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Memoir of the late Rev . Joshua Tonlmin 9 D . D . ( Extracted hy permission from his Funeral Sermon by his colleague , the Rev . John Kentish . )
DR . JOSHUA TOULMIN was born at London , on the eleventh of May , 1740 . How much he owed to the care bestowed on him by his parents , his own testimony will best express . Amidst a thousand blessings , for which , in future life , he acknowledged his obligation to bow
with gratitude before the Father of mercies , he deemed this , in a manner the first and greatest , that in youthful years he felt the power and , by the gracious disposals of heaven , was led to obey the sacred dictates of religion . * He was sent for his classical education to St . Paul ' s School , t
After he had enjoyed , during seven years , the instructions of its able masters , lie removed to the Dissenting Academy then under the charge of Dr . David Jennings and Dr . Samuel
Morton Savage . ; J the latter of whom was his relation . In tliis seminary he passed the usual term of a probationer for the ministry among Protestant Nonconformists , It ia much to his
honour that , from the commencement of his theological studies , he combined a love of inquiry and a desire of courageously professing what he judged to be the truth with genuine modesty ,
candour and devotion ; though , m exercising the unalienable privilege of a Christian , he had to encounter severe remonstrances from his father and mother as well as the displeasure of Dr . Jennings .
* Sermons to Youth , ( 2 nded . ) Advertisement , vii . + Historical View of the Protestant Disinters , &e . 342 . X Life of Dr . Savage , prefixed to his Sermons . ( Pp . 6 , 7 *)
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Mr . Toulmin ' s first settlement , & a minister , was at Colyton , in Devonshire . To this situation he carried with him the warmest good wishes of Dr . Savage , his invariable friend , who considered his qualifications for public service as very promising , and favoured him with welcome and sea * he
sonable advice . ^ f here formed some highly desirable and permanent friendships . Of his intercourse at that time with Bridport , tl and with Exeter , ^ in particular , he was accustomed ever afterwards to speak in term * of more than common satisfaction .
In the year 1764 lie entered into the matrimonial connexion with Jane , youngest daughter - of Mr . Samuel Smith * of Taunton ; the offspring of which marriage were twelve children , of whom only five survive . While he was at Colyton , he became a decided advocate for adult
baptism , as opposed to that of infants , and for the administration of the rite by immersion . This change in his opinion and practice , was produced by reading and reflection : nor , at
any subsequent period of his life , did lie see cause to be dissatisfied with it ; though his sentiments on points of doctrine and discipline were professed with exemplary moderation towards those from whom he differed . His
avowal , however , of the principles of the Antipoedobaptisls , rendered it necessary for him to leave CoJyton . Accordingly , in March , 1705 , he removed to Taunton , where he succeeded Mr . Harrison ** in the
pastor-< ff Life of Dr . Savage , 13 , 14 . || Introduction to Sermon at Briduorl . § Dedication of the Letters to Sturges . ** The Rev . Richard Harrison was a native of York , whither lie retired a few years before his death , which took place in December , 1781 . To this gentleman Mr . Touhnin dedicated the Memoirs ofth * Life of Socinu « . For an account of Mr ^
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No . CXIX . ] NOVEMBER , 1815 . [ Vol . X .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/1/
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