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the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians, Nathniel Lardner (search)
ermons on Phil. II. 5-11, prepared by himself for the press, though not published till some years after his death, he lays before his hearers a clear and accurate statement of the three leading opinions maintained by different Christian sects on the person and dignity of Christ, giving the preference himself decidedly, and without reserve, to that which affirms in the language of St. Peter, that he was simply a man approved of God by miracles and wonders and signs which God did by him. In 1756 and 1757 appeared, in three volumes, the Supplement to the Credibility. Notwithstanding the strong terms in which we have spoken of our author's former publication, it is not, perhaps, too much to say of this, that it is the most generally interesting and useful of all his works. It is otherwise entitled, a History of the Apostles and Evangelists, writers of the New Testament. The first volume contains general observations on the Canon of the New Testament, and a History of the Four Evang
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians, George Benson (search)
of Moses, by the most diligent and scrupulous observance of which he declares that no flesh living can be justified. The subjects of the other dissertations are, an examination of what is meant by Christ's preaching to the spirits in prison (1 Peter III. 19); on the text of the three heavenly witnesses (1 John, v. 7); and on the distinction between the sin unto death and the sin not unto death (1 John v. 16). This work was also well received, and a second edition of the whole appeared in 1756, with some additional dissertations. His valuable contributions to sacred literature procured for our author the friendship and esteem of many persons of the highest eminence in the Established Church as well as among the Dissenters. On the Continent also they enjoyed a high reputation; and the Exposition of St. James's Epistle had the honour of being translated into Latin by the celebrated J. D. Michaelis, who had proposed to translate the entire work, but was prevented by other engageme
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians, Samuel Chandler (search)
nsequence of his exertions and interest that it was established. In 1768, four volumes of Dr. Chandler's Sermons were published, according to his own directions in his last will; and in 1777, under the care of the Rev. N. White, his successor at the Old Jewry, A Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians, with doctrinal and practical observations; together with a critical and practical Commentary on the two Epistles to the Thessalonians. In the year 1756, Dr. Chandler promoted the publication of a remarkable posthumous work by Mr. Moses Lowman, one of the most learned divines among the Presbyterian Dissenters of that day; though his retired habits and want of popular talents prevented his arriving at much eminence or distinction. The volume contains three tracts, of which the first is entitled, Remarks on the Question, whether the divine Appearances under the Old Testament were Appearances of the true God himself, or only of some other spiri
the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians, Micaiah Towgood. (search)
Assembly to take into consideration the following question, Whether the Assembly will recommend any candidates to ordination who refuse to declare their faith in the deity of the Son and the Holy Ghost, it was debated whether the said question should be put and decided by a majority in the negative. This determination is understood to have been mainly due to Mr. Towgood's influence. He and Mr. Stephen Towgood voted in the majority; his two other colleagues, of course, in the minority. In 1756 a seasonable and spirited pamphlet appeared from our author's pen, under the title of Serious and Free Thoughts on the present State of the Church and Religion; occasioned by the Bishop of Oxford's charge to his clergy, wherein his lordship drew a melancholy picture of the times. Hence, says Mr. Manning, our author took occasion, with a becoming freedom, to point out some of the causes of the prevalence of scepticism, which seemed not to have been so thoroughly and so seriously adverted to a