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now extinct , was distinguished by a Hifrjges&fgp ? & ^ ble B&inisiea ? sy *> f whom bf foJfe ^ i ^* & J * s Timoth y Grusa > $ f % ti % JRraaeis FuHeiv M . Ai > William | Miri 3 ^ D-13 L Samuel RoseweM , Joten JiHi n ^ feyv'Saiiui D ei Harvey , Nath&niel iitdfler ^ j ^^ . George Bensorr , \ D-D . Bheoezer Raddiflk / -Richard Price ,
DyD . John Calder . D . D . ' *• Timctlky Cruso , or whom a handsome portrait ^ s giveft , was a learned , able $ \ d * faithftil ^ Dissenting pastor . Our Historian having indulged a conjecture f [ 57 ) that . " he spent some time as aplaia pr . tu . toa : in a private £ wnily , a very usual practice for young ministers ai th # & time , " remarks very truly that " . ' the . Dissenters have derived no
ad-Y ^ pta ge by ( from ) discontinuing so laudable a custom . " At the time when students leave their academies they atef ^ eomrnonly too young to unctertake the pastoral office 5 and by being hurried at once into the duties of a laborious profession and the cares of life , they are in great danger of
df < ft > pfrig or at least of becoming irregofar in their studies . Frd % icis Fuller was the son of €€ Mr . jf ohn Fuller , a pious and eminent mis ter ip . London , who was ejected in l ^ B ^^ jfrom St . Martin ' s , Ironmonger I , $ ne / ' ^ nd brother to Dr . Thomas aqd : X ) r .. Samuel Fuller , also eminent
soholars > and preachers , who conformed atbthg Restoration . This family was cefebrated for facetiousness . Jere . White ^ one of Oliver Cromwell ' s chap-Uins ^ was the friend of Francis Fuller , aHd preached his funeral sermon , which vit&s afterwards published .
A ' mil account is given ( pp . 66—75 ) , wftn a pjeasinfr portrait , of Dr . WiUiam *< t $£ r ( - ^? ; f ' ^ W ° ^ ^ ° me ^ SW ^ s ^ y ^ W W ^ - of Jaw ^ orks n ^ yfi mamtaiixed ^ jbieir grpm ^ d in , public e ^ mati tfffc . Mis ,, name yvM tbe pres ^ x ^^ owpvei :, as one of , the contit W * p , r& , afi Mafctliewj Henry ' s Exposi-Uftn ) g , h £ . . . flrc ! w M P ^ the 'Conameiatary upott > ftheJ 0 Bpi 8 tle 8 to ^ the-Phiiipjpians aHiA tJolossiasis . Hei 4 iadfe ^ n ' extensive coHeatfettcyfjbooks , whidvh ^ be ^ dtfhed t ^ ' Br . Wafiam ^ ! Li » f ^ rV , ]' MJJR ^ CtfcA meet , ^ her ^ i fierg ir pafe ^ eWea j . ^ ttififeiiffife ^ rm ™ ' % J » . ' nis honour that he was one of those l
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Review . —WUsorCs Dissenting Churches . Sflrf
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of the same name , which we shall extract : ' - u ^ : f . c ^ ' a-hjp ' ' * &-uad& > A * Ci BesM «» the above E > r . WiUi ^ m Harris , there Mas aaother wifffer dfftt& ^ : i ^ Bbo " na » i « also r a Dissenting- nii ) oistbr , * alid k celebrated historian . The latter was a
native of Salisbury , and received his academical learnings under Mt . Grow atid l > r . Amory , at Taunton . At that period , he was remarkable for- pregnant parts and a > ldve of books . He began to preach when very yomig—it is apprehended , "be ^ !
fore he was nineteen years of age . His first settlement was with a dissenting- cbngregatibn ? at St . Loo , in Cornwall . From thence be remored to the city of "WeH ^ , where ne was ordained April 15 , i ^ 41 i Mr . Sannael Billingsley , of Ashwick , an 4 Dr . Ainory , of Taunton , assisted on th * occasion . - Mr . Harris did not continue
many years at Wells ; bnt , on marrying Miss Bovet , of Heniton , he removed' to ^ that town , to reside with two uncle ' s of that lady , and preached the remainder of his life to a small society at Lujipit , ui '* the neighbourhood . In September l , 7 to | £ * the University of Glasgow conferred upon ^ him the degree of Doctor of Drvigj&t ^ , through the interest of his friend , th ^ llitfe ^ Thomas Hollis , Esq .
xc Dr . Harris s first essay in the walk of literature , in which he afterwards made a ' distinguished figure , was the Life of Hugh Peters , after the manner of Bayie . lfi 1753 , he published 6 An historical and
critical Account of the Life and Writings of James 1 / upon the model of the ! fbr&-mentioned writer , drawn from state papers and original documents . TmV wafc followed in 1758 , by the-Life of Charles ^ I .
upon the same plan . These publications attracted the notice , and secured him the friendship , of the munificent Mr . Thbiiia ^ Hollis , who , from time to time , assisted him with many valuable books and papers for the furtherance of his design . In the year 1762 , he gave to the "public , the Ofe
of Oliver Cromwell , in one large volume octavo ; and in 1766 * , the Life of Charlei ' II . in two volumes octavo . Bc * tn weT& executed in the same ' manner , afrid' gained the author' increasing reputation . ~ TfiM characteristic qualities of Tfr . Harris W a $ i - 1
historigot ^ are diligence in < JOllectitt ^ nVit ^ * rial * 5 ^ xact 'fidelity in quoting- authoTrfie ^ j ' impartiality itt stating facts ; ' and ah ar ( Jetet zeal ^ A ^ Ll and re % lol * i liberty * ^ has $ fen > justly obserrtHi , thatwhil ^ ' ^ Icha «^ Mwme and ® hbdm&f&irtdt 1 &q ; titW other ^ riter . 4 of % h ^ ir fitamp , dotiibbsW dt *
theiv mq > vte * «* 'the ^^ "df ^ tt ^ ^ ratlier tyrants , to- instruct them ! WtirtS ' rule'te ^^ eaautkr Hapin , HAn « : Wliiin , o ^ owe , ^ tb . i * m&m ^ ifefe % u 6 mw tm ' J »^« . it 1 / ' ' . 1 ^ 'J > v i ; HI ) tV * HUile . V ' M * ' / » . t - , . . ¦' . aiif . k . stj ^ z ^ ilfti . > **« ' ' ^ - ^
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jiat resisted subscription to articles , at th ^ Sal ^ . Iirtl ^^ da ;^^^ i ' > * Were JN& : ^ Wilsonin ^^^^ d& ^ iahprt n otice of ppfl »^^ i ^ rt ^^ ^ Hf » J [ wrr / or ^ .- v ' r i iJUA' ^ T * ' - »
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1816, page 291, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2452/page/39/
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