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* vitr declares of himsetf , in his ex . position of the errors of Servetus , *< so much I will for the present attest , that I fostered , not such a
mortal hatred ^ as be might have redeemed his life , alone by modesty , rf he had not been out of his senses . But what shall I say , but that he was struck with 3 , fatal madness , to throw himself in to
perdition . But to you , Sir , it cannot appear a paradox , if you recollect , from Calvin ' s letters , what took place witk Valentinus Gentilis , how this man escaped the fate of Servetus by a mock
recantation , and a panegyric on Calvin . * In these Calvin asserts , " that the clergy of Geneva , though with him expecting nothing sincere or permanent from this proud and
obstinate heretic , would not interfere with the clemency of the judges , " so that , the clergy remaining silent , the sentence of acquittal was finally passed *
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Lincoln , June , 1810 . It was the opinion of one , who tvas wi ^ er than m any of our modern divines are willing to suppose Lincoln , June , 1810 . was the opinion of one , who wiser than many of our mo- divines are willing to suppose
him to have been , that , " " there * nothing of which it may not be said , this was of old times /* A A Very different opinion prevails with a certain class of men . They iniagine we are perpetually discoto have been , that , there thing of which it may not be this was of old times /* different opinion prevails with rtain class of men . They ine we are perpetually disco-
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Yoti and I , Sir , shall not scruple to adopt Bishop Horseley ' s words in a charge to his clergy , € * Let us ren ^ ember , that some ten * derness is due to the errors arid
extravagancies of a man , eminent as he was in his day for his piety , his wisdom , and his learning , and to whom the Reformation , in its beginning , is so much indebted . - As Mosheim , Bockius , and
Venema have given a critical account of the erroneous opinions and writings of Servetus , I content ifryself in giving you a more full detail of that famous book ,
RestitutioCkristianismi , of which 1 have perusfed a MS . copy , taken by the Rev . J . J . Stapfer , of Bern , ih 1775 , from the Royal Library at Gottengen , but this I shall reserve for my last letter . » I am CANDIDUS .
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vering new truths , that the mind of man is in a state of unceasing improvement , that the arts and sciences , and the knowledge of true religion , are making a rapid
advance for the first time in the world , and that the time is com * ing v the golden age , when igncr ranee , with its long train of evils , shall be chased from our earthy
vitam rcdimere . Sed nescio quid dicara ? Nisi fatall vecania fuisae cor * n , ut seprecipitemjaceret . ee his Sec . Apol . by Bock * t . it . cap . 4 . pag . 437 . and hia Palinody . id . ib , [—441 * be bishop here , there is no doubt , refers to Calvin , and pot to Servctta ~ JEM
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On the Revival of Knowledge Imz tost . 435
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ON THE BEVIVAL OF KNOWLEDGE LONG I , OST .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1810, page 435, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2408/page/11/
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