
a saddle-horse without its rider; and a little farther on
mnd a gentleman on the road, with his neck under part
of his bo ly, quite dead. A pocket-book, watch, letters,
pipers, &c. were found on the person of the deceased; and
a little dog was men bowling over the lifeless body of its
master, and with much reluctance permitted the guard to,
approach the corpse. On examining some papers, the de-
ceased appeared to be a traveller belOging to the firm of
M'Call,-Donglas, and Co. The passengers humanely took
up the corpse on the coach, and left it at a public-house in
the adjoining village.—Glargote C'hromiele, Jelly 14.
It app ars by I. tVrs from Madrid of the Ist July, that
the unprecedented, frost which not long ago destroyed a
'teat portion of the sines and wheat crops, has been fol.
lowed by an intense brat, which has scorched much of what
remained. In many parts of the country the priesthood
have taken advantage of this national calamity to urge the
Royaliats to acts of outrage against th Constitutionalists,
h) declaring that it proceeds fr..m the indignation of Prcs-
%.demze at their existence.