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gave , him extreme unction . " O . T . i . 607 . It appears farther from Burnet , that on the re-admission of the Bishops and Lords after the reconciliation , Bishop Ken " pressed the King six or seven times to receive the
sacrament 5 but the kiug always declined it , saying he was very weak . Ken pressed him to declare that he desired it , and that he dit ? d in the communion of the Church of England . To that he answered nothing , " Such was the contention for Charles , between the Sister Churches ,
Father Orleans , on this occasion , turns the tables on the Protestants , for he gives as a reason for the late ^ reconciliation of Charles , that he could not accommodate his life to the strict religion of the Catholic Church . " II mourut dans le sein de Y Eglise
Catho-Hque ou sa facilite naturelle , et la crainie de troubler ses plaisirs , Favoient emp&che de vivre . " He further says of Charles . " On lui donrie la loluange de n ' avoir jamais rien mal dit : on auroit pu y ajouter celle de
n ' avoir jamais rien . mal fait , si ses passions iui eussent toujours laisse la iibeite de suivre ses lumieres . " The learned Jesuit had probably in recollection the weU-known lines said to have been > written by Rochester , on the door of the Royal Chamber .
Here rests our sovereign Lord the King , Wkose word no man relies on j Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one . As to the two papers which have led me so far into the last hours of
Charles II . Burnet says , " All that knew him , when they read them , did , without any sort of doubting , conclude , that he never composed them . For he never read the scriptures ,, nor laid things together , farther than to turn them to a jest or for some lively
expression . These papers were probably writ , either by Lord Bristol , or by JLord Aubigiiy , who knew the secret of his religion , and gave him thote papers , as abstracts of some discourses they had with him on those heads , to keep him fixed to them .
And it is very probable tin at they , apprehending their danger , if any such papers had been found about him , writ in their hand , might prevail with him tp » copy them cout himself , though his laziness * that way made it certainly 110 earjr thing to
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bring him to give himself so thud , trouble . He had talked over a g ^ part of them to myself ; so that as soon as I saw them , I remernfcerd his expressions , and perceived that he had made himself master of the ar
gument as far as those papers could carry him . But the publishing them shewed a want of judgment , or dfttgard to his memory , in those who did it . For the greatest kindness that could be shewn to his memory , would have been , to let both his papers and
himself be forgotten . " ( O . T . i . 6 l 5 , , Such was this most religious king , as even Burnet , in the most solemn acts of worship , must have often de . scribed him , probably not without
the secret aspiration , in this thing par don thy servant . The third paper , by the Dutchess of York , will lead into some interesting passages of English History and must be reserved to the next Number . VERMICULUS .
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226 Mr . Frend % on Mr . Btlshairis limiting the term Unitarian . 1
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¦ ^^^^^^^^^ Sir , London , Apr ' il IS , 1815 MANY of your readers have I dare say been gratified with
theperusalofMr , Belsham ' s Letters to the Bishop of London , and the manner in which our worthy friend has carried on the controversy must ensure him universal commendation .
As I'differ , however , both from him and his lordship in their respective statements of Unitarianism , I beg leave to give in few words my awn opinion on this subject , which in fact is contained in the words of the Apostle Paul— " To us there is one God , the
Father , and one Lord Jesus Christ . " Every one who subscribes to this doctrine of the Apostle is , in my opinion , an Unitarian , and I cannot see upon what good grounds this title is denied to him . Mr . Belsham says *
page 34 , The Unitarians 4 < reject the doctrine of the Trinity , of the creation of the Universe by Jesus Christ , 01 the incarnation , of the atonement , of original sin , and other popular doctrines connected with these . " ' ? ¥ * Unitarians reject the doctrine of the it
Trinity is certain , for the belief of is incompatible with their opinion that there is only one God , the Father j but with respect to the otto * poiirts asserted to be disbelieved py the Unitarians , I cannot assent to IWr . Belsham ' 3 statement ; for there is «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1815, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1759/page/26/
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