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people of Israel refused to admit me among them , and told me , that I might live every where , and among all nations , in the fear of Godj wifekout discovering my opinions . I ha * fe Mendured a
thousand hardships in my w « y to Ve ^ nice , and in that city , where I have been for some time in a very miserable condition ; and I came awa ) mpreafflicied still , and more miserable ; nevertheless , I always put my trust in the Lord . I could not resolve to live amon g the
Papists ; for I had sworn to do it no more , having a great abhorrence for their idolatry . Besides , I was afraid of' being charged with in . constancy . Nay , had I bten discovered among them , they would have been more cruel to me than
your lord ships use to be towards those who are not accused of any crime , but only prosecuted for religion * I have embraced the ministry , because I thought I was sufficiently qualified for it , because I was far in years , because I was
willing to keep hotise and perhaps to marry , in time ; and I had no mind to discover myself at that time . How many are married , and perhaps have quite another belief than yours , and yet will not leave and forsake their children
upon such an account ? As for what is said , that I have scandal . i ( ped you and your city by my strange proceedings , it was through a disordered mind * It is not I ; I do not ktiSw who it was : God
kriOwa it ; and therefore , I think , I deserve to fee pardoned in that i& ^ ect , since it was not I , but a terriW * , diteaftfai , fend « uperna 4 * ral power , a « th * whole town may witnew , mtui fttf ^ y ^ wll be oil feiKted « t it . Rath 4 f * t ) tat »* : ome and wtwnder Jftytelf into your ffc ffltWUP ' .- r
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bands , of tny own motion , I had rather have fled to the remotest part of the world . 44 Magnificent and most
honoured Lords , —Have a care you do not draw fnnocent blood upon your heads and your families and city , by putting me to death ; , foir perhaps you know not the wonders of God . the mighty God of Israel , and why he has so miraculously transported me into this town . If
the beginning of it has bet n miraculous , perhaps the end will be more miraculous still . I shall never be ashamed , because the Lord is my trust and refuge . Let the holy name of the Lord , the great God of Israe ) , be for ever
blessed and glorified by all men , and in all places ! iC
Magnificent and most honoured 'Lords , — -If you think I deserve to be put to death , and if the Lord God is pleased it should be so , his will be doite . If you
-release roe , you wtll release an innocent soul , which fears the God of heaven . I pray God with all my heart , that he would be pleas- ? ed to pour his most holy blessingl upon youj attd to move ydtftr hearts , if it be his good will ; being , magnificent and most
honoured Lords , your most trujnfel servant and prisoner , " N . ANTHOINE . " Gtneva , March l % 9 f 63 * . ** On the etevenik of April , An . tfc&ine whs brought to his trial , and besides sever *! othei * things , which I have already mefniion&t ,
he declared that be *** & aMJeiv , beseeching God to gmrtt himy that be Wight 4 ie for the iimifJk&Aigion ; that he believed tlnpr * bad hmm such a man as JcbtttJetrffst , \ mt he knew noi wh * tliter be had Uen crucifitd * that he did twl
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4 l 6 The Life and Trial of Nicholas Anthoinc .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/8/
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