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able , who had enjoyed the happiness of being on * of his pupils . And ; the pro * Cession was attended by a number of as sincere mourners as evcc-. followed a Corpse to the graven x . ^ - ^ .
Mr . "Watson preached the futieral ser tnOn on the JLord ' s day following , to a . ^ crowded auditory . The substance has been published , together with a Memoir ^ from -which this article is extracted . The Rev . Mr . Toller ,. who
had a peculiar intimacy with , Mr . Robin * , from the time that he finished his studies under his direction to the last period of his life , delivered a pathetic discourse to bis own congregation at Kettcriijg , on the Sabbath following the intermdnt , on ¦ ¦ % Kings iu ia . My father * my father * tb * chariot of Israel * and the
horsemen thereof * Sec . when , after a just encomium on the virtues of the deceased , he added , — " There may have been more brilliant , striking , nay useful characters ; but taking him altogether , and considering his ' character-as a whole , it was the
most consistent , accurate and complete that I ever knew . Many a time have I left his company with this reflectict ] ,-4 Surely this is the disciple ivbom yesus loves" The clergyman also , who officiated at Mr , Robins ' s funeral , bore an
honourable testimony to his worth , in ths pres ^ n ^ e of a , large company of attendants at t ^ e iijpjLise of mourn ing . ^ hoii ^ t * IVtr . RciBins w&S peculiarly qualified to instruct the public , so low was his estimate of his own talents , that he never published any thing with his name , ex c £ ptan Abridgement of a large
manuscript treatise of Mr , Matthew Henry on Baptism , in the possession of his two daughters , who were members of the church of whichvMr . It , 7 was pastor at West-Bromwich , and at the request of several who had perused it , who justly thought it too prolix . This Abridgment was executed in a manner that did great credit to his judgment . The only piece
of his ^ wn composition , "was drawn up at the earnest request of a friend , for " TLc Protestant Dissenter ' s Magazine , " and this was anonymous , viz . f ? Memoirs of the Rev . Thomas Strange , ' * minister at Ki . sby , in Northamptonshire ; which was afterwards prefixed , with sonata small
alterations , to a volume of MruStrange ' s Poothuliious Sermons . And it has been qorhnieRdcd by the best judges , as a very interesting and instructive piece of biography , whkh slicwed with what advantage he might have appeared as an author .
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After he was laid aside frotia his pytlk services , he was often solicited by some judicious friends ^ to publish a volume or two of his Sermons ; but so law wais the opinion which he entertained of them ,
that he could not be prevailed upon to dp it > ? iA friend , spiae ^ hort time since , reqtiested his p 4 jfmlssion to select a small number from ^ is manuscripts , an < 4 to pripjt only a few copies Iqar the private use of himself and some of ! his
acquaintance , offering to defray the whole ^ expense ; but he would by no means yield his consent . Thi * may , perhap ^ , be censured , as carrying the virtue pf jbumility to » culpable extreme / This Obituary of thfe excellent man shall dose with an encomium of him
alresudy before the public ; than ; i w ) hif : h scarcelyvany thing cap be conceived to afford a attpiiger testimony to his wprth . It is from the pen of the Rev . TThomas Belsham , who had the best opportunity for appreciating his virtues and his talents , from his intimate connexion with
him , both in the academy and the congregation ; and it was written long after that change in his own theological system , on account of which he honourabl y quitted his connexion with both . —In his *« Discourse at Hackney , on the
resignation of his office there , Ma ) r 5 , 1803 , " Mr . Belsham has the following note . ^ in ^ tile-year' ^ xyST ^ t was appointed bj , ^ r-Cbward's Trustees , ti » tor of the academy at © aventryV "* -1 ti . jiiiccession to the Rev . Thomas Robins ^ who was , in
consequence of the loss of his voice , under the necessity of resi gnui ^ ' < & * & ^ ° - nourable and important situation , which for several years after the death , of jpr , Ashworth , he had filled with great
reputation ^ acceptance , and _ . su ^ jes 5 .. ' . ; JThc uncommon talents and . virtues , cf ' this most excellent person * ( who , t trust , will pardon me tor introducing his name on this occasion , ) can pnjly fee , exceejded by that extraorilinary degree " ., cjf ; humility and s&lf-4 iffidenc £ , / which * unfortutne witn ?
naceiy , xpir wpnq > , nas connnea - in comparatively a v ^ ry lirrt ( ted sphere , the beneficial iuftueiyre of * thpse various acquisitions , of th ? kt singular facility of communicating instruction , ap 4 oX that eminent example of ^ ajtiopal piety , which , in a more public , an d cpi ^ Picuous situation ^ might hayii feeen proauctirc of the most signal benefit tp ^ mankind . * 18 ro , Sunday , June io , died , aged 19 * SARA FJ fr youngest daughter of the late Rev . Edward PROW 1 TT , Unitari ^
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364 Obituary . — Sarah Prowitt .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 364, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/44/
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