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^ ^ tSSffiem ^ VStn-in some of thffeff j ) rdfebeain ^ s ft £ could not IraVfe condTferiSh ^ yi A manuscript of Tiis orv thfs siiBject is still extant . * His piersriasion upon it is
reckoned by © be ^ iiell amongst his heresies : ^ h ^ Confessed himself /' says this tevil&r , * cleanc out of His \ vay when hfe w&s in armes ; for warre , saith h 6 , ( and he learnt to say so of the Anabaptists and
Sftcinians ) is not the way of Jesus Christ ; all that he could say for Kith self was , I hat he had no com . rrrand in the army . "f It appears from the title of ano .
fli&t mandscrfpt of Chilli ngworth ' s , vrz . A Problematical Tentarnen & |^ rnVt punishing Crimes with Ufcath in Christian Societies , " that
this enlightened man anticipated thje time , then far distant , when it sEbuld become an object of le . gfslative inquiry how penal laws may be made'less sanguinary and
more effecttiah 1 T : } We ^ i o ^ e this memoi r , with p . ffffljjn account of the editions of Chiltftigworth ' s works *
Of The Religion of Protes . t ^ rits , " it has been stated ( p . 144 ) tb&t two editions were published during the author ' s life : the following have appeared since the ^ e&torari ^ i ) , ; viz , the 3 rcL in 166 ^ 4 . with the licence
( Iti th f l ^ ttbeift Library , entitled , * A iVeati ^ e of the Unlawfulnesse of resisting thifC ia \ vftiU Prince , although most impious , tyrannical and idolatrous . ' * t Chill ing worthi Novissima . In the ' « Bricfe and Plainc Relation , &c . "
1 ( f this M . S . is ai ^ o the Lambeth ifiKr ^ i ^ tjii ^ inlaid td be cancelled . If theWnijrig ; oe recoverable , it is most dc « iral ? le mat this j > apcr should be given to ^ he ¦ public . Does it not deserve the attention of the society for meliorating the penal law ?
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of Dr . Stradling , cha ^ l&ift tro Archbishop Sheldon . To this edition .
were added some other pieces of Mr . Chillingworth ' s , viz . The Apos . tolical Institution of Episcopacy , and Nine Sermons the first preached before his Majesty , Charles I . the other upon special and eminent occasions .
4 th in 1074 . 5 th , in 1684 , with the addition of Mr . Chillingworth ' s Letter to Mr . Lewgar . In 1687 , when the nation wa $
in imminent danger of popery , Chillingworth ' s book being looked upon as the most effectual pre - servative against it ,- Dr . John Patrick , at the request of the London clergy , published an a «
bridgment of it , with some additional pieces of ChillingwortrTs against popery , which had not been as yet printed . It came out with this title : " Mr . Chillingworth's Book , called The Reiim
gion , &ca made more generally useful , by omitting personal con . tests , but inserting whatsoever concerns the common cause of Protestants , or defends the Church of England : with an addition oF some Genuine Pieces of Mr , ChiL
lingworth , never before printed ** In 4 to- In the Advertisement , Dr . Patrick informs us that the M . S . out of which most of the
additional pieces were faithfully transcribed , was an original Of Mr . Chillingworth ' s own handwriting , in ihe custody of the Rev . Dr . Tennison , to whom the reader was obliged for their
publication . These pieces were pub . lished with this title : ** Additional Discourses of Mr . Chillingworth * never before printed ; " with the lipence of William Needham , chap 4 , Iain | p Archbp . SancrofL Their
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BriifMvitooir of Mr * ChilUngwwtk , liS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 215, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/15/
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