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deserve as to his person . ' * He is efrarged jwj th " barefaced i fn pudtfice *" -. Of 4 i learned men /'
whom JDr . Gregory has quoted against John Smith , the doctor says ,. fcf . if vye shall put them and him into an equal ballance , their judgment will as much outweigh his , as . Bow btil , or Great Tom of- 'Lincoln * or Christ church in
Oxford * would outweigh the least be ] f in any of-this man ' s clocks . " On this * sorry pamphlet * ' are charged 4 ' impertinent cavilsassertions- - false and impudent— - fuch an nigk degree of blasphemy a ^ oo goo d man would be guilty < tf for-ullthe world . '' This " So .
cinian author , proceeding without any method ? ' is c * a man who scarce brings one probable arguitJ € fttT ^ an / Antinomian as wel l as a
Soeinian ^—a ** worthy gentlem&nr * and a c < sefaphical divine , " Jtefc byr unavoidable inference , a M samqy w ^ tch / ' and one who
Mr ^ ants ^ nd deserves a roo m in Bethlehem , 91 : in some other maditotese *" The kerned Dr . Gregory , thp ^ fer h ^ ; has so often referred to thk reputed occupation of John Smrtb ^ cannot quit that favourite subject * He is indeed as fond of tftoeksras Charles V . in bis mo .
nfcsje ry ^ though unhappily the Dr . - ^ dfee&xiot appear , like the emperor , to v h ^ - ve learned from them the ^ foHjr * of intolerance , for in his ' ptdfec ^ tve quotas with approba-4
n ti ^ ift tfce * i imperijtit laws * ' against ^ hfeeetiq ^ fa ^ l especially the follow . " " ^ yr ^ oiJf fWy ^^ i ^ ^ ? ec n ¦ wjtMn tbef flyman Cnj 3 pire let him ' U $ e i ^^ lp ^^ , H however af-# r tflfc > ^[ Pfj ^^ i F ^ ^' WIt ^ John ^ oiSrtit | f ^ f ^ f ^ jadvising him u ^ to p ^ feirth ^ < pr ( vaJte opinions of a fet » particular men above the
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general judgment of the Catholic churchy * lie ibfns addresses him , at the close of his postcript . xi And now for a farewell , let me recommend to you that
counsel of tne Koman orator—arte ? n quam quisque novit , earn exerceat , and those vulgar proverbial speeches , ne sutor ultra crepidant , and tractcnt fabritia fabri $ since the wisdom of nations is said to
lie much in their proverbs , it will be your prudence to govern yourself by these ; the roeahiiig whereof is this : that every man should exercise that art only which be well understands ; that a
shoemaker should not presume to go beyond his last ; that a smith should deal with those materials and tools only , which are proper for his vocation . And since your name is Smith , and as I am credibly informed , your employment ,
being that of a clockrnaker , is somewhat suitable theFeuhto ; you may do well to lay aside the use of pen , ink , and paper , in order to the writing of bddks ; and to take up the hanYnier , or use the
anvil y to mind the springs , wheels and movements of yotrr ^ clocks ; to leave the interpretation of scriptures , and the decision erf "controversies , to learned men wJio are able to manage them dPgrfeat deal better . ' *
Whether Dr . Gregory proved himself , on this occasion , one of those learned men , or whether John Smith does not appear in the comparison to h&ve been a
scribe well instfucted , and if be really were a mechanic and illiterate , y £ l scripturally leam'd without the s&Aootsy I shall enquire in my next iitimhsr . VERMICULUS ,
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Book . Worm . No .: IX- 713
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 713, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/21/
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