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... ¦ . , is-&tigktW **>* k ^* gwtr 1816 * . ^ ft the £ diW > f ifce Monthly Repository . ^ Ifi y , . . . . ¦ . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ... I / . . ; - . . Ou , the , S ^ st f > f Jmly , died At-Sq ^ a / irs jim in t ^ fr parish oC . l . iiwJfielU , iailie county of Sussex , at the gpod old a # « of 77 years , Mr . Nathanikl Dbawbri ^ gk , a uurtby character , well kttowa itii (| pinch inspected ia this neighbourhood , aud whose memory I judgv deserves to J * e hattried -down to posterity tbrottgb your valuable Kepoc ' it / trv . ¦ ' .. . . . , . .
He was buried ia tUe Creoerid Baptist burial-ground at CucliiieidV . « ii Tuesday last , Auspist 6 * th , and a very appropriate s&niQn on the occasion yras preachq < l by Jllr . ftt >« i * ett , of ^ itchlms ^ &oii * a text of the dt'ccaaed ' s own cbusini ^ Psulm xxxvii . and part ofve ^ c ^ , — Tnisli . ia the Lord au ^ du good . 7 . Ia these two points of CbristiaiJ exercise I believe % but few of any denomination exceeded him , particularly hi the former ; for as for the latter , no man however well-disposed , can go beyond his ability .
Thodgh for tnxee or four years past he laboured under an iniirm state of body ,. ; yet be was highly favoured in his intellectual powers , wtiicb lie retained in tlveu * full- ** % , t cfcise to the last moment of his life . * .. : Permit iue uuw to say a &w thiogs in sefcrence to his general views of Christian truth . He was not only -a font frieud to ; the rights and liberties of niau in-a general pauit of view , and shrunk from every wh ? ft h { restraint upon private judgment ; but particularly upon matters of religUm it * was a fixed principle -with kiin > ^ b at . * 'v © fy man had an equal right with himself , to focm Ui * own opinion in matter ^ of theology ; dtltt ^ tlt ^ V ^ T <*< ktv < lr > n-rrt ^ rl anMr kunii ' ut < itj * rnal ¦ ¦* uj « ji « rf ^ ^ him
-- " ^ . » - ^ " *« m v ^ q ** s JL BW *** wn ^ ^* & ^* vnm . statu on account or hi « creed , however it might differ from bis own . Though lie condemned tUeif creeds be was tended o » er tkeir persons , Aud ready to serve tUoux Up ^ u « very occasion , as 4 ut us in -his po w . TJ ^ e Wst obeerv !* u 6 a he made on th ^ s head , a little before bi ^ death , was this : be s aid * 4 " ^ h-C * oJ- ! dispose of aaa e -as th *>« seest ^•/ Vartltttivf unswew ? d , •« God is nw ^ cifal to us ; " he answered , ' « fAere can be no d 4 * bt o / fAa % but mankind wake the Jh . 'ltfj " ke -ltetiuielveitya&tetoe'tkuman i * ri >^ > - «// V <*** Uia and jireiiH&oe . "
H « was » . fixtii believer ia the Unity of ^ W y anft Iftui emUraced thtf d « trine with « VL * ry oUitjr m unisott with it , i believe * worn »« early ^<> d of Jbi * life . He lmd ¦ tauied nature as well as revelation , and *» fwHy i ^ r « yuaded tjbat botlij natural and p CV ^ ° d rel ^ m cpn ^ urrtf d to prpvc and Wt % tti *; a <** te ) fttf ' lpjr O ^ c God aud Fi ^ JW . * li& \ , s , He ^» also a finn btsliever in ^^ iwion of . JeauB , as , tile true . Meaaiuh •• tt ^ nt of Gio <* th pft tjher ^ a ^^ J h «? most on « a «* 90 ^ y te « 0 l 3 trd ^ j » l > * P bCf tfuly
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and piropjjily 9 Mwi f and ^ O ' T Qt ^^ as J $ * cr specte ^ his perso n ; , ye , t , lte considered tym e , very \ yay quaUde ^ and adequate to 4 II the puqu )* es to which he w ^ . s sent . He considea * ed him as . the greatest of- * ill thje prc ? phets and the ruust di ^ uifii-d and m ^ cx ,- ? a , lted character o £ the human race an 4 that through him life and ii ^; uoit * ility was brought to li |; lit , and that hU precepts ajixd conduct were not only worthy . bat iueunibeut upon all Christians to imitate . ) r ? £ Uad d * eply studied aad couteiftpliited the character of the One Supreme fcliovah , and I beUeve has writteu TUUcUtfQ . tli (; sab «> ject , whieh I t'Ope will soqit : il «* i appear in public * lie euLtcrtaiued -suiue id ^ as , ui > ou 0 /
the ^ ovfrumenit God that were pi * gbab \ y V > eculiar to himself . ' He beVievcd God to be the primary cause of a ) l things ,, fyyt could uot suppose him to be the dctijgning cause of all events : but for fear 1 should misunderstand him , I will give you his ideas in his own words , as 1 have collected : them from your Repository for last June , ( p .. 21-22 , ) in a letter sii ^ ued ait 4 < Old Inquirer , " which Jc knew to be his w 4 ien I read it , and have since had it confirmed by himself . His word * are as follow :
. " Now I j da suppose tliat ail events , all eJ £ uct& of power , are Jt *< i > t subjects of mtelk'ctiia . 1 detciuiination , ox objects <* £ uj ^ poiut merit ; but on tbe contrary ,. that tluu-ae are iuai > y ijiatufal results of force * which ai * s not . parts of any scheuie , or any matters of device or ordination whatever . " " No doubt , Deity is the 301 | rcc ^ f M or ^ ejr , , all systematic . work , all . muu ^ cjucnt . " He theo asks- — ** But U G ^ tUe iU xignirig cause gf all m <> vetiieut aWd rc ^ fciH ?"
I have quoted thu ^ much as a ^]> ecimeu of his ideas upon thiA critical « ubject » 1 shall conclude by raying tlmt he was ^ agood husband , a tender pareut , a ^ uJet neji ^ h-. l ^ our , a faithful friend * and a pfous man , I could say more > but tbiut were he Uvkt ^ he would not Jbttve , wisjjed me to say so uaucli , for JUti coveted ti /> t , b <» fXoiur from laau ^ but titat owly which coiwetb fr ^ wj God , at ^ d was peculiarly circumspect hi liis Wprds « u \ vell ivs nctioDs . iyi tv > ' every reader of , you ^ - vft 1 ua 1 ile ^ ufiRi ; ation im itate \\\* Vi rtues , * itud leave Ixsliinil lii « i a « ^ ood , a testirnoii > ojt " his faith , dirtpositioG , * nu < l coiidaot , ^ tfa jji our . bivl arid worthy friend . «• ' . *'—1 remain , Sir , your obedicut Servant - ¦ ^^ pitor ^ As visaef _ ¦ _ ?
\ Ort Wednesday ** Mi * tnmgf An # il % t * 7 t 1 « 16 , Miw John NDiatrWutt ^ eldest sf >| f of Mr » Thoma * Ndicrbbottry . Wibe . M < ef ^ chatvt , Smithjield . ^ Hftn ; foi 4 aV fitg ^ lmf ? at ^ ter of him formetl thpti 6 bodlu » ioi ^ o ^>^ Fufierol Sermon preached for him at Worship StiU «* tv-ir « m-Ecclefl . xii . I , by r the Rev . J \ Evaos ^ . w ho ii > t ^ rrfcii _ ii ^ i . . ycjgaaip s in > $ ** ^ &u ^ jz $ m * lMll' $ ^ -o ^ t iT ' V- *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/51/
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