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of rcligion % nd virtue , both in the Establishment and out of it . How well the subject of this memoir had i m proved his ti me and taItnts 4 ' A . at school , may be concluded from the fact which he himself relates .
that he was entered at Northampton in the second class , in consequence of boing acquainted with those subjects which usually occupied the first year . After the death of 'Dr . Doddridge , Mr . R .
went to Edinburgh , where he continued one session ; a " period of his life - which , on account of . the society he met with there , and the opportunities of improving
himself in general knowledge , he was accustomed to speak of as peculiarly agreeable and happy . Nothing , however , could divert him from the object , which , with his characteristic ardour of mind .
he had all along kept in viewthe office of a minister of religion amongst Protestant Dissenters , an office which he sustained for 26 years of his life , an 4 with an ability which few ministers of any church have been known to equal . A tall commanding figure , a
manly and forcible utteiance , a plain , pimple , nervous style , peculiarly adapted to sacred subjects , and a luminous comprehensive view of every topic and argument , such as familiarly presents itself to a mind of first-rate powers , ' combined to render him an admired
p reacher . liis first settlement was at Boston , in Lincolnshire , where , ( to use his own words , ) ' * I stayed for several years , endeavouring to discharge the duties of my
profession to the best of my abilities , and receiving in return every instance of respect an affectionate people could give . " Whilst at
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Boston , Mr . R . published three sermons , two on occasion of the disastrous circumstances of the war then carried on , jon- the continent , in aid of the King of Prussia , and the other in celebration of the victory at Mjnden , on the 1 st of August , 1759 . The Pro * testant interest was supposed to be at stake upon the issue of this
conflict , and the hopes and fears of the nation were alternatel y raised to a high pitch . The discourses bear , each of ( hem , the same character o f high-toned patriotism and fire , both of
language and sentiment ; a fire which was so characteristic % { their author , that it was never extinct , even in the latest periods of his life . In 1759 * Mr * R . removed from
Boston to the neighbourhood of the metropolis , being chosen af * ternoon preacher to an opiilenr , and at that time a numerous , congregation of Dissenters , at WaL thamstow , in connexion with the
celebrated Hugh Farmer , whose talents as a preacher , and whose writings on Christ ' s Temptation , and on Miracles ^ had gained him a high and deserved reputation . At this time it was that Mr . R .
renewed the intimacy that had commenced whilst they were fellow-students at . Northampton , with Mr . now Sir Wadsworth Busk , who is the last , excepting perhaps two , of allDr . Dod . dridge ' s pupils . The two friends , though
pursuing different professions , yet ? united in trie same views on the most important subjects , lived to- « gather for some years in the Temple , . and afterwards married into the same family . The sudjden death of the king in 17 00 , in the fullness of gloa # >
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70 S , Memoir of Ebenezer >' HMcliffe 9 Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 708, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/2/
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