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but too seldom succeeds with young people . But the subject of our memoir had the happiness to perceive that his labours were not in vain ; and his attention to the widows with their infant families ,
which the course of Providence threw tinder his protection , afforded a striking proof of his paternal benevolence . Having been for the last two years visibly breaking ip his , constitution , he was several months confined to his bed , where
he enjoyed the kind visits of a large circle of friends , amongst the most constant of whom was the very worthy clergyman of the establishment in whose parish he resided . On the Sunday following his decease , a sermon was preached oil the occasion from those words of
Paul which he had selected for the purpose , ** There remaineth , therefore , a rest for the people of God . A large and respectable audiencefcattended , whose tears wef e mixed with those of his surviving relatives . Indeed , all who knew him were struck with his venerable appearance , admired the primitive simplicity of his manners , and entertain an unfeigned respect for his memory .
Dqver * B . M . 1810 / May 2 O > in the 78 th year of his age , the Rev . THOMAS ROBINS , of JDaventry , Northamptonshire . He was born in the year 173 $ , at the village of Keysoe , in Bedfordshire , where his father , a respectable farmer , lived to an advanced age . He was a man of a
superior , understanding and exemplary piety , who brought up a numerous family in a reputable manner . This his third « od , being early inclined to , literary pursuits and to the office of the ministry , among Protestant dissenters , had the principal , part of his gram / nar education
at Woblafcton , in Northamptonshire , whichuhe finished under Mr . ( afterwards Dr . ) Aikin , who , for nxaoy , years , kept a boarding-school at , Kibworth , near Market Harborough . From thence , at the lisual age , he removed to Northampton , where he entered ; pn a ' course of
academical studies under the superintendancc of the -great and ^ good t > r . Doddridge Bu % the doctor being removed b y death within little more tfran a > year after he began hi * course , ( . which was in October , 175 «*) the , & « V . Caleb Ashworth , of Daventry , was cfrpsen principal tutor , whom the . doctor had . ; recommended as his successor . As soon as due accommodation could be provided , the academy was removed thither , and there
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Mr . Robins , with several others of t&r students , ( among whom was the late Rev . Nathaniel White , of the Qld Jewry , ) pwv sued and finished his studies . In these several situations it was observed , that he was greatly beloved by
his fellow pupils , for his amiable temper , and much distinguished by his tutors , as a youth of very promising abilities and diligent application , as well as of a truly pious disposition ; so that high expectations were then entertained of him ; and
it is well known to many acquainted with him , especially to those who attended his ministry , that those expectations were not disappointed . The first congregation in which he statedly exercised the ministerial office was at Stretton , in Warwickshire , which
was about the year 1756 , and shortly after he married a daughter of Mr . Clark , of Attleborough , near Nuneaton , who died some years before him . Though he received ordination to the pastoral office while he "was at Stretton , not considering that as a situation for any long continuance , such was his delicate sense
of honour , that he would not suffer the congregation to be at the expense attending it , but took it upon himself . In the year 17614 he received an unanimous and pressing invitation from a congregation at West-Bromwich , in Staffordshire , which he was induced to
accept ; and there he continued about fourteen years , much beloved by his people , and highly acceptable as a pracher in the neighbouring congregations , as well as greatly respected by their ministers . Indeed , ^ ie had so many friends and agreeable connections in that . populous district , and found his services so
acceptable and useful , that his situation was extremely pleasant to Himself , and he felt no inclination to leave it , but : considered himself as fixed fp ^ lifeJ Providence , however , had- qtfterwise idctermzbecL ' v ' Upon the ^ eatli of the 't ^ v . Dr . ^ shworth , of Daventry , in the : year V 77 ^>
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S 62 Obituary .- — Rev . Mr . Robins .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/42/
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