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between Dr . Clark and « oaie Ramafe Cathaljc Divide upon that knotty points and accordingly addressed himsel £ to Dr . Hawarden , member of the College of Douay , who consented to the conference . Hawarden began it by asking Dr . Clark 4 whether or no
he believed that the Word or Logos could be annihilated ? ' Adding , that if he answered in the affirmative , he reduqed the Word to the rank of a mere creature : and that if he replied in the negative , lie gave reason to conclude that the Word was God , consnbstantial with the Father . Dr .
Clark was so perplexed with this striking dilemma , that he was reduced to silence ,, and answered not a single word . Dr . Gibson , Bishop of London , who was present at the conference ,
burst out into a violent fit of laughing , to see the gre ^ t Doctor of the Arians reduced to silence , &c . &c- There were also other conferences , which were equally prejudicial to the reputation of the famous curate of St .
James ' s , and which Dr . Hawarden has published in English . " After this the same Jesuit tells us that Dr . Clark " abjured Arianism , " and " in the sermons he preached at Boyle ^ Lectures recanted solemnly his former opinions , " which he
impudently attempts to prove , not by any citations from the works of Dr . Clark , but , by a long passage drawn from Abbadie , who , he says , borrowed all that he wrote on the divinity of Christ from the pretended proselyte in question .
You will be naturally astonished , Sir , at such egregious absurdities , and will wonder how any man of learning , for such the author of the Oracley &c , is said to be , * dare affirm in print , that the late Queen had a Popish maid of honour , that this maid © f honour offered to turn Protestant , if it was demonstrated to her that the Word
was not God , and that Dr . Clark recanted his Arian principles , in a set of sermons , wherein it was expressly prohibited to discuss , or even mention , any of the points controverted among
* The Oracle de Nouveaux Philosopher is supposed to be wrote by Father Berthier , principal author and director of the M £ moires de Xferoux : this , however , is far from befog certain , —Dr . Maclaine * s note *
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Christians . Alt this I shall make the proper $ se of m exposing- tire * gno . ranee or bad faith of the Jesuit , of whose book I am preparing-an extract for the Bibliotheque de $ Sciences ^ &c « published here , and ia which I am
concerned ; but I stand in need of farther information with respect to the pretended conference between Dr . Clark and Hawarden , and would be glad to know if there is any tradition that could have given rise to this story . The story is highly improbable ; but
as many improbable things have happened , this is not sufficient to destroy its credit ; besides , facts which are not impossible can only be disproved by shewing that they are without
testimony , or by producing testimony against them . Permit me therefore , Sir , to have recourse to your kind succours upon this occasion , and be assured not only of my gratitude , but also of the zeal with which I shall
ever seize any occasion that may be presented of testifying my readiness to obey your orders . Your commerce in the Republic of Letters is too extensive to stand in any need of my poor services in that way ; such however as they are , you may command them freely . I am , Sir , with the utmost
respect , your most humble aim most obedient servant , A . MACLAINE . Hague , October 9 , 1759 . If you honour me with an answer , be so good , Sir , as to direct it to me , as Minister Qf the English Cliurck at the Hague .
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Sir , HAVING shewn ( pp . 214—221 ) that Jerome restored the text of the three Heavenly Witnesses in the fifth century , on the authority of the Greek manuscripts , I proceed , in the last place , to shew that those called the Greek and Latin FatherH were
well acquainted with the verse , though they do not quote it till its restoration . I premise what is said in reference to it by Lucian , of Samosata , in the second century . In one of his
dialogues , Critias , a Heathen , asks Triephon , a pretended catechumen , " Whom shall I bind by an oath to myself ( or whom shall I profess ) ?" The answer given ia , ^ The Go&who
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274 Ben David on I J&kn v . 7 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 274, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/22/
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