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iiis constitution ^ induced him to turn a deaf ear to the solicitations of the ** robbers ( as the editor terms them ) of churches /'
His conjplaints , growing upon him for years , at length increased to such a degree as to disable him . from public service . He therefore , in the year 1765 , resigned his pastoral charge ; he addressed a farewel sermon to his people , from Eccles vii 2 . * It is better to go to the house of mourning , than to go to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men , and the living will jay it-to his heart * " The choice of an assistant to Mr ,
Fowne ^ , the remaining pastor , occasioned a division in the congregation , the more orthodox part seceding , with Mr . . Orton's countenance ^ rid concurrence , " and establishing a new place of worship . The bad spirit which this division raised on both sides , and his ill health , determined him in the year following to remove to Kidderminster * Here he continued to the time of his death , easy in his circumstances , and hospitable in
his manners . He died July 19 , 1 T 83 , in the 66 th year of his age , havipg lapguishe ^ several m onths und er ver y un common debility ..-of body and rnincL A short time before he expired , he 9 aid to a minister who called upon him ^ " When I am dead and gone , many things will be said of me—tell them I die a penitent believer in the Lord Jesus Christ / ' He was buried in St . Chad's Church , Shrewsbury , in the grave of Mr . Bryan , who had been minister of that parish , and was ejected in 1662 , A monument has been erected , near the place , to his memory . Mr . Grton was a man ( says his biographer ) of unfeigned piety and warm devotion ; but we are not sure that his piety was not sometimes gloomy , and his devotion mystical . He despised the pomps and vanities of this world / 5 He declined accepting the title of Doctor , when a diploma was sent him
from the college of New Jersey , thinking it inconsistent with jhe injunction of Christ , ' * Be ye not called Rabbi / 7 He possessed a clear discernment , uncommon prudence , and great knowledge of the world . His advice was so much sought , and his influence was so great in the town of Shrewsbury , that it has been said . " a Member of Parliament has been chosen in
Mr . Orion ' s vestry . " As a minister , he was in all respects highly exemplary . Tn prayer , he excelled in simplicity of thought and expression , fluency and variety : in preaching , he delivered himself with the greatest plainness and fidelity . An occasional hearer once
* < He closed it with the following anecdote . * The celebrated Grotius , one of the most learned men the world ever knew , was in his last illness attended by a friend , who desired him , in his great wisdom and learning , to give him a short direction how to lead his life to the best advantage : to whom he only said—Be serious . This is my parting advice to you , as What comprehends every tiling'I Jwvc said—«—»•« serious / ' *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1806, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1724/page/35/
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