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the historian ' s reaspning ^ again disputed , ; ,-ftMlt surely * withouj ; cause . JVJpr ^ ^ jiould be said © f the breach of privilege committed by the king , in respect of the five members , than that it was an act of unparalleled folly : " it was grossly unconstitutional and illegal , and involved the responsible advisers of the Crown ( if such there
were } in the guilt of a high crime and misdemeanour . ( 92 ) 535 , [ 50 KT- ] Let Toulmin ' s judicious note be read , previously to any decision against Neal for quoting
the authority and giving in to the opinion of Eachard . It is remarkable enough , that Hume * divides the blame of this " fatal importunity" between the queen and the ladies of the court and Lord Digby . ¦
( 93 ) 536 . [ 502 . T . ] Does Neal either say or insinuate that the king ' s fears were pretended ? ( 94 ) ^ 540 . [ 506 . T . ] The language on which Warburton animadverts , is that of the enemies of the bishops ; not the historian ' s , who quotes both
Baxter and Collyer . ; ; # 5 ) 544 . [ 510 . T . ] That NeaVs spntipients on certain political measures are opposed to those of Lord Clarendon , Eachard and Warburton , cannot be a subject of astonishment , or necessarily of blame .
( 96 ) 550 . [ 516 . T . ] Another sneer at the historian ' s impartiality ! However , it is not his statement of facts , but his estimate of the quality of them , which the prelate oppugns .
< 97 ) 551 . [ 517- T . ] " The controversy turns not on the opinion and declaration of the two Houses , but on the truth of the facts stated .
And these amendments [ if as both Houses shall declare , the religion and liberties of the nation be in imminent danger , &c ] preserve the contrast between the opposite parts of Mr . Neal ' s proposition , which he is very politely represented by Bishop Warburton as not knowing how to state . " Toulrnin .
( 98 ) 567 . [ 530 . TJ Mr . Neal is here inaccurate in point of expression ; while his charge against the king remains substantially true . See the Editor ' s note . ( 99 ) 569 . [ 532 . T . ] Sancho Pancha * Hist ,, &c , [ 17 . 93 , ] VI . 466 , 467 .
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seems a favourite persojiq . g'e with X \ te prelate , who employs him , it must be confessed , with some effect . Not that these witticisms bear upon Neatt but upon actors in the scenes which Neal delineates .
( 100 ) 583 . [ 545 . T . J Here a # ain the historian relates the fact ; and his right reverend annotator supplies the comment * ( 101 ) 586 . [ 547 . T . ] Bishop Warburton censures Mr , Neal for using the word deserted * his selection of
which Toulmin amply justifies . ( 102 ) 583 . [ 550 . T . ] "— the loss of as many Protestant lives as perished by the insurrection and massacre of Ireland . " Was the fact so , or not ? That is the simple question . The prelate shews himself to be as refined and subtle a commentator upon Neal as he was upon Shakspeare .
( 103 ) 596 . [ 557 . T . ] Oliver Cromwell had a purpose to serve in his speech against the Presbyterian ar ^ mies of the parliament * If Warburton could seriously lay stress upon such language , from such a quarter , and in sucli circumstances , I should accuse him of greater imbecility than he professes to find in Neal .
( 104 ) 597 . [ 558 . T . ] We are now presented with a sarcasm on the scarcity of preachers of a learned education , who took part with the parliament . Is not Neal characteristically honest in mentioning this circumstance ?
( 105 ) 600 . [ 561 . T . ] The historian ' s Editor has well defended him from the charge of inconsistency and of a want of accuracy in speaking of the Seldens , &c . In the very next sentence Neal ingenuously owns that the Puritan divines were unacquainted with the rights of conscience .
( 106 ) 615 . [ 574 . T . ] Warburton makes some distinctions , which , as Dr . Toulmin intimates , savour more of chicanery than solid reasoning , but in which Neal's reputation is not involved ( 10 /) Review . - —Appendix , — Preface to Third Volume . We have here
three articles of remark , which I possess not an opportunity of fully verifying . The first would seem to be mere and irrelevant banter—the second states the Protestant Dissent of an anonymous writer—and the third
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Examination of Warburlon > &c 599
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1825, page 599, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2541/page/23/
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