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selves , according to their ability , in spreading the gospel in this country . ** I rejoice to find that the Committee of that Fund € have pledged themselves to bring Mr . Adam ' s application for assistance before their brethren in this country . " I flatter
myself the Unitarian bt > dy will not suffer themselves to be appealed to in vain , and from their nuniber , consequence , wealth and liberality , an ample fund will be promptly created for carrying on this great work with success , fiut , independently of the zeal and exertions
of the Committee , I think a direct public appeal may be made to advantage , through the medium of the Monthly Repository and other channels , and congregations and individuals invited , without any further delays to furnish contributions . Being fully convinced that the most happy and
important results will follow our united endeavours , I very cheerfully inclose you Ten Pounds to be applied exclusively to the promotion of the Unitarian cause in India , and shall be glad to become an annual contributor whenever a plan is properly organized for carrying on this great work J . . R
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No . CCCCIV . Virtuous Earl of Pembroke . When Queen Anne ascended the throne , the Earl of Pembroke resigned his post of Lord High Admiral of England , to make way for her
consort , Prince George of Denmark . From this circumstance , he was offered a large pension , to which he replied , " That however convenient it might be for his private interest , yet of it inconsistent
the accepting was with his principles , and , therefore ' , since he could not have the honour of serving his country in person , he would endeavour to ao it by his example . "
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tlertian , he saw some people on the highway before him , with their Bibles under their arms . Said the Doctor to his companion , Here Ste wise
Precisians ; I do not believe they can tell me how many , commandments there are , as zealous as they , seem < 6 be / Up gets he to them : * You are going , I suppose / said the Doctor , * to hear some sermon this afternoon /
* Yes , we are / said they . ' c You cannot stay at home with your neighbours , to divert yourselves !* * No , we cannot and will not / € Pray / said he , 'how manv Commandments are there ?*
One that knew him stepped up and said * Eight / ' I told ydu / said the Doctor to the gentleman , ' * how wise these zealous Precisians are . ' * Nay / said the plain , honest man , I know there were Ten Commandments y but the Papists blotted out the Second , TTiou shall not make to thyself any graven image , &c . ; and one 0 r .
Ironsides blotted out the Fourth , Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy : and between the Papists and him , they left but Eight / You may easily imagine how the Doctor looked ; and how merry the gentleman was , that he was so caught in trying ignorant , zealous Precisians/— Vindicite Anti-Bawtertante . 12 mo . 1696 , pp . 21 , 22 .
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CLEANINGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COURSE OF GENERAL READING . No . CCCCIII . Anecdote of Dr . Ironsides . Dr . Ironsides was one of the High Churchmen in the time of Charles I
_ who wrote against the morality of the Sabbath : * a zealous Independent , of about the same period , has preserved the following tale relating to him . '
" It is storied of Dr . Irvnsides , that , riding on the Lord ' s-Day with a gen-* Seven Questions of the Sabbath . Oxon . 1637 , 4 to . On the Restoration , he was raised to the See of Bristol . He died there , Sept . 19 , 1671 . Wood . Athen . Oxon . 4 to . III . 940 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 237, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/45/
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