The Works of the Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D., Late Vicar of Charles, Plymouth, Vol. 9 of 10

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Excerpt from The Works of the Rev. Robert Hawker, D.D., Late Vicar of Charles, Plymouth, Vol. 9 of 10: With a Memoir of His Life and WritingsSome considerable space took place before the Barrister made reply, when a second part of Hints issued from the press, indicating the sad anger of a disappointed mind. But as the loss of temper only shews the weakness of a cause, my Object was to follow up the ground I had gained in the prosecution Of the path of fair reasoning and inquiry, by shewing on which side truth stood. Indeed, as the Barrister from the heat of contest during his second part of attack, dropped the mask, and stood forth the open and avowed Unitarian, I availed myself of the discovery, and addressed him under that character. I therefore sent forth a second letter, (which stands the second in this collection, ) in which also, as the Barrister had sadly committed himself on certain points of doctrine, and manifested his total ignorance in the classics, I ventured in a gentle, but pointed manner, to call his attention to those subjects, and in conclusion, requested his most serious attention to the miserable end to which such errors as he appeared the advocate for, must eventually lead.It should seem that the gentleness of my style did not altogether lose its effect on the Barrister's mind, for in his third part, which followed my second letter, he professed a sorrow if he had committed himself in saying any thing of a personal nature that was Offensive to me. - T he third, and last letter in this volume, contains my answer. And here the subject rests. And here 1 venture to conclude it will rest. For the public have long since been tired, and as for the legislature, to be sure nothing of such trash can ever have excited their regard. For my own part, I should long since have withdrawn from the puerile attack. But as the Barrister had, in his first onset, declared that he would bring forth to the public Odium, the nature and effects of evangelical preach ing, in all its bearings, I then pledged myself to follow him through all his - writings - to watch over his fallacy. This I have now done, and very cheerfully leave the event to the te-hearing at that bar, where truth must and shall ultimately prevail.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.