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Mr . TowWs Orthodox ]/ . 121
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MR TOWLE ' S ORTHODOXY . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , . . The writer of the ^ article in your Obituary , for December , ( Vol . I . p . 665 . ) seems to bestirprised that the late Mr . Towle maintained " the eternal generation of the Son of God . " Herein he was far from being singular , as mahy learned Trinitarians still hold that Christ was begotten from eternity . But there is one part of the system which Mr , T . ( yvhorn I well knew ) had too much sense to defend , viz . " that the act of the Father in be ^ ettinc the Son , is perpetuated from eternity to eternity . ^ I thought the idea had been exploded ^ till I saw it maintained by Dr .
Jamieson , in his elaborate answer to Pr . Friestley s Hist , of Early Op . And something like this I hav ^ m ore laTely seen in a piece by Dr . Williams who is the tutor of an academy . His words are these , speaking of Jehovah : " Xhe self existent , independent , all-sufficient Beings from eternity to eternity generating his own light and joy , called his only begotten Son , not from mere will , but of the same necessity / ' Sermon on Predestination , p . 47 . Now , sir , as I am willing to embrace whatever is truly orthodox , ( in order to which however .
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A due" consideration of these circumstances , it is hoped , is all that is necessary to induce many opulent individuals in every part of the kingdom to imke a voluntary offer of their assistance by personal subscriptions ; and also . to rxcite the ministers in general of the congregations interested in keeping up a succession of young men educated as above , to lay the case before their hearers , and propose at least occasional collections ; The Trustees might thus be easily enabled , not only to add a third tutor , but also to provide accommodation and assistance to a greater number of candidates for the ministry .
As your valuable Miscellany , Mr . Editor , either is or ought to be in the hands of every liberal Dissenter , I flatter myself that your insertion of this imperfect statement of facts will be productive of some good effect ; and am , with the J > est wishes for the success of the Monthly ; Repository , Your very obedient servant , q Neocomensis .
N . B . The treasurer of this institution is Ottiwell Wood , Fsq . of Manchester , by whom , or by Messrs . Jones , Lloyd , Hulme , and Co . Bankers , in Loiidon , subscriptions are received . It is hardly necessary to say , that this letter is written without the knowledge of Mr . Wellbeloved , or any of the above gentlemen *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1807, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2378/page/9/
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