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ecdote , it is clear that by somebody or other Paley has been suspected of Unitarianizing ( as the old divines would say ); and indeed it is impossible that the out-and-out believer of the Thirty-nine Articles and the Three Greeds should be satisfied with ( what
Bishop Marsh calls ) his generalized Christianity . You have told us from the Quarterly , that Mr . Biddulph , the leader of the " Evangelical" Church
party , disowns him ( p . 60 ); and I verily believe he would be disowned by all sticklers for things as they are , if it were not necessary to keep him , as Lardner is kept , in spite of his heresy , for his services as the advocate of
external religion . Paley committed two sins for which he will never be forgiven ; he denounced bigotry and he dared to reason . CANTABRIGIENSIS .
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aware that his Antitrinitarianism could not be inferred from his works . But perusing , many years ago , a very old church book belonging to the General Baptist Church at Barbican , one of its memorandums was to this purpose : " Received Dr . John Gale from the
General Baptist Church at Deptford , where he had preached , but could preach no longer on account of his unsound notions on the Trinity , * Original Sin , &Cv" JShese are not the exact words , but it is the substance ; and ever since I have ranked Dr . Gale
as no Trinitarian , though no precise ideas can be given of his views | pn the subject . The writer of the short Memoir prefixed to his Sermons , says , that he intended writing on Original Sin ; but he died soon after ; when this and other projected works remained unaccomplished .
Such is the ground on which I proceeded , and it satisfies my own mind , though it may not be so decisive as I could wish on so important a subject . The Rev . William Foot , of Bristol , I have also stated to be an Ant ?
itrinitarian , though some of my friends doubted it ; but his worthy daughter , Mrs . Foot , has assured me of the fact . It ^ may not be generally known that this divine kept an academy for many years at Bristol ; and , heterodox as he was on the article of the Trinity ,
he had the honour of having for his pupil the present Poet-laureat , Robert Southey , Esq ., LL . D ., so distinguished for his loyalty and orthodoxy ! This gentleman , therefore , ought to have
some respect for Unitarians ; and , notwithstanding his zeal for the extirpation of heretics , feel kindly towards this intelligent and deserving portion of the religious community . f ^ erbum sat sapienti .
with respect to the Rev . Robert Adam asserting that these General Baptist Ministers were sound Trinitarians , it by no means follows that their successors and descendants should be so too , who have seen the error of
their forefathers , and wisely corrected it . Their revolution of sentiment they deem an approximation to truth . This should be recorded , not to their disgrace , but to their honour . We have apostolical authority urging ua on to perfection . And the great and good Dr . Isaac Watts has this declaration , which should be engraven in lasting-
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74 Dr . Evans on General Baptist Church at Dover .
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I sling t on i Sir , January 12 , 1825 . RECOMMENDED the case of I the General Baptist Church at
Dover to the liberality of the readers of your Miscellany ( Vol . XIX . p . 343 ) . I must now beg leave to state some circumstances which have transpired respecting it , and which call for immediate attention .
The Church has a debt upon it by the erection of its new Chapel , so admired for its neatness and convenience . An old gentleman had promised to leave £ 250 for its
liquidation , provided the remaining portion of th ^ debt could be raised by the subscription of 100 persons , a guinea each , for three succeeding years . Several subscribers have been obtained ,
and the remainder will , no doubt , he procured in so good a work . But this should be directly accomplished , for the j £ 250 will be advanced without delay , the donor finding that he cannot , by the Mortmain Act , leave it
for such a purpose . This is so generously proffered , that any person disposed to come forward with his subscription will be so kind as to do it immediately . He gives twice who gives quickly , was a sage maxim of antiquity . J . EVANS .
P . S . I thank Mr . Rutt for his communication respecting Dr . John Gale ( Vol . XIX . p . 712 ) . With him I was
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1825, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2533/page/10/
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