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mttiiif « ot be a matter incuiiotrs to t ^ remlt ' t ta itesxt ^^ thnt' ^ u ^ circum : ? stffi ^ r ' * $ &fc * tr * e first cause of the subse _ q&ni ittfrddootiottf of-the glorious xlofe _ tririi of ifnitariahism in Brighton . * The M&a&i& * &i&-ione > i 6 f' the first who had ?
tKe ^ CMtotff&f professing and suppoTting irHfcat ^ l&ee ? * he « rn © re extended views ofGtfd ' s'ifrve ' to fits creatures , —though it m ^ stat ttxe saiWe time be acknowle ^ gy abfcnsver carried her sentiments fairer bn thi& subject than as taught
by the latd 'Mri Winchester ;— -this may be acc <^^ > 1 st . Byl ^^ relief ^ rliieliher mind had itf | & ® g a&d * anxiously sought , being affei ^ & ^ n ^ tfa&P doctrine of un iversal rcit ^ ei ^ K ' ~ - ' ' " '• ¦ ' ¦ ' -
- 2 d ! y This doctrine was founded on heritfcady pre-conceived notions of divine ^ © tofet as a vicawoas sacrifice , &c . &c . and 3 § # ry ^ Connected with this , her being tlettaWr ^ dia ^ that drAd of life , when
tfte mind seldom disengages itself from e *^ early ifcpMftfr . ItiTtfae universal d 6 € tnnethet « fore from that period she bfah lived and rejoiced , and maintained i | tb fe ^ ffcsMii * Wa ten * fter b £ uncommon natural s ^ tne ^ iR « nrf benevolence , she United
uttttfmflfrg M t& $ 3 i&gss of- haractfcr in a ^ vHng Mid foUoWlng the oon vk tion > ofrfer ^ r ^ M ^^ Aftibiting through the wfrt ^ tdtir § e ^ f h ^ F Kfe , an example of M % « tyV <* f Clhf ^ tian meekness , arid \ rti& # fected tfiety > -Oenerous and faithful
iri ^ hcr ^ fri ^ rjaiihl ^ s—sh e was aho mild atfif ^ cablgtty her enemies conducting It ^ etf through In the relations of life with susft H ^^> ect and a ttention to its < fiilfti 4 ^ 1 fia ^ h 6 ^\ eho be ^ t knew her , e ^ ec ^ ed arid honoured her the most . offers
* Me ^ i ^ e # ^ ild ' this imperfect tritefl ^«| ft dfep ^ rted worth of the ten - ^ tesl , fh « ^ hfo ^^ fFet tionate of mothers , cHttbot conclude ' Without expressing a h ^* , ^ tHal ^^ ler sample may have its
due effect ; and her memory , and her vftlm m&fiie * & cherished by those WB 6 ^ rv ^ thkt it may be said of a ^ th , " being-dead she yet spcaketh . "
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arr dhsciiccvtH ^ ge Northamptonshire , butt fram' his eigkth till his twentieth year appear * z to- feave resided with hit father ^ "who ^ was many years pastor of the'Geuerai Baptist Church at March , in Cambridgeshire , when he went to London , and acted as an assistant in a
school of respectability , Conducted by the Rev . Mr . Noble , predecessor of the Rev . J . Evaos ^ ujttali ry ing himself at the same time for the ministry , till he accepted , an invitation from the Church of Portsmouth to become their pastor , to which office he was ordained on the
30 th July , 1771 ; his father , the Rev . Thomas Mills , the Revs .- —Evershed , Sparshott , and J . Sturch officiating on the occasion * This situation he filled till the ^ month of April , I 8 iz , a period of upwards of forty years , when from the debility of age , and an increasing weight of infirmities lie felt obliged to
resign . The latter years of his life were much afflicted , but as might have been expected , they served only to perfect his patience , and display his resignation . His decease happened on the 9 th Sept . last , being then in his 75 th year , and his remains were interred a few days afterwards in the General
Baptist Meeting-house , on which occasion an appropriate address was delivered by the Rev . Jos * Brent , of GodaJmin ; who further improved the event of his death , in an impressive discourse , to a respectable and numerous audience on the Sunday evening-following , from the words of Paul to Titus , Ohap . iv . verses 7 and 8 .. was
As a man Mr ^^ & . ejcemplary in the discharge of every duty ; affection ' ate as a husband , kind and benevolent as a relative , steady and firm as a friend ; he was attached to the cause of liberty * civil and religious , an advocate £ ot
learning , and a promoter of free inquiry . —As a minister he did not stand high in the scale of popularity , though much close reasoning * and sound argument were to be found in his discourses * which were ever addressed to the
understanding of his hearers , and though sensible of the importance of just views of religion , his aim Was generally td improve the morals arid ; correct the heart . As a Baptist he was ever strenuous for that ordinance being administered by immersion , as he was thoroughly satisfied that such was the rqpdc adopted by Jesus , followed br his apostles , and left for his example . At i
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Obituarys ~* Re * . John Mills . 74 *
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»* c .-,,, w Km * John Mills . Z ^ M ' to & mfrr iirttTS Mfi . 1 . 8 , late ™ ro * * f th ^< Jaieral Baptist Church , "&& % ^ ti ^ t ^^ Thottias ^ Street , Porta-^ outh ^^ FllteS ^ owj ^ d 4 ^ of
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1813, page 743, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2434/page/51/
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