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the kingdom , uiiited in an application to Parliament / for an enlargement of the Toleration Act . The objects of their solicitation were , to be relieved from the subscription to the Articles of the Church of England , which ,
with a few exceptions , was required by that act as it had passed soon after the Revolution , and to obtain a legal security for their schoolmasters . This matter being at that time very much discussed , and exciting the particular attention of those who were
immediately interested in the application , Mr , Foyvnes naturally directed his thoughts to the subject 3 the result of which was , his " Inquiry into the Principles of Toleration . " At first his modesty would not permit him to
publish it with his name ; but its merit quickly recommended it to general notice . In less than a year a second edition was called for , to which hq made considerable additions . I lieed not say that this tract sets Mr . Fownes ' s abilities and character in a
very favourable light . It is written with great knowledge of the subject , and the reasoning is sound and conclusive . At the same time , the work is drawn up with a spirit of moderation and candour , which cannot too much be commended . Such is the
method in which religious controversies ought to be conducted . It is the method that was pursued by a Locke ^ nd a Hoadly : it is the method most becoming in itself ; and which is the most likely , in the end , to promote the cause of truth , an 4 the benefit of
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Lord Erskine ' s Character of Mr . Fox , as an Orator and Statesman . [ From a Letter to Mr . Wright , the Editor of Fox ^ s Speeches , just published in six volumes Bvo ] This extraordinary person , then , in rising generally to speak , had evidently no more premeditated the
particular language he should employ , nor frequently the illustrations and images , by which he should discuss and enforce his subject , than' he had Contemplated the hour he was to die ; and , h } £ exalted frnerit , as a debater iji parliament , did not therefore consist in the length , variety i ) r rotfndriesi of his periods , but' in the trutjl and \ i-
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mankind . I deny nptp feojreyer , that there may sometimes be cases in which bigotry and intolerance may assume so insolent a form , as to deman d severe reprehension .
On the 27 th of July , ] > Mr Fownes paid an affectionate testimony of respect to the memory of Mr . Orton , by preaching his funeral sermon ! The discourse , which was published
and is entitled " The Glory of the Gospel , and the Excellence and Honour of the Ministration of it , " reflects no small credit on the character of our author , as well as on that of his venerable friend .
Mr . Fownes , after having continued at Shrewsbury , with great and just reputation and esteem , for fortvone years , found that , at length , his health began fast to decline . Hopes , I believe , were for a while entertained ,
that Ins strength might in some degree b £ recovered ; but these hopes proving fallacious , he departed this life on the 7 th of November , 1769 , in the severity-fifth year of his age , much regretted and lamented . His character is too well known , to those who
had the happiness of his acquaintance , to stand in need of any enlargement His piety and virtue were unquestion able ; his manners amiable arid engaging ; his preaching serious and
instructive ; his" learning extensive , arid , indeed , far above the common rank . In short { , he' united in himself the quaiitiesof the Christian , the Christian minister , the gentleman , and the scholar .
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goiiT of his conceptions ; in tb ^ depth and extent of his information ; in the retenti vepowers of iiis memory , whip enabieel him to keep in constant view , not bnly all he had formerly r ^ d w reflected on , bpt every thing saw
the moment , and eypi at other time * by the variojus persons whose argunjepts he was to answer ; in thpl * cufty of spreading out his matter so clearly to tfie grasp of fys own winO j as to render it impossible h * should
ever faj | in the utmpst cl ^ r" ^ * £ dis £ it ? 4 pess to pth ^ s ; - —in tpt ^ . Faiit % « Jity of hfawvwtiWl . ^ spout ^ eously ; brought / orth 1 ^^ at tlxe moment , inpypry ppsflWfcww
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330 Lord Erskines Character of Mr , Fox , as an Orator and Statesman .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1815, page 330, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1761/page/2/
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