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ivas mani fested to the world by our Lord Jesus Christ . He delighted to view the 4 i mi « -hty , us no respecter of persons , and , while ° he was truly tbankful that he was a Christian himself , he could never think so inifiistly of God , as to suppose that none will hereafter be saved .
but Christians . He believed , with the liberal-hearted Apostle Paul that those toho have not the law , are a law unto themselves , for when they do by nature , ( by the very force and structure of their minds , as human being's ) the things contained in the law , they shezo the work of the law written in their hearts . In
consequence of this view of the matter , he hesitated not to adopt the generous and enlightened conclusion of Peter , when under the immediate influence of the Holy Spirit , that , in every nation , he that feareth God and worketh righteousness , ( according * to the light which he actually enjoys ) is accepted by him .
Our venerable friend was averse from religious disputes , and never liked to engage in them , but he was , like his father and grandfather , a firm and steady Disseoter , and he knew why he was so . He was well acquainted with that complete defence of a separation from the Church of Eng-land , which was written by the late Fenerabie Micaiah Towgood , of JSrxeter , *
and he was ready at all tunes to give a reason for the hope that ivas in him . While ^ hovvever , upon these truly consistent and Protestant grounds , he was a Non-conformist , he felt not the smallest dislike to any of those , who conscientiously adhered to the established sect . He was all his life
in habits of friendly acquaintance with maay of them . Indeed , he was a sincere well-wisher to the whole human race . In his Father ' s House , he believed there were mansions for , and capacious enough to hold them all .
To the hospitality of his own house , and the unaffected kindness of his heart , many can hear witness . It was his delight to see "is friends about him , and to welcome them , at all times to his plentiful table . To the
sallies of innocent mirth and cheerful anecdote he was always alive , and within the bounds of temperance , which he never transgressed himself , nor could bear , without great pain , to see transgressed by others
Of this valuable work , which ought 0 in the possession of every Dissenter , JJe 9 th edition was lately published , by Wr . Benjamin Flower , price in 12 mo . with portr ait of the author , 4 s . in boards , or ° « ne thick wove post 8 vo . hot-pressed , ' *• 6 rf . boards . To this edition is prefixed Preface , vindicating the sentiments and naracter of the author from the recent ^ representations of the Rev . T . Biddulph , ^ iste r of St . James ' s Bristol , &c . and the vX' Oweil > Curate of Fulham , and late brid l ° Cor P Christi College , Cam-
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he partook of the cheerfulness which he encouraged in all about him . In the relief of distress he was never backward . Many public subscriptions received his countenance and support ; and a number of beneficent actions performed with the utmost privacy and modesty will , another dav , be
noticed by Him , who , except our frieud himself , and the parties assisted ,-were the only witnesses of them . He dealt out his dread to the hungry , and to the poor which cried , he was often a merciful listener . A liberal bequest to the place of worship which he so long * , and so constantly attended , proved his affection to the cause of
liberal piety , and his sincere wish that it might not suirer hy his removal from it . This is the part of this good man ' s character , which I have purposely reserved for the last . In his own house , and in the house of God , he was the same uniform , unostentatious and devout worshiper . The family altar was never neglected , and , like the
patriarch Abraham , he always gathered his servants , as well as his relatives about it . In this house of our public solemnities , all who worship with us , are witnesses with what punctual regularity and what deep attention our departed friend always occupied his place . As long- as he possibly
could he made one of our number , and in the latter part of his days , it was with great difficulty , and often under the pressure of much bodily pain , that he attended . It might truly be said of him that he loved the courts of the Lord . No severity of weather kept him at home—neither business nor amusement -were ever suffered to
invade the duties of the Sabbath , and to crown all , he was remarkably early as well as regular in his attendance—he did not come , as if it was to the performance of an irksome task , and disturb by a late entrance , either his minister or his fellowworshipers . His dismission was remarkably easy—it was the worn-out pilgrim , falling asleep in Jesus . Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright , for the end of that man is peace . E . B .
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Obituary . —Dr . Toulmin ' s Funeral . 523
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Dr . Toulmin ~> s Funeral . On the morning * of Tuesday , August the 1 st , the remains of this most venerable and exemplary Christian , were deposited in the burying ground belonging- jointly to the members of the Old and the New Meetings , in Birmingham . The congregation of the
New Meeting , in the kindest manner , undertook the management and expense of tho funeral . After their arrangements were made , it was found that Dr Toulmin had himself written , several years ago , directions on the subject . To these directions , he expressed his hope , in a will of a very recent date , that some deference would be shewn , as circumstances might admit . It was his wish—a wish so characteristic of his sweet , amiable temper—that " his pall
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1815, page 523, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1763/page/59/
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