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concluded with the General Assembly declaring, in 1729, that Mr.Simson was not fit to be intrusted with the training of students for the ministry.It does not appear that young Mr.

Hutcheson ever threw himself into this agitation on the one side or other, but it doubtless left its impression on his mind; and this, I rather think, was to lead him to adopt, if not the doctrine, at least some of the liberal sentiments of Simson; to keep him from engaging in religious controversy, and to throw him back for certainty on the fundamental truths of natural theology and the lofty morality of the New Testament.