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to 2 ?< r * . «—Concerning bis Writings , and the heads of hi * accusation . —^ Proposilions taken ont of his hookas—His errors about the blessed Trinity .- * - * What was the opinion of Arius > and wherein Gehtilu and h # da agree . [ From whence it appears that he was more of an Arian than any thing else , and essentially dif * fered from Dr . Sherlock and others , who
held three i $ fim | e spirits perfeq ^ ly fyW , whereas he maintained the supremacy of the Father . ]— Some of Gentilis ' s notorious blasphemies , [ -which differ little from the opinions of most other Anti-trinitarians , V—Qf $ he vile scandals he hath falsely thrown upon the doctrine of Qur church—rOf the cheats
and impostures whereby he endeavoured to impose upon good well-meaning people .- ^ -This last chapter closes with a brief account of his trial , condemnation altd death , which should have been made the subject of an additional chapter . This is the most interesting part of the work , from which I make an
e ^ tract ^ to giye your readers some idea of the spirit of those times . P .-1361 . — •? Last ; of all , when he was to have taken his trial and to have defended his doctrine , he dk } by a rcmarkableyieceof knavery , endeavour to obtain the privilege of a plaintiff , —and when that could not be granted him , he proposed his . doctrine so ambiguously , and
raised scruples a ^ out matters altogether impertinent to the controversy , as \\\\ cr ther there was one , most high * God | and whether Christ was the son of God , &c . And now let all good men judge what we ought tq thinly of this felaspheniy and boiu jttstiy 1 > A wan ; punched < zvitb death ^ who 4 UI * st challenge others to dispute with him for' their lives . — " But it is
now high time to rid my hands of this business . In short then , after that we had used all matter 0 % means , with him , even from Aug . 5 , ^ o S ept . 9 , bu , t all to no purpose ; he . still persevering obstinate in his opinions , he was at last condemned to die , by the honourable ^§* We . And t } cca . nj ; e V upty'i ?* azcetf&bfa to the reader- I sjha . ll he /*? rehearse th ^ sentence of condemnation which was
pronounced against him . Whereas , Valentines Gcntilis , a native of Go * * mti < h V * th « ^ pgdom of $ f < $ f $ *> * tfs ter eight years preparation to attack * he 4 $ Atrin £ of u ^ eTrinjity , di ^ begin qpenly to te ^ ic , h ^ tfea ^ ^ hc ^ e . were ; in tn / B Twity riurce 44 fiSnqV % Pirhf , differing worn each © thcr In num < ric » J f 8 § cn ^
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a ^ iong which ( three spirits , ) he ackoow ledges the Father only to be that infinitje God which we ought to worship , which is plain blasphemy against the & *» * and besides this , has broached several 0 ther dar . geiHius errors , for which he was apprehended by the magistrates of Geneva ^ and being fully convicted of them , there
made his recantation , and did publicly abjure these his wicked opinions ; and bound himself by oath not to depart out of that city without leave of the senate , yet violated the sacred obligation of his oath by stealing ; away from thence , and by relapsing into the
same erroneous opinions he had abjured , and re-assuming their defence with greater heat and earnestness , by disputing and writing books in opposition to the plain and express testimonies of
scripture ; and hath been guilty of the vilest scurrility , and most horrid blasphemies against the Son of God , and the glorious mystery of the Trinity : and lastly , since his being made prisoner to this honourable senate , hath
notwithstanding that full an 4 sufficient instruction which hath been given him , still continued obstinate in his pervcrrse and heretical opinions : This honourable -senate to prevent disturbances ,. and tft root out such pestilent errors , have adjudged him to be , beheaded . * "—The writer then adds ,
" 4 s he was led <> ul ? tq execution * the obainate wretch did nofxease fco glory in his unruly and pertinacious stubbornness , and expecting praise firohi it , ( as the Devil ' s martyrs used to * do , ) never left off crying o ^ t , th , at he 4 ic 4 a martyr for the ^ glorjf of the most tjigU God , ; but that we were all Sdkftitans , and held one God under three names ; but that he did acknowledge no Qod «< rj <* And thqugh we frequently ^ Q- » swered him , that the things , he lai ^ l to our charge , were all false and slanderous and that all the noise he
made about this most high God was only H ( iere sophMry * an 4 * bot W « ' **• serti ^ ng more go <} $ than one was down ^ ri g ht impiety , yet we cou , ld yyork no * ttung upon him . For he , still continued % o repeat his old fclasphomks ,. until he
saw % hms w ^ np hftlp for hJUHt Kyt th ^ t , hp i ? w& % tye forced t ; 9 lay dp ^ h hj b ncc | & to the Iplbck ; then he began to &ul ~ te / :, and said , Jby ? shpi \ 14 be very wijjing to agree vntfe us , if we would o ^ vn Christ to ^ c the son of God ^ wfyejqi we told ninv this w ^ s vyhat wc ^ never d ««
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The Pers * $ utiomxf Wahtntinus Gentilisfor heretical Opinions . 311
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 311, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/19/
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