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262     Before the seventeenth century "deism" and "theism" bad been synonymous terms, but "deism" takes on a special meaning in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Orr, op. cit. , p. 13).
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263     Joseph Stennett, An Answer to ... Russen , p. 13; cf. pp. 13, 189.
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264     Hunt, op. cit. , I, 191.
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265     Joseph Stennett, Works , III, 388.
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266     This quotation from a book by Lord Herbert is found in Orr, op. cit. , p. 62; cf. pp. 63-67; Hunt, op. cit. , l, 444f.
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267     Orr, op. cit. , pp. 83f., 86ff.
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268      Ibid. , p. 92,
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269      An Answer to ... Russen , pp., 151-170.
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270     Creed and Boys Smith op. cit. , p. 51
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271     Joseph Stennett, Works , I, iv, 15, 132, 423; II 189, 190f., 450; cf. II, 44, 163; III, 1, 79.
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272      Ibid. , I, 127f.: cf. I, 35.
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273      Ibid. , III, 36.
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274      Ibid. , III, 37f.; cf. 53: God hath given us reason and revelation to guide and conduct us." As for knowledge serving the public good, see II, 11.
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275      Ibid. , I, 102, 110.
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276      Ibid. , III, 108.
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277      Ibid. , III, 189.
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278      Ibid. , III, 411.
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279      Ibid. , III, 60.
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280      Ibid. , II, 349.
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281     Walker, op. cit. , p. 486.
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282     Joseph Stennett, Works , IV, 267.
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283     F. C. Eiselen, et al, The Abingdon Bible Commentary (New York: Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1929), p. 220.
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284     For Stennett, revelation seems to be identical with the Bible; cf. Joseph Stennett, Works , I, 227f.
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285     Cf. Orr. op. cit. , p. 113.
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286      Ibid. , pp. 94f.
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287     Joseph Stennett, Works , II, 189.
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288      Ibid. , II, 190.
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289      Ibid. , I, 423.
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290      Pinners' Hall Record Book , pp. 62f.
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291     Joseph Stennett, Works , II, 420; cf. II, 45; III, 81f.,; IV, 307.
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292     Orr, op. cit. , pp. 404-408.
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293      Ibid. , p. 96.
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294     Joseph Stennett, Works , I, 110, 285; II, 171.
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295     Orr, op. cit. , p. 127.
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296      Ibid. , p. 121.
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297      Ibid. , pp. 13f.
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298      An Answer to ... Russen , p. 93.
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299      Works , I, 19, 21, 353, 370; II, 116ff., 120, 181f.; Iv, 171, 183.
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300      Ibid. , I, 354; 11, 118 and An Answer to ... Russen , passim .
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301      Works. , I, 31, 35; III, 202, 256; IV, 116.
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302      Ibid. , II, 189f.; III, 96.
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303      Ibid. , II, 148f.
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304      Ibid. , II, 147.
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305      Ibid. , III, 301, 328, 331, 357, 357-362; II 193.
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306      Ibid. , II, 360, 377; I, 74.
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307      Ibid. , I, 93.
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308      Institutes , III, IX, I; Calvin modifies it later (111, IX, III) when he says we must not despise the world to much for the World has been given to us by God.
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309      Works , II, 444; III, 396.
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310      Ibid. , II, 190, 229. This is from a 1707 sermon.
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311      Ibid. , I, 172f.; cf. I, 59, 66; III, 355f.;
An Answer to ... Russen , pp. 216f. The quotation is from a 1695 sermon.
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312     Joseph Stennett, Works , I, 405; this is from Stennett's 1713 funeral sermon for Rev. John Piggott. On man as a thinking creature, cf. I, 15 which is from a sermon preached in 1694 or perhaps in 1693.
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313      Ibid. , II, 403.
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314      Ibid. , III, 64.
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315      Ibid. , I, 409.
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316      Ibid. , II, 351.
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317      Ibid. , I, 25, 274, 292, 295; III, 257, 288.
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318      Ibid. , I, 63; cf. 386; III, 404.
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319      Ibid. , I, 429; cf. III, 297f., 394.
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320      Ibid. , 279.
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321     Daniel Williams, Gospel-Truth Stated and Vindicated (London: ca. 1692), p. 12; cf. pp. 22, 29.
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322     Joseph Stennett, Works , III, 102; II, 237.
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323      Ibid. , I, 425; II, 162, 185, 237; III, 352.
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324      Ibid. , III, 248.
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325      Ibid. , III, 273.
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326      Ibid. , I, B33.; cf. B9.
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327      Ibid. , III, 83. Morton Scott Enslin, Christian Beginnings (New York: Harper, 1938), 348; R. H. Charles, The Revelation of John (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1920), p. xxxiv.
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328     Joseph Stennett, Works , IV, 3ff.
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329      Ibid. , I, 273, 276; II, 143; III, 312; IV 278.
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330      Ibid. , III, 130; cf. II, 307.
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331      Ibid ., III, 344-354.
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332      Ibid. , III, 131; An Answer to ... Russen , pp. 115, 120.
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333     Joseph Stennett, Works , I, 215.
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334      Ibid ., III, 377.
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335      Ibid. , III, 374.
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336      Ibid. , IV, 254.
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337      Ibid. , II, 300; 296., It was based on these phrases, "'one of the old profits was risen again'" and "'Master, ... who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'"
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338      Ibid. , II, 482.
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339      Ibid. , II, 482f.
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340      An Answer to ... Russen p. 228.
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341     Joseph Stennett, Works , IV, 231-234, 267f., 269.
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342      Ibid. , IV, 231-234. On IV, 269 there is a similar Sabbath poem, beginning, "Blest Day! ordained by God, and therefore blest, .... " This latter poem appears in a greatly altered form in Seventh Day Baptist Christian Psalmody (1847) p. 357.
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343      Works, IV, 270. It is said that he wrote witty poems, besides his religious poems, it is said that he would not allow them to be spread about in common use ( Ibid. , I B15). A poem, "The Hypocrite," was published with his works; It includes these two limerick-like lines:
          He's the reverse of all he seems to be,
          And still pursues whate'er he seems to flee. (IV, 278.)

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