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Scriptures only , even in the comifiori v&fef ' on '; and i * eftiitefc tie notion , fhat t £ e system of opinionis signified by that general tefflpL , is ill-adapted to plain , illiterate men . Prefixed to thi £ edition is a Preface , interesting chiefly from its containing a letter of the late
Mr . Lindsey ' s , to the author ; \ vhich with an explanatory note of the author ' s , we shall transcribe . Essex ! Street , Jan . 6 , iS © O . Dear Sir ,
Your obliging thanks for the little as ^ sistance I gave in bringing your valuable work before the public far overpays me , and therefore I shall certainly consider myself your debtor for the j . % copies you have been so good as to send me , which I was glad to receive so early , and could not bat take your intention very kindly ,
though 1 must refuse your kindness . Without entering into particulars , I must szy&bal your Narrative , " on a deliberate perusal , exceeds the opinion L had entertained from the recital . * The
method and good sense that ' reigns throughout the ^ whole , with such strong appearance of sincerity , must recommend it , even to those y ^ ho may not agree in senti-
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ment with the writer at first , especially When the whole is considered as tkc workings o £ the human mind upon $% &- > jeqts of the greatest importance , x Ypu cannot easily conceive ; the satisfaction I liad in first putting your «« Narrative *' into the hands of some of my most serious apd judicious friends , when one of
tliem upon my next calling upon him , expressed himself so pleased with it , and persuaded of its tendency to lead to study and value the sacred -writings , that be resolved to give 50 copies to a religious society to which he belongs ; and from another friend in the country , I received a letter to order his bookseller to send
him down a dozen copies . I wish it may meet with readers who will know equally how to prize it , and then this first edition will not be long in hand unsold . I expect you will soon have an order from Mr . Johnson , to send him up some more copies . And I am convinced you cannot have greater satisfaction than in hearing , that your ' book is likely to be useful to many in their most important interests respecting a future world , in which light it is viewed
by many . Believe me , Your much obliged friend and servant , T , L 1 NDSEY .
Art . IV .. The Protestant Dissenters' Almanack , for the Year of our Lord iSlO * 2 s . 6 d . Williams and Smith .
Knowing that Protestant Dissenters of these realms have the same stin atid moon as the rest of his Majesty ' s good subjects , we
wondered what sort of a worlc could be produced under the above title . The compiler has , however , satisfied us , that the
* The last time Mr . and Mrs . Lindsey visited their friends in the North , on their return from Richmond , they staid some days at York , with their old and highly valued friends , Mr . an 4 Mt *> Cappe , and there Mr . Lindsey beard the work read in manuscript , and is the " recital' * above alluded to . After which he ttttC'f&e Author a note , thanking him for the great satisfaction he had derived from of it
it , and begged hi » acceptance of fire pounds towards the expence printing' . He hoped it WcmW be seat to 0 ^^> ress without delay , as it could not fail , in hi » © pinion , of proving , highly accspta 1 * le , afcd of doing much service to the cause of rational religion * It was onHcfgs occasion , that the Author had the unspeakable pleasure of being first introduced to this great and good man , when his venerabk appearance , benevolent cheerfulness of countenance , the simplicity and gentleness ° fhbni ^ imers , and lus kind attentions , made iin impression , never to be forgotcannot but
« f * i ^ wK-p ^ be deem *? c honour ind hmpJNtts df Ms life , and which continued with VH * re ?* i « g « fcc * * on until his death !
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Review .- —Protestant Disdenters ? Almanack . © 83 - *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 683, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/33/
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