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Amory (search for this): chapter 9
ewish and Roman history which affected the Christians within this period. In this work, says Dr. Amory, Memoir, Prefixed to the life of Christ, p. XI. besides illustrating throughout the historyd to the improvement of each other's productions; and it is stated by our author's biographer, Dr. Amory, that, if the correspondence between them upon these subjects were published, the freedom and d his congregation was small, though select and highly intelligent. His natural temper (says Dr. Amory) prevented his excelling in a warm and pathetic address to the passions of his hearers. But t in the same spirit, from the author's namesake, Dr. Benson, Bishop of Gloucester, is given by Dr. Amory, and is inserted here, as illustrating the sort of intercourse which was then permitted betweed, are particularly valuable and judicious. To this volume is prefixed a memoir of the author, by Dr. Amory, the editor, from which the materials of the preceding article have been chiefly derived.
Butler (search for this): chapter 9
mirable writings of several of those whom we have the unhappiness to have differing from us in less important particulars. I beg of God to bless your and their labours for his service, and to unite us all in love and charity here, and glory hereafter. And yourself I beg, with much regard, to believe me to be, Sir, Your faithful and much obliged humble servant, M. Glocester. We may add to the author's friends and occasional correspondents among distinguished churchmen, Hoadley, Butler, and Law,—names which may rather be said to confer honour on the elevated stations to which they were raised, than to receive honour from them. In the list of subscribers to Dr. Benson's posthumous History of the Life of Christ, we also observe the Bishops of Lichfield and Worcester; Shute Barrington, afterwards Bishop of Durham; Newcome, then Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh; figuring along with Lardner, Fleming, Kippis, Price, and many other Reverends b
Price (search for this): chapter 9
uished churchmen, Hoadley, Butler, and Law,—names which may rather be said to confer honour on the elevated stations to which they were raised, than to receive honour from them. In the list of subscribers to Dr. Benson's posthumous History of the Life of Christ, we also observe the Bishops of Lichfield and Worcester; Shute Barrington, afterwards Bishop of Durham; Newcome, then Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh; figuring along with Lardner, Fleming, Kippis, Price, and many other Reverends by courtesy of that day, but as good bishops as themselves notwithstanding. When, however, we contrast these things with the strange outcry which has recently been excited, when two bishops subscribed to a volume of sermons published by a Unitarian minister, we are constrained to acknowledge our apprehension that, in some respects, the former times were better than these. In the year 1754, Dr. Benson published a Summary of the Evidences of Christ's Resurrection,
Mary Magdalene (search for this): chapter 9
It is well known that this is a subject which has exercised the ingenuity of various writers, who have adopted different hypotheses, some more, some less probable. Dr. Benson's mode of combining the accounts proceeds on the supposition that Mary Magdalene and the other women, after going together to the sepulchre the first time, very early in the morning, separated on their return after seeing the angels and the stone rolled away from the mouth of the sepulchre; that Mary Magdalene went to inMary Magdalene went to inform Peter and John, while the other women announced what had happened to the rest of the apostles;— and that, afterwards, both parties again visited the sepulchre, at which time they had their respective interviews with our Lord. The Monthly Reviewers characterize this tract, in their notice of its first appearance, in the following terms:— The reader will here find a more clear and satisfactory view of this subject, and that in a much narrower compass than is any where else to be met with.
Durham (search for this): chapter 9
aithful and much obliged humble servant, M. Glocester. We may add to the author's friends and occasional correspondents among distinguished churchmen, Hoadley, Butler, and Law,—names which may rather be said to confer honour on the elevated stations to which they were raised, than to receive honour from them. In the list of subscribers to Dr. Benson's posthumous History of the Life of Christ, we also observe the Bishops of Lichfield and Worcester; Shute Barrington, afterwards Bishop of Durham; Newcome, then Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, afterwards Archbishop of Armagh; figuring along with Lardner, Fleming, Kippis, Price, and many other Reverends by courtesy of that day, but as good bishops as themselves notwithstanding. When, however, we contrast these things with the strange outcry which has recently been excited, when two bishops subscribed to a volume of sermons published by a Unitarian minister, we are constrained to acknowledge our apprehension that, in some respects
Alma Mater (search for this): chapter 9
n opponent or the public. In 1746, Mr. Benson received the degree of D. D. from the University of Aberdeen, which at that period, apparently in part through the influence of Mr. David Fordyce, shewed a frequent disposition to bestow this academical compliment on the leading divines of the liberal school among the English dissenters. It appears, from a letter written to Dr. Benson by Mr. Fordyce, that there had been a design to send him a diploma from the University of Glasgow; (his own Alma Mater;) but an opposition was made to this, because some persons there considered him as unsound; and one of the members of the university, when the scheme was mentioned, spoke of him with abhorrence as an avowed Socinian. This was a mistake; for Dr. Benson never went beyond Arianism: but theological calumniators, when their object is to excite prejudice, are ready enough to select the epithet which appears best suited for their purpose, without being over-nice in their inquiries about its corr
John Taylor (search for this): chapter 9
f a numerous family grow up and distinguish themselves not only in support of the same principles, but in the graces of a Christian life. George Benson was soon remarked for a seriousness of temper, and a disposition to study, which induced his parents to devote him to the Christian ministry; and for this purpose, after having passed through the usual course of grammar learning, he was sent to the academy kept by Dr. Dixon, of Whitehaven, already mentioned as having had the honour to number Taylor of Norwich, among its alumni. Here, however, he continued only about a year, after which he removed to the University of Glasgow. His family appear to have been orthodox, and he himself was brought up in Calvinistic principles, which, however, he abandoned at an early period in the course of his preparatory studies. Indeed, he does not appear at any time to have considered himself as bound down to the profession of a system of human formation, but to have endeavoured, from the first, to de
Leighton (search for this): chapter 9
me, entitled A Collection of Tracts; comprising also the letter concerning the design and end of prayer, the review of predestination, and a brief account of the persecution and death of Servetus, originally inserted in the weekly paper called the Old Whig, or Consistent Protestant; a publication to which several other eminent dissenters of that day were occasional contributors. To these were added, in a later edition, a defence of the Brief Account, a Narrative of the cruel treatment of Dr. Leighton, by Archbishop Laud, and an ingenious Essay on the Belief of Things which are above Reason. This last contains as distinct and satisfactory a statement of the argument for the rational opinion on this subject as is any where to be met with in so small a compass. In 1733 appeared the Paraphrase and Notes on the first Epistle to Timothy and the Epistle to Titus, which were followed in the succeeding year by the second Epistle to Timothy; thus completing, when taken in connexion with the
George Benson (search for this): chapter 9
s, but in the graces of a Christian life. George Benson was soon remarked for a seriousness of temse, was completed by Mr. Hallet. In 1731, Mr. Benson proposed to himself to carry on this importae and notes, appears from a letter of his to Mr. Benson, written in November 1734:—I received the fat forfeit by his later writings. In 1735, Mr. Benson published the History of the first planting ither an opponent or the public. In 1746, Mr. Benson received the degree of D. D. from the Univernters. It appears, from a letter written to Dr. Benson by Mr. Fordyce, that there had been a designthe same spirit, from the author's namesake, Dr. Benson, Bishop of Gloucester, is given by Dr. Amory hypotheses, some more, some less probable. Dr. Benson's mode of combining the accounts proceeds ono acknowledge the kindness and assistance of Dr. Benson, as in other ways, so likewise in the directay from the scene of his earthly labours. Dr. Benson was not a man of brilliant genius, but of so[18 more...]
John Alexander (search for this): chapter 9
ne or more residing with him, who, having finished their university or academical education, were desirous of obtaining, under his direction, a more critical acquaintance with the sacred writings. One of these was the wellknown Dr. Macknight, author of a Harmony of the Gospels, a New Translation of the Epistles, &c. Another, less known to fame, but not less worthy, though the shortness of his mortal career did not afford him the opportunity of acquiring such extensive reputation, was Mr. John Alexander, of Birmingham, who is mentioned by Dr. Priestley, in his Memoirs, as his favourite fellow student, and a young man of very high and distinguished attainments. He died in 1765, in the 30th year of his age. He published nothing in his lifetime, except a few contributions to the periodicals of the day; but he left behind him a very valuable Paraphrase on the fifteenth Chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, which, with some other pieces, was published after his death by the Rev
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