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tht klncl of warfare they have chdsen , Twas pot a , t all surprised to see the following Quotation from a work , which was reviewed in the Monthly Repository for June , entitled , tVilsoris History and Antfoutiies of Dissenting . Churches ^ "Wt nave somewhere met Mrith an observation of Dr . Taylor , of Norwich , wliich is much to bur
present purpose * The Doctor , who was a zealous Socinian , and a learned tutor St Warringcon , expressed his surprise how it happened that most of his pupils turnea JDeists . The fact it seems he admitted , bot he never thought of accounting for it from th& sceptical terideney of Socinian principles /'
I thank your Reviewer for this quotation . I -shdtild most probably else have rievef seen the passage , or even heard of the work y and I trust you will allow me to occupy a small part of the Repository , in exposing the falsehood of some of the assertions which it
contains . 1 st * Dr . Tayfor toas a zealous Socinian . Now it is certain that Mr . Wilson is either completely unacquainted wrth Dr . Taylpr ' s writings , or that he is entirely ignorant of the itteaning of the term Socinian . If the farrner , how dares he to * make any
assertion about Dr . Taylor ' s creed ; if the latter , let him study iome dictionary before he sets himself u £ as the "historian of Dissenting Churches . That Dr , Taylor was an ^ rian is very wel l known td ' ailwtro have rcafcFhts works . The fottfrwiri ^ Massacre ( which I co » v
from htfr own handwriting ) is sufficient evitfehcettf tfrisTaot . . *< The Scriptures tell us that there is such a being as the /« wty begotten Son of GocJ $ the-first iDorn of reverjr creature , by whom he mfcde ' aif things : whereby I understand 'tfc&tfthivbeiiig i » thefirst or most ex-^ fciit prodttctioh' dff the divine power .
Tliis betne is calfed < the Word / John M ; ' the Word of God / Rev . xix . 3 , 'pMwtbiy because God by him spake ¦ iwd declared his will to his creatures , ^ pe ^ iall jr to u £ . This being , called * Me Word , ' existed in the beginning foirarthecreation of the world , Gen .
^ fTm estate of great gl <* ry , and was 7 With the Supreme Gk > d and Fa-• Nr ^ John ; xSrii . a . ; and he was God , otfc '^ R&tf .- 1 ,-eL hi a fttate of great glory ^ 4 | K >^ er *> 3 Por the term Gpd is ap-^ led 1 d 'Ajfty beitig to whom powe r is fjfc *^ * ppt ^ niy to angels , but also to WH ., Abdtbat-we nright aot mistake
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the Evangelist as to whom he mearifas the Supreme God , he repeats it again , ver . 2 , * the same wasiti the begiijaiihg with G 6 d , for God who ' vras with the Supreme God , catjnoijrie the Sdpreme : God . with whom he was . f Futther ,
this beuig , called the * Son of God / or the ' Word , * is that being or agent by whom God rnade every tninff ( Ephes . iit . 9 , Heb . i . 2 ) so universally , that all the rest of the creation , without exception , was made by hrm , i . e . by that power and wisddm which he had received from God : so that he himself
albne Was immediately produced by the power of God , and ail the rest , without exception , were made by his Instrumentality . And as it pleased God to employ him as the creator of
the world / so also tt is" his further pleasure that he should be our final judge . ** These were JDr . Taylor ' s selritirtjents ; hftvv far they are consistent with Mr . Wilson ' s assertion that he was a ' zealous
Sociriwn , your readers will eastljr determine for themselves . ed . But Dr . Taylor , notwithstandihg he was a learned tutor aHd & zealous Sothat
cinidn , ** expressed hi ^ saTprise how ^^ it h ^ j ^ ifen ^ d mdst % f his pupils turned ! t > eis ^ . ^ ' This ass ^ rtfon proves Mr . Wilson to hai % beiehas ignorant of the events of Dr . Taylor ' s life , ' as of his theolc ^ rcal opiffions . E ) r . Taylor went to Warrington in November , 1757 , and he died in March , tff ) l : * So far ,
therefore , from his havirig ** expressed his surprise how it happe ^ fied that most of his pupils turned Debts ' , * ' he did not live tb see any of them eVen bomplete their course of education ^ so" that , ' as your Reviewer c ' oritecttires , thisf ** sortiewhere" of Mr . ' Wilson ' s turtis out tbbe
" no where . ** The whole story is a gross jfUlsehood , coined bjr a spirit of bigotry arid malfce , and circulated with the hope of defaming atrd vilifying the p ious dead . I don * t mean to > haifee Mr . Wilson with being its atithor ^ it is probabl y very current amcrn g his brethren , and lie might think it fas indeed he intimates ) so much to His
Jyirrnose , as to Insert it irt M % ** fUsiioty of Dissenting Churches / ' He Wfhfobabl y only a resailer of scandal and falsehood . But , 8 fr > what else < An be expected from a < man who could have tr ^ e unblushing effrontery to write and to publish the folio wing sen tenc % : tnat <• I ) r . LanteejK among ottMll ^ gbctnian auihorti ^ ht *> eeift ^ ibtit ^ r ^ Q
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Mr . JS . Taylor tm a Calumny en Dr . John Taylor . 4 ! ft
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 451, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/15/
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