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    plai n > the vie ws xvi t ; h which th q Liverpool Liturgy was originally composed , and the reasons for

    laying it aside : " that it was not p rojected by the dissatisfied among the Dissenters with their old forms , but by disinterested charity for the wants of dissatisfied members

    of the Establishment . These persons , however ^ not coming forward as was expected , the undertaking was laid aside . Its original projectors , not finding their disinterested attempt successful , were not disposed to give up the substance for the shadow /**

    Those who had been originally Dissenters went * with their minister , to the chapel in Benn ' s Garden , from which they had , mostly , separated . With the worthy

    minister of that chapel , the Rev . Robert Lewin , Mr . Clayton continued jo be the colleague till his f $ Hm « i l to Warrington , in the p-ipg ©/ I 7 ai . —Those few who Hai b # en churchmen continued

    at the Octagon , 1 $ had always been Mr . Clay - ton ' s custom , both before and after Ws engagement at the Octaf ? Hirwy carefully topre-compose his public devotional services . 5 uoK a , practice was at all times

    suited to his own humility , and to his profound veneration for the perfections of the Deity . These services , as well aa his more private , family devotions , were certainty entitled to rank among the Wost perfect models of that

    diffi-Scmte very ill-tempered remarks on ** 9 * sermon having- appeared in the , roriew Of it in tlie Gentleman's Maga-¦ ¦ t oSk ^' W * wcre replied to with ^ fcAbte ' shrc % diie 8 S by the Rev . 2 ^^ tfceii of Macclesfield , af-M- . t , % ,

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    cult species of composition : and a more acceptable present could scarcely be offered to the public , than such a judicious selection of his sermons and prayers , as his

    worthy brother-in-law , their present possessor , would have it in his power to make . Nor can the writer of these notes perceive that it would be any violation of fraternal confidence , or offence a-

    gainst the unobtru-ivp modesty which characterized their author ; who did not abstain from appearing before the public through any jealousy of his productions

    coming abroad , but was always ready , with trite benevolence , to communicate his manuscripts to his friends , particularly his young friends , who wished to peruse them . f

    Of his sermons , few persons have ever heard him preach without being struck with the excellence of the composition , and the originality and importance of the sentiments . It was a common

    -f A particular instance of thfe is recollected . When , in the year 1779 t on an occasional visit to Warrington , he had preached an excellent sermon on the danger of being influenced by the judgment of the world from x Cor . iV . 3 , 4 . some of the students had medita * ted a request to he allowed to print

    it 3 when , hearing of their intention from Dr , fenfteld , whom they had coh + suited on the subject , he scric them the manuscript with the following note ; u Mr . C . desires to express his best thanks to tho ^ e young gentlemen who had the goodness to hear his sermot * with attention , and to judge of it with candour . —The sermon itself is at their

    service , if they think it worth the perusal . But as he has no reason to expect the same indulge'rtceV frbm - thk world , he' trusts thah : * upofa 1 && # h&it orer , tnty will seiS sufficient reason ibr his declining a request , whiefr'k ^ ovld cive Kim 'i ' ain td Yef » s < J / '

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    Historical Account of the Warrington Academy . 627

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 627, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/3/