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¦ ^ . ; > - • ¦> - . - - - > . — ^ JsJBl& . oBec . 3 Of at Coselejs SfaA ffrsilshire * Mr . Jo ^ ph MAVLtrt , ¦
agftd 85 * > , * In hw earJy days- ' he * was Qi * # of tfae catechuruetTS < of ? Wie RJeV SanjueL Bourne ^ theft '> € *» £ of th £ wifnj sters of Coseley , in conjunctfotfWith Birmingham , the memoirs' of whose life have , not long since , been given to the public by theJate truly
excellent Dr . Toulmin . Under the pious and well-adapted , instructions of that able and assiduous pastor , Mr . Maullin had in his youth a serious sense of thfe importance and value of religion impressed upon his mind , whicli was afterWards greatly beneficial T tp hind- ' in the regulation of his conduct .
So strongly did he feel hlniselT indebted to his useful admonitions ancl good connsels , as to retain a lively an / 1 grateful recollection of him to the latest period of remembrance ^ and he never ispojce of his labours , or mentioned 4 : he name of Mr . Bourne but
with high applause , evidently prompted by tht feelings of grateful respect . Being thus disposed in early life he formed good habits before he attained to manhood , which led him to
sobriety , industry , practical integrity , a regular attention to divine worship , and an exemplary concern for the promotion "" and prosperity of . religion . Frotu * his youth to . the decline , of life he Was industrious and active in his
worldly occupation , and it pleased God in his providence to crown his assiduity with considerable success . His zeal for i , he interest of the place of ° worship which he constantly
attended as Jong as he was able , and for the welfare of the schools belonging to it , was no less conspicuous ; for if was enlightened by a . gppd understanding , ancLanimated by warm benevolence . Indeed he was . ardently
desirous of s / eetng the cause of sacred truth iii a flourishing state , and of having ^ UCation and religious instujlfttiotf extensively diffused amonjg the riotbcfiKpu ^ pbor ch ildren of 1 m liei ^ nbouriiqotl . Whi ^ h was test Lfied * Hw $ w J ^ aWi MHW ? ^ instftffEah&t&mt $ i ? dpy ithm tei ? an t » y hlstiiiweafiea ende ^ voui ^ to ren 7 i It is not ret *^ a' ^ at file deccas-
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lirihlanity ; but , thptign J | is ; 3 yy § sual energy of mind a ^ . 'W 0 » , / egftp g * mi ^ ht sometimes betra . y a ? i ov > ei | - fha ^ tiness of tempe ^ ye £ he qef ^ oly ; twie the getjeral traits of a va ^ ablc ^ . and excellent character . He ^ . wa ^ upou principle a Protestant Non ^ onformist i and well tihcierstopd- ^ . the rational
grounds of dissent front jthe ^ fl ieararc ^ v setup and endowed by human autnotlty . In his religious op Jirjipii ^ he was com ^ Ietety UiJitW . i ^^ ^ a ^ i ng > a clfear vieW ' of fhe dbcffinal , sent ^ tnents which , are i | s \\ ally so ^ denominated , and a ^ troirg ^ it ^ ph nient to , them , ^ as the genuine truths of divine revelation .
He frequently avowed his ^ firm persuasipii of the entire unity of God , and of the instrumentality of his Son the Mediator , of the perfect freeness of divine grace , and of eternal life ' s being the £ ift of God the father through Jesus Christ our I ^ . d } . Tjhese most important truths of the . glorious gospel formed tne foundation of hi *
Christian hope , were his satisfaction in active life , and tlie support and consolation of his mind in the various vicissitudes he experienced . In his declining , years , . # ncl when the infirmities of age were ^ making rapid advances , his life was ein ^ itteTr ed by some sore . a ^ aic ^ ioii i i b ^^ ri his person and family .. "V y h ^ ^ uffeir ing the frequent and violent ^ ta ^ ke
of an asthma , and the increasing * symtoms of losing his . sdght , the ravages of mortality among his near Relatives , some of whom might hav ^ ^ ee . n expected from their compajratjivpiy ypiitl ^ - ful ' age * long to survive ; him ^ were painfully felt , ^ ut he was jfa / froiW con $ ideririg thes ^ e mournful events as occofri * entes of chaqce , or repi / j ^ og at them as the effects . of an nndiife .
seventy . He devoutly aqknQi ^ j ^ nged the prpvidence of God T i « these ^ fflicfive strpkes , regarded tl ^ em as the fatberl ^ chas | : is ^ Qi < qn ^ 3 of ^ n \ all-wise and nVerctfliTBeiDir , * as ineans to be and ^ nxerciijil i > eu > g , ^ in eans tp be
^ J ^ ^ RR ^ Wr ^ ff ^ w ^ wlT ^ S ^ 4 sfflt T ^ h Tt advantJing tits me < etn ^ s ^ to . In herit a ^ ffK ^ t ^ ft . fe ^ fe ^ p ^ - ed it t& be his desire , pfay ^ aiuj ^**
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1816, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2449/page/44/
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