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      we call learned , but also all the different jargons , or modern dialects ; he accented and pronounced them so naturally , and so perfectly imitated the gestures and manners both of the several nations of Europe , and the particular provinces of France , that he might have been taken for a native of all or

      any of these countries ; and this quality he applied to counterfeit all sorts of persons , wherein he succeeded wonderfully ; he was moreover , the best comedian and greatest droll that perhaps ever appeared ; he had a genius for poetry , and had wrote many verses ; he played upon almost all instruments , was a perfect master of music , and sung most

      agreeably and justly ; he likewise could say mass ; for he -was of a disposition to do , as 'well as to know all things : his body was perfectly well suited to his mind , he was light , nimble , dexterous , and fit for all exercises ; he could ride well , and in dancing , wrestling , and leaping he was admired : there are not any recreative games that he did not know , and he was skilled in almost all mechanic arts . But now for the reverse of the medal : here it appeared that he was

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      « N THE DISCIPLINE OF A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY . LETTER ill .

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      To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .

      SIR , The influence of names in the world has been recorded in loo

      many bloody pages of the hibtory of mankind ; and it is needless to observe , that among the persons to whom I write , a bigotted attachment to a sound is not to

      be expected . Whether a bishop is necessary to the well being of a Christian society is a question , which will be differently argued , according to the ideas , which this

      term conveys to the speakers : and for the absolute necessity of such an ' officer , no one will contend , who-recollects that , if there had been such a necessity , it would not be left for us to entertain a

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      treacherous , cruel , cowardly , deceitful ; a liar , a cheat , a drunkard and glutton i a sharper in play , immersed in every species of vice , a blasphemer , an atheist : in a word , in him might be found all the vices contrary to nature , honour , religion and society ; the truth of-which he himself evinced with his latest breath , for he died in the flower of his age , in a common brothel , perfectly corrupted by his debaucheries , and expired with the glass in his hand cursing and denying God . '' Mem . of Sully , 4 th ed . iii . 216 .

      By a comparison with young Servin Ci a wonder and a monster" as Sully styles him , Mr . Seward was hardly just to Chatterton , who while he had no opportunity of making such variety of attainments , does not appear with all his faults to have attained to such a horrid prematurity of vice . Your ' s , J . T . ItUTT .

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      question upon the subject , but a specific command would have been given by the great bishop of the church , our Lord Jesus Christ . A positive command has not been left either by him or by any of his apostles ; though one of the latter did direct the appointment of elders in the congregations of Crete ; if and this recommendation would certainly have great weight in that island , and the precedent may be useful to all other churches . But the term bishop , as is used in our language , is by no means necessary . It is derived from a Greek word , episcoposz which by striking out the first vowel and the two last letters o s , the tcr-

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      190 On the Discipline of a Christian C&mmunity * Letter I IT .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/14/