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Bromley , Jan . %% , 18 lu . Sir , THE following early account of ike Moravian Brethren , by Dr . Doddridge , so far as I Can learn , has
never been printed . It came into my possession among some old family papers , and must have been copied at least sixty years ago , probably much nearer the date of Dr . Doddridge ' s letters . These dates are omitted in the extracts ,
but from internal circumstances may be safely fixed at 1736 or 1737 . It appears from Mr . La Trobe ' English edition of Crantz ' s History of the Brethren , in German , ( p . 213 , ) that Count Zinzendorf arrived in London , Jan , 20 ,
1737 , and there received in August following a congratulatory letter from Potter , Archbishop of Canterbury , on his having become a Bishop of the Moravian Church . The Latin original and translation are preserved by Mr . La Trobe , in his preface , where he adds , that * ' Dr . Isaac
Watts also gave a testimony to this church , under the patronage of that noble and excellent person . Count Zinzendorf , in a letter , dated Dec . 21 , 1738 . " By a note ( p . ^ 40 ) it appears that this letter is preserved in th « Acta Fratrum , A pp . 56 , p . 42 , and that Dr . Doddridge corresponded with the Brethren ' the same year .
It would be unjust to the memories of sucli men as Watts and Dod-Aid ^ e , and indeed of the persons mentioned \ n these extracts , to introduce them in connexion with such an equivocal character , to say the least , as Zinzendorf , without recollecting that
1 the Count , at the date of these ex-1 tracts , and , as I apprehend , for some j years afterward * , was known in Eng-* tend , only as a very zealous and ¦ -inc ^ fytfgable Christian Propagandist . 1 Watts aijd Doddridge were both de-* ^| % ^| K ^ - ' - WWrtM ^ . the histo-I * »* hedl | fm \ m Candid Narrative
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of the Rise and Progress of the Herrn * huters . Mr . Rimius was a German who had frequented , their public rev ligious meetings . In his Narrative he has given the German originals and translations of numerous passages from the Count ' s published Sermons and
Hymns , which shew what shocking indecencies , at least in phraseology , he had . connected with his theological system . Of these Dr . Maclaine has preserved quite sufficient , to surprise and disgust any reader , in . his Translation of Mosheim , Ed . 2 nd .
( p . 85 . Note s . ) A larger account is in the Gen . Biog . Diet . 1784 ( ix . 327 ) .
In 1754 , Mr . Rimius afUled ' A Solemn Call on Count Zinzendorf , and in 1755 , A Supplement to the Candid Narrative . Count Zinzendorf , wha lived till 1760 , died and made no sign . He could not venture to examine the Candid Narrative . Nor has Crantz , who wrote in 1771 , nor Mr . La Trobm
his editor , in 1780 , and whose sobermindedness , like that of Mr . Gam bold , tended to redeem the character of hi $ sect , ever mentioned the , 11 a me of Rimius or referred to his Charges against Zinzendorf ; a sufficient proof
of their inability to refute them , though no evidence of their candour , or even integrity as historians .. I have added a few notes to explain or confirm some passages in the ex ~ tracts , and remain , Sir , Yours , J . T . RUTT :
Extracts of ttoo Letters from the Rev , J ^ ir . [ # r . j Doddridge 1 at Northampton , to the Rev . Mr- [ Dr . ] Isaac Watts . -. Letter I . Si » j I am ashamed to think bow laqg * I li ^ y # , neglected to fulfil my promise of apndfipg to you some account of those ven ) ftrlm ^ particulars , relating- to the JMtonfcvian Br ^ , threo which I promised you several montjrcf ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/1/
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