the Rev. W. Turner , Jun. , MA., Lives of the eminent Unitarians

[171] parties differ are not essential to salvation, or necessary to furnish a basis for the practical principles, the hopes, and promises of the Gospel; —that this is to be found, and to be found only, in that treasure of undisputed truth which is held alike by all sects, every where, and at all times; ‘quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus.’ This he proves triumphantly; but it does not therefore follow, that he who believes that Christ is the proper object of supreme worship, though he should allow that his Unitarian brother possesses the essentials of the Gospel, could reconcile it to his conscience to confine himself to that form of worship in which alone the latter could unite. Here it seems unavoidable that the two parties should travel in separate paths, and charitably agree to differ.

The publication attracted considerable attention, and raised a great additional clamour against the author, from those who had recently been excited by so much bigoted animosity against what they were pleased to style the ‘new notions;’ and who were incessant in their endeavours not to refute his arguments, but to blacken his character, and render him obnoxious to the illiberal and narrow-minded. Their conduct, however, in this respect, did not provoke him to a retaliation unworthy of his enlightened and candid mind, or lead him to forget what was due from a consistent follower of a meek and suffering Saviour; so that he might say with the Apostle, ‘being reviled we bless, being persecuted we suffer it, being defamed we entreat.’

From Ashwick, Mr. Foster, after some time, removed to Trowbridge, in Wiltshire, where was