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Given uoder my hand this 7 of Sep tter , gi , Who am , S f yr most aflF ^ Servant , &c . &c . JOHN SADLER . To the Rever Mr . Baxter , his most Hon Ffr * J ? re $ nt .
( c Strange Pieces of Providence * at Brightling , Sussex . " ( A Paper , so indorsed in Baxter ' s hand-writing . )
These are to certify , whom it may concern , y in y year of our Lord 1659 , at Brightling , in Sussex , there were many scrauge pieces of providence . A fire strangely , suddenly kindled and burnt down a man ' s
dwelling house , and he removing to another , the fire pursued him , and kindled in the thatch , and that , although the same was put out , it was said , that it rekindled again , till the man ' s goods were removed out of the house into a
field , and that several things were thrown by an invisible hand , and scarce any quiet , but at y time of prayer ; w * providence occasioned a fast to be kept in y Church of Brightling by four ministers . Witnesse our hands hereunto , set this 29 th dav of June , 1683 .
Joseph Bennet , the min r then of y said Brightling' . I , Tho . Goldham , at y time minister of Burwa-sh , adjoining to y parish of Brightling , aforesaid , and one of y 4 ministers engaged in y fast above-mentioned , do certify y truth of y narrative above-written . Witness my hand ,
THOs . GOLDHAM . ( Signed also by John French , and 10 other persons , inhabitants , it is supposed , of Brightling . )
Mr . Biddle ' s " Great Congregations " In a letter from Tho . Grove to R . B ., dated Berry Court , the J 3 th of November , but without any year , the
writer says , " I heard lately such terrible things from London , of Riddle and others venting their blasphemies publickly in great congregations of people that it makes my heart tremble to think what God will do with us . "
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Anecdotes respecting the Athanaswn Creed . ( From the MSS . of the late Rev . Mr . Jones , author of the " Free and Candid Disquisitions , " in Dr . Williams's Library . ) 17 *« m , v 9 Q HPHE < Rt Rev . the 1756 . May 29 . J [ L , Bp of Win .
Chester told me , that whilst he was a parish minister he always read the Athanasian Creed as the Rubric required , and thought himself obliged to do so , in virtue of his engagements , at the same time assuring me that it is his judgement , that it would be much better for this church and
nation , if we had no such creed ; or that the reading of it in congregations were not enjoined by law . 1759 . An ingenious and learned gentleman ( Mr * Sh . ) lately told me , y he once asked the late Bp of Winchester ( Dr . Willis ) , with whom he was well acquainted , what his Lp ' opinion was of y * Creed , the solidity of
its doctrine and y justifiableness of imposing it as a confession of our common faith , &c . Sir , said his Lp » I will have no disputes with you upon this head . I will give you in one word my opinion of the matter * . I am exactly of the same mind with A *> p Tillotson , € t I wish the X Church
were well rid of y Creed . " There was no room for further inquiry . The late Bp of Rochester ( Dr . Wilcox ) being upon a Whit-Sunday with his family at y house of a clergyman
in N—shire , who had for some time omitted reading the Athanasian Creed in his Church , his Lp ' Chaplain , who was aware that this omission had given some offence , took a method of his
own accord , and as is reasonably supposed not without consulting the Bishop , to remove the offence and abate the prejudice . He desired the clergyman ' s permission to read the morning service of that day in his stead . The favour of a sermon ( said the clergyman ) would be more acceptable .
But I chuse ( answered the chaplain ) on this day to read prayers if you please , ana may preach for you on another . He read them , and omitted the Ath n Creed , as y incumbent himself had usually done , the Bishop being present . This conduct had its proper effect upon the people *
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290 Anecdotes respecting the Athanasian Creed .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1825, page 290, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2536/page/34/
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