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    to have no other regard to this world , than as a sphere of usefulness ; and was always forming schemes of personal or public

    benefit , for the accomplishment of whieh his prudence , courage and zeal singularly qualified him . His expenses , in showing hospitality and relieving distress , were great ; and bis acts of charity numerous . His principles , as to religious distinctions , were catholic ; and his love was not confined to

    any set or party of Christians . " He regarded the appearances of sincere religion , more than any distinguishing names and characters ; and exceedingly valued a good man and a man of integrity ., to what denomination soever he belonged . ' * His sense of religiorgi was genuine , deep and habitual ; and went far into the secret and retired parts of a devotional life *

    His first engagements in the morning , it appeared from his diary , consisted in spending an hour m secret converse with Godj by reading the scriptures , meditation and prayer ; at night another hour was given to the same exercises , uniting with them a review of the day , a strict examination how ^ very hour had been employed , and suitable reflections as

    occasion required , humbling himself , adoring the goodness of God , renewing his sacred purposes , exciting himself to greater usefulness and imploring the divine conduct , direction and help . It was also his custom , when at home to retire , before or afterdhiner , for a short prayer ; and when abroad to send up an ejaculatory address to heaven . Such was his uniform practice ; and , besides the days of fasting and thanksgiving already mentioned , as observed by himself in private , he often solemnized such days with the members of his church , sometimes in his own house , and at other times in the congregation * By these means he acquired a temper of mind holy and heavenlv in a high degree - * J . T . August 20 thy 1807 .

    * N . B . The above Memoir , is chiefly drawn from the Funeral Sermon for Mr . Bennet , preached at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , September rst , 1726 , by the Rev . Isaac Worthington . This gentleman was pastor of the congregation of Protestant Dissenters , in the city of Durham . He received his academical learning from the Rev . Mr . Frankland , into whose seminary , at Rathnal , he entered April 2 y 1691 . He was ordained 26 th May , 1698 . When , and where he died , and other particulars relative to his history , the writer of this has no means of ascertaining .

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    Menioirs of the Rev . Benjamin Bennet . 45 $

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1807, page 459, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2384/page/7/