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    Dr . Randolph , and Mr . Paley is understood to have been the au * thor of a ci Defence of the Con * siderations , " which was the first

    argumentative essay which he gave to the public , and is thought to be worthy of his great talents . Mr . Meadley has given it at length in an appendix to the memoirs .

    Mr . Paley was a decided friend to the several improvements in academical discipline , which were proposed from time to time by Mr . Jebb , but which though ably supported by the bishop of

    Carlisle , Dr . Plumptre , Dr . Waring ^ Dr . Watsort and Mr . Law , were ultimately rejected . In the spring nf 1775 , the bishop of Carlisle presented him with the small living of Musgrove , in Westmoreland ; and in the following year , Mr . Paley . subjoined to a new edition of Dr . Law ' s " Reflections on the Life end Character of Christ , " " Observations on the Character and Example of Christ /' , and an . appendix •* On

    the Morality of the Gospel /'* On the sixth of June in , the same year lie married Miss Hewity and in a iew day $ aftery retired to the . diocese of Carlisle , leaving behind him among his friends and pupils * the well-earned sentiments of es .

    teem and regret . In December , his excellent friend and patron presented him with another living , vrorth about ninety pounds a year ; mud in a few months after he resigned the living of Mtj $ grove , and yras inducted to the mpre valuable

    vicarage of Appleby , estirnate ^ l at about 2001 * per annum . While At this place he published a small volume , selected from the book of Common Primer , and tlye wrj t * ings of some eminent divines , en . t itled " The Clergyman ' s Compa *

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    nion in visiting the Sick /* This work has been much used by tht clergy and has passed through nine or ten editions , and . when

    considered as originating m Mr . Paley ' s personal attention to tht wants of his own congregation , it affords striking evidence of his great assiduity as a parochial

    minister . In the year 1 ? SO , he was made prebend of the cathedral of Carlisle , worth 400 K per annum , and thus became the coadjutor of his friend Mr . Law in the chap , ter : and being afterwards an . ter ; and being afterwards ap .

    pointed archdeacon of Carlisle , he resigned his living at Appleby , and went * with his friend , nov promoted to an Irish bishopric ^ to Dublin , where he preached tht sermon at his consecration .

    About this period he began to prepare , at the desire of his friend , bishop Law , his work entitled *! The' Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy / ' which h # had long been importuned to undertake , but which till now he declined on account of the risk of

    publishing a work that might not sell . When the manuscript was ready , he ; offered it to the published for 3001 . who refused a higher price than 2501 , but upon the offer of 10001 . from another

    bookseller , Mr . Faulder , the first person applied to , ; acceded to the new proposal , of 10001 . instead of 3001 . which he had a few days before thought an extra * vagant price *

    In this work * our author ' s theory is founded on expediency . u Virtue is the . doing good to mankind ,: in obedience to the will of Gocl , Wid for the sake of everlasting happiness / ' The good of in ^ p kind is the subject ; the will of God the rule ; and everlasting

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    180 Memoirs pf the Rev . William Pateyf D . D .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/4/