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In support of this opinion he published in 1706 , " An Epistolary Discourse , proving from the Scriptures , and the first Fathers , that the Soul is a Principle naturally mortal , but im ** mortalized actually by the Pleasure of God to punishment or
reward , by its Union with the divine baptismal Spirit . Wherein It is proved , that none have the Power of giving this divine immortalizing Spirit but only the Bishops . " At the end of the preface is a dissertation to prove that " Sacerdotal Absolution is necessary for the Remission of Sins , even of those who are
truly penitent / ' A brother of Henry Dodwell , I think , was the reputed author of that very shrewd deistical tract entitled , € C Christianity not founded on Argument / ' Such were the two advocates on the side of conformity , in the above-mentioned public debate .
Of Jonathan Roberts , one of the disputants on the other side , sopne idea may be formed from the preceding account * James Owen , his younger associate , 1 shall beg leave to reserve for a future and separate article , when I may probably give a more particular account of the said Oswestry meeting and debate . As to Philip Henry , the other associate , his cha * -
racter , I presume , is too well kpown to require my saying inuch of him here ; it may , bowever , not be amiss ju £ t to observe , that his grandfather about the latter end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth , lived at Britton Ferry , in Glamorganshire } hi * name was Henry Williams ; he had a son whose name wag
John ; he , instead of John Williams , was called John Henry , adopting his father ' s Christian name for his own sirname ; a practice not uncornmon Btill in Wales . This John Henry re ^ moved to London , and had some place at court in the reign of Charles I . ; during that time his son Philip was born . He had
Jr is name from Philip Earl of Pembroke , who was his godfather . At a proper time he was placed in Westminster school , under the famous Dr . Bvisby , and was one of the scholars the Doctor employed in reading Greek authors , to collect materials for his Greek grammar . In Pecember 1641 he entered commoner at 7
Christ Church in Oxford ; <« there / as CaJamy says , h $ made good improvement in his studies , took his degrees at the usual time , and gained great applause by several college exex-r cises . He settled in the ministry at Worthenbury in Flint-r shire , from whence he was ejected by the Act of Uniformity . Afterward he met with very hard Treasures , and suffered much
by fines and imprisonment ; he finished his course June 24 , 1696 , aged sixty-six , haviqg with great intrepidity withstood the rage of his violent persecutors for the space of near thirty years , and at last had the happiness to see better times , and to enjoy for near seven years that toleration , liberty ^ ar * d peace *
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66 Biographical Sketches .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1806, page 66, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1721/page/10/
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