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    je £ ty IrjGoubd cfrodpqp afcm $$ &ut evjdengcr , from piy qwn couver ^^ u tion , Mriihrj&r ., Robinson , and irom l ^ A ' ^ itt ^ U&njeou ? Works , that

    hpi / wa&i n # t # ~ Trinitarian in the coRjmorij acceptation of . tlje word , av the period , when he wrote his PX < ea , and whej * the worJs and its author were in the rnericfian of

    their popularity ; but as I have adduced this evidence , on another occasion , * I shall not here repeat it ; there is , however , an excellent discourse of Mr . Robinson ' s ,

    just published in a volume of his ' VJposthumous Works , " on " The Corruptions of Christianity , " so coaclusive on this point , that I naust beg leave to transcribe an extract , and which will

    probably be new to the majority of your readers . The discourse was preached to the author ' s congregation , at Cambridge , in the year 1780 , when the fourth edition of

    tbe ^ &a had been just published , and let it bq recollected , five y ^ ars before Mr . Lindsey published his , Examination ; that Examination which converted Mr . Robin , saa fmm a Trinitarian to an

    Amit HRrtwian-1 % ln . Jthe first place , the church Qf Rome introduced into Christi-^ Hity the idea , of plurality , and joined it to the idea of Deity . What I mean is this : —Christ

    teUgkMh ^ apostles that there was oneGqdj and biit one , and one Mcdiatqr between God and men , tip may Q&ri&t Jesus : the apostles k $ pt on t «^ c | 4 n&tfjU 3 till they dkd , ^ 4 tk $ X Pf * $ S r v ^ l , with all imaff P 9 MfeAfWe » < &he Unity of Gpd ; n ^^ d ^ i ^^ gr «^ 4 ^ 1 of reason ^ Qm <* «* Q 9 ii 7 F «^ enough tor any

    • Memoirs prefixed to vqI . i . of RoKbl ^ sou ' s Migcclbncoua WprJk » ,

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    worshipper j and to add ten themsan 3 would be nothing but idolatry . ButwH ^^ d ^ ieCfiii ^ Hof Romp , do ? ^ Htfire ^ Fpfo tlie faea of Deity , ( l 5 eity siknifees Gofefhead ) plurality , which is more than one . It was a saying , mv Dretnren / bf the

    apostle Paul , and it was the' foitfi of the primitive Christian church , to others , to the gentiles , . there are Gods many and Lords ifiahij , but to us , that is to us Christians * there is but ; one God , the Fai 7 ter and one Lord , Jesus Cfiristm ** * B \ A now , it may te said , to PdpTsts ffaere

    are Gods many , and Lords iri&ny % just as there is in the pagan worl || , but to us Protestants , there is— , ^ " have not t said too muc % —t ^ lre ought to be but one tjbd ^ iih $ 6 ne Mediator and'tori , ChrisTJfM .

    You will ask m £ perta ^ |» 8 W Pro test ams carrie d ^ th ^ s ? ' t > ivl # tell you whatTthijsTs / inv g ^ flw ^ ijt The common iopWa ^ nofiitJi ^ tiiogt & Trinity , Wa rMck ' offfle ~ 6 miPoL pish idolatry , ati # We too pre % tffiM

    gross ideas abtftft £ h % Tt * X& * 36 k ; and Spirit , " the Wffihig * the'Ddft y into p j ripiis , ihe f ^ mmg ' cff tiuiidings aiid chW < &es , Ih tfthselju ^ hde of such ribtion , s 7 Wa sV&Ciel x > f the same deftfemetit * ' ? l ' ' iT ' '

    To Sum Up tHe ' evidt ' ncfe dh ^ Ms point . It is clear th' ^ tih ^ e '^ ear 1780 , wh « in MrVTldWiHsMritiflilished the fourth 1 e \ fitiotTo 1 r % i " Plea , " he was ah lA ifti ; triifft ' aT » i Five vears after ^ ardg" M ^ 'B iis

    sey published BismMiffimm ' on reading which ; we * iirSigraVely told , Mr . R . wa ^ ** s ( f » lo'IBfe quick , ' uhdef ' the ' i-ebum i > P » 1 S

    cgnsciehce ^^ nft '' tiSbfiflf ^ I'VnAi erirorj ^ l 8 h , % M ^ J ^ r ^ fft * # a . tiori of hid li ^ otfRslS WfeiluMPK

    retract ** re % t ^ iri | ifl ^ fSMV % MB - dc ^^ sile ^ i ^ e y mi' ^ WF ^^ Wi ^ Si . . AV ^ tft ... rg . mm ? Posthumous Works , p . -59 ,- ' " ^^

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    2 € o On Mr . Belsham ' s Account of R . Robinson .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 260, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/40/