He mentions that in 1698,
thirty-four French refugee ministers residing in London addressed a
letter to the synod, then sitting at Amsterdam, in which they declared,
that Socinianism had spread so rapidly, that, if the ecclesiastical
assemblies supplied no means for checking their growth, or used
palliatives only, the mischief would be incurable.
[Sidenote: CHAP. XII.]
This charge, however, the Arminians have indignantly rejected. A writer
in the _Bibliotheque Germanique_[046] relates, that
"the celebrated Anthony Collins called on M. Le Clerc of Amsterdam:
He was accompanied by some Frenchmen, of the fraternity of those,
who think freely. They expected to find the religious opinions of
Le Clerc in unison with their own, but, they were surprised to find
the strong stand which he made in favour of revelation. He proved
to them, with great strength of argument, the truth of the
Christian religion. Jesus Christ, he told them, was born among the
Jews; still, it was not the Jewish religion which he taught;
neither was it the religion of the Pagan neighbourhood; but, a
religion infinitely superior to both.
Pages:
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207