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Brief History of the Dissenters from Jhe Revolution*
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384 Brief * History of ' the Distmters' from the Revolution .
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4 : he invitation of being their Pastor . *' P . 355 , Note . u When Mr . Emlyn Tame first to Lowestoft , ( in 1689 v he had not adopted those religious principles which afterward proved to him a source of the heaviest afflictions . * ' P . 359 . ** It was during his residence there
that reading Dr . Sherlock s piece upon the Trinity , he first began to entertain some scruples concerning the received doctrine in that point of faith . " lb . Note . •* Here also he contracted a close and intimate acquaintance with Mr . William Manning ( there were
several of that name in Suffolk , as the Rev , Samuel Manning , of Walpote , formerly of Emanuel College , Cambridge ) , a Nonconformist Minister , at Peasenhall , in this county , and corresponded with him during Mr . Manning ' s life . As they both were of
an inquisitive temper , they frequently conferred together upon the highest mysteries of religion , and Dr . Sherlock's book upon the Trinity became a stumbling block to both . Manning £ ven became a Socinian , and strove hard to bring his friend into those opinions , but Mr . Emlyn could never be
made to doubt either of the pre-existence of our Saviour , as the . Logos , or that God created the material world by him /' P . 36 l . " We have an account of one Mr , Manning , who was an oc ^ casional preacher at Lowestoft , in the latter end of the reign of Charles II ., or in the time of his brother James , but who this person was does not appear . I think it not improbable but he was the Rev . Mr . Manning , of Peasenhall , mentioned above , ( see note , p . 359 , ) who was the intimate
friend of Mr . Emlyn . " Mr . Gillingwater was a native of Lowestoft , and settled in business at Harleston , in Norfolk , where he died a few years ago . He was a man of research , ingenuity , good sense , and liberality towards those who differed from him in sentiment and mode of
worship , ( he being strongly attached to the church by law established , ) as his history evidences , which is more free from a party spirit than the generality of local histories . Many quotations might be adduced in proof of it , but owe may suffice . After relating the bufferings of Mr . Emlyn , for con-» cienc £ sake , p . 36 O , note , — " To bebold aleafcnedi sensible and pious divine
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[ Continued from p . 203 . ] BUT to return to the history of Dissenters . The last event relating to religion in the reign of Queen Anne , was the bill to t > revent the
growth of schism , by which all Dis ^ senters were prohibited from teaching any schools , and it was enacted that if any schoolmaster or tutor should be willingly present at any conventicle ' or assembly of Dissenters for religious worship , he should suffer three
months * imprisonment , and be disqualified from teaching school for the future . This was brought in by ihe tory ministry , who now , under the direction of Lord Bolingbroke , had gained possession pf the government , and who were endeavouring to take measures for placing the
Pretender on the throne . These measures , however , were frustrated by the death of the Queen , on t | ie very day on which the act to prevent the growth . of schism was to have been carried into execution , and by the succession of George I ., the first of
# We shall be glad to receive this account from any correspondent possessing the work tifrul willing to ixtrfcot the passage . '¦ " :: : ; 1 . ' . ' -. V " . . ' . 1 JEik
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thus degraded , insulted and punished , for no other crime than that of itierfc difference in opinion , is a speciaete that would wound even the feelings
of ah Infidel \ Nevertheless , it affords ope consolation—it demonstrates how greatly the benign and liberal influences of oar most holy religion have diffused thetaselves since th 0 last cetitury , and that the unchristian spirit of persecution is now almost wholly extirpated . "
The history was published about the year 179 O , in quarto , but the copy before me wants the title page . Mr . G . carried on a friendly debate with the Rev . Thomas tJafmer , of Wattesdeld , in this county , on the time Jesus continued oil the , rrnss .
which , through the favour of a mutual friend , I had once an opportunity of perusing . Mr . G / s account of the Dissenters at Lowestoft might prove an acceptable article for your valuable Miscellaay . * S . S . T .
Brief History Of The Dissenters From Jhe Revolution*
Brief History of the Dissenters from Jhe Revolution *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1817, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2466/page/8/
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