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TFre publications of the late ] Sir , YVnacnesier in favour or universal , re-r tftoratidn had found taeur way , jntp Shsse ? c , a \ ia had made , consj ^ cjeraple mipresstori at JoattJe and the neigh--bourjiood . Great alarm was raisecl am orWst the believers in Calvinism :
M"f . Vicffer vyouUl not . have been allo \< ed , ; if he tiacl been disposed , to be art' idle ' spectator . qC the contest : he W £ s indeed for some time silent , but h £ was busil y / engaged during thi ^ period in correspondence with friends upon the subject , in reading and espeeial / v in examination of the Scriptures .
At length ,, he remarks , ' * 1792 . August 22 . . Lord ' s Day . It is Jang since ! t wrote any thing of the state of my soul .: —I have been lately much stirred lip again by reading Mr . Winchester qn the ftuat restoration of all thmgs , which doctrine ( upon a . consideration
of several years , and much fe&r and prayer for direction ) , I am constrained tp s £ v I believe-- —I preached this morning from the parable of the pounds , Luke xix . and found myself m ^ cVh confined in speaking , as I have afways found myself when treating on such passages . 1 suspect 1 have something wrong in my sentiments which
J ought to get rid of . O Lord ! I desire to have no sentiment but what I receive from thy word . " On the last Sunday in this V ear , at the annual church meeting , ^ ir . Vid- * lef oj ) cnly declared his mind in fuvour of universal restoration , and entered
into an explanation and defence of tha $ doctrine in au address which occupied three ho . urs in the deliveryr church , which now consisted of nearly two hundred member ^ , was divided in opinion , and a separation ensued : tiue majority adhered to thuir pastor - the minority ,, including some of the oldest members-, formed
themselves into a Particular Uaptist church , winch exists , though not ii \ a flourishing condition , to this day . Jn the midst of the agitation and affliction of mind which ' this event brought on , Mr \ Vidler consoled himself and ani-Hiated his friends with the rich truths of the gospel . He had counted the cost of heresy : though as vet he had
rci ' iounctd Calyinism only so far as it resiiected . the -cificacy of the death of (' liVist and the extent of redemption , ) ie lof <^ s ~ aw tqat he should be ( Ji sown eel by'his , relig ions cpnnexion ^ and . tl ^ at
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a { ui ^ ^ v e ^ y , > t 3 \ n ^ houkiagdomr vy ^ Q ^ idj ^ ^ ftt a ^ aW ^ t htm ^ b bull no » e ql , \) pcfe lbi # gS / ., tt ' orgd vfaito ; hei had already Jppfgyz as ^ r . \ w | is / fW 31 ixwill tng to bear eyil report a ? >^ eU a ^ jgo ^ d ifiw ihe
sake of truth and a go 0 d jcaiasxaeoce letters of expo ^ rtuJaNon . af » & ; F « pro « 3 terh poured in upon him from # nanV savirGes : his apostacy was the tt ^ emie of general discourse qmongst theJBaptists ; and in the summer of l ! 79 & * he and his church were formally excluded
from the- KJent and Sussex Yearly . As * sociation ; the presiding eWer pfi the Assembly , which was held at Chatbam , * pronouncing the sentence o £ C 7 £ . cpinsnunicatipri ! . oii . ^ r . Vidleir , \ vho > was present ^ and in trae ^ pa pal style fulminating an anathema undqr the
giiise of a benediction * : his wisb .. for the < lisovvned brother was thfUthe heli whicjk he advocated might be iris portion On the Sunday after this synod : had been held Mr . VkUer preached a
senmon desigoed to encoiirage jbis pro ^ - scribed friends , frprri a passage- of Scripture ,. w } iich both i ^ nkiister and people appropciated to theinselves , viz . Isaiah fxiti . lG 9 £ f&ub £ les 9 * . 1 fiou-ar £
our Father , — though Abraham be ignorant oj' ys and Israel . acknowledge us not : thou , O Lord , art our Father , our Redeemer \ thy % iai * e is from everlasting .
In addition to these religious troubles , Mr . Vidler was at this period sul > ject , in common with his brethren throughout the kingdom , to some a . nnoyanee on the ground of political opinions . He was indeed fat from being a political partizan , but it was suspected that the Oissentcrs as a Body
were friendl y to the French I ^ e . Y 9 ) ujMQJ ^ and inimical to the war de . clare ^ \> y the monarchies of Europe a ^ insjl ^ e , infant republic of France , and beji . ee ; without any proof of disaffection ^ to the governmqiit or any cause of « oflence to the-public , they were treated by -ih ^ populace in various places "with ' rudeness and even violettce . HaftJe was not exempt from the contagious
poli-* JVIr . Wright ba $ ftjread ^ r gf iyea ari accoiui-t of Uie pfoceedip ^ s pH ) thka < icclesiiistical coviqcil , Nonc ^ n |«> j : nii > l : cn ^ ct ^ - nin ^ ws ftnd I )^^«> ti ^ i ^ ry ^^ ^ . h ^ ics . ^ M ^ ^ epus . ^ U , 2 , ; n >^ » tj ^ mbty ! . waa lu-lU > at CfwztfaltiQp is :. i \ ep 0 tllc 4- - « Att > y-jB ^ Kn d not M ^ w , ^ . ^ ro-W ^ iii t ^ thcfiai ^ .: * . slight fonrctfulnesa , has sti | &e $ liU '; jq - • * t >¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 132, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/4/
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