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bracing Unitarian principles , though he was not decided in , nor declared his belief of the doctrine till after he had heard the luminous statement of it from the Rev , W . V idler , in his lectures at Chatham , in the summer of 1813 . At the commencement of
his illness , he requested to be visited by the individual who records this memorial of him ; the first opportunity was embraced for the purpose , and knowing how much is said , as to the inefficacy of rational religion , particular inquiry was made as to the
state of his mind , in the maintenance of those opinions he hid at length adopted , to which he gave the most satisfactory replies , citing with Christian confidence , the language of the apostle , "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus , arid
believe in thine heart , that God hath raised him from the dead , thou shalt be saved . " During his confinement , a member of the society to which he previously belonged , came to see him ; the good man on talcing his leave , asked Mr . Robinson if he
should have any objection to his praying with him ? Surely not , was his answer : " but observe , I shall only say Amen to what I shall say Amen , so * tenacious was he as to the proper object of divine worship , and the mode of our addresses to him . Though
he had discarded the popular notion of the souls separate existence , yet the contrary view did not diminish his comfort , or deprjve him of hope in his end , but rather added energy to his expectations . On mentioning to him an
observation of the philosophic Franklin , viz . " Death is as necessary to our « : oiTstitutioii as our sleep , we shall ripe refreshed in the morning , ' he perfectly acquiesced in the idea and discoursed * on a future state , as one
whose " affections were set on things above . 17 While present with him , about a week before his dissolution he on a sudden , uttered the ejaculation , " Whom have I in heaven but thee , and there is none on earth that I
desire beside thee , " with an emphasis and fervour seldom exceeded . He was then asked if he recollected what language the Psalmist used , in
immedi-; rte connexion with this ? He replied , in the negative : it was then related , " My flesh and my heart faileth , bat God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever ; which on hear-
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ing , he declared in both parts as pressive of his experience . The rea son for being . so diffuse aad particula " in this account , is that scmie urn harit ble persons have hac Uie temeritv * spite of reverse circumstances , to proriounce that he left the world ii iAi mat
njuk vm * . c ; we » c ; i UJfc : WOriCJ Unrip awful terrors , arising from having changed his creed . It is not a little remarkable that Mr . Robinson , when in health , intimated to his friend that he hoped in his expiring moments , no one of the self-assumed
Evangelical profession would tease him with questions as to things of a mere sentimental nature , lest some expressions might be extorted from him when he was non-recollective , contrary to- what might be the pure fact . Happily his faculties remained
entire till a day or two preceding his death 3 yet then his lucid intervals were brightened by a pleasing persuasion of " the love of God , wfckh is in Christ Jesus our Lord , " fully assured ( as he was , of late , wont to
express himself ) that "by grace are we saved . " His character may be summarily comprehended in saying "He was a faithful man and feared God above many . " T . C . A ,
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312 Obituary . —Mr . John Robinson ' . —Rev . A . Fuller , &c .
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Rev , Andrew Fuller . On Sunday , the 7 th inst . at Kettering , in Northamptonshire , the Rev , Andrtew Fuller , many years pastor of the Baptist Church in that town , and Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society , from its commencement in ' 1792 . From the eminence of his talents as a minister , and
from his laborious * exertions in conducting and promoting the missions in India , his loss will be very seriously felt by the denomination of which he was a bright and distinguished ornament ; while ail frirnds of Christianity who are acquainted with him or his labours , will deeply
sympathize in this afflicting event Morn . Chron . Mai / 10 .
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Dr . William Cleaver . 15 th Inst . Dr . Wiulia . tkCleav «* j Bishop of St . Asaph . He was m * raised to the bench in 1787 , being , then made Bishop of Oxford ; * ro m which see , if we recollect aright , nt was translated to Chester . The ar ?*" deaconry of St . Asaph anfl the vicarage of Northop , in Flint shire , *** held by the Bishop * ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1815, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1760/page/48/
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