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Cbmttans ; aud , finally , that the priest * hood of Christ and his intercession are never connected together by the Sacred Writer *; $ o that it may now be easil y determined , whether Mr . C or his « tlnitarian brethren" shew the greater
icverence tot the volume of revelation ? Are they deficient in this reverence who study to quote ttie Scriphires faithfully , aaa tQ expouart them with an uniform regard to the subject and the context ? TThe same process of interpretation , would have conducted our
preacher to the real meaning of Matt , xi . 27 , * No man knoweth the Son but the Father : * it would have shewn him that ourLprd there speaks not of the person of eijther the Son or the Father , but solely of Me extent qfthe dispensation of the Gospel ( 66 ) . It is a much easier undertaking to explain Scripture by it ' s sound , and in conformity with a previous hypothesis , than b y a strict comparison of oile passage with another .
Most of Mr . C . * s notes and anecdotes ^ might have beefi omitted without any loss of reputation to the author or of advantage to the reader . To be ** narrative with age , ' * is not the character of
the great € ?? arendon alone . The anecdotes which the writer under our review has appended to the second edit&ft of hjs discourses , are chiefly of the n a turn g £ table talk , and , however good-hu ^ moored , possess little general interest and exhibit little
discriminationdicenda ; tavendu lotutus . We extract some few biographical memoranda of ° the late Rfetf . Thomas Urwiek / ' © 1 . "He was born of respectable parents ia the neighbourhood of $ brewsbary , and * having attained [ obtained ] a competent share « rf classical k ^ U'iiiu ^ , spent part of bis academical course \ wi ^> er the tM itipxx of tk . J ^ oadridgtj , « t | 4 or , tha »* pton /'
M The , r $ aiat ! Mto of It was [ wo * popped ' } Ot GJtvf |^ > wa 4 er P ? .: JUeechtt * an > wboW celebrity as Divinity professor .. a ^ tr ^ ctcd * mf * tvAw % * W enjoy tk * Ueo ^ ftt ^ ^ i ^
< The first place at which he * » ettled was Worc ^ uiter . - H ^ re >« i ?* j # id < Hj ft » many Ww > r ^ p ^ c ^ jtl ^ a b * lp , v *> i ; irUt at \ eUg \ h ^ gtiing after retirement he went uo 4 settled it Nftrl ? prou ^ i , a / ttU fcg ** pe » sr l ^ ic « rt » r / V
"But retircmeat w « i * not 9 H * | tc 4 to his ^« C ^« auatl t an < 4 b ^ ipW |»^ teoal fcak ^ ts w too well known to sujfer him to re-* &tk long ia o / bsevrity * He seceiyed an ^ vitation frajpa ^ ie re # pe <; trfl > le congix » g » t ? on ^ Claphaiu to sucecerj tt ^ ir laite pastor B ^ fmiieMix . M
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" HU distinguish iu ^ characteristic wa ^ simplicity . —He was born Dec ' 8 * 1727 * died Feb . 26 , 1807 , and was twertty-fciJt years pastor of the congregation at Clap- * haiu / We have reason to belieTe that Mr . Urwick became a student at North *
ampton , about the year 1747 or 1748 . Here , and subsequently at Glasgow , the late Rev . Newcome Cappe was oftfc of his academical companipns and most intimate friends . And Mr . U . was tl | c " venerable mini 3 ter of the gospel' * who , in 1802 attested * with ail the eloquence of the heart , the excellencies of his former associate . * Praise more
honourable tp the memory of it ' s object as well as to the judgment and feelings of the giver was never bestow ^ ed ; and none could be more soothing and gratifying to surviving rclattivfes . During his residence at CJapbath *
Mr . Urwick *' wa $ particularly service- * able to young men ( £ 2 ) , in advising and directing theifi to jpfoper situations ; and amongst thei test to the * celebrated Joseph Lancaster , ** from whom , a few weeks ago , ! our author received the fol * lowing particulars of his life : ' *
** " He was born of pious parents in London . ^ utL ^ ien he was about fifteen yearsr old , f £ H $ o deep though misguided a sense til religion that be resolved to retire from ti * e w&riMt and » 4 «> Qte Inm 4 elf to . GoiJ , ia ? Qme rumote wad secluded part of the earth , With this view be went to Brristol . ^ tut
the little substance he took with him being soon exhausted , be was oblige ^ to encer on board a t « uder . Here , be commenced a preacher to the sailors f an 4 though at first he was treated with ridicule , yet afterward * his plain and heartfelt addresses made a ^« - vious iaxpression ^ on their winds . In the
mean time , his parents were much aniicted at his Ions [ at Ipsing Ae »*] , and though they w $ re < ac ^ vwifnted with his situation could afford Uini no fir ^ lief . At this ttuie ^ . it accidentally oi Tatber provideutiaUy bap * - p « Fn ^ 4 that Mc > l }^ i ^ going intw the &wp < tf vh * $ ? fe * fee ? to pp > fhaj * c , 6 oiue tricing a «^ tide , f <* und his mother ia tmrv * and
itx-( gwring tb «< « anvB ?» . wa ^ so . much affected with the account she > ga ¥ e | uni of hei * son , ttat he made ap )» licntipp t » person * of inttuunca , and obtalne 4 an pr ^ er fop his releame . Lancaater was surprUe ^ to see an officer of rank come op board ) and not onlytake bin * on shore , \ w $ i ^ apply bin ? with mpn « y aud- © loibes for ^ U ^ journey froin
* ] I » a Letter to the bigh ^ uabfe relict ofMr . <^ vppe . Mewatrp ^ iJfe U ^ , j > rti . ti x * 4 % i ^ l > t * c ** PJ * : s * 4 fV < t % * 1 > 4 ) jpcitt ; -
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Review . —Carpenters Sermons on Christian Peace and Unity . 48 fr
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 485, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/49/
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