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one to the pastoral office ; and accordingly an abstract was publish *
ed in the year 1771-After this things continued much in the same state till the year 1770 * when some member's , removing from the Merse to Edinburgh , formed a new society , and invited the before mentioned Mr .
James Purves to come to them . Having continued some time in society with them after he came , it w ^ ts unanimously agreed that he should be called to the pastoral
office among them . Thus originated the society at Edinburgh , whiCfj , is since become Unitarian * The deed by which Mr . Purves
was constituted , the ^ r pastor concludes thus . " Therefore , with one consent , we have chosen , and do hereby declare our choice of vou , James Purves , to be our pastor : and your accepting this bur ... choice and invitation , shall
constitute you into a pastoral relation and charge over us ; and this our mutual deed shall imply an obligation to every relative duty that belongs to that relation . */ Signejd in the name and by
the appointment of the society , 4 c By , Alexander Fortune . cc Accepted by Juries JP ^ r ves . " ^ It wa $ resolved , in th $ year
: ftfa 2 r that the society should publishth ^ ir , religious opinions tp % i TWftf * ^ * & ^ . W , JtyMV liraliish mem from other T
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them to be universal , in the fullest sense of the word . Mr . Purves continued the pastor of the society until his death , which took place on the l . st of February 1795 . He had for several years been afflicted with an asthma , and for some months-before his death was incapable of
officiating in public . He was much esteemed even by ( hose who thought his opinions very erroneous , and greatly beloved by his flock , whose edification he stu ^ died and diligently promoted ; he * taught them to think freely , to ^
exercise mutual candour and forbearance , and always to follow the dictates of their , jconscienc ^ s ^ He was a zealous advocate for the universal restoration , and a high Arian . Though not favoured with a liberal education , he
acquired a coa § ide rable kno \ vle <^ gg of the Hebrew and Grfjek ^ Jan- ^ guages , and gaid much aUeni ^ oq to the original ^ cppti ^ e ^; , ^ was the author of several publi .
cations ; bpt . ju ) t l > m % p \ ng jMDlfo lar talents as a preacher , his congregation was always small . Jfie bore hi $ Ungpriijg ^^ ictiun ^ -jj ^ h much C ^ f i ^ tian , . hni t ^ e , ... * w 4 died regretted by f ^ jfo / rit ^ fej ^ ?; c | i j Jcfren ap ^^ p ^ t ^/ n ^ e fi § ng ^ b * hw > h v ^ , ^ mf % * m that this ftif&sB !) $ M m $ mvmr wished . i >^ dfytiJTSfr M ^ F * im ^ /|? c % Wh
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35 © History of the Unitarian Churchy Edinburgh .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1812, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1749/page/6/
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