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the Ptfrit V < ^ pwnfe iple , " th * l ? *^ ^ hat-§^^ Mm wfe * f *^ " Extremes { iryii ^ % t rkie ^ : yet good subjects afrd Protestant ^ had reason to dread both the tenets and the discipliae of that systetn . '
( 41 ) 584 . [ 501 . T . } What evidence is there that while under oppression the Puritans persecuted ; or , if they did , was not persecution the vice of the age ? The statement is almost a contradiction in terms *
( 42 ) Ib . [ Ib . T . ] Warburton ' s imagination , or rather his violent prejudice , sets a phantom before his eyes : he sees persecution in the Puritans , at a time when it did not exist amongthem ; and he assumes without and
against evidence that they abused the articles , because they were Lambeth articles . The conduct of these men , whatever it was , Neal lays ingenuously before his readers . ( 43 ) 587 . [ 504 . T . ] I believe that in * this case of " Darrel there was
delusion , but no imposture . That age was less enlightened on thfe subject of daeinoniacal possessions than the present , whieu has witnessed , however , scenes neairljr as disgraceful . Would Darrel have heedlessly exposed
himself to the suffering which he underwent ? Of his hypocrisy no proof exists . Even since th £ days of Warburton , some divines , and those of the Church of England , have made pretensions to exorcism .
( 44 ) 589 . [ 505 . T . J The prelate accuses Nedl of quoting a " weak speefeli . " JSiirelyi the quotation illustrates the historiau ' s fairness t ( 45 ) 589 . [ 506 . Tl ] This
annotator takes every opportunity of delivering it as his opinion that the Puritans Wwlied for an establishment of their own . He infers thus much from
the slenderest premises : yet , ^ even were his inference w ^ h supported , no charge is brought home to Neal , but to the memory of those whose opinions and vicissitudes lie records . ( 46 ) 594 . [ 510 . T . ] Neal having said that most of the first Reformers
were of Erastian principles , the prelate adds some notices respecting Erastus * famous book De Eoscomtnu nicatione : the information wereceive as correct and not uninteresting ; though it is little relevant to Warburtoil ' s main object . ( 47 , 48 ) Vol . 11 . Preface x . xi . [ xvL
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TV ] What I had to remark on these articles , has been anticipated by Dr . Toulmin , who says / "It should be mentioned to the honour of Bishop Warburton , who was an advocate for a test , though not a sacramental test ,
that to this proposal , that Dissenters should be exempted from all pains and penalties for not serving their country in offices of trust , he gave his hearty assent , by adding ia the margin , Most certainty ! " * ( 49 ) History . 3 . [ £ , 4 . TV ] I transcribe Dr . Toulmin ' s note : "
Bishop Warburton censures Mr . Neal for not giving here the provocation which the King had received fromwhat he styles ' the villainous and tyrannical usage of the Kirk of Scotland to him / On this censure it may be observed , that had Mr . Neal erone into observedthat had Mr . Neal gone into
, the detail of the treatment the King had met with from the Scots clergy , besides the long digression into which it would have led him , it would not have eventually saved the reputation of the King . For Mr . Neai must have related the causes of that behaviour .
It arose from their jealousy , and their fears of his disposition to crush them and their religion : founded on facts delivered to them by the English ministry , and from his favouring and employing known Papists . The violation of his solemn reiterated
declarations , when he became King of England , shewed how just were those suspicions , and prove him to have been a dissembler . To these remarks it may be added , what provocation constrained him to give tlie public thanks and promise with which he left Scotland ?"
( 50 ) 19 . [ 18 . T . ] Neal , it ia probable , would have subscribed to the prelate ' s opinion of Egerton ' s speech . ( 51 ) 78 . [ 7 2 . T . ] This stricture regards Brightman ' s prophecy of the speedy overthrow of Episcopal government . " How , " asks Warburton , " would the historian have us
understand this ? As a true prophecy to be fulfilled , or a false prophet confuted ?" Toulmin ' 3 reply is admirable : "Mr . Neal is to be understood as has author
Fuller , from whom he quotes . Neither meant to ascribe to Mr . Brightman a prophetic inspiration , but only to relate his sentiments and apprehensions . " ( 52 ) 101 . [ 94 . T . ] Faithful to his
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Exambmtion of IVarburton , &c . 595
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1825, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2541/page/19/
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