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    s - *\ V ^* % * J ^ . ^?« bl to lhe qJp ^ QJf p ^ pmg ^ vorth s life , which W ^ 5 , ! ... -jqQ ( t ^? is tent with its tenoui \ Qu £ p i" ' ^ ia , 4 p ^ s and respect ( as 'Cl ^ re ndpfi ba ^ s ^) he had accoin - p ^ ied-L 9 r % v ; pop . tori , General of the Kin d ' s . forces in the West , to

    Armi < Jel ( C ^« tie i $ Sussex > and 4 Vbejng indispose A by the terrible coldness of the season , chose to repose himself in that garrison till , the weather should mend .

    Whijist he rested here , Sir Wm » "V ^ aUeiy who commanded for the parliament , forced the place to surrender , and Chillingworth , with tjE& £ .. garrison , was made prisojier . TChi ^ ^ event b ^ d probably tin injurious effect upon his health , for

    } rii > illness increased to such a de ~ fj ££ thai ; he was not able to go to qadon with the garrison , but was cpnvje ^ ed to Chicheste . r , for the sake of better apcommodations ;

    % u favour Obtained at the request iQ ^ jf > anci ^ Cheynell , a presbyteriafi divine ^ zealovis to an extreme for , CaXyinisiti and the Parliament , ^ hp had before written against

    Cl ^ illingworth , aud who now rejoiced in an opportunity of making e £ p ^ iimpn ts ^ with a view to his £ Qi } yersion , \ VJiile Chillingwprtli w , as gradually , ^ inking into the fiiayej h $ was . J ^ ajrr ^ sed with the

    ampcruaent yasits pf this fanatic , who has left us a curious account of their conversations , in which it i $ difficult t ^> say which is mgre e ^ trapT f linajy , Chey null ' s self-£ Pl ^ £ it > folly and bigotry , or Chilling worth ' s presence of mind ,

    Towci wat a member of the House of Commons ' his offence was declaring for the deposing oF princes : this was in 1641 , gee Malson ' s Collection , &c . % fl , ^ 714 , aaotcd in Des Miuxc * ujc , p . ^^ a ^ * Ubi 3 « pv p , 4 ^ .

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    maguanirnity and henevolence , Peath , at letrgilir , dfi or -n ^ ar the 30 th of January , 1 ^ 44 , released this great manfroitj e \ tery trouble ; aud in a few days after he wa ^ buried in the cloisters of the cathedral church of Chichester , aC ^ . cording to the rites of the Church

    of England , not without indignu ties to his ashes from * his frantic antagonist .+ u Oliver Whitby , his great admirer , sometimes M « A . of Oxford , put an inscription on the wall over bis grave . "J

    We insert his Will— " his last writing— -which ( it is truly observed ) gives a just idfa of his piety , justice , charity and public spirit . " [| " The last Will and Testament

    of William Chillingworth , Clerk , written by him November the 22 d * 1643 . * Imprimis % I commend ihy soule to God , hoping to be saved through his infinite mercy , and the mediation of my £ . ord andl Saviour Jesus Christ .

    " Item , my desire i $ that all my debts be paid , particularly forty pounds to the executors of Mr . Dudley Diggs , late Fellow of Oriel Coll ^ dge ; whicli 1 men * tion in . particular , because I am uncertaine whether they know of

    it or no . < 4 Item , I give to . the mayor and corporation of Oxford fouv hundred pounds , to be paid by f Of Cheyrie 11 and his books against

    Chillingworth , particularly his " Chil * lingwoithi Novissima , or the Sickncssc , Heresy , Death and Bur alL &c - ' * ' we shall give a further account id the next number .

    X Wood , II , 25 * Ths inscription i $ given by Aubrey , but Wood say « it ia tety incorrect , ( See the end of thift M « mojr > p . 216 . ) \\ Dei Ma * 4 « aux , p » 347 *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1814, page 211, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2439/page/11/