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land a a wide distinction between lamenting the existence of dissenti
haring dissenters ! No man who is sincere in his political
13? religious opinions, can be wholly indifferent to those of
others
; for if he has adopted his own opinions on mature re-
flection, he must feel persuaded of their soundness, and must
•eousequently, in proportion to his benevolence, wish to coin-
tllualcate to others truths, or supposed truths, which he
"erns beneficial to himself. But neith2r the principles
°f
no
holy faith, nor the declarations and practice of our
venerable Church, nor the dictates of reason and common sense •
Will sanction the mixture of anger, hatred, or ma-
"ce, with our attempts to reclaim those whom we believe
t° be Pursuing the paths of error. These are feelings altoge-
the.'
tia Qien to the spirit, and obnoxious to the progress, of Chris-
nitY ; and such as never were entertained or expressed by
th°se eminent writers who are regarded as the pillars and or-
444Ients of the Chunk of England. Neither TlLLoTsoli,
eLAUXE, nor STILLINGFLEET, nor SIIERLOCIL, nor
(I•Ey, "hated Dissenters ;" though they were able and
re,44y to prove the unreasonableness of separation from the
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Its our times, there certainly is no diminution of that chari-
t:'.ble temper of mind which is ever ready to put the best pos-
t` construction upon the motives of others. We have seen,
itad we continue to see, all denominations of Christians in this
coutuzouyus7iting cordially together for the accomplishment of
works of piety and usefulness. This, we confess, is
4 tight, 'which, when its brightness is not obscured by intern-
PettitZeal, or misdirected activity, warms our hearts,—not be-
eatise We deem it a matter of indifference whether men believe
4 disbelieve certain points of faith, but because we are persuad.
14), that bY thus coming in contact with each other, the probability
"'eolzeirthe stronger that prejudices and misunderstandings will
b;rtse tirTaduallY corrected and removed, and that the grounds of
-erence; if all parties become animated by an equal desire to
eltiblAh truth, will he more and more narrowed.
When the Editor of the John Bull, speaking in the name of
the Proprietors of that Paper, said, " Tfre hate Dissenters," he
t4Ult surely have forgo
tten that the Church of England itself,
t,--„th,s,e eninmonwealth of Christendom, is viewed in the same
L'aeritable li,ht in which he regards Dissenters from our
st 4„
tdishment--What, we would ask, were CALVIN, and
I'l'Eli, and MELAsicTilosr, and Zuirtoraus, but Dis-
Aatteni in their day d ? And these are the worthies, who emen-
6v.clus from Papal domination, and are justly looked up to as
,IZieet4 of our respect, and as examples for our imitation.
44e Church of Rome did, indeed, hate Dissenters, manifesting
the bitterness and intensity of that hatred by the most cruel
otrei,;:utileti:Tis i and it is simply because we apprehend that
--e`i °f. this feeling still attaches to persons of her communion,
is idented with. Popery, that we have deprecated any
2)ai
"ee'sions that could by possibility clothe with power the pro-
,ealz" nf'a religion from which hatred of dissenters seems in-
`uParable. Let us but be assured that this hateful leaven is
rged
L, ,_" out, and we shall be the last to oppose any degree of
-ataolic
ur ~.... e
°utaneipation, which is consistent with the stability of
r.vsent Church Establishment.
4i`l Vaa oh Bull forgotten, too, that the Established Church
ur:htljandn dissents from the Church of England, and that the
ti,
~ °f England Protestants, who reside in Scotland, are
6Zrze 'tssenters from the religion of the State, as by law csta-
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,Does he include these, his fellow-communicants, in
that 11,4e,(1 of " Dissenters of all classes Q" Does he forget
attet, 'S,ArAJEsT y himself, the Head of the English Church,
telizileu Divine Service in the High (Presbyterian) Church of
in theari;h, during his recent visit to that capital, participating
that h, devotions of his northern Presbyterian subjects ;fand
(leane'a, Majesty regularly superintends the proceedings o, the
Lii,hZiAssembly of that Church of Dissente.rs. from the Esta-
kitin,,%at (if Eni,land, by sending his Commissioner to open its
/ljne;3„`.To ate Dissenters, merely as such, is to hate
'realii-ie hundredths .of mankind. It is not only to hate
w°llllltellaN, lependents, and the great variety of sects who.
theme
alp t °I)
h inncplaces which are not graced with. steeplesto,
~,'„," tenor Grate sews, Al ahomedans, d
an
Pagan"otgtita-CiyoD
"41. have ro :)ur Liturgy', which calls upon us to pray a
7,:tigtti4 -,;:iteY upon them.
ragain,
the Editor of John Bull said, " We .hate
meal 4 suers +" did it occur to hint that of those who are thus
ee: ated, by far the greater p'ortion have, like himself,
have leiSLlcated in t 1) tenets which they hold, and perhaps
"1,044 07 „no fair opportunity to judge for themselves of the
balk Co -,- the questiOn uponu which their parents have preferred
unik otil•enticle to the upon which their parents have preferred
• to the Parish Churh coincide also that the great
Clith ,L tile Dissenters substantially in doctrinal points
in yes he be
of the Church of England, and chiefly differ
orepect to disci r WI we thus speak of tbe doctrines
Witillteneburch, w.eP,
liniceux of itleals' we actually iind it, embracing Pe,ranitat' Pale Divines both of the Amiinian and Calvinisti,c
`Nei,* hcnis ; arid of these persuasions arc the two great, sects,
Wi4„ve been denominated after their founders, W EsL'EY
have •-"TrIELD. That the worthy men whose names we
of reirt.si mentioned, were useful in awakening a sense
Who ilgion e the minds of vast numbers of persons
rIQ est 4 iew opportunities and less inclination to resort
estiot Isned
Places of worship, cannot, we think, be
the4arnined.' anY more than that many of the preachers of those
--e waltatinns have subsequently distinguished themselves in
La chalks of learning, and as Defenders of our common faith.
sup,Z,frankly stating our sentiments, we would not have. it
libss e'n that we ad-- 're 't.l e general style of oratory which
44 th-es„4 Rdoptedmobiltihoi.s cllas's of preachers, and least of
In th°,—, of the
gar of them. On the contrary,
real d•vnew occasions 43nEnWhichwe have chanced to hear
How isi-ei.,°•urses, we could not but remark, how very difFe7
-.ow it-is irotli the language and manner of the Apostles,:
ke
moor
to the sober piety of our own divines !—But w e
N. Wh, Zed nevertheless, either to hate
deapt"oefl:ricre.
hgod itifidelit! at•epersuaded, help. to sten, i
.the tonrcletno
cherish hiS.of hni,,,_tr?,lls_erep.alive a spirit riclileesnotion
Althougha we dis-
,orsinenTentatd lifoyrtiliiidtht
.mtinwdes o
should harbour antipathy to
(litist4e 4;14' anY more thanla that
..we should hate Papists be-
°f
irwtinlare. hostile to Popry. IV c are much
State think
tvi4l ter • 1
ipns,rovision had been made by the to af-
oellt.algatliodetisY
truCtion to the rapidly increasing; population
'ern 4 o'talnu particularly as respects a religious ' educe-
.- to L,,,,., 1, t ere would have been less cause at pre-
%ante • ---,i, ent the ere
of dissent; and we are even now san-
of pre-
the In the ex - • '1
with A on time part
4e e Aiih.. - pectatton, that, witi,,,ue exertion
tfell aii ist:2rs of the Establishment, many of those who have
eforot,entiantead from it, on account of some immaterial question
~te‘tihited ,1-1? t of any important point of doctrine,. may yet
it,' been `4) it, when the new churches now building shall
N.lkei.reared cu°_ln_Pleted, and when. the N, ation.,al Schools shall
vt,il egationy a generation of rational Christians to fo.rm their
2tt„: lve rpo',e lie this as it may, we cannot hate Datsssf:AztnerDsl,
~iiit_
smd-Lotu„ c ttll at.th ey have produced su
he c,!dti, tho_ he
~ and.iDommtinGE, and c.l_ir.MA_.•renTs—and we
(in nue sot;")
DI e sti, l on the theatre of life (and long may
Kt° 1)7 f°rbid t'lia 1 au CLARKE.
-.lth tepro t the Church of England should ever deserve
th ell°, he ached with intolerance. It certainly has not,
elli th !le that character.
.Many Dissenters, (and amongst
144k,_ e 11iiste and l'9, the 4eich,;sworefdi4thneleSncto)thtiasvhc(hurchhay.eeen forward. in.,
kit tillGerality of done justice to the learning;
44 at few if -"r Clergy, and have had the candour_ to ad-
ineek '_4'ealth
.Ty. of the Sectaries, if possessed of equal power_ Nvinss. ' wuulti have borne their faculties with equal
Nth sle, howev
er, we thus disavow all community of feeling
tqh4eve 13"': hworsiitte_i: .ar h 0 has expressed his hatred of Dissenters, we
tipjaPtintis Ztstnil Yi. saying that we do hate most cordially
ter.ne.the d._
ypeosition that leads to disunion. anti separation,r
4e;itrliier-oro
.ry of the slightest shade of difference in ma -
Detii d foPmion or practice. Much, very much, ought to
44lei. thee tor the sake of peace and amity if it be ex-
4itod.
to re
0—
ouIPJ,7 an inclination to be wise abovewhat is writ-
(s,.! Ittel ithe teacl,nd apparent with real inconsistencies,—if it
-.lnd vcedge ers ot religion to keep pace with the progress
tt, , ern _
re '---and, availing themselves of the lights which
ittli, -searches h
et di 'ate th • •have thrown upon the Sacred Text,
tree rig „ en.
kEttla 'enturies gantic . predecessors of the last and pre-
'and of whi2 in wielding the two-edged sword, by
I.34i.,ll:l,etell,ll:l.Ll)!94llli.tySUepnerstition and fanaticism on the
se
the other, have been repeatedly tits-
tret it wiii,"_in this holy warfare, Dissenters should lend their
ithtittY. 112". are sure, be well received by the Established
BUIN p arid c 7
,lie result of their exertions be the greater illus.
the itcei_nialrinatio that he consolatory truths of the Gospel,
T Olix ieor. tion ofhapy period when there shall be—
‘l3, Art,
ONES lIEPILERD I.