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sciwtttf ^ la stUe ejteneise las patfc ^ stegg 0 * i Pett alwaysappeared in hi » 4 * wn eh&racterv 4 isi * ttei « ateii 9 4 > on < le&cencli& liberal and generous . After the first visit , he was no where a stranger- His patient * were bis fiietlds , This was the ease no less With tlifc poor than . with persons ingood circumstances . The boot
knew and felt this , anil hence he was always denominated by them < 4 The Poor Man ' s Friend /* The blessing of them that were ready to perish came upon Mm . A great number of individuals in humble U § e to whom he had been a benefactor , bewailed his death , and still lament bitterly their own loss . No man . perhaps , hi his station , was ever followed
m the grave by more or deeper mourners ; consisting too ef that class of persons whose mourning is the dictate not of fashion but © tf the heart , fig was , indeed , « worthy for whom ** t h ^ y ** should do this / 9 He took real pteastwe in being
serviceable W ms poor neighbours . ? requeutly , after a fatiguing day , and when be was beginning to e » ioy the comforts of his fireside , he bag called to mind sonae pa tie At < of this class wfeo expected his visit , aod regardless of Weather and every other loeonveftienee * has proceeded
to the abode of want and disease , at a considerable distance from his own habitation . One of the last efforts of his failing speech , ( as it is stated in & note to the Funeral Sermon , p . 44 , ) was an expiattatida to his servant of the residences of some poor patients , whom he was anxious to inform of his illness * leal they should suffer in mind or body
from his non-attendance . Nothing can more strpjjgjy iljustrate the power of Dr . F 6 ttV excellent ; character than the degree of sespe ^ t an 4 esteem which he enjoyed ainongst the members of his owri profession , whom He concili ated , amidst differeaciss <* f opfiuion and interest , by bis frank conduct a&d
amiable manbert * . , He was a bond of union to gurfiof ^ em a * were In his own neighbourhood t those that were at a distance put confidence in him , on account of his widespread moral reputation . In general tsocfety , Or . Pett was an universal' favourite . His manners
were easy but dignified , indicating all that Is intended by the word gentleman . He was drffldent ' , but toot reserved . Asocca * 4 o » otfered , he took hU ehare in conversation , &tJd bis teai&ris * displayed a and
higKly- « tilti ^ tei ^ vfell ^ tored mind . HU oMtd * 6 HariGe bespoke 4 m 6 'character it ^^ ' ^^^^ yoiid ^ dui ^ rti *^ « P * fe ^ mmki hfa * to&m& * i / mfo tymvvipGkfc tie * ha& t hi
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faic ^ a deeft eeaae ^ eobligathHi thaft iie ^ apoe a £ hi $ stiaii : to ^ dD good ;; and s « ch was * i 3 humility that he frequently lameated the small aaxouat (^ hi 9 use fulness . There wa » scarcely ja public object dependent upon private iibemltty for support , within . Ms own religious jdew nommation . to which he i ^ as aot ^ a
subscrlber ; and many were his contributions to : distressed individuals aad decayed fa ^ milies , known to few beside * the i ^ cipi' ents of his bounty an < jl Him who ^ eetii ki seeret ^ M ^ fo in ^ provefuents m the conditiofi of hifcfeiiaw-creataares be was eagerly devoted , especially such as . ^ ssune withiti
the scope of his profession * Having thoroughly studied from the beginning * aad watched the operation ef Dr . Jenner * s discovery , he was a zealous udvocate for vaccination * which he believed wou ! 4 finally exterminate the small-pox , at at leaat take away the malignity of
the disease , fie therefore dbcoairaged the variolus iooculatioa , and partly as a trustee of the parish of Hackney r and partly as a physician , he procured the disuse of t } ie practice amongst the paro ^ chiai dependents . He drew » p a pApet en the comparative advantages of : the two inoculation g , to which he gained th ^ — — ~ — ™ ^ M ^ ¦ ¦ - ^^ ^^ rw ^ r ^ ^^^ w ^ i ^^ r- ^^ P ^ BV ^^ «^^ - ^^^^ ^^ ^ v ^^ - ^^ Jf
signatures of the medical practlticmers ^ Hackney , and this determined the mrof ludoQ of the guardians of the )* oor , r Without any ostentatten of profession ^ Dr . Pett w « is a decided Christian . He had * Httle relish for theological at } d tne ^ taphysical niceties , but he etitered with his heart and soul into those great view of religion which regard the perfection of
the Divine character , and the improve * m ^ nt and happiness of the htnnadr race He despised the munanery of super ^ ti ^ tion , and shrunk wi $ b aWorreoce from the appearance of bigotry- He . wasaPro teatant X > bsenter , because-he l ^ eili ^ ed
that the principles of Protestant Disaient Me at the foundation of truth and liberty j he was an Unitarian , because lie viewed Unitardatitom aa the only scheme of Christianity that represents it to < 6 e wor * thy of a Divine author . His conn ^ sion with tfae Gk ^ avel-Pit congregfitidii at Hack *
uey was , it is believed ^ a source of ^ ati $ ^ faction to himself ; it was , certainlyV a matter of rejoicing to his Ghrsitian bre * threw . Many inwtanoen were tteere in his conduct , of the kttewat which he toe *; im titoiB diffusion > 4 d MJriptura * trut ^ i it deserves to be memtioneid ^ that he was
one of a small number of liberal and euHglitaated Individttals wtiay \ ioth >* &&& press thfeir coi « dial irkmddhlp for Mh BelBhabti uttd ^ iso ^ on ^ ta xthd knciKrlfidge of the Scriptures ^ whioh ; M «* . tieMmw '* life has be « W tt ^ tla tofa *^^ tm plan fer bringlog out the w Gom *
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of Gbititar ^ -r-Br . Pelt . ill
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1823, page 111, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1781/page/47/
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