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peace ( the articles ) , if capable of an \ fe coiisiriictwn ^ lies a gat 7 is t tke Papists ; and be expresses a fear , how sincere in the latter
particular may be readily judged , that his scrupulosity would w * riitn him here , and not advantage him at the last day *'
The immediate effect of this correspondence upon the mind of Chillingworth cannot now be discovered ; but it is too certain , alas ! that he did subscribe the
articles on obtaining preferment . His biographer cannot hide the fact , thjpugh he may advance considerations which palliate this great man ' s inconsistency . His friends intreated , his patron advised , the
king commanded j and all concurred in assuring him that the subscription was nothing more item a general declaration of fellowship ^ with the church * The stftfe af the times might also be a reason < with Chillingworth for
compliance . Be saw the nation falling into Wo parlies , that of the court and that of the parliament : the latter Vv £ s in great imea . sutfe a Calvinfetic party , with whieh : he co&M never unite ; in the former ^ he might see much that he disapproved , * but yet conclude that it was most congenial with his principles and wishes : and having rnade up his mind to adfifere to the royal cause he would naturally feel a wish to
serve it in some prominent station ; subscriptfafr Was in his way , biit in some wieaker moment he m % ht satisfy himself that subscription wa 9 to be interpreted in the sense of the living airthbrities virhich im .
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posed it ; and that sense allowed him full latitia ^ ct ^ h quli ^ anW judgment . We do not defend this act of
Chillingworth ' s - , we are only anxious that Ms me ' mbfy sboutxl have the indulgence of every excuse that can be suggested for the failure of a noble mind in orie single point of duty . Some of our readers may think that his conduct requires nd ajpolbgy ; they then are satisfied : but such as have
been most conversant with his immortal writings ^ \ w \ l we fea *^ lament that more hits not been , or cannot be , said , in exteauation of a deed which Chill in gworth himself has taught tfoeiti tp consider as ' * -lite btiying of prefer * merit with the loss of honesty .
The occasion- of his subscribing the articles was his being appointed , in l € 3 S , to th ^ chancellorship of Salisbury , with ike prebend of Bfrxworth , in Nott 6 > amptdnishire , annexed . Notwithstanding his induefti ^ n to theaa benefices it was supposed froru his known sentiments atid
character that he had riot stibscribed the articles : an early biographer ( AUbrey ) suggested that the nature of his prefermeht : did" not make this necessary , and B ^ Hoadlyt conjectured that he b&d been ^ Jtcused through the particular favour which the grent : ehiir ^ btfterli
of those days had lot him as a convert fr 6 m the Chur . cjbj pf , -Rpi pp ^ Even such as suppo ^ ii thai hfe bad subscribed , conc / ud € : d r t 4 mt he bftii done so , in a form of bi's ovrn - axtfl with some particular reservation of conscience . At length » however , all conjecture w ^ as stt at tetit by the
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138 Brief Memoir of Mr . ehilliitgvortl ,.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 138, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/2/
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