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fcir ffli ©* * « v £ T ; 4 * pen to ' cotWftftfcm , eftbrwards-assumed , on this subject , ihe ^ omp lex io ** wfo ich Reason appears to dictate . While be ^ mcrti ^ ned tMfc er * bn £ ous / jTjinion ; which \^ as certainty , on his
pajt , most sincere , he seems to have . feHen into one of those inconsistencies incident to ithe human character , even in its mds £ amiable forms . He : would not allow his se « rvant 8 to be absent / rom churchy on any occasion ,
aithough he interfered not with their general adherence to any religious profession . Now , while ke himself abstained from attendance on public worship , because he could not assent to ail the tenets of any church , or sect whatever , it seems not to have
occurred . to him that any of his servants might , on the ground of con--sctentious scruples , have urged the s&me plea far his non-attendance . The celebrated Mr . Howard was a strict predeslin&rian . He had ' been threatened with the Bastille , if he levefr
¦ v entured again to pass through France . He had resolved , '* for a certain object which he judged to be * of the -first importance , to traverse the "whole extent of that country . Wfreti I strongly urged on him , ihe danger 16 Which he . exposed himseHV he asserted his firm belief in predi ^ tinar fwz , as aground for his proceeding . He said , however , that , he ' w&uM
not expose his snwant to the ^ a-nie danger , sent him rotmd by Italy ,+ &&& > a * j \ qi himself was repoived to -go to Toubtiy . ordered hint to tne ^ t his master at Nue . The , smmitnt was * j ust as much secured , ) by predestination , ' to'hWtnmi& s y * % \ Mr . Howard Would nativeriture to apply th 49 doctrine to
^ he poor fellow . Trie master , iiever ^ ^ hefe « , eicstped all datigfer , accom-^« hed the object of his journey ; &nd , afterwards related tome the ; wonder * fel particulars of his perilous adv ^ ntore . Such are the incanffistfencies to whifeh the most vigorous and noblest minds are , sometimes , liable .
Mr ; Burnett : called hip servants together , regularly , every Sunday hjening , *** me poinisy he had peculiar doubts , w wa « t ftir from < being a sceptic in J ^ td 1 > o the grand doctrines of the V ^ nttbf&ijMlid £ n . By diUgent re od < - . " tb accurate . examination , aud seriou > JwteCtiOrt ^ Hbe endeavoured to aoqoire ^ inft ^ m ^ tlbii Hvhich he deemed tb
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be of cfee highest importanee < k > : Ms present comfort , arid t ® his e ^ erBt ^ haippiness . c ^ for wetehis pains usasnj ^ cessfuL . ' Some time before his deathj > he had obtained clearer and more
satisfactory views of those doctrines , . Hi rcgaixf to which he had experrieiajcert the greatest difficulties . If his / Bfe had been prolonged , he , wourd # in - ^ 11 probability , have again joined . ia
public worship . Me was remarkabte for his scrupulous observance of thie Lord ' s day . On that day , during many years , \ ie never opened ariy letters on business . This is , at le ^ st ,
a striking proof of the sincerity of his religious sentiments , whatever opinion may be entertained , by some , of their enlargement . I cannot pretend to $ ay how he could discover , before opening a letter , if it was on business * or on some subject connected with religion * He probably knew the hands of his correspondents . -
Punctuality and integrity , in aU his dealings ., wetfe ^ rominent features of his character . He was ,, indeed considered , as difficult < and hard m snaking bargains . . When , howwelv they produced greater advantage than
he expected , or than he ; deem « d tp be fair and just ^ t * onty he ret ^ irned ^ . M > his correspondents , as a gratuity > tj > e surplusage , of his honest con \ pu < a ^ on . Jn this manner , during the coiirse of hi s * mercantile career ^ some thonsjand
jppvutids were » . restored- When , % bf 5 Question was put to ( him , if he thou ^ H tfiat his corresponddiits woiftd have treated \ him Jiin the same meinqer ,, had the bargain been equally , < un&vfct » abley as it had' been favourable . M *
him y ar ^ d , when the sevenity , wbi ^ fci his father ha 4 eoLperienced , w as brought to / hia rebollection ^ his ^ reply uniforml y was—~" . With the conduct o £ others I . nave no thing , to dot- ^^ tiis my dutytp regtiljrte niy . aw | a by t \\ & tx $ e&
of eatn ty * as they appear to me . V l + . t x Tnis wis an answer exipr ^ saiver of a great mind ; It is , to me , a p ? oo < jfthc strength of his religious princi r
pies . For , these onJy could ^ b ^ y ^ dictated such sentiments aud corj 4 u , c& I would - fain hHpe that , jio *> rjj ? ver differeot the * general sentiments may be , there dre several Ttisiatice ^ Of ; a
similar'kind , in the mercafntne AWfOtld , . which may npt be gerierdHy kniownp To the best interests of mankind th ^ fact ; Which I have just ruwv ftowflr& i $ of high importancel For * 9 glft ? f |
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Meh $ oiT relative & > Jvhn Hurneti , JS ^ . of I > efzs . ¦ tflfa
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 439, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/3/
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