LIN 
dtly avowed his intention of refigning his living. Early 
in the year 1773, an anonymous writer, under the figna- 
ture of Lselius, darted the fubjedt of the impropriety of 
perfons remaining in the church who couid not confcien- 
tioufiy conform to her principles: to this Mr. Lind fey, in 
a letter to a friend, mod feelingly alludes; “The fubjeft 
of Lselius’s lad letter may give one many a pang. I can¬ 
not fay that I have been for many years a day free from 11 n- 
ealinefs about it.” In the following November he wrote to 
the prelate of his diocefe, informing him of his intention 
to quit the church, and fignifying, that in a few days he 
ih’ould tranfmit to him his deed of refignation. The bi- 
fhop endeavoured to perfuade him to remain at his pod; 
but he had made up his mind that duty required the fa- 
crifice, and he was refolved to bear the confequences. 
When the add was done, he faid he felt himfelf delivered 
from a load which had long laid heavy upon him, and at 
times nearly overwhelmed him. Previoufly to his quit¬ 
ting Catterick, Mr. Lindfey delivered a farewell addrefs 
to his parifnidners, in which he Hated'his motives for 
quitting them in a fimple and very affefting manner, 
pointing out the reafons why he could no longer conduft 
nor join in their worfhip, without the guilt of continual 
infincerity before. God, and endangering the lofs of his 
favour for ever. He left Catterick about the middle of 
December; and, after vifiting fome friends in different parts 
of the country, he arrived in London in January 1774, 
■where he met with friends, who zealoufly patronized the 
idea which he entertained of opening a place of worfhip 
devoted entirely to Unitarian principles. A large room 
■was at firft fitted up for the purpofe in Effex-dreet in the 
Strand, which, after overcoming fome legal obdacles thrown 
out by the magillrates in the way of regidering it, was 
opened April 17, 1774. The fervice of the place was con¬ 
duced according to the plan of a liturgy which had been 
altered from that ufed in the edablifhed church by the late 
Dr. Samuel Clarke, reftor of St. James’s, Piccadilly; but 
■with dill farther alterations. Mr. Lindfey pubiifhed the 
fermon which he preached on the opening of his chape], 
to which was added an account of the liturgy made ufe 
©f. About the fame time he pubiifhed his Apology, of 
which feveral editions were called for in the courfe of a 
few years. This was followed by a dill larger volume, 
entitled A Sequel to the Apology, which was intended 
as a reply to his various opponents, and likewife to vin¬ 
dicate and edablifh the leading doftrities which he pro- 
feffed, and on account of which he had given up his pre¬ 
ferment in the church. This work was pubiifhed in 1776; 
and in 1778 he was enabled, by the affidance of his friends, 
to build the chapel of Eflex-dreet, and to purchafe the 
ground on which it Hands. Till the dimmer of 1793, Mr. 
Lindfey, with the aid of his friend the Rev. Dr. Difney, 
conducted the fervices of the place, upon drift Unitarian 
principles, to a refpeftable and numerous congregation. 
He then refigned the whole into the hands of his very able 
coadjutor, notwithdanding the earned wiflies of his hearers 
that he fhould Hill continue a part of the fervices. Though 
be had quitted the duties of the pulpit, he continued to 
labour in the caufe, by his publications, till he had at¬ 
tained his eightieth year. About that time Mr. Belfharn 
propofed fome more alterations in the Unitarian liturgy, 
in which Mr. Lindfey concurred; and Mr. B. became 
niinider. 
Mr. Lindfey died on the third of November, 1808, in 
the 86th year of his age. The following is a correft lid 
of his publications. 1. Farewell Addrefs to the Pa- 
rifhioners of Catterick, 1773. 2. Apology on refigning 
the Vicarage of Catterick, 1774. 3. Sequel to the Apo¬ 
logy* 1776. 4- Sermon preached at the Opening of the 
Chapel in Effex-dreet, 17th of April, 1774. S- Book of 
Common Prayer reformed for the Ufe of the Chapel in Ef¬ 
fex-dreet, with Hymns, 1774. 6. Sermon preached in 
Effex-dreet on opening the new Chapel, 29th of March, 
i77 - 8. 7. Two DilTertations : On the Preface to St. John’s 
Gofpel; and, On Praying to Chriftj 1779. S. Catechid, 
LIN 74# 
or an Enquiry concerning the only true Gotland Objeft 
of Wordiip ; 1781. 9. Hidorical View of the State of the 
Unitarian Doctrine and Worfhip; 1783. jo. Vindicitt. 
Priejlleina ; an Addrefs to the Students of Oxford and 
Cambridge; 1788. 11. Second Addrefs to the fame, 
1790. 12. Examination of Mr. Rob in Ion’s Plea for the 
Divinity of Chrid ;• 17S5. 13. Lid of Falfe Readings and 
Midranflations of the Scriptures; 1790. 14. Ceniidera- 
tions on the Expediency of Revifing the Liturgy, by a 
Confident Proteftant; 1790. 15. Converfatipns on Chrif- 
tian Idolatry; 1791. 16. Sermon on Forms of Prayer; 
1793. 17. Sermon addreffed to the Congregation in" Ef¬ 
fex-dreet, on refigning the Padoral Office; 1793. i8„ 
Converfations on the Divine Government, (bowing that 
every thing is from God, and for good to all, 1802. 19. 
Sermons, 2 vols. pubiifhed after his death. Monthly Mag, 
vol. xxvi. 
LIN'DUM, in ancient geography, a town of Britain, in- 
the country of the Coretani, which by the 5th Iter of An- 
tonine is lituated between Caufennae, or Ancader, and 
Segeloeum, or Littleborough. This is. now univerfally 
agreed to be Lincoln, which was a Roman colony, and tv 
place of great importance in ancient times ; though Bax¬ 
ter, without fufficient authority, contends that Lindum 
was the Lendinium in which fo many of the Romans were- 
(lain by the Britons in their great revolt under Boadicea^ 
See Lincoln and Lincolnshire. 
LIN'DUM was alfo the name of a place in the country 
of the Dumnii; which, in both the found and figninca- 
tion of the name, bears fo great a refemblance to Linlith¬ 
gow, that it is mod probably the fame place, though its 
iituation does not exaftiy agree with that affigned by Pto¬ 
lemy, who is far from being correft in this particular. 
LIN'DUS. See Lindo, p. 741. 
LIN'DY, a town of Africa, in Querimba. Lat. 9. 58. 5 . 
Ion. 41. 4. E. 
LINE,yi [ linea , Lat.] Longitudinal extenfion.—Even 
the planets, upon this principle, mud gravitate no more 
towards the fun ; fo that they would not revolve in curve 
lines, but fly away in direft tangents, till they druck again& 
other planets. Bentley. — A dender dring: 
Well futig the Roman bard ; all human things. 
Of deared value, hang on dender firings : 
O fee the then foie hope, and in defign 
Of heav’n our joy, fupported by a line. Waller , 
A thread extended to direft any operations : 
We as by line upon the ocean go, 
Whofe paths (hall be familiar as the land. Dryden. 
The dring that fudains the angler’s hook; 
Victorious with their'/inw and eyes, 
They make the fifhes and the men their prize. Waller . 
Lineaments, or marks in the hand or face.—I (hall have 
good fortune; go to, here’s a fimple line of life ; here’s a 
fimall trifle of wives. Shakefpcare. 
Long is it fince I faw him, 
But time hath nothing blurt’d thofe lines of favour 
Which then he wore. Shahe/peaye, 
Delineation ; fketch.—You have generous thoughts turn¬ 
ed to fuch fpeculations; but this is not enough towards 
the raifing fuch buildings as I have dnjwn you here the 
lines of, unlefs the direction of all affairs here were wholly- 
in your hands. Temple. —The inventors meant to turn 
fuch qualifications into perfons as were agreeable to his 
charafter, for whom the line was drawn. Pope. —Contour; 
outline; 
Oh lading as thofe colours may they (hine, 
Free as thy droke, yet faultlefs as thy line! Pope. 
As much as is written from one.margin to the other; tt 
verfe.—-In the preceding line, Ulyffes fpeaks of Nauficaa, 
yet immediately changes the words into the mafeuline 
gender, Broome, 
