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con taining his Correction of several passages O in his Commentary 071 the } fc \ v Testainent . 5 . An Historical Account of two Notable Corruptions tf Scripture , ( 1 John v . 7 . and 1 Tim . Hi . 1 & ) by Sir Isaac Newton , pp . 70 , with remarks on both by the Editor . The latter of these valuable works was first published entire from the MS . in the author's handwriting , in the
possession of Dr . Ekens , Dean of Carlisle , in Dr . Horsley ' s splendid edition of Sir Isaac ' s Mathematical and Philosophical Works , and has never since been printed except in this volume . The sixth article consists of " Extracts
and Reflections on the Scripture Doctrine of Future Punishments . " The extracts are from Storehouse . Then follows a Letter from Mr . Samuel Bourp , of Norwich , to the Rev . Sav muel Chandler , D . D . in favour of the doctrine of annihilation , not as true , but as more consistent witb the
moral " character of God , than the doctrine of endless torment . The two next Essays are mostly from Storehouse . The first treats of that death which the Scripture calls our Lord ' s last enemy : the second is intended to shew tnat the lake which is the
second , and most properly called , death , will , as our Lord ' s last enemy , be ultimately disannulled . The concluding article is extracted from a pamphlet then recently published " ' on the Scripture Doctrine of Univmal Redemption , b y John Simpson , M . A . a minister ot the Gospel , and one of the most amiable of men . The
work itself , " says the Editor , " evinces an intimate acquaintance with the subject , which he has treated with that learning , accuracy , clearness of arrangement and seriousness , which , while they do him the highest credit as a scholar , must render him equally estimable as a Christian . "
fn January , 1805 , Mr . Mathews ' s wife died . Soon after tins event , in a ctter to a friend he says , " My poor lon g-arHicted , ever-affectionate wife bas been taken from me . She deprted this , in wellrgrounded hope of a Wtolife on the 13 th instant , and on ne 19 th 1 attended her remains to * silent grave : that house of final ^ cuntv appointed for all living ! m" a ™ the preparation of her mnd , such the refinement of her ln ^ orta } spirit , that in her view
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death had no terrors ! I have nb doubt but she had an all-sufficient share in that divine dependance which breathes forth the language * O Death , where is thy sting ? O Grave where is thy victory ? On the morning of her last day , her little grandson
about seven months old being brought to her , she embraced and kissed him , then dozed on her sofa till near five , when she was carried to her bed again , where she lay composed and almost motionless till near seven , when we ascertained that imperceptibly to us she had passed out of mortality , and I . have no doubt into the realms of
* immortality and eternal life . ' " Such was the sweet deliverance of my invaluable companion from all her pains and exercises , which during ; the last ten years had been frequent and hard to bear . A companion she
was to me of unceasing affection and sympathy , through every adversity of six and thirty years ! I feel affected with her absence in proportion to th ^ strength of my attachment .. But I repine not . All is well with her . All has been done in mercy , and in the exercise of infinite wisdom . And
my desire is , that the short portion q £ time that can now remain to me , may be spent in reverence and the fear of God !" Mr . Mathews some time after this
once more engaged himself in the duties of a Christian minister , by entering into a kind of social engagement to prepare a religious discourse in MS . twice in a month - and to
deliver the same in his turn , witb other brethren at the Bath Penitentiary . " In this employ , " says he , in a letter to a friend , written in 1808 , " I have some satisfaction : but it will add nothing to my credit anion ^ the professors of immediate inspiration ' for every good word and work . " The following extract of another letter , written in April , 180 Q , when
" 111 poor health , " exhibits briefly and clearly his serious objection to the leading doctrines of reputed orthodoxy , and the genuine humility of his mind .
" I have lived now , " says he , " upwards of sixty-two years , and though by temperance and regularity of labour I have been favoured to maintain a comfortable share of bodily and mental abilities , I cannot expect to ia ^ t much
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Memoir of Mr . William Matheics . 571
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/7/
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