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Thomas Emlyn

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Emlyn is credited as being the first English preacher to openly identify himself as "unitarian." In his diary, he reflects, "I thank God that He did not call me to this lot of suffering till I had arrived at maturity of judgment and firmness of resolution, arid that He did not desert me when my
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The Supreme Deity of Our Lord Jesus Christ Maintained, in a Letter to the Dedicator of Mr. Emlyn's Inquiry Into the Scripture-account of Jesus Christ ... Wherein Mr. Emlyn's Objections are Fairly Answered,
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and fined £1000. It wasn't until more than two years later (thanks to the intervention of Boyse), he was released in 1705 upon payment of £90.
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published at Boston, U.S., a selection from Emlyn's works, with memoir. Answers to Emlyn's positions were furnished by
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The Case of Mr. E—— in relation to the Difference between him and some Dissenting Ministers of the City of Dublin
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friends did. He never let me be so cast down as to renounce the truth or to waver in my faith." Regarding
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In his later years, Emlyn preached a good deal in Paul's Alley, Barbican. He died in London in 1741.
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A True Narrative of the Proceedings ... against Mr. Thomas Emlyn; and of his Prosecution
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in 1746, 3 vols., called the "fourth edition", but this refers only to the included
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General Remarks on Mr. Boyse's Vindication of the True Deity of our Blessed Saviour
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A Vindication of the Worship of the Lord Jesus Christ, on Unitarian Principles
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Memoirs of the Life and Sentiments of the Reverend Dr. Samuel Clarke
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A Full Inquiry into the Original Authority of that Text, 1 John v. 7
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in 1702. As a result, he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The Previous Question to the Several Questions about ... Baptism
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An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture Account of Jesus Christ
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An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture Account of Jesus Christ
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 130.
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Index


English
nonconformist
divine

Stamford, Lincolnshire
Sir William Hicks, 1st Baronet
Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall
Sir Robert Rich
Joseph Boyse
Dublin
unitarianism
blasphemy
Christ
Sollom Emlyn
Charles Leslie
Grantham Killingworth
Caleb Fleming
David Martin
George Trosse
Daniel Waterland
Jared Sparks
Stephen Nye
Jacques Abbadie
Aaron Burr Sr.
president of the college in New Jersey



Chisholm 1911

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