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 382 ATTERBURY. fermon, preached Auguft 30, 1706, at the funeral of Mr. Thomas Bennet, a bookfeller. in 1707, Sir Jonathan Tre- lawny, then bifliop of Exeter, appointed him one of the canons rcfulentiaries of that church. In 1/09, he was engaged in a frefhdifpute with Mr. Hoadly, concerning " Paffive Obedi- " ence [K]," occalioned by his Latin Sermon, intituled, " Concio ad Clerum Londinenfem, habita in Ecclefia S. El- " pliegi." In 1710, came on the famous trial of Dr. Sache- Scr.it in verell, whofe remarkable fpecch on that occafion was generally ! ary, fuppofcd to have been drawn up by our author [L], in con- cncr'voi.'iii. junction with Dr. Smalridge and Dr. Freind. The fame year p. 456- Dr. Atterbury was unanimoufly chofen prolocutor of the lower houfe of convocation, and had the chief management of affa'ns in that houfe [M]. May u, 1711, he was appointed, by funeral ; in which he replies to Mr. Hoadly's arguments, and proHuces the concurrent teftimunies or' expofitors, and the authorities of the beft writers, efpecially our Englifh Divines, in con- firmation of the doctrine he had ad- vaiccd. In anfwer to this " Preface," Mr. Hoadly publifhrd, in 170?, " A " Second Letter," ftc. and in the Prc. face to his " Tr.ufb," tells us, thefe two letters againft Dr. Atterbury were defined to vindicate and eftablifh the tendency of virtue and morality to the prefsnt happinefs of fuch a creature as man is ; which he efteems a point of the utmoft importance to the Gufpel itfelf. [K] Atterbury, In his pamphlet, intituled, " Some Proceedings in Con- " vocation. A. D. 1705, faithfully re. " prefented," had charged Mr. Hoadly (hom he fneeringly calli "themodeft " and moderate Mr. Hoadly") with " tr atiug the body of the cftablifhcd ' CliTgy, with language more difdain- " ml and i.-vilni;-, than i: would have Prrfhyteri.m ansjgonili, upon any " provocation, charging ;htm with " rebellion in the church, whilft he him (elf was !>rc:.,ching it up in the Stile." This induced Mr. Hoadly a'-out a lurticuiar txamination of Dr. At'crbury'? Latin fcrmrn; which he did in a piece, intituled, " A L;rge to Dr. Atterburv'- Charge of " Rcl-el!:on, ccc. London, 1710," ^-.-jvours to lay open the r's ar-!ul nun Demerit of the con- tro.erfy, and to let the reader into his true mean. rig snd defign ; which, in an "Appendix 'to the " AnAvcr," he arclibi&op and ethers, the reprcfentj to be " The carrying on two " different caufes, upon two fets of ' contradictory principle'," in order to " gain himfelf apphufe amongft the 4( fame perfons at the fame time, by " (landing up for and againft liberty ; by " depreffing the prerogative, and ex- '* alting it; by lellening the executive " power, and magnifying it } by load- " ing fome with all infamy, for pleading " which he fnppofeth anincroachmentj " and by loading others with the fame 4C infamy for plea. ling again ft fubmiffi'in " to it, in cafes that touch the happinefs " of the whole community." " This, 41 he tells us, is a method of toatroverfy ' 4 fo peculiar to one perfon (Dr. Atter- <; bury) as that he knows not that it " hath erer been praftifed, or a'tempte^ " by ;my other writer." Mr. Hoadly has likewife rranfcribed, in this " Appen- " dix," fome remarkable paflages out. of our author's ''Rights, Power, and " Privileges, &c." which he confronts with oihers, from his Latin Sermon. [L] To whom S^chevcrell, in his laft will, bequeathed 500!. JM] Bifhop Burnft, in his account of this conv(icafiort, having obferved, that the. Quten, in appointin;; a committee of bifhops to be prefect, and confenting to their refalutions, not only pafTcd oves all the bifhops made in king William'j reign, but a great many of thcfe named by her fell, and fet the bi^iops of Biiflol and St. David's, thtn newly confe- crated, in a di It i action above all their brethren, by adding them to the com- mittee, upon the iudifpofition of lha " AH " this
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