Remarks Upon the Controversy Lately Agitated Between the Revd, George Wilkins, Vicar of St. Mary's, and the Revd, John Burnett Stuart, Minister of St. James's Church, Nottingham (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Remarks Upon the Controversy Lately Agitated Between the Revd, George Wilkins, Vicar of St. Mary's, and the Revd, John Burnett Stuart, Minister of St. James's Church, Nottingham Opinions. We confess we felt somewhat surprised, that the author should designate any doctrine, or truth, in religion by the term opinion, especially as he had just before, in the preceding paragraph, spoken of religious principles in the same sense and meaning. It is evident, however, that he uses the word opinion as synonimous with principle or doctrine. N ow it is to be remembered, that the term opinion is the common cant word of the Infidel, the Deist, and the Unitarian, who are in the habit of frittering, away the doctrines of Revelation, which it suits any of the parties to modify or reject. They will all of them alike exclaim with ineffable sang froid Oh! That is alla matter of opinion. But although we regard the introduction of the term as injudicious, we will not do the author the injustice to suppose for a moment that he intended any such thing. Since, then, he takes shelter under the broad shield of episcopal authority, to justify the non-avowal on his part of certain religious doctrines, or religious principles, or, if he likes it better, religious opinions, we would take the liberty of asking him, what are those parts of Scripture, upon which these opinions are founded? Are they kept back Is there any reservation here? His opinions he has a right to do with as he pleases: but he has no right to exercise such discretion with regard to God's revealed will, nor to mutilate nor withhold any portion of it from the people. We do not' 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.