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voted . He expressed his zeal and interest in the affairs of the nation by a sermon , entitled , " The Perjury and Folly of the late Rebellion , " preached at Exon , June 7 , 1716 ; and by another delivered March 1 , 1720 , on " the Pestilence abroad and the prosperity of our affairs at home . " A Charge 21 st August , I 7 3 Z , at the ordination of
Mr . JVlicajah Towgood , appeared also from the press . He was likewise the author of the following Tracts in the cause of liberty . I . The Whigs vindicated ; the Objections commonly brought against them answered ; and the present ministry proved to be the best friends to the monarchy , the lasting peace and the real welfare of England : in a letter to a friend . N . B , This Tract reached to an
eleventh edition . It was favourable to the views of the powers that ivere . II . Remarks on Dr . Walker ' s late Preface to his Attempt , &c . Wherein the Whigs and Dissenters are vindicated from the many aspersions cast upon them in the said Preface . There was a second
edition of this piece . III . The History of Resistance , as practised by the cburch of England . In which it is proved from the most authentic records , that in every reign , since the reformation of religion , the said church hath aided and assisted ,
justified and approved of such subjects as have defended themselves against the oppressions of their tyrannical though natural princes . Written in defence of the late revolution , the present establishment and the Protestant succession .
In the year 1715 , there appeared a seventh edition of this tract . IV . A vindication of the Dissenters from the charge of rebellion , and being the authors of our civil wars : proving from the most authentic historians , 1 . That the unhappy war between king Charles I . and his parliament bega ^ i principally upon a civil and military , not a . eligious account . % . That the most eminent
leading men , who first engaged in the parliament quarrel , were Conformists , and men of episcopal principles . 3 . That the Presbyterians did-oppose that king ' s murder . And 4 . That they did contribute their good offices towards the restoration of king Charles II . This piece was first published m -1710 , as a preservative against the virulent suggestions of' a clergyman in the city of ixeter , whose constant business it was to represent the
? Manning ' s JLifc of Towgood , p . ill .
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Dissenters as implacable enemies to mo * narchy and the church . In 1719 , there -was a call in Jbondon , for a second impression of it . Mr . Withers likewise , in vindication of the Dissenters , was engaged in a controversy , which ran through several pamphlets , "with Mr . Agate , a clergyman o £ the city of Exeter .
A list like this of publications , that have been long since obsolete , may appear to some dry and uninteresting . But it has its uses : it shows how the talents and time of a person have been employed ; which is of service to
ascertain in a degree , the turn of his mind , and his character . It is a register of the questions that have been formerly discussed , as the state of things or rising events have agitated the passions , or stimulated the intellectual powers of men . And it contributes to form and
complete the literary history of past times . The writer of this regrets , that he has not materials to furnish a more full biography of Mr . Withers ; and that it had not occurred to his friend Mr . Mannings when he gave the public a sketch of the life and writings of Mr . Micajah
Towgood , that it would have added to the interest and importance of his work , had he availed himself of the opportunity to have paid a biographical tribute of respect to the memory of such men , as Mr . Withers , Mr . Stephen Towgood and Mr . Merivale , who had been connected with the subject o £ his sketch .
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No . IV . Trinitarian Controversy and JLxetcr Assembly . Frequent reference has been made in the preceding pages to the Trinitarian Coutroversy and the Exeter Assembly . This association consisting of the ministers of the counties of Devon and
Cornwall we are told M was formed in 1656 , for the purpose of brotherly counsel and advice , without pretending to exercise any church censures , but only to assist , advise and encourage each other in propagating truth and holiness . * V If this
representation be correct , and xt was not originally a part of the Presbyterian hierarchy established in England , in the time of the republic , and armed with the power of the state , it grossly deviated from its first wnaaeunnng friendly
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A Supplement to the Mttnoirsof the Rev ' . Hubert Stogdon . 251
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 251, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/5/
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