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as well as Ruffians and others , had great reason to cojmplain .. Qf him the most learned Joseph Mede says , * St . Jerome i& a man of no faith with me , when he describes the opinion of his adversary ; which , whatsoever itwere ^ he would set it forth as odiously as possible could be . He was a man that cared not what he-said , so it might disparage his adversary /* The British nation , it is thought ; could never before , noryefc for many ages after , boast of so learned and accomplished a man
as Pelagius ; and had he not fallen under the displeasure and censure of such men as Austin ^ Jerome , and the Pope , his name , in all likelihood , had been honourably mentioned in all succeeding ages , and not stigmatized and held up , as it has been , and Still generally is , to the horror of detestation . When he left his native country , about the beginning of the fifth century , he is said to have visited France , and spent some time among his
countrymen in Britanny , from whence he went to Rome , where he acquired great reputation for his eminent piety and other distinguishing endowments . When the Goths were over-running Italy , and advancing towards Rome , he withdrew from that city and passed over to Sicily , and afterward to Africa , from whence he soon proceeded to Jerusalem , where he met with a very kind reception and was held in high estimation by the Patriarch John , and the rest of the Christians of that coun ^
try . During his short stay in Sicily and Africa ^ Austin diV covered that he did not think and speak as he did upon some religious subjects . He therefore thought proper to raise a vio ^ lent outcry on the occasion , and to write against him . At the same time , he had the candour to applaud his moral character and piety , and to speak of him-as a person of extraordinary capacity and accomplishments , and one whom he should much admire and love , were it not for his heterodox opinions ; which * it must be owned was no small encomium from ' such a quarter . None of his ancient adversaries have spoken otherwise of his character except Jerome > whose rancorous and calumniating disposition towards all his opponents , renders his foul aspersions unworthy of any credit , especially as they are totally destitute of any coroboratmg evidence * . In his person , Pelagius
* The learned and furious * Jcrome ^ who never once thought of doing common j ustice to tho ^ e who had the misfortune to differ from him in opinion , accused Pelagius of gluttony and intemperance after he heard of his errors , though he had admired him before for his exemplary virtue . Austin , more candid and honest , bears impartial testimony to the truth ; and even while he writes against this herer tic , acknowledges that lie had made great progress in virtue and piety , and that hi * life was chaste , and his manners blameless ; and this , indeed , is the truth of the ? natter . " Dr . Martaine , note to Moshehns Eccl . Hist . Ed . 1774 . Vol . I . p-4 *?* Sec abo Wall ' s Hist . Inf . Bapt .
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HO Some Account of Morgant , commonly called Pelagius .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1807, page 510, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2385/page/2/
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