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usual . frights and horrors are , in my opinion , a certain sign of it ; and there is no reason to ascribe them to a divine judgment , and to inter frcm thence that he is a reprobate . After all , gentlemen , it is certain he imposes upon you when he tells you , that he believed , eight or ten years ago , what he believes now : for , since that time , he has not only given all manner of proofs of his Christianity , but also brought over to the Reformed religion his eldest -brother , who lives honestly among us : and he iias endeavoured to
work the same effect upon his father , to whom he has writ many letters , several of which I have opened , wherein he expressed a great zeal , and a wonderful love for Jesus Christ and the Christian
truths that are taught in our churches . And in order to bring over his relations to our religion , be writ to them , that he was ready to die for it , if God required it of him . Nay , when he was ad . naitted into the ministry , he
acquainted me with it , in a letter from Geneva , dated the twentyninth of November , being used to call me , as he did then , his dear ghostly father , whom God had
been pleased to make use of , in order to bring him to the knowledge of the . true religion - And he desired me to acquaint his relations with it , being fully resolved , for the future , to lead a better life
and to perform his duty to the utmost of his power * And therefore , gentlemen and most honoured brethreq , I think he ought not to be believed in what he says , during such a disorder of his mind ; and I hope , that , if you allow him some time to recover from his phrenzy , as I understand you do 9 he will no longer blaspheme , and
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God wHl give ybii cdtaftttt after your labour" an # pstfie ' nce . To that end ^ I wish' none -may have access to him , but sifch as are familiarly acquainted witn
him , or Tor whdm he has a particular re < pect and v e neration , and by whom he may be gently used * lest his mind bo exasperated by too many visitants , or by an unseasonable , though just , severity . < c Gentlemen , —Give me leave
to tell you , that it seems highly necessary , for the edification of the Church , that this affair should be managed with great prudence . If you make a ) n example ot him , it will doubtless prove extremely prejudicial . 1 entreat you to consider the great scandal it will occasion , far and near , and
what might be said against the office and profession of a man converted from Popery , who has learned to judaize among us , in the most famous academies , conversing every day with several pastors . Besides , Judaism being no
dangerous sect , it does not seem necessary to prevent the ill consequences of it by a public pfttiish * ment ; « ay perhaps every bodfy would not approve of it . There are some extraordinary crimes , tor which , when the guilty person is
to be punished , it is not done in public ; and the proceedings are suppressed , to clear the present age from such an infamy , and to leave no marks of it to posterity * Hbwever , there is no need of being too hasty in a thing , that may be done as well in time , arid when
a delay cannot be prejudicial , but rather useful . Servetus had a long time allowed him for his amendment , though he had dogmatised above twenty years in cold blood ; and in several places , b 6 th by word of mouth and in writlea
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ThtrlAfe and Ttiul ofNicholas Ant Wine . * fe
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 413, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/5/
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