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4 unusual facts about Zacharey Grey


Zacharey Grey

In reply to Jean Barbeyrac, he wrote The Spirit of Infidelity Detected, which he republished in 1735.

He produced a volume reproducing many of the sermons of Puritan ministers during the Long Parliament in A Century of Eminent Presbyterian Preachers. This was written to target Edmund Calamy, but Grey countered John Oldmixon as well.

He also countered Sir Isaac Newton's work with Examination of the 14th chapter of Sir Isaac Newton's observations upon the prophecies of Daniel. Grey showed the shallowness of Newton's biblical scholarship and accused him of Arianism.

Zacharey Grey (sometimes Zachary Grey) (6 May 1688 – 1766) was an English priest, controversialist, and conservative spokesman for the Church of England.



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