withdrawing himself entirely from the established worship of the church of England, now more than eight years ago. For, in reading the sacred writings, fresh conviction has continually poured in upon him, and still more confirmed him in his persuasion, that divine worship is to be paid, and prayer to be offered, to the One, living and true God, the Father, only; and not to Jesus Christ, or any other person. As few are disposed to read a long Latin epistle, however curious and elegant, and many not able, it has been judged proper to give a translation of the letter of John Fox, our pious and learned martyrologist, to Queen Elizabeth, in which he entreats her to save from the flames two unfor tunate Dutch Anabaptists, condemned for heresy, who had fled hither from their own country for refuge. It is therefore now taken from the Appendix, and inserted in the course of the narrative. FAREWELL. THE CONTENTS. Chap. I. THE Introduction, with some strictures on the origin of the doctrine of the Trinity, and the opposition it met with to the time of the Reformation .... II. Of the state of the Unitarian doctrine, in our own country more especially, from the era of the Reformation, with an account of those Christians who have professed it III. That there is but One God, the Father, One God, the Father, only IV. The causes of the unhappy defection among Christians from the simplicity of religious worship prescribed in the Scriptures of the New Testament V. Union in God's true worship, how to be attained ficulties VI. The Writer's particular case and dif Page 1 29 79 137 153 178 ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF THE Principal Matters contained in this Volume. N. B. This mark * refers to the note in the page annexed to it. ALLIX (Dr.) obtrudes his own Trinitarian notions on the Anabaptists (Dutch) among other things denied the doctrine of the Trinity, and that Christ was God cruelly put to death by Queen Elizabeth Authority (Human) in the things of religion, the cause of the greates and most lasting miseries and corruptions of the truth Author (The) account of the rise and progress of his scruples concerning the Trinity how he quieted his mind for a time Page 84* 41 42 145 179 184, &e. 189, &c. what determined him at last to quit his ministrations in the Church of England, and withdraw himself entirely from its worship Baptism in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of owns that the Jews never had been able to find a Trinity in the Old Testament 10* Biddle (John) the Socinian, or Unitarian, an account of 54 his excellent character Calamy (Dr.) his useful and valuable work Calvin (John) causes Servetus to be burnt alive for opposing the doctrine of the Trinity Capellus (Louis) his interpretation of the Chaldee phrase, the word of the Lord Christ not accused by the Jews, John v. 18, of making honouring him as the Father, how to be understood a teacher of the Divine Unity 6 7 8 87, &c. 100 110 111 his being joined together with God, no proof of equality to him a devout worshiper of God directed others to pray to the Father only his office of mediator and high priest, a demonstration that he cannot be God to whom he is a priest and minister ascribing blessing and honour, &c. to him, does not imply that he is God, or the object of worship - prayer to him not commanded nor authorized in the Scriptures his power and dominion, what? no ground of praying to him the true doctrine concerning him very early corrupted by the heathen converts their errors concerning him 68 Christians at first, and for some time ignorant of the Trinity, both name and thing the Jewish, always preserved the true doctrine concerning Jesus Christ, and the Divine Unity a great reviver of the doctrine of the Divine Unity an instance of his christian courage and sincerity vindication of his memory from a groundless aspersion 70 - 71 his zeal for the worship of the One true God, the Father spent much time and labour in amending the Liturgy of the Church of England strikes out of the Liturgy, or reforms, all those parts, in which prayer or worship is offered to Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost a list of his amendments of the Liturgy Clerical Petitioners, design of their association Clerical Petitioners, the success of the debate in parliament on their petition Cranmer (Archbishop) had a hand in burning Joan of Kent 150* 192 35 37 101 57* 125 171 153 Cromwell (Oliver) his just sentiments of religious liberty Dury (Mr.) his well meant, but idle attempt to bring all Elohim (or Aleim) this name of God in the Hebrew being 88, &c. Emlyn (Thomas) his great worth, lear ing, and sufferings for maintaining the Unity of God Father (God, the) a strange unwarrantable notion that the term Father stands for three persons, the Father himself, the Son of the Father, and the Holy Ghost Firmin (Thomas) an Unitarian, his eminent virtues 63 113 56, 59 his fears that the whole christian church would become paganized by confessing three persons. 174 Fox (John) his letter to Queen Elizabeth, to dissuade her from burning two Dutch Anabaptists George (II.) an honourable testimony concerning him Ghost (Holy) or Spirit, no authority from scripture to pray to any such person Heresy and Heretic, not names of just reproach James (I.) his unworthy behaviour his detestable policy 68 the two writers the different method of interpretation of ib. Joan (of Kent) burnt for her opinions concerning Christ her laudable zeal in recommending the Scrip Jones (Rev. William) his catholic doctrine of the Trinity, in opposition to Dr. Clarke's scripture doctrine |