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desire ; if he see it good that I should continue longer in life */ utf i ^ emy < zviiiL' * During the whole period of hitf sickness , whilst reason remained he expressed ^ both to the writer of tbis , and to
oti&rs , the * most thorough c ^ n . victjori of the truth , the iaiportance r -and the valoeof 4 he views of Christianity he had embraced . Speaking ta a respected -visiting relatrv ^ as he afterwards relate d tb ^ conversation to the present £ the
writer ^ o apprehensions enter tained by his friends , that the exerti&&& he had used to promote the spread of the opinions be had lately ad © pted r iiad ^ been * he occasion * of his' illness ^ he said—^ So th oroughly ^ im I satisfied tfapat-the-se » iimem& I & $ ve received
&qp&i& 4 ft& i $ r i * th ?> of * o much im « portance ^ nmfi 4 cilKl -do I- dee m tb 4 $$ a 14 asftd ¦ feQLpleasetl - am I in reflec ^ i ng ^ o ^^ what I ' havq done to propugftte { h&fei ^ that I do most sofel ^^ ide ^ lare ^ that had I been a&tire $ i&t th € v tii ^ e I made those
^ eri&ofis ., that thk in disposition wottid i > e the ^ onsequence , [ would ^ tiil / h a ^ e'ttrade t hem /^ Speaking 4 d hf ^ irieod who writes this , a iew days before his death , of the in % tfence of his religious princiliks , h ^ sai ^ ^ I h « awe ne ^^ rvbeen itt
ko trwty fea ^> py fny 4 it ^ tt ^ faring the l < £ 0 $ 4 i ^ fL . ^ fcif j nh 4 MfWr ^ ai * lei ^ & ^ ed 4 tiring . 4 tiy former illneifi ttie ^ acfe ^ Irnd joy I h »* e cxperi ^ mred rti to u gh this . I haVe ftiovti ^ imhkit TJ ^ tuirian pri aciples
will do , and I find them all-pow . ^ Wllf / > t * r % up | M ^ t < A ^ Jt txmscA&ihi mind undfei * afllidtion , and in ike prGM * p *< tf < rf < J » artu ? ? At ianott « time he remarked ^ 4 < Our system , « ny ^ frieqd ^ ^ xgi ^ ttjr miBUftdte * - < too « Jr ^ per ^ p ^/ iimvgii ^ that we ^« pWd « 0 r >« ccwtaji <^ witt ' © od
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and the happiness of heaven , pa the merifr of aqt * gooA AVprhfr i-N ^ y-fr-wiih peculiar atBtmalion of voirer ; > and | inaaner— Qtif ito ^
pendaac ^ - placed on the ft » % the urt merited , 4 tnpurehasedgr $ ( & and 1 oiercy of God , r declared wnto the - world by J ^ stis tGhri » l ouc Lord , « od coi ^ pfn ed . by bi ^ dieiM ^ and r < esurrecti o » ; H « reXffesfc tny dependa ^ ce , and I am 5 Ute th ^ t t ano ^ afe . * ¦ ,- <• - ' ^ i ;' r . " ,- < ivl- >
As this truly excellent p ^ fjscm wa » gif atly > esteemed bonotirod and fevered while he Jivedv so * his death is lamented try oil wh& knew him , whose na ^ ntal ; sig&t , prejudice and bigotry b ^ we ^ aol . blinded to all true excellence oi character , destroying ^ tb& ¦ bo $ & sensibiiities of ^ the heq . rUu « ¦ •'
** The stranger pays # ie tribute of a good word , and drops a& honest tcaT ; whilst ( neither wooBd nor teox& can express-the &orjfow of m ^ re intimate acqibaiatanee ^ and friends / 7 . : - a ¦ ,-
The v writer ^ cannoi aelp sxtbr joining to this tffib ^ te of nespect to th ^ memory of hi& btdo ^ red friend , his o , wn deliberate wi $ h and fervent prayear , eKptfetfsed Ad the words in winich Dr ^ Bates
concludes his account , pf M $ . Bai ? ctfef and his kiyiog : behaviour , in hi § fpjaer « i sermon iw : th / at great taftd ^ ood irwi-n ; whp , { J ifc * Mr . Be a ley , wan a $ f ? e « rtsed and calumniated by 9019 ^ 9 ^« 4 tA « safety of whose ^ vejrJafcU ^ g GpodditioR tfeey affected tp d < xubt ^ 42 a acc 0 uiift of his deredictipn fruwi
Mt ^ lae 4 rhe dogmas psettdo ^? rtbodoxy—^ M « y I Jive thei . i ^ - Hiainder of i » y life , as ^ atireljPr to the glory-of God ftfrbe liv ^ ed ^ ao 4 y * h * m 1 jCPme . . tQ ... tfM ? period qtJI , peace wherem a © diea j jnWi 1 . ^
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Memoir of the Rev . Joseph Benley . f $ jt t V * 5 ^* * f ' " ¦ > . *¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 759, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/7/
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