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Re < u . T . Ur * wick— -Mrs . Kennaxvdy- ~ Mr . € r Wdnscy .
courses to oppose that doctrine . He -would also frequently express , at least in conversation , his regret at the prevalence , however gradual , of the opposite opinion , that our Saviour , tvith ^ 11 his divine powers and cominiini-< ations , was really and simply a man . These were the circumstances , which
gained , we are persuaded , for Mr . Urwick with many Ca ; vinists , that imputation which otherwise his excellent character , with such insufficient claims to ^ Orthodoxy would have fa iled to pro-¦ cure . It is but justice to the recollection of his valuable acquaintance , to add that he maintained a cordial
intercourse with those Christians by the progress of who . se opinions he too often suffered his mind to be disturbed : ^ Thu $ practising his own a / lvice in the funeral Sermon for his friend Mr . Farmer . He tajces occasion somewhere in that Sermon to inculcate candour amidst
disagreeing opinions m the present state , from the rather novel supposition that even in a future state there "will not exist on every subject a uniformity of sentiment . The above was written for insertion in our last number , but omitted for want of room .
We have since read an account of Mr . Urwick , in the Obituary of the Gentleman ' s Magazine , which contain ? the following pas age : —* He might be called a Dissenter of the Old School ; educated unde , r Doddridge , he carried the principles of his tutor with him tp the grave . Far removed from the
Socinianism and semi-scepticism of many modern Dissenters , he gloried in maintaining the doctrines of Christianity , plainly , as he thonght , revealed in the Gobpel , and explained by Howe , Watts , and Doddridge , amongst the Dissenters , and Divines of the . same sentiments in the established Church . " This
attempt to connect Socinians and Sceptics is quite worthy of the publication where it appeared , and which has so long been as notorious for theological rancour as it is respectable on jnany other accounts . The other attempt to make Mr . U . " a Dissenter of the
Old School , " which if it ineans anything must mean that lie was a Calvinivtic Dissenter , we are persuaded will fail with any who are acquainted with the writings of the Divines mentioncd , and were familiar with pbv
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preaching of Mr . U . Those Divines , ( we speak not of the latter years of Watts , ) were professed believers in the Trinity , and held the five points in the 'Calvinistic sense ; though possessing a predominant turn to practical religion , they failed to satisfy their more doctrinal brethren . Mr . U . on the
contrary , instead of teachin g the Trinity and the Calvinistic points , was accustomed to enforce the duties of a . holylife from views * and expectation ? com * mon to all Christians . The writer who has occasioned these remarks , appears to have forgotten how many theological schools tnere have been betweea . those of Watts ani Priestley .
Were it of any consequence to place Mr * U . a » y where but » in tl > e school of Christ , he might perhaps be classed with such Divines as Martin Tonoiins , who maintained against Watts th £
doctrine of Qne God the Father only , and yet formed very hi gh ideas © f the yre * existent dignity of Christ , and the influence of his death upon the pardon of . sin , though fax removed from the Calvinistic doctrines of satisfaction and
imputed righteousness . We have been very unexpectedly called to extexid this article , thinking it our duty upon such good authority , to strip Orthodoxy of the borrowed plumes with which she had adorned herself . At the Sjame time we are not surprised , that any persons should desire ta > rank such a man as Mr . U-in their communion .
At the house of Mr . C . S tower , Paternoster Row , March the first , in the 56 th year of her age , Mrs . HANNAH KEN NAWAY , daughter pf the late Mr . Roheit Kennaway , of Exeter ,
Her piety was sincere and unaffected , and ner fortitude under many severe trials , evinced a firmness of mind seldom equalled . Her good sense , ^ nd cheerful and affectionate disposition endeared her to all who knew her . Her death
is a lass to those who were connected with her by the ties of nature and affection , which time and the hop ^ sof a better world only can soften . £ March 10 , at Warminster , . aged . 50 ,
Mr . GEORGE WANSEY , a wemfcr of the Unitarian Congregation in that place . * ' We was by nature endowed with a cle <* r and comprehensive understanding , which had been improved > y ! education a ^ d enlarged fry stud / i »
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516 Obituary .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 216, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/48/
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