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    fall of man and the aids of grace ,

    were indeed philosophical subtleties , and only pretended to he deduced from scripture , and therefore they rejected them ; among these the baptism of infants was one *"

    Stryge , in his Memorials of Archbishop Cranmer , ( p . 179- ) describes as th ^ ** heresies now vented abroad , the denial of the trinity , and of the deity of the Holy Ghost , and the assertion that Jesus Christ was a mere roan

    and not true God , because be had the accidents of human nature , such as hungering and thirsting and being visible ; and that the benefit men receive by Jesus Christ

    was the bringing them to the true knowledge of God / ' A clergyman of the name of Ashetan , u preached these doctrine ^ " for which he was summoned . 28 th

    Dec . 1548 , to Lambeth / ' Two of the archbishop ' s chaplains soon formed © ut of them the following €€ schedule of diverse heresies and damned opinions / ' which Asheton was now tempted to renounce *

    " JL . That the trinity of persons iv ^ s established by the confession of Athanasius , declared by a psalm Quicunque vult * &e , and that tbe Holy Ghost is not God , but only a certain power of the Father , 2 .

    That Jesus Christ , that was , con > - ceived jpf the Virgin Mary , was * holy prophet , and especially beloved of God the Father ; but that he was not the true and living God : forasmuch as , he was se , en ,

    ana lured , hungered apd t&imed - 3 , Thftt this only is the fruit of JesVsCkmfc pasftioa , tfiat where * 8 * ,, we m $ mj > tF * ng ? isfmm Gad and } M } 4 ( flK * kftpwte 4 g ^ , of ihi « T ^ 3 tawp * , it plesusd Qvd by C . hciftt ,

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    hriftg us tp th ^ e j ^ n ^ v ^ lMgipa of his . ^ " holy powe ^ fyy . % \ k& T ^ I » tl n > 0 ^ t . The poor affrighted JoJ ^ h Asji ©* ton is then brought ir > '<* ^ ct ^ tipg and abhorring" such " .. ctoftiftsd . 9

    opinions , and " wilU ^ gly and \ yith all his power affecting MV 3-after firmly to believe in the ( rue and perfect faith of Christ and hi $ holy church / ' That faith is de » scribed according to the tenor of modern orthodoxy , ^ nd the sq ^ ne thvis concludes , John Asheton

    * lifting up his han $ , bes ^ ech ^ rf his Grace to deal mercifully and graciously with him ; a * v l tpueh- » ing the gospel gave his faith , that be would faithfully aqcj hyen ^ Jy obey the cpr # mane } $ of the Hojy Mother Church , and whatspever

    penance the said most reverend Father should lay upon him . " Mr . Lindsey , in his Historical View , ( p * 65 . ) has quoted at large this passage from Strype . Nor can I forbear to add ipy late venR erable friend ' s rem ^ rk $ Qn ~ the

    transaction . ( P 69 . ) 46 Thus , by promises of Ijfe , and fears ot the most dreadful fyf ^ ferings , \ vere uob ^ ppy « nen 4 mU with and prevailed upon tp mftko abjuraXion of theif b ^ rqsles , i . Q . jt |>

    dissemble and $ pe ^ jk contra ry to their inward persuasion . For hardly any pae , whp , on $ \ a £ k good grouad ^ , ^ Ai * A ^ h ^ tpn , believed J $$ m Christ jq hp tmljf one of the hurnax * rpce ; pr wk&

    believed fJUe Holy Qhost , or tJply Spirit , to be ip ^ ly ffee pp ^^ r of the Father ; -could 9039 * pjr , i ^^ d at all be broug | 4 to ( believe th $$ e two t ; p be 9 e ^ c ^ i of thqpi , tlgya most k * gk Q <> & 9 ^ nd ^ qu /» l % q lk $ Fatfeg * ofgAl . * - Qrmm ^ r 9 hmnv ^ rf kavmgthw h # gm w the Jkfib wmwt likely

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    2 ^ £ Sketch English Pmte&iant Pers&pqtion . ^ X , c « e | r //^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/14/