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    critical inquiry concerning tkf person of Clirist altogether renounced the platfinbie ^ hy ^ dthesis ^ of Dr . T . Burnet and Dr . Doddridge , that the Son is God by the indwelling Dgftyi of the Pather ; At this

    tlmey . he was the theological pro * fessorat D ^ veutry Academy , and felt ainiself bound by a principle of duty to cater fully into the discussion of-the , controversy occasioned by the writings of Dr . Priestley , and the noble sacrifice which IVJr , Tbtrophilus Lindsey W lately made to the dictates of

    an ^ lightened conscience . To assist his pupils in their inquiries , he farmed a collection of all the ' text * in tkg New Testament which

    in a § y way related to the person of Cl ^ isp , aiicj nrrunged them un . der $$ fe * eftt heads , beginning with the simple pfe-iexistence , and advail 4 pg through the intermediate

    * fr |> i ip the doctrine of the D < hy ofChifet . * % Nor did he at thai Jirae entertain * a doubts that in the jud gment of every serious and imparti ^ inquirer , the result would fe a ^ pLear discernment of , what I je jfeeti thought , the superficial texture of Unitarian arguments , ^ a-confirmed conviction of the

    pre ^ existence and superior nature 8 n ^/ $ g&ity , ¦ if not the proper % o | Jesus Christ / ' The lec-|^ rer had not proceeded very long 111 l tis new course before he was

    ^ prised ^ nmortified find s ? n > e of ^ i ^ most diligent pupils iconic Unitonans , a ci i cu instance ^ Wj h , fte vva $ pready to impute to "te-fickleness of ^ youth or the ca-F riCixof fashion : a ^ : length , bow . Y V ' ItfWh repeatedly reviewing llle arguments , Ct he was com . ^ hi ^ though with great reluc-^« cev i ^^ nr ^ ntkie surrender of w 3 fei ^ h , , ify xsthk h be had Jwfe

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    ^ ducatc ^ d Concern perso n of Christ , and of adopting those opYnrorisfb ^ A ^ hrcH ^^ tamly had no previous attachment , and the erroneousness of which he had

    once flattered hirnself he daoiilcP easily have detected . '' v Mr . Belsham now resigned fhe professorship at Daventry , arid

    was almost immediately cliosorito a similar office at the New College , Hackney : to the congregation at Hackney he was appointed the pastor in the year i 79 % and ir > 1805 he succeeded the Rev . Dri

    I > isney , at the chapel in Essex Street . To the yourig people 6 F both these coBgregatib ' ns he gave a course of lectures oh the Persbti of Christ , and the work before us

    maybe considered as formed partly of these , and of others whifch He delivered to his pupils at the colleges of Daventry and Hackney . ¦¦ . ¦ ' ¦ Here then we have a work

    written in defence of Unitariati sentiments by a gentleman who had been educated in the belief of very different principles ^ and who had ? during several years , booh In the

    habit of teaching what are called the orthodox doctrines . His testimony , therefore , seems to laV claim to marked attention . EduJ cation and the prejudices of early life may warp the uri ^ ehtaridirr

    and bias the mind ; but in £ a £ esj in which principles are adopted hostile to these , and in wliicri a man '* worldly interest rsih flttV&e promoted by the change ' , w 6 lifi ^ t ascribe the avowal of sdfrr areVo ^

    lurion in opinion ^ tothe jiu ^ Vci ^^ viction of a man ' s jod ^ m ^ ri V ^ ttr a u thoT , it app ^ ars ^ W faV s fbiSrii * " ' expecting ¦ $£ $ atfVaW ^ g ^ rf fei ^ rfs ^" from adopting a VileW ^ uhd 'f" ^ tUM swnpjb c ^ a ^ - > bfa $ ? B& $ i * &" ihi "

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    ing the Review . — Belshatifs Ualm Inquiry * 669

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 669, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/29/