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badne ¥ er feefpre seen * These created - such doubts in his miji 4 , that he deferred his ^ ttendance on the good Bi shop . His Lordship wrote to him again to come immediately for institution . Upon this Mr . Robertson wrote him a letter , in which he
returned his JLordship his most grateful thanks , but informed him * that he could not comply with the terms required by law to qualify hirn for such preferment , ' t ¦ cc In debating this matter with myself / ' he said , " besides the arguments directly to the purpose , several strong collateral considerations came in upon the positive side of the question * The straitniess of mv circumstances pressed me close ; a
numerous family , < jiiile unprovided for , pleaded with the most pathetic arid moving eloquence ; arid the infirmities and wants of age , now coming fast upon me , were urged feelingly : but one single consideration prevailed over all these—That the Creator
and Governor of the Universe , whom it is my first duty to worshtp and adore i ieing the God eft ruth , it must be disagreeable to him to profess , subscribe or declare ; , in any matter relating to his worship and service yzvkath not believed * strictly and simpl y * to be true *" Mr . Robertson continued * however , performing his duty at Havillyj bat , from that time , he omitted the Athanasiaa creed , &c . Some persons were offended with this ; and , therefore , thinking it the most honest course , he resigned all his
benefices together , in the year 1764 . In 1766 he published , by way of apology U > his friends for his conduct , a small treatise entitled , >** An Attempt to explain the words Reason , Subf * stance , Person , Creeds , Orthodoxy , Catholic Churchy Sub-** scriptfion , and Index Expurgatorius /*
On this step of Mr , Robertson , the author f of" Deism Itevsaled , " publ ished a tract , entitled u Observations on a late Resignation : V but he generously expressed a liberal spirit towards Mr . Boberxson , whose treatise he thought a book very
agreeably written , and wrote a letter to its author , requesting him to come and spend the remainder of life with hii % and take part of wii&t he had : if he declined this proposal , he offered him a large share of his income to support him . cc We should c often airgue / 5 he « aid in his letter , " but never dispute : if u me co ^ ald not coi * cur in one creed , we should at least coalesce
< c on k . " Such were his proposals to a man whose Feligious opisnions differed so widely from hi « own . Mr . Robertson aiobly reused the coffer ; but he and Mr . Skdton were intimate ever ^ fter , n ^ id continued a regular correspondence with ea ^ h others ¦ - : *
* Attcwpt to t » plailji > tbcword ^ << . Reason , SMbstancc , Ac . ** ljotidon , Ji 6 $ * f The Rev . PhUlp ^ kcltoa , Pjfhcnfary * f Das& <* vj / m &eC * fa < k& ¥ ? c ^~ her , \ vho died 4 th of May 1787 , aged to yean .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/3/
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