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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66332" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_66332" /> == | ||
<p> an English divine, who was noted in his day for the boldness of his opinions, was born at [[Northampton]] in 1669. He received the proper training in the grammar-school, and entered [[Sidney]] College, Cambridge, in 1685, where he subsequently graduated, and became fellow of his college. He was prosecuted before lord chief-justice [[Raymond]] for the views advanced in his Discourses on the [[Miracles]] of Our Savior, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of | <p> an English divine, who was noted in his day for the boldness of his opinions, was born at [[Northampton]] in 1669. He received the proper training in the grammar-school, and entered [[Sidney]] College, Cambridge, in 1685, where he subsequently graduated, and became fellow of his college. He was prosecuted before lord chief-justice [[Raymond]] for the views advanced in his Discourses on the [[Miracles]] of Our Savior, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of '''''£''''' 100. He purchased the liberty of the rules of the King's Bench, where he continued after the expiration of the year, being unable to pay the fine. Efforts were made for his release, but were unsuccessful, because he refused to desist from offensive writings. He died in the bounds of King's [[Bench]] prison, January 27, 1732. Among his principal writings are the following: The Old Apology for the Truth of the [[Christian]] [[Religion]] against the [[Jews]] and [[Gentiles]] [[Revived]] (1705): '''''—''''' Dissertatio de Pontii Pilati ad Tiberium Epistola (1720): '''''—''''' A Free [[Gift]] to the Clergy, in Four Parts (1722-24): '''''—''''' Moderastor Between an [[Infidel]] and an [[Apostate]] (1725): '''''—''''' Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our [[Savior]] (1727-29): '''''—''''' [[Defence]] of the Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Savior (1729-30). </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81515" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_81515" /> == | ||
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
an English divine, who was noted in his day for the boldness of his opinions, was born at Northampton in 1669. He received the proper training in the grammar-school, and entered Sidney College, Cambridge, in 1685, where he subsequently graduated, and became fellow of his college. He was prosecuted before lord chief-justice Raymond for the views advanced in his Discourses on the Miracles of Our Savior, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of £ 100. He purchased the liberty of the rules of the King's Bench, where he continued after the expiration of the year, being unable to pay the fine. Efforts were made for his release, but were unsuccessful, because he refused to desist from offensive writings. He died in the bounds of King's Bench prison, January 27, 1732. Among his principal writings are the following: The Old Apology for the Truth of the Christian Religion against the Jews and Gentiles Revived (1705): — Dissertatio de Pontii Pilati ad Tiberium Epistola (1720): — A Free Gift to the Clergy, in Four Parts (1722-24): — Moderastor Between an Infidel and an Apostate (1725): — Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Savior (1727-29): — Defence of the Six Discourses on the Miracles of Our Savior (1729-30).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An eccentric semi-deistical writer, born at Northampton, who maintained a lifelong polemic against the literal truth of the Bible, and insisted that the miraculous element in it must be allegorically interpreted, with such obstinacy that he was in the end subjected to imprisonment as a blasphemer, from which he was never released, because he refused to recant (1669-1731).
