ButmuchIfear,thatwhenthisgreattruthshallbere-established,itsvotarieswillfallintothefatalerroroffabricatingformulasofcreedandconfessionsoffaith,theengineswhichsosoondestroyedthereligionofJesus,andmadeofChristendomamereAceldama;thattheywillgiveupmoralsformysteries,andJesusforPlato。HowmuchwiseraretheQuakers,who,agreeinginthefundamentaldoctrinesofthegospel,schismatizeaboutnomysteries,and,keepingwithinthepaleofcommonsense,suffernospeculativedifferencesofopinion,anymorethanoffeature,toimpairtheloveoftheirbrethren。BethisthewisdomofUnitarians,thistheholymantlewhichshallcoverwithinitscharitablecircumferenceallwhobelieveinoneGod,andwholovetheirneighbor!Iconcludemysermonwithsincereassurancesofmyfriendlyesteemandrespect。
SERIATIMOPINIONSANDTHEHISTORYOFPARTIES
_ToJusticeWilliamJohnson_
_Monticello,Oct。27,1822_
DEARSIR,——IhavedeferredmythanksforthecopyofyourLifeofGenl。Greene,untilIcouldhavetimetoreadit。ThisI