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(1675–1729). Eng. divine and metaphysician; chaplain to bp. of Norwich and Queen Anne; disciple of I. Newton*; opposed Cartesianism, deism,* materialism,* freethinkers,* doctrine of Trinity.* Works include A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God, the Obligations of Natural Religion, and the Truth and Certainty of the Christian Revelation; The Scripture-Doctrine of the Trinity.