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Ait. Examination of Warburtori's Strictures on Neul's History of the Puritans.
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Ait. Examination Of Warburtori's Strictures On Neul's History Of The Puritans.
Ait . Examination of Warburtori's Strictures on Neul ' s History of the Puritans .
Birmingham , Sept . 2 , 1825 . Cum tabulis animum censoris sumet honesti . Hor .
HONOUR and justice have been disregarded by Warburton and by Dr . Southey , * in their accusation of Neal , as an historian . No blush appears to have spread itself over the Prelate ' s cheek , when he brought aga ' mst this valuable author the sweeping charge of a want of probity and a
neglect of truth ; while by the Laureate the indictment has been shamelessly echoed , without investigation and without proof . Warburton , during
his official residence at Durham , was supplied with , the volumes of the His * tory of the Puritans : these , as he informs Hurd , f he read at " breakfasttime , " and , in the course of his meal , committed his animadversions to the
margin , where they may still be seen . J Unhappily for his own reputation , but most auspiciously for the credit of Neal , the strictures are published in Warburton ' s collective works ; § so that we have opportunities of appreciating the merit of these notes . I shall examine them distinctly and
separately : the employment is tedious ; yet the result , I am persuaded , will not be the less satisfactory . The edition of NeaPs History * &c , before me , was published , 1 7 ^ 3 , &c , by Dr . ? Joshua Toulmin : to the pages of this as well as to those of the edition used
hy Warburton I shall carefully refer . ( 1 ) Vol . I . 89 . [ 83 . T . ] Let Toulimn ' s note be consulted : it is pertinent and decisive . Neal does that from which some modern writers shrink : he cites his authorities ; and
this not in general terms , but specifically and clearly . Unless Burnet w in the present instance be convicted of incorrectness , the charge a ^ inst Neal falls directly to the ground .
* Book of the Church , Vol . II . p . 309 . + Feb . 26 , 1765 . t 1 « the chapter-library . * V <> 1 . I . [ 1788 ] , pp . 891 , &c .
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( 2 ) 1 / 8 . [ 160 . T . ] Warburton asks . Whether Fuller did peruse the records of convocation ? That he did , may well be presumed from his character and undertakings . At any rate , the question does not affect either the judgment or the veracity of Neal , who has not recorded more than his
documents warranted . ( 3 ) . 186 . [ 166 . T . ] The note of Neal ' s editor , should not be overlooked : for it marks his desire of doing
justice to Warburton . It is commonly supposed that Fox , the martyrologist , had little or no church preferment , until he became a prebendary of Sarum . According to Bishop Warburton , whose local
situation would particularly enable him to ascertain the fact , " he was also installed in the third prebend of Durham , Oct . 14 , 1572 , " but did not hold it long * . It is barely possible that the prelate may have mistaken the individual , and been deceived by the identity of a name , which is far
from being rare . Warburton , I cannot well doubt , is correct $ the rather , as Fox and Bishop Pilkington , who then filled the see of Durham , were intimate with each other . Yet , as Fox ' s son * and Thomas Fuller f do not mention the circumstance in their
respective lives of the martyrologist , NeaL ' s silence concerning it , cannot injustice or candour be made a subject of blame . J ( 4 ) 191 . [ 171 . T . ] Here we have a
flippant and tasteless and indefensible * See the Acts and Monuments , &c , Vol . If . Life prefixed , f- In Abel Redivivus , &c .
X The younger son [ Dr . Simeon Fox ] of the martyrologist , is said to have been one of the two last presidents of the College of Physicians , who used to ride on horseback in London to visit their patients . Ward ' s Lives of the Greshaxn Professors , p . 266 .
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No . CCXXXVII . ] SEPTEMBER , 1825 . [ Vol . XX .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1825, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2540/page/1/
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