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SI 4 3 Tr . Flower * s Reply # o Mr . Palmer , on the Life of Mr . Robinson
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I hope your readers will excuse me for repeating it . * Let young men in general , and young mi * nisfers in particular be warned , that in the choice of a wife , when pure affection , that affection which prefers the person chosen to all
other persons in the universe , is wanting , marriage , in the sight of God , is no better than legal prostitution , and happiness cannot be expected to follow /* Does Mr . Palmer ask— who is there needs
to be told this ? " I answer many young dissenting ministers in the circle of my acquaintance , and many more in the wider circle of Mr . Palmer ' s acquaintance , have v ^ ry seriously needed to be " told
this /* They , by not paying due attention to such a warning , have gone on miserably lamenting the little happiness to be found in do * mestic connexions , " the dear and tender charities of life ; " and it
need not excite surprise , if , unless their conduct was followed by repentance , their minds at times were exercised vvith u doubts and fears" as to the happiness they should enjoy in a future life !
Having thus defended my own sentiments on a subject of considerable importance , candour , or rather justice requires me to add —since writing the < c Memoirs ,
and within this fortnight , I have heard from good authority , 'that the fortune of the lady , on whom Mr . Orton ' s young friend had fixed his affections , did not exceed 5001 . Had this fact been
stated by the Editor , although it would by no means h&ve prevented my suggestions , would certainly have prevented my censuriag the advice of Mr . . Grton in
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the terms I have done . I am sorry this explanation was not given in the note subjoined by the Editor , as it would have tended to remove the suspicion of there having been any thing mercenary in the sentiments of a great and good man , who on account of his talents , his virtues , and his la * bours , will ever be esteemed one of the ornaments of the dissenting interest . It is however scarcely necessary to add , that were the
young men of the " genteel profession" of a dissenting minister , when they come from the academy or college , to have ladies pointed out to them as possessing ^ ' handsome fortunes , " and they , after making their choice , were to find the " handsome fortune ** did
not exceed 5001 . they would in general feel most woefully disappointed ! With respect to the other " error into which I have
fallen , " I was led into it , by Mr . Palmer himself . The title page to the excellent work alluded to , runs as follows : — ' * The Nonconformists * Memorial , &e . Originally written by E . Calamy % Z > . £ > . Corrected , abridged , &c *
by S . Palmer . " It was therefore natural for tne to suppose , that Mi \ Palmer ' s work was a n&w although a much improved edilion of Dr . Calamy ' s ; but I per- * ceive the latter did not bear that
title . As , however , this ?« small error * was scarcely worthy the notice of Mr . Palmer , it is as little worthy any faither notice from , ' Sir , Your constant reader * B . FLOWER .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/22/
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