A LETTER TO THE REV. DR. KNOWLES, Prebendary of Ely.

Letter

LETTERS TO THE REV. JOHN HAWKINS,

Rector of Hinton, near Alresford, Hampshire.

I. Of the Object and Spirit of Mr. Hawkins's Address

II. Of Inconsistencies in Mr. Hawkins's Ideas of the Nature

of Subscription

III. Of a Latitude in the Interpretation of the Articles of the

Church of England, and of the Scriptures being a

Commentary on the Articles

IV. Of the State of Things among the Dissenters, and the Dif-

ference between the Churches of Rome and England

V. Of the Difficulties attending the Subject of Subscription

to Articles of Faith

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VI. Of the Doctrine of the Trinity, and particularly of Dis-

tinctions in the Godhead

VII. A Comparison between the Doctrine of Transubstanti-

ation and that of the Trinity; of the Damnatory

Clause in the Athanasian Creed, and of some Argu-

ments for the Doctrine of the Trinity from the Scrip-

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I. Of the Seditious Tendency ascribed by Mr. Madan to

the late Public Meetings of the Dissenters

II. Proofs from History and recent Facts, that neither the

Dissenters in general, nor the Presbyterians in parti-

cular, have been such enemies to Monarchy as Mr.

Madan has represented

III. The Inconclusiveness of Mr. Madan's Reasoning on this

Subject demonstrated from a variety of Considera-

tions

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IV. Of the Corporation and Test Acts

V. Of the Defeat of the Dissenters in the House of Com-

mons, March 2, 1790, and the Conduct of the Clergy

in procuring it

VI. Of a complete Toleration

VII. Of Religious Establishments in general

VIII. Remarks on what Mr. Madan has observed on this

X. Of Mr. Madan's Apology for his Treatment of the Dis-

senters

Letter

XI. Of Mr. Madan's farther Arguments in Support of his

Position, that the Principles of the Dissenters are

unquestionably Republican, and of the Decision of

the House of Commons against the Dissenters

XII. Of the Ecclesiastical Constitution of Ireland

XIII. Of Controversy

XIV. Of the Principles of the Church of England

XV. Of Subscription to the Articles, &c. of the Church of

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XVIII. Of Mr. Burn's Letters, in Answer to Dr. Priestley's

XIX. A short History of the Dissenters, and an Account of

their General Principles

XX. Of the Situation of the Clergy of the Established

Church

XXI. Of the Calumnies contained in a Pamphlet entitled

Theodosius

Letter from Dr. Bancroft

Letter from Mr. Benjamin Vaughan

XXII. The Conclusion

LETTERS TO THE REV. EDWARD BURN,

of St. Mary's Chapel, Birmingham.

Preface (February 17, 1790)

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L. On the Principle of Mr. Burn's Objection to my

Reasoning concerning the Person of Christ

315

IL. Of the Argument for the Divinity of Christ from

Heb. i. 8

III. Of the Reasons for appealing to Early Opinions con-

cerning the Person of Christ

IV. Of the Doctrine of Inspiration

V. Of the immoral Consequences of Dr. Priestley's

VL. The Conclusion

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF

THE RIOTS IN BIRMINGHAM.

APPEAL, PART I.

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I. Of the Power of Resentment to Prevent Compassion

II. Dr. Priestley's coming to Birmingham not the Cause of

the Party-spirit in the Place

III. Of Dissenters' meddling with Politics

IV. The Bigotry of the High-church Party the true Cause

of the Riots

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V. Of the Pretence that Government was adverse to the

Dissenters and favoured the Rioters

VI. Of the principal Use of an Established Religion

VII. Of the Importance of a good Police in a well-consti-

tuted State

VIII. The Impolicy of checking the Natural Expression of

Men's Sentiments

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IX. Considerations relating to Persecution, and the Conse-

quences of it

X. The Conclusion, containing Reflections on the Power of

Religion in general

STRICTURES ON A PAMPhlet, entitled thoughts on the

LATE RIOT AT BIRMINGHAM.

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC ON THE SUBJECT OF

THE RIOTS IN BIRMINGHAM. PART II.

I. Introduction, and of the exaggerated Charges in Mr.

Burn's Reply

II. Of Mr. Burn's Accusation of Dr. Priestley, and his
challenging him to defend himself

III. Of Events previous to the Riot, and of the more

distant Causes of it

IV. Of the predisposing Causes of the Riot

V. Circumstances previous to the Riot, and more imme-

diately connected with the Cause of it

VI. Circumstances attending the Commencement of the Riot

VII. Of the Conduct of the Magistrates, and others, after

the Commencement of the Riot

VIII. Circumstances subsequent to the Riot

IX. Observations on the Proceedings in the Courts of Judi-

cature on Occasion of the Riot

X. Of the Approbation of the Riot, and the Extent of

High-church Principles, which were the Cause of

it, in other Parts of the Kingdom

I. Letters to the Bishops upon the Subject of the

Controversy with Dr. Horsley

1. Of the Nature and Importance of the late Contro-

versy concerning the Doctrine of the Trinity

2. A Review of the Controversy with the Bishop of

St. David's

3. A General View of what has been done by other

Writers in this Controversy in Defence of the

Doctrine of the Trinity

4. Of Subscription, and a Proposal for a Change in

the Forms of Public Worship

No.

II. An Account of the Rev. John Palmer, and of some

Articles intended by him for the Theological

Repository

III. Of the Different Senses in which a Subscription to

the Thirty-nine Articles has been vindicated by

Divines of the Church of England

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IV. Additional Remarks on the Subject of Subscription 529

V. On the Writer under the Signature of Theodosius 531

Letter from Mr. Dexter

Letter from Dr. Wethers

VI. Of the Author's Intercourse with the late Mr.

Badcock

Letter from Mr. Badcock

Presbyterian Parson's Soliloquy

VII. Copy of a Hand-bill privately circulated in Birming-

ham a few days before the Riots

VIII. Copy of a Letter addressed to the Bishops, and

Members of the House of Commons

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539

ib.

IX. Dr. Priestley's Letter to the Inhabitants of Bir-

mingham

X. An Account of the Origin of the Riots in Birming-

ham, from a Newspaper called The Times

Letters in the Maidstone Journal

XI. Mr. Russell's Letter to the Editor of The Morning

Chronicle

XII. Mr. Keir's Letter to the Printer of the Birmingham

and Stafford Chronicle

XIII. Copy of a Letter to Dr. Priestley, printed in a

Column opposite to his Letter to the Inhabitants

of Birmingham, and thrown into many houses in

London, with the title of "Self-Murder, or the

Doctor Tried and Convicted by his own Evi-

dence"

XIV. Copies of two Hand-bills distributed among the

Rioters

Important Information to the Friends of Church

and King

XV. Addresses to the King

XVI. Mr. Russell's Letter to Dr. Priestley

XVII. An Address of the Deputies and Delegates of the

Dissenters in England, to the Sufferers in the Riot

at Birmingham, and the Answer by the Sufferers 568

XVIII. An Account of the Clergy of Birmingham refusing

to walk in Funeral Processions with Dissenting

Ministers, since the Riot

XIX. A Description of an Allegorical Medal published at

Birmingham since the Riot

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XX. An Account of the High-church Spirit which has

long prevailed at Stourbridge

No.

XXI. Extract of a Letter written to Dr. Priestley by a

Person who was in his Library during the Demo-

lition of the House

XXII. An Account of the Alarm and Loss of Mr. Carpenter

of Woodrow, in a Letter from his Brother

XXIII. The Rev. Mr. Scholefield's Advertisement relating

to the Sunday-schools at Birmingham

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XXIV. Extract from the Original Advertisement relating

to the Public Library at Birmingham

XXV. An Address to the Subscribers to the Birmingham

Library, on the subject of Mr. Cooke's Motion,

to restrict the Committee in the Choice of Books,

with a view to exclude Controversial Divinity

XXVI. Copy of the Forged Letter found at Dr. Priestley's

House, 16th July, 1791

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XXVII. Mr. Abel Humphrys's Advertisement relating to

the Calumny of Mr. William Gem

XXVIII. Copy of a Letter intended to be addressed to the

Clergy of the Town of Birmingham

XXIX. Extract from a Letter inserted in the Shrewsbury

Chronicle, September 14, 1791

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XXX. An Epitaph written for Dr. Priestley by some Person

in the West of England

XXXI. A Letter addressed to the People of England in the

Public Advertiser for Saturday, August 18, 1792

XXXII. Copy of an Advertisement in the Birmingham News-

paper relating to the Address to Dr. Priestley from

the Philosophical Society at Derby, and an An-

swer by the Society

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