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says , " I remember , that Crel lius , whom I visited at Amster dam in 174 * 2 , and had much con
versation with him on many heads of the Christian doctrine , declared with some emotion , that he did not follow the > opinions of Socinus , but cordially believed in the doctrine of the satisfaction of
Cbrist , as it was taught by the Remonstrants , and was persuaded that all men would be finally saved by Jesus Christ , and
delivered from the punishments of hell / ' He adds , that he was certain , that there were verv few . if any , in the proper sense , Sbcinians , then in being . _
Creilius had two sons Samuel Stephen , and Joseph , who were both married , but had no male issue ; and emigrated to the New World , and settled in Georgia , a
colony formed under the patronage of the king . of-Great Britain ; and are , perhaps , still living : [ i . e . 1774 > . ] Stephen- was ajustice of the peace in th *» . t . country . Joseph was engaged in agriculture .
Creilius had also two daughters , the eldest , Theophila , was married to J . A . Ledciius ^ a physician ; the second , Dorothy , lived single . Paul Creilius told rne , that they were both present at their father ' s death .
Creltius himself hath explained in ^ au epistle to a friend , which we meet with in the correspondence of La Croze , what a review of his works will more fully shew , the difference of his sentiments
irom those of the Socinians , and the points of agreement between them . He begins thus : You will not be displeased , I think , with my addressing you as a brother
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for even the Rev . Abbadie , that spirited antagonist of the Unitarians , than whom no one has attacked Socinus with more warmth , does not hesitate , io ^ the introduction to his Treatise cqncerning the * Deity of Christ / to call the followers of Socinus erring brethren * ' You know that I avowedly leave Socinus on those points in which he held different
sentiments from other Christians . In the doctnne of the Unity of God I firmly adhere to him . As to other points held in common , by the different parties of the orthodox ,. I think with them , or approach nearly to their views . Not I only , but all who most closely agree with Socinus , equal - ly hold in abhorrence the doctrine of Mahomet , Nor do 1 see how they who believe that Christ is not only a prophet superior to all
others , but the lord of heaven and earth , in the closest possible union with the Father , and actually a partaker in his government , can be in danger of embracing Mahometanism . I
confess , that those monsters of Unitarians , who deny the invocation of Christ , or look on him only as a prophet , who will reign a thou » sand years , may most easily tail into that mad scheme ; as
Neuser , the father of that impious doctrine , Is sajd to have done the father , I say , for Francis David , when in conjunction with
George Blandrata , he refuted George Major , professor at Wittemberg , asserted , as may be shewn from several passages in that work , that the Lord Jesus was to be invoked . Whereas Neuser evidently ascribes to himself the first broaching of this
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A Memoir of Samuel Crellius * 53
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 53, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/5/
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