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and deaui of the genuine Christian Was most happily exemplified in the deceased . She was a native of Ditchli n ^ , Sussex , where her father , Mr . Agate , was a preacher in the General Baptist connexion : 'She ; wi . s of the
same persuasion , and a worshipper of the one , living and true G 6 dy strict in the practice of moral virtue , and rich in the possession of Christian graces . Her sympathy and benevolence , her xinruffled patience , her unaffected piety , the ease ^ and simplicity of her manners , her stedfastness of faith , confidence of
hope and serenity in death , reflect lasting credit on ner religion , and endear her memory to her friends and acquaintance . That habitual peace of mind which she enjoyed was not disturbed at the prospect of dissolution : she desired it , but feeling neither rapt ure nor depression , she breathed her last with composure , fell asleep in Jesus , and rested from her labpurs . T . M .
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On Wednesday , December 11 , at Guildford , Thomas Osbourn , aged 77 , after a long season of weakness and bodily pain . He in early life enlisted in the service of the East
India company , and served several years in the Peninsula , and after his return to England he followed the military profession , beloved and esteemed by those who knew him ; but at times he drank to excess , and then
lje was very profane . After his discharge he came to Guildford , where hfe \ vent to hear Mr . Chamberland , th ^ minister to the Particular Bapt ists : here he became convinced of the necessity of repentance and newness of life , and was admitted a member of this
church , and was very conscientious and circumspect . Prior to this epoch , six or eight of the most enlightened aftd pious members of this church had beep expelled for heresy , ( via . the ttnity and supremacy of the Father ) , which they had imbibed through the leaching and conversation of Mr . J . Marsom . Our deceased friend
associated with one of these heretics , ftj * s « S . Matthews , a devout and intelligent woman , who stilj attended at tfii ^ habel , and was on friendly terms witfa' M # } Wood * the'successes ta Mr *
Qfcatobe * land ; ^ she conversed with ttrem finely &n the -4 bctTifie-ef . tHe divine tinity . Ou U £ friend i&fft reasoti tt > tfoh ^ ideiS tfnd ^ a to believe tlm — «« .... < 3 ~ '¦* * - - ¦¦ * - - ... v . ; „
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article of the Christian faith $ arrd going to Godalrmngto Hear mr . Thomas Foster , one of the expelled members , and who had b y his zealous exertions collected a small church * , hfe became confirmed in this fundamental
truth . Some of his brethren suspected , then questioned , and lastl y accused him before the church of disbelieving Jesus Christ to be God . He confessed and contended that Jesus Christ was the Son of God . They replied , that is not enough—you must believe that he is God , you came into the church
with this faith . He denied this ; it was not faith , I thought it was so , I assented to your creed ( this was a written formulary of faith read over and assented to by incoming members ) . They proposed to suspend him from the Lord ' s supper which was to ^ c celebrated the next Sunday . He q&-jected , While I continue a member of
the church , I am entitled tb t all the privileges of the church . They would not break bread with an heretic ; . and they cast him out , not after the second admonition as the Apostle directs , but at this very time" wrum rie wa ^ , first charged with this , heresy . He retaijriejcf his other religious tenets , as did Thonaaij
Foster , with whose ; church he then united and regularly attended ^ t the distance qf nearly five miles ., fife wi $ bold and unreserved in the avowal of his religious principles , and defended them with zeal and abili ^ &pixi the Scriptures against the / attacks and
insinuations of his opponents who were many and violent ; a ^ d although h < 5 never entireiy " relinqt | ished aH his former Calvinbtic opptrions :, yet he becamevery moderate and candid , whicih will appear from a ciiturn ' sitance that I will relate , and which I myself witmessed . Mr . Foster had embraced the
doctrine of universal restoira ^ ipn , and Thomas Osboitrniftet Shearing hlta for the first time preac'h on the subject , when he came gown from the pulp it toolf him by th \ e hand arid said , " Friend ^ where did you ^ et , thi ^ ne w old doctrine P' which he cordially received , and ever afterwards reibice ^ l therein . He read and Studied the nd
Holy Scriptures very diligeritly ^ a his conversation was Frau ^^ ith pa ^ Ba ^ es from ^ hose lively oracles ; dn&lie used to -express HimWlf with , tincrimmpti feeling ^ M mnkfulrf « fe ! od t& ^ ioyA ocxstt ^ n iGWitstm m % M } I ^ Wi tti a ^^^ M ^ f ^
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7 j 3 . 4 Obituary . —Mr > Thomas Osbaurn .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 734, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/42/
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