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sentiments concerning : the Person of Christ -, frpoa which it appears th-t , in Dr . Gardner ' s ^ timation , Dr . Watts became in the strict and proper sense , of the word an Unitarian . ' * ' * What I mentioned tp Mr . Aikin , * ( the late Xtev , j ' Jr- Aikin , Professor of Divinity ai Warri ^ gton , ) * conceding
Dr . Watts , I had 110 n Dr Lardner , Vfkto told it ijxe as a thing feno * n to few , though without enjoining me secrecy . . Having mentioned in the cou '~ $ e of my correspondence With the latter the difficulty . of fixing my sentiments with regard to the person of Christ , though I had formerly thpught the doctrine pi
Jiis pre-existence sufficiently proved , by ^ . ^ la , rke , Dr . Watts , aud others , jxe regies ,, < I think I ? r . Wa * tts « evear -iwas mi Ariau , to Jiis -honour pe it spok-4 $ n , WJapfiJfce first wrote ofithe Trinity , 1 reckoned { reckem ) he . bpljierved thrqe . ^ qual < &v , iti , e persons . 9 jut in !^ & e latter pait ^) f , his ljvfe , for several years Jte ,-
fojre J * js dearth , and before J ^ e , w ^ s seized wit ^^ atn j ^ nbwility ^ f his faculties ,, h . ^ was an Unitarian * { Hp Jj ^ e came to be sq I cannot certainly say , butl tlHHK , it iv 38 , tbe r « st | lt of ivis own meditations oa the Scriiitares . JH ; e
was vejry desivpns to pro ^ o ^ e ^ hat Opi » ip 4 } , an ^ w r ^ yte a gi eat deal upon tjhe isuly ^ Ct . But Jus papers fell , iii | o good b > uds , ( meaning Mr . jNeal ' s , ) a , nd they , did not thipk the |» fit fpr p ^^>^ c ^ tIo ^ . I also sa , w sonie . ^> f tJhe « i . " »
•' - * ¦ > 4 s there seamed some ampiguity | n ^ Ixewoid Ifaitarian , HhQHtghl&pew ^ ery rWeU jin J ^ ow strict pi sense Abe ^ qctyr geijev ^ Uy u ^ ed it , avid beiug ' ?> w . Ai ? e £ b < a { © r . WpUt « in his Aater nyblkutions
q ^ iite xg 9 « ve mp the notion of a thijqeft * U l JPeit ^ , ihough be coaUtended . e ^ rfiestlytfur / the pre exialence oif C ^ hrvst ' s liuoian soul , originally p < xf ) seased pf powers-supei-angelical , on which however he is vsilent inUis Solemn Address
to ithe Deity , printed in the qitavfo edition pf His works , I begged leave £ o he \ MnfQnaied , . whether An his mipab-( li ^ betlp ^ perB he . had appeared to ihave jfiiveia cRp it hat poin , t ; in ans ^ wci- to which Dr . Lardner wrote :
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" < 1 q ^ ue ^ ti ^ n whether ypjtt av « aiiy where ifii , pr , Uit J ^ r . ^" at | is's last 1 bon « hts upon th ^ e Trinity . They wereknt | fyn to vevy fey ? . $ ? y ne . p&e . w Neal , an ^ ld ^ taj ^ dirjg ^ en ^ lemao was intiinat ;** ivatii Dr . Watts , and often with the / aniiiy wbere he lived . Sometimes , in . an eveniag when t ^ hey
were alone , jj ^ wou ld ^ a ^ yt ta . his frAends ^ n the fara ^ y of his new thou ghts con-^ cernj ^ g the iierson of ; Chris 4 t and their gre ^ tt \ mpoitaacie : and t ^ at , if J > e should be ab | e " to lecojqaniend ^ heipL < to the ^^ > i U 4 , jit ^ wpuid l > e ttye J ^ noat eansiderable thing th ^ t ejyer Jie performed . l ^ T y m ^ p ^^ vy , therefore , cajne to
^ e and teW oic jof jit , and |( hat the fsyn -Jy wa ^ gr »^^ y , jt ^ m ^ rjaed jtp bear him talk so inwcM vf < ihe i *^ PQ ^ ftpeeof these Ketiti ^ e ^ itts . rl ^ old » J | py . n ^ phewr that Qr . W ^ tts wap i | i ike r ^ gh t in s c ^ y i | ig tbey were important , but I was of opinioD ^ atube was j&nable to recommend t ^ hejn ^ tp tU « public ,-because he had never been used to j&
j > roper way of rea ^ orj iLiig > jou ^ xich a subject , § o iit > pifP ^^ . Myn ^ pilW being executor , / b # d ^ e papers ; and showed me vsfiw ^ , Gtfthq « i- £ > r . Watts , ha , d written ja good d ^ f * l > hut th ^ y were not , f ? t jto be published . Bb . WiTT ^ fl iu ^§ pp Tja aUi » ars . ; weiue ceALpjLETaBir . Y IJnjltakxan . *
« , O «^ / cannot 3 ; he lp reffrattiog jfehat >^ ch should Imve luejen tUe judgment of Dr . L , axdne * v and &uch the decision of the ejyecatorB with respect to itbc publication of Dr . Wafcts's last essays upon a subject obi » rbic ; h 'he had thought Hjad written so much . The judgment of JG > r . © oddridge , one of
rthe trustees for Dr . ^ JWatts ' a papers , biumelf a professed Truvitauian , but a loyer of truth aud a friend to inqwky , was , asl have tn ^ utio ned above , ^ ery dittereut , and , as many think , mate correct . ^ How interesting pud instructto
ive woj || ldiit have b ^ ea iiave traced t / Ue , nu « tl of this great and ; good roan ftiirangh fe ^ ie v ariaus steps of his V ' gie ^ s ipttm jthe darkest sbadcu of firxoi to tjbe clear ^ i ght of rationaL And e * angelioaltrath t" pp * tolfrrraqU ; f To he cojitfyuei *] '
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$ & 4 > Review .- < -Bel $ ham s Memoirs of Lind ^ ey * ¦*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 534, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/46/
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