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father does his children . In . re ~ * fi £ » $ t / $ lbe $ t . Wfillca&i& I 8 f hii ^ R ^^ ft wottS fit bedotri e ifte t <> gi ^ fe a |> uhiic and decided opinion ; but surely thus far I ftmy go , that it was manifest to his acquaintance , his hearers , and
the frablic * that those qualifications were highly respectably , and : felly 4 d equate to the general calls 6 fi Ills office . He was distinguished by a remarkably clear ' , and lucid
understanding , a solid judgment , and a sound discriminating talent on all subjects within his sphere . IS & possessed a very reputable ih&re of information on the topics isf l&neral literature . It was
evident that he had attained to emu fi % ht £ in biblical knowledge , and tfiat he had more than a common acquaintance with the most apfitfovled ami useful writers , both Ifcttcient and modern , especially 68 f $ dcred sbujects . He was parfittalaMy attached to , and
con-^ irstot with , the writings of the mo $ t eminent <> f the puritan di . viiies dftb 6 two former centuries . ® & was likewise well versed in the
*^ fjft > v efsies which compose what ifc called polemical divinity . He bad an intimate insight into the fauraan heftrt , and was exceedingly # ^ U inform ed as to the knowledge fcf the woild , of mem and things ; At kast in the important and useful tense of that expression .
As & preacherj his manner was grave and dignified , calm and serious ; his pronunciation ^ asy and natural ; his prayers simple $ nd devotional ,, intet $ per « ed
copiously with ipt cjiaotations from scripture , fitid partaking of a re ^ jouable and desirable degree of c 6 itnpass tifitife variaV . He ' n ^ r Meitied to lose the possession of himi ^ l or tl ? e command of lii ^^^ iu ; : ^^ vav ^ t ^^ art ^^ l ^^ -
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mr' ^ im ^ mFm > mSB& tile |^ eat buiiti ^ ^ n ^ ft ^ cfe , kft was epgagec ^ tf ^ his % Jiv « u ^ wanted any ' tWn ^ it jya ^ what nature seemed cojistitiiti ^ Skllv .. to
nave denied mm . viz . animation * and yet on cerui ^ , sv ^ bge ^ s , ^!^ certain occasions , it appeared tjxat he could feel , and makeJpthe |^ feel too . I have seen a considerable prqjwr ^ Qi ) , p ] f ^ 5
congiregation in tears , under the tendej > ness and pathos of his jep re ^^ n lations . . ' / ; . / ^ ^ . [ ' l _ r ^ Z His public dispptjjcse ^ ^^^ i ; much distin ^ uTsh e ^ j ^ fi ^ gg ^ cence of style , degapc ^^ ijjt ^ n , eloquence of descriQlmn ,. ^^ m « .
manding appals | o ^^ profundity of tWit , ;;^ &ejr always appeare ^ \<> ! Pf » e , ^ . b « characterize ^^ a ; ye ^ bf S ^
tive , seTiQus strj ^ W ., &op ^ sense : they were th ^ a ^^ s ^ , ^ a wise and pious wan ,, . serjpusj * ^
convemng with ; » ^™ ujidi flock , and « reasqntijg ^ A $ & out of the scnptur . es £ ; && $# not so much to strike , t ^ CfirieJe ^ , as to inform and improve the well-disposed , h ^ sm ^ -Jm ^ m rlis treatment of sacred subj ect * was remarkably ^ r ^ i ^ it € ^ £ ^{|{ i ideas were well arranged at » l
few ministers knew better what thoughts belonged jp & * $ && or succeeded bp |^ r m j > ui ^ -Hu ( Atfol ^ r , ^ , se ^ iinente j ^ have ho doubt , were fmafaj& evangelical , in the usual accents
tion bf- that wfojd ^ though at ; th ^ same time flptfpy fjrom all s e ^ tremes I supposj bqucIi in , the i ^ mmmmM ^ ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 74, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/2/
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