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%$ QQ 8 I ^ $ H efUajr H «« n magle unt ? e ^ mi ^ g ^ ft ectwa ^ : e conjectures that M ^ Eflfdyafs « maH SQcicXy of Unitarians asdetiabledift a meeting-house in the £
Old Ba 4 tep ^ H >) th * steo ** j £ ctu r is © p ^ posecHhte testimony f a <» nt * trvpofaryv Jb ^ H ^ , ^ Wh 6 T 4 av $ < So £ fri . < 3 on £ rov . (^ Dfol ^ pv ^ , Hnat the : plaice used by Mil "Ehtfffi ^ Cutlers' IToH . His wb ^ if e ^ *« Th ^ SqCiinians hav e now f ^ fa ^ lc ^ i ^ tiine had an open meetingl > Qvi $ e iii Cutlers * Hall , in London , tKeir pre&cber one Eralyn , formerly a
Jjissenting preacher in Dublin * Mr . Wilson brings the history of Cutlers ' IJalLnp lower down than 1 697 * when ifc j wa ^ q&it ted by ; Beverley the Prophet CLJauOJvet' seq . )> after wnich it migbt be . occupied by Mr . Emlyn ' S congre * gati © & . 'This supposition is counter * anted bV a passage in another of
^ eslfe ' s works less known , which fixes the date of Mr . EmlyrTs ministry itf'I&tidon . We refer to "A View df'ttie Times , their Principles and j-H ^ Qtices , in the Rehearsals , by Philafigjjies , " in 6 vols . I 2 mo , The Rei % ^ was a Jacobite pa per which appeared twice a week . In the
conqltision of * No . 279 , published Satur * < hy , January 17 , 1707 , ( Vol . IV . 235 , 2 * Kl ed . ) , the writer says , ^ there ijtonifrEmHn who was a Presbyterian ¦ p&fecher m Dviblm , but spewed out © y ^ tbem ^ ftMr his Sociniamsm , and ( to tlWfit h ^ mttur I speak it ) they proset&t&H * fim abo at the law for it , arrd
m w ^ a fin&i antl imprisoned . But h ^ fdand rueahs to escape and came over H \ ftfieiri £ ni Jbr these seveial years has iqpt a publick meeting-house in Londan , as % e still 'does * And one of his
congregation ( I was told his name ) is gone over to the Camisars , but still fc ^ eps his Socinianism . And I have a bdok generally said to be written by this . Em 1 in since he came over hither ,
- % rhich is reckoned a master-piece of Sdcin ^ nism . And I know where he l # dge ^ if any b 6 dy has a mind to 5 g | afcf ^ ltTi iiiin . In the Liie of Mr . Ttrfomis \ FTrrnin it i * tald to his honour fffitfi had a design to have a Sbci * pJ ( A *]< flhAWih or meeting set up in ^ n ^^ i and now we see it broo ^ t to Jaass _ bv . way of moderation . " T'his
f ^ riou ^ author ' s z , eaj against Socmians if ^^ Vniv ^ inade hiiTi eager to find out ^ * 4 fcd J ^ oWJteK la brii ^ g i&cpi into tro ^ ble must have disposed him to make public , tbcfrr ^ tnie | ria » e : tjf assembly . We n&f coacl « de > tkitticjhtits m die
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a ^ ei > CAi p £ he ^ ei ^^\ » % Bfe | o tl ^ AJ * EmJsw © reached & % C ^ j ;} e ^ H ^ y ^ S was on ^ he eatath ^ tde iP ^ Clo ^ k 4 « o ^ Ufpper'Tharae& Str « et > .., ^ - .. ' J srf ] Whe aceotmt of the < € * United Bre « thtBen ' or Mcara ^ ns ( J 11 » 420 *^ 43 gires » jua ^ t and pleasing ? picttAse ^ f this once ^ enthdsiastre arid - ^ o \^\ $£ clining , but always" amiable sect . ~ -
The article " Essex Street , Uhitai tarian ^ ( III . 47 §—4 § 1 ) , i « entitloiT to , gmat praise . The anecdote 6 f Mr ; Liadsey contained in the following extract is quite new to us ; the whole passage ^ will shew Mr . Wilson ' s oair * dour :
< The character and sentiments of Mr . Lindsey are ^ so well knoivn to most of out readers , tbat they reqtlite but little ithi *» tration frotni our pen . \ By the admirers ef his theological system , the higtrest ^ oi logruai Uas been passed upon both , aa ^ Uf most sU envious opposers cannot but sub - scribe to tb « general > e ^ cell ^ npe ^ f -big character . Be , appears to have ^ et ^ ont in
life under strong ina . pressi ^ ns qf . tbe value and ipQport ^ ince of th ^ liainvstefial oSce , a . nd his conduct as a ^ parisnjpriest ^ while ht had the stiperintehdad ^ e of a parisli , was truly exemplary . Thut'late eicehei ^ t ii ) intefter , ' Mr . DaiVH Sinipsoii , of Macbleifteti , as we find in his life , owed his first atten ^ 56 ¥ to sacred thir % s , to the feaineidfMr . LiridSejv Soon after his entraiice it St . John ' s Col
lege , he spent part of a vacation at th « vicarage oV Catterick . Before the rbtt closed , Mr . Lindsey took occasion X& \^ quire of the young collegian coo ^ ernifl ^ the nature of hi $ . studies , A ^ d th < $ uaanuef in which he employed his ticpt- J ^ rQ ^ L t ^ e nature of the reply , he soon perceive ^ U «? f hi $ young , visitor jh » 4 bgp ** altogetn ' cr jar avvcRtive \ ine zhviv
o stuay 01 me sacrcu - tures . After expressing bis surprize , Mr . Liqd ^ ey , in a very eniphutical and poitfted address , urged him to turn his attenftionio his hitherto neglected Bible * His remark * and advice produced a very serious effect upon Mr . Simpson ' * mind , wkicii Hw » fiJled with conviction and remorse , and
henceforward he beebtue an altered manlf This simple anecdote will tell a thausaiid times" stronger in favourJof Mr . l ^ indsey ^ character ^ than the most laboured spuae gyiic . If wme of &wt ^ eadfirF . 4 hod& lament the chlmge thati ^ afkerwacitU took
place ia ' ttot * thttOlogtcal oproipo * ' © fi ^ P exemplary ^ pewoo , aiufc wliioh'togntfioAfo full . extent o # > modern Scw ^ nianism , ti »« f will at thesauwJ timi ^ uwr « tb * tr i > obte dUinti » rUi « dee ¥$ if riAd 'integrity 4 f xotfdutf , Wbioh iASduced * SnVio ^ e * i ^ aa » * ti u * Ltot >> nh UAi . Bmlpi ^ oooi { f » ^ ny ^ ^ cji ] < i ^ nuqiiftf ! *"
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 726, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/34/
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