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finn III' Dr . Watts noJSocinian . j \ Refutation of the'Testiraony <> f Dr . Lard her , as brought forward in the Rev . T . Belsham ' s Memoirs of the late Rev . Theo-6
p hilus Lindsey , c That Dr % Watts ' s last sentiments were completely Unitarian . '' In a Series of Letters to the Rev . Jo ^ epli Smith , of Manchester . By Samuel Palmer . Svo . Is . 6 d % Conder . 1813 .
This is a piece of greater promise tliiirv performance . To the unequivocal testimony of Dr . Lardner , [ see the present Vol . p . 532 . &C . 1 Mr , Palmed opposes
only presumptions , and those not always weighty . It is necessary to the support of Mr . Palmer ' s hypothesis that he shoula make good $ ie chargeof imbecility / ' which
teratHer unexpectedly retorts upon Dr . Lardner . The fact seems to be undisputed that Dr . Watts tvas ^ t the 'last no Trinitarian , in the cbtiim 6 ri acceptation of that telni ; but . to what degree he departed from the standard of
orthdttoxy Cannot be ascertained . Ur . Ifardner might think that he wetit farther than he actually did , though we cannot lightly esteem t ^ Wm ^ r ' s judgment . The extracts uOtit Watiis ' s last printed works on —¦—¦—
Y — — - - — - ^ - ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^ " ^ — — — — ^^ ^^ — ¦ ^™— ^ —¦ wnfch Mr . Palmer chiefly rests his" $ eftitation , " are scarcely to tne ^ krrb 6 se \ for passages soundi »\|^ iJB as orthodox might , we cel&v ' e- lm duated from the works
OFtne older acknowledged ' Socinilaift . " To us it appears pro-» TO that Dr . Watts intended to oritf ^ cjut his " new thoughts" by threes j ttiat his last printed # | ffe were Written some time be-^ Ae rV piiHli ^ tion , and did not ** J *™ f Kfsiast opinions ; . and that ^ ff ^ Tlrrjprnth ^ hed ^ -destt ^ M . SS . «» itef Boiz ^ r ^ mms of which
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Lard ? ier sai ( s he had seen , did shew him t 6 hive become co : ai ^ PiiETEtY Unitarian . By the , term Unitarian , however , Dr . Lardner probably meant only an anti-Trinitarian , who at the same time was not an Arian ..
There is " ambiguity in the term ; but is there less in that of Socinian , " which Mr . Palmer adopts ? A " . Socinian ** is surely one who holds the faith of
Socinus , with regard to Jesus Christ , which the modern Unitarian does not hold , whiph Mr . Lindsey has called idolatrous . The " indwelling scheme , '' which Rlr . Pahnex appears to favour , is , in our judg . ment , nearer to Socinianism than
any other scheme now professed . Why then does Mr . P ., at the very lime that he objects to the term Unitarian , so largely use another
which is equally objectionable ^ to say the least , and which he knows is offensive to the persons to whom it is applied ! Except , indeed , in this case of Mr . Palnier , we scarcely know an instance of a modern writer using the
disowned appellation — Socinian— -v ^ ith . any other view than that of reproach . Unitarian is not the only
ambiguous terra in theology : atoncmentj human depravity 9 divine influences , and similar expressions , from which Mr . Palmer infers Dr . Watts ' s Orthodoxy * are quite as equivocal : and we fancy we have known divines who by the copious use of them in public
have obtained a reputation for ' * spundness , " while in reality they have held none of the doctrines coached under these heads in the usually accepted sense of
the popular creeds , confessions and catechisms .
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Review . —Palmer's Dr . Watts no Socinian . 683 «
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/59/
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