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Excerpt from Review of Dr. Beecher's Sermon at Worcester: First Published in the Christian Examiner
Too much, a great deal too much, has been conceded to the orthodox in regard to the plain and obvious meaning of scripture. Their writers and preachers omit no opportunity to assert, or insinuate, that Unitarians are forever departing, from it, but that they never do and this impression, false as it is, they find less difficulty in making upon the public mind, as the bulk of the community, having been accustomed from their earliest years to read the Bible under strong orthodox biases, are ever inclined to think the orthodox exposition the obvious one, merely because it is the common one, and. The one to which they have been long used; and the Unitarian exposition strained and far-fetched, merely because it is new to them. Let the subject be fairly considered, and there is no sect in christendom so little liable to the charge of slighting the plain and obvious teachings of the word of God, as the Unitarian. What sect has been so constant in assert ing the great Protestant doctrine of the sufficiency of the scriptures; and that scripture should be interpreted by scrip ture, and not by human creeds and glosses? What sect has protested so loudly against all mysticism, whether of thought or feeling; and against all scholastic refinements, and meta physical distinctions, abov'e the comprehension of common readers? What sect has stood so much upon that sound principle of interpretation, that the obscure and difficult parts of scripture are to be explained by those that are plain, and easy to be understood? What sect has insisted so much upon the simplicity that is in Christ, or complained so much of the manner in which men have been corrupted from it by false philosophy and the policy of states? In fine, what sect has. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.