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some considerable force in their argu * meats in behalf of their creed , or Mr . CrowptoiVs faith would not have been so shaken and his mind so grievously distressed as he represents . If the history of the workings of eyery
minister ' * mind down to the present day , who has been set a thinking on this subject , could be brought to light , pourtrayed as honestly , freely , faithfully and feelingly , as Mr . C . has here pourtrayed his own , it would evidence
that it has been a prolific source of painful temptation to many . Mr . C . appears to have been for a long time a stranger to peace and comfort , but the considerations here stated by him , at last established him in the belief of
the Trinity and Deity of Christ . In what light they were viewed by Mr . 8 tan ton , when presented to his wavering mind more than sixty years past , may be inferred from the sentiments he maintained through his following days , andthey have not proved
effectual to re-establish others who have been alike painfully exercised with doubt , fear and dread as himself ; but on the contrary , they have had cause to bless God that they were finally settled in the firm belief of Unitarianism , and found it to be a harbour of rest to their souls , from the
tossing waves and terrifying billows which ever beat upon them while traversing the troubled , unfathomable , benighted ocean of Trinitariauism . But though those considerations have Hot been effectual to convince and
establish some others who have been in doubt , like Mr . C , yet with him they have learnt , by severe experience , to exercise candour and brotherly love ( as appears , to Mr . C . ' s honour , throughout his epistle ) towards the
doubting , and those who saw reason to differ from them . That unity of spirit may be maintained in the bond of peace , among professors of religion of all denominations , ia the hearty wish of your constant reader .
SAMUEL SAY TOMS . P . S . I send with this Mr . Manning ' s Catholic Religion for yourperusal , and Mr . C / s letter to Mr . S that any friend who can decipher Rich's shorthand , improved by Dr . Doddrid&e , may read , or copy it * >
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been detained far beyond my intentiott , but 1 do not now regret it * as I have been able to consult Mr . Gillingwater ' s History of Lowestoft , and have not been disappointed in my expectation from it .
P , 346 , it is said of the Vicar r William Whiston— " He constantly preached twice on Sundays ; and all the summer season , at least , had a catechetic lecture at the chapel in the evening , designed more for the benefit of the adult than for the children
themselves . " Mr . Gr . has the following Note : ** To these lectures came many of the Dissenters . This may be easily accounted for when we consider that the noted Mr . Emlyn had officiated as minister to the Dissenters of this
town eighteen months , about ten years before . ( Mr . Whiston was instituted 19 th August , 1698 . ) Mr . Emlyn had adopted the Arian principles , and probably had introduced the same sentiments among many of his hearers , who , consequently , were pre-disposed
to attend the lectures that were given by a minister of the establishment who entertained opinions similar to those of Mr . Emlyn , as was the case with Mr . Whistou . There appears to have been the most intimate friendship be *
tween these two divines , for when Mn Whiston , in 1715 , held a weekly meeting for promoting primitive Chris * tianity * . which subsisted for two years , the third chairman of that meeting ( which was also the last ) was Mr . Emlyn , June 28 th , 1717 . "
Mentioning p ; 347 V Mr . John Baron , minister of Ditchingham , afterwards Dean of Norwich , Mr , G . has ihe following Note * " The Dean , who was bred among the Dissenters , died ,
it seeing an Unitarian , according to the epitaph ibr his monument . Mr . Whiston says * he had sotne share in bringing him « v « r to the church , &c . ; that though Ira accepted the denary of Norwich , y £ t he mfuse < i the bishopric , ofw&ich he hadian offer / ' Sed \ Vhii *»
ton ' s Memoirs . P . 358 . " In the year 1688 , Mr . Emiyn ? trA * invited by Sir Robert Rkh « one of the Lords of the Ad * mtralty , to his house , at Rose Hall *
near Becdev in : Suffolk * and wm by him prevailed upon -to officiate as minister to the Dfesentfrig : Congregation at L ^ weataftt whJtt&pJace lie supplied tbftilt * jMmt and fc hal £ but cefiuod
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Some Account of Mr * WilUam Manning * 595
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Jbamtinfkam , March Sd > 1817-2 nd P . S . THE preceding *«*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1817, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2466/page/7/
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