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as a man of parts and learning , andfgood character . What greatly con ] -firmed the first good opinion of him was , that his own account of leav ing that Society and their Church , was confirmed by eTery < me both friends and enemies at Paris : where the whole was so public , that it was known and attested by many travellers , who happened to be at In thi
th ^ rs that time * s account every step by which he was gradually led to take his resolution was laid before the world , with so many jnhmte particulars , that the deceit must have been discovered , if there had been any . And in his private conversation , he was , from the begining , always ready , without reserve , to name every place , in which he had lived , through his whole education ^ and residence , amongst the Jesuits .
"I will not conceal from the reader that Mr . Pilloniere , did not , for some part of his time , behave towards me agreeably to his \ obligations . This , 1 soon found , was occasioned by my not judging it proper for me to interest myself at all , by any solicitations of mine , for promoting and increasing a collection of money , set on foot by some worthy gentlemen in his favour , without the least motion from me . And thk by degrees put an end to all direct eorriespondence between .
us . After this , he was vary profuse in giving away to others , in appearance of want , that competency which had been most kindly provided for him by his friends . By this weakness he soon found himself reduced to great necessities , and then accepted from me , through , a friend ' s hands , a small yearly allowance . But without any attempt * or suspicion of attempt , to supply his wants by forging money-note&j over the names of others .
"At length from the study of mathematical , and other useful branches of learning , he suddenly departed into the golden dreams of the lowest Chemical Projectors , This change ^ was succeeded by a sort of religious ipadjaess , in which he was not content with his usual great temperance , but brought himself tp believe that by the promises of God , in Scripture , a good mart might , by degrees , come to live at In this
without taking ^ riy sustenance . attempt , he went to such excess , ihat his condition at last could not receive any benefit from a contrary regimen . And by this management he brought himself to death , in the midst of imaginary visions , and nightly conversations with hearen / 5 Bp . Hoadly ' s Works , Vol . iii . p . 9 vj 8 , 929 ; or Vol . i . the Life , p . 24 . Note , being an Article in the Supplement to the BlOGRAPHU BttlTANNICA .
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A * f EXAMINATION OF THE CLERCyMA-N ' s REMARKS ON STONE ' S SEHMOTf . LETTER II . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , j In a former Letter * I made some observations on a piece which appeared in the Repository for Feb . last f entitled
* Vol . II . p . 176 . t Vol . II . p . 69 .
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An Examination of the Remarks on Stone ' s Sermon . 233
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 233, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/9/
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