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Joined" to Mr . Orion ' s letter , contains the opinion of the Editor as to Mr . Orton ' s meaning ; and the letter which follows expresses the satisfaction of the latter , on finding that the lady on whom his young friend had fixed his affections , possessed such a fortune , as might render the proposed
match prud-ent . My objection however , to the original passage , as it stands in the letter quoted , remains in its full force ; the public being left in the dark as
to what Mr . Or ton meant by " a handsome fortune , " whicH he holds out to his young friend " he might reasonably expect to meet with in a wife , as many other dissenting ministers hacT < Jone . "
Mr * Palmer in Ids observation oti the necessity of ' * prudence , " informing the conjugal relation , has only enforced what I had already huited on tb f subject ; but when he reminds young ministers , what they arc not very generally
apt to lose sight of , their expectations of a fortune in a wife * on account of their liberal education , and genteel profession , " he ^ in my humble opinion , adds weight
to the cautions I have suggested * Although no one I hope , esteems a worthy , sensible , disinterested minister of the gospel more than myself , yet , I confess this esteem is not so much on account of his
" liberal education , or genteel profession / ' but for his "work-sake . It is no disparagement to the worth of a man , that he is , as is generally the case with
dissenting ministers , indebted for his " liberal education / ' to the liberality of others j and as to the notion of th $ gentility of the profession of a teacher of Christianity ,
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it appears to me to be one of those fancies , generated from the cor * ruptions which have , unhappily pervaded the purity of Chri&ti * , anity in all established churches } and , although in a less degree , io most of the churches which dissent from them . Mr * Palmer is a
master in our dissenting Israel ,- and I believe I am as well acquainted , with , and as much indebted to his valuable writings on the subject of ncn-confonnity , as most persons ; but I do not recollect to have
met in any part of them , nor , I may add , in any part of the New Testament , directions to young ministers to give attention to—66 a handsome fortune in th& choice of a wife , which they have a right to expect on account of their liberal education , and
genteel profession . " In short , a dis * senting minister ranks as respecta bly in civil society , as any other class of men ; but if his ideas on the nature of the Christian ministry are drawn from the discourses of
our Saviour , and from the Epis * ties , he will not think himself entitled to more worldly honour on account of . his " profession /' than the respectable tradesman or mechanic . The kingdom of Christy is not of this world ; and ' every one knows , or ought to know , the literal me&nins : of the word
minister . Mr . Palmer adds : — Mr , Flower observes , that marrying for money , without affi-ciion to the person , is no better than legal prostitution ; ' and then asks , — " who is there that needs to be
told this ? " My language is , however , much stronger thari that professedly quoted ; and consider * ing the importance of thq subject ,
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Jtfr . Ftoiver ' s Reply to Mr . Palmer , on the Life of Mr . Robinson . 5 l 3
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 313, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/21/
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