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tttfrmSl ^ in wtitPhgs of this kin d or are ill ii ^ r « fed ^ it ^ Tti ^ an 4 ^ ecufiar manner t a& 3 on £ -dftief vfeyeP th ^ Bd ^ libtrt ?| fe ^ wSote ¦ was to render b ^ th ^ fre * pfinfciptes and ^ TObfs ;^ rWatii Fal feH igfoi * , which equall y ; condete ' ail ^ Htfe ^ t ^ sti ] ticttofi , fully ihteljm ^ te to allv by omitting , as much as possible ^ aHpTiiilpsd ^ hUaLaiail scholasticterms , aneL * ' reducing more" ^ yb 1 ye ^ . '\ aj ^' aBiOTUs . c dfefr > ons 4 ratiojis to a plainer forth / 1 It is thought fhatHe ^ destroyed hiSy health by too close an application to fliii $ 6 rTc » f * fa the second volume are annexed , rf Offices of J 5 ev 61 iari a suited
to the Principal Subjects treated upon iri the foregoiiig © fe- ' courses . ' ^ These prayers have 1 > een dcJ 5 % r . ire ^^ ?? ^ ' i ^ fiad tfi : eJt . ' ** rational andSublime * . " His wbrlcs were ffaKsM& ^ rfitS'fpr-eign languages and ^ spfead his name through distahEKr ^ \ Dr ^ Fo s te r * besides the works alreatly m ^ ritibbe 8 i * p ^ lf ^ KeiS several fiineral sermons ; as for Mrl Wilkesy ^ iTe ^ arher /^ is conceived , of the celebrated John W fllces Y fb >''' ffi " iS ^^ f 5 ^ Ash worth ; and for the Rev * and venerable CoriFes sior ^ TE BBias Emlyii ; ahef als <> an account of Lord Kilmafhb ^ k ; « 1 ^^^* § fVl is described as manl y * polished , flowing and pea ^ spa < jifi | B s ^ * f He paid /* gays Mr . Bulkley , ^ an habitu ^ iifttWtion : ro ibe
strength and purity of our language , and by ivis ^^ bres ^ Ti a * contributed not a tittle towards preserving itfs fb ¥ ce ^ 3 iKg--nity , amidst that crowd of loose and vend ! writers ^ ^^ ol ^ krc every day enfeebling and debasing it . His addr&is \ va ^ tt ^ ly and penetrating ; forcible , but yet soft and teticlerj ; ^ r ^ y ^^ d elevated , but neither boisterous nor assuming \\ -- ' . pA . fcjH * -...,..
Without employing any delusive arts to bribe the passions * to play with the imaginations and to impose on tfie understanding * he rose to great celebrity as a preacher . The scope and tendency of his discourses was practical and moral : the sentiments which he delivered , with freedom and without reserve , were rational and judicious : his voice was sweety strong , and harmonious : his action was graceful ., forcible ^ and grave , free from violence and distortion ; his appropriate , well-placed , and solemn pauses awakened attention ., and gave energy to -thr important truths he delivered . Pope has borne testimony iw his talents atxd his fame : — :
* Let modest Foster , if he will , excel ., Ten Metropolitans in preaching welL * " . ' ( ' * i ^^ Som e lines that were circulated in that dav , descri f itivafc of thedi'flferetit aianner and characters of the eminent DiB ^ erttha ^ Ministarsy ^ bis contemporaries * thus delineate biis ^ exceH ^ e ^ Miiess D « ncombe * j ' * jLccturci by several Eminent PtfspnsS * Vol / ll ? . pi fit 3 ermoa on the Death of £ tr « ^ owcr , p » . ' %% . " . .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 61, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/5/
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