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test , filled \ $ ith hearers anxious to leartttbe way to heaverf , though that ^ way ^ ttiight be ipointed out with another fhiger than your own , than to preach to a few individuals in your own meeting-house , while you knew that another in ti * e same town was
thronged . To impart the greatest good to the greatest number of their feHow-cfea-* ot £ s > is the high motive which has operated with those who are interested itt the support of the infarft cause at ColVton .
Private feelings as well as private interests must give way to the public good . We hope this settftttfteut ' will be adopted and acted ort Tnr' all coiicerq ^ d , ami trust -you ai ^ so ^ Jnuch ihtc ^^ jted in the ^ edetaf welfare of man , Especialfy in the salvatiorv of his soul , that whatever wHI contribute most
effectually to this end * ancMepends on you , ' you will not wittvtibld . " ' * ¦ ' r r You will ' readHy ' be ) Hive ;; ivte can "tfat < t » o other ' interest \ & serve than that of the cause of God- and truth , iittd to support and promote that atc stand pledged . We beg leave tbere-* fore to make this friendly " proposal foV
j ^ ur considerationi trusting you wiH * ee how much ptiblib geod may arfee 'from acceding to it , a $ i > vv ell as how probably you may expect thereiit the Divine approbation . Your reply may be addressed if you please to eitner of the undersigned . Wishing ; you health and \ prosnerity Xmdeir the " Divine blessing , WVare , Jlcv . and Dear Sir , - ' Your ' s respectfully ,
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. ¦¦• ' . - To Mr . A . J 5 . C . D . > * Cotyton , May 1814 . > r TO prevent my being troubled again with such * a letter as came' by post , stsned by yourself and-Messrs . B , C . 6 . is my only reason for sending any reply . Mr . —— may possibly Mush hereafter at recollecting that tits * name appeared ,, Of Mr . ¦ » ¦ ¦¦ I
entertain less hbpe . At Mr . ( if it b ^ Mr . —— the elder ami not his son >
and yourself I am astonished . Those of my little flock to whom the letter has t * eeh ^ hewn , fce ; l w 63 t indjgtiam . \ am persuaded that ft > ur ministeTn could not lie fovmd in the kingdom ^ uio ngs t those dib po »« d to exchange mrluits -with the , who dJald We turtle s <^ unjiisl ( lot y < 5 u 4 esi ^ e tae 4 ) f
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myself and as my own personal actrt to give up the place v ^ here my hearer , * assemble ) , so unfeeling and insuUine »» proposal . ¦ * b "" Could four sUoh lost to every feeling t becoming men knd Ghristianj * h ^ cc done it , to a minister of an approved i character fof more than forty years ,, and io whom the Almighty graciousW r continues deeen ' t abilities for public : sen ice ; a large majority of their peo- ! f > le and I believe many open-hearted aymen of your jcopnectton would have joined in saying , *• Fie upon them , fie upon them /*
1 found the society at Colyton very smalt ? for some years it increased ; by deaths and : removals it is again lessened . Should you and your friends think the cause tff religion will be Served by erecting a new place here , any rear good done will rejoice the lieart / of your sincere well-wisher , ^ / JOSEPH CORNISH .
¦ P . S . I was much impressed'in earl y life with a remark of good Mr . Lavington s ; tn his Charge to Mr . Ster pherts , at Axminster , 1772 . ( i Should 4 he number of your hearers lessen , do not be ^ discouraged so as ta grow remiss in your endeavours ; remember Jesus Christ preached an excellent sermoa to one woman :
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i ¦ ' " Extract ? by Joseph Cornish . Mr . JLqtvingtdn being de ^ ervedlr a favoj-irtte author with his party , 1 d i rected niy cor respond en ts to a passage , Vol . 1 . p . aeo > of his Discourses addressed to a Minister .
*^ Suppose yott x have been unusually earnesferfor raahy- s ^ fefea ths following , in exhorting sinners , and beseeching them b y the « ierciea ; of God to be recoticiled , you find yourself so assisted * in your pi ^ paratioiis , and « o arriniated- in- the tlefevery of these diacourses ,- that you are strongly V& '
suaded of being remarkabry successful ; and every time you let down the net , yo \ y seem assured q € 'vticlasing ^ multnude of fishes ^ fiw , if ^ aU
you catch nothing 5 if you caiwoi pf ceiye that * 6 ne .-sod ! ' ha& been converted by all y « ur prayers and p « ft ? J " iitg , and , id- s ^ iort , that for rf tiiat appears , y& * haw 'WidW £ vmti i and spent v ^ wr strengt » . w | tiougbt j do yoii aoi think it pa&w ttoafc priAe ] ibW " sagged < what * £ nife my toamto ^ r Go 4 ^« ^[ his -bfe « ling ?; -y-3 fq-, nif&Ae cotthl ^ W
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652 Air . Cornuk ' s Communicati < m * of a c ^ ious JZcc ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ * . \ :.: ' ¦ ¦ , ' . - - ¦
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page 652, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/24/
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