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sory office of the virgin and the martyrs . " To what cc Form" of prayer N . L . T . alludes , I know not : but he ought to be informed that Mr . Howard belonged to a body of people , the Protestant Dissenters , by whom no Form is used , and by whom no such expressions are adopted . With regard to his religious sentiments in general , with which I had the best opportunity for being acquainted , 1 will take upon rnc to say , ' with confidence , that tho' he had no such
contempt for the . Assembly ' s Catechism" as your correspondent discovers , he had no such bigoted partiality for it , as the above mode of expression insinuates ; much less did he make fhat formqla the standard of his faith ! So far from
being implicitly guided in his belief by what was " taught by either the nurse or the priest , " Mr , Howard called no man master in religion , but read and judged freely for himself , and shewed Jiimself favourable to freedom of
inquiry in others ; nor did he anathematize those that differed from him in opinion . It is true , he imbibed the system which is commonly called u moderate Calvinism / ' as taught by Watts and Doddridpe : but he
never discovered a bigoted , or overjealous attachment to the peculiarities oi' that system . He was not fond of hearing controversial sermons of any kind , but preferred such as were devotional and practical . Such were those of the
pious Mr . Townsendj of Stoke Ne wing ton , on whose ministry he attended in the parly part of life , and with whom he maintained a lasting friendship and correspondence * When in London , he prin-
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cipally frequented the ministry of the late excellent Dr , Stennett , who preached a sermon on occa * sion of his death . In the place where he resided in the country , he was rather obnoxious to some
party zealots on account of his , moderation and candour . I must inform your correspondent , as a decisive proof of Mrr Howard ' s liberality , that one of his most intimate friends from his
youth , and one of his ? chief correspondents to the last , was the late Dr . Richard Price . " If any further proof be needed , that the insinuation of N . L . T . is
unfounded , I must acquaint him that Mr . Howard placed his son , on the Doctor ' s recommendation ^ under the tuition of the late Mr .
George Walker , of Nottingham , though after a time , he saw occa * . sion to remove him . From these circumstances your
readers will conclude , that your correspondent was very imperfectly acquainted with Mr . Howard ' s religious character , which indeed he himself seems to inti
mate by introducing his account with " perhaps . " What should have induced him to throw out so severe a sarcasm upon a man of whose benevolence he expresses
so high an idea , I wilt not hazard a conjecture , as " perhaps" I maybe mistaken . Happy shall I be if what 1 have written should
convince him of his mistake , or pre - vent the propagation of it in the minds of your readers . Relying on your professed and approved impartiality for the insertion of this communication , I ana , Sir , Respectfully yours , S . PALMIER .
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20 Mr . Palmer on the Religious Principles of Mr . Hotbard .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1811, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2412/page/20/
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