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iRp , t ^ n ^ i ^ ii Ae $ & * V 4 Mr . ^ o ? p |> mg ^ ofjiiJandkHpsV $ equefiftir > g > ttaetfn ; to be pr& $$ n t aJod -assist them - % ti the- great fv ^ HkV ? ^^ ^ i they wiUii ^ giy-complied with ; The Hk redaTq n ~ b& < # a ppait * ted Mareh 28 , -I 7 £ 4 fc ~ iji which / to do the
solemn tmsinews . And that ^ j € > y w « 3 observed by thetia as a dery of fasting a cid earnest prayef to Goei for a © iv i ne bfassst rig- ' -en-their undertaking * " t ffee-entry in the church book from which the above is an extract , was made by Mr . Vidler soon after the institution of the- church , in the year
ll ? 8 O , -when tae-wasaboui 22 years of age * ¦ . ' -. " . •" ' : : : Th ^* singular conspi ? acy > against the MfihodUta , a * Mr . Yidler and his l ^ issenting friends were called , was headed by the-Dean of Battle > and was lifidy formidable to the little flock ,
cofi $ i » H'ttg ~ of inferior tradesmen -and r oeehaj&ies * It was broken up before it had proceeded to acts of persecution ^ by the death of the Dea & , who was take ** away from this scene *> f error and passion , in the prime of life , "and in the midst of his career of
ecclesiastical zeal . . JBut although this storm blew over , Mt \ Vidler and his religious friends were not suffered to pass withQut molt ? station . ' Hts youth , being only nineteen years of age when he coin-5
itiertced preaeheiy and his ^ humble uocwpation , -ode a signed , a general o iHoryia tl > e neighbourhood against his supposed J > fesmwption : it was > not to h $ encjurei that such * a person ^ hotrfd ' $ t&nd up as a reforwerl « The chief stiene ^ oftiis -earliest labours xvas the
vilkiges around Battle , and it ) theBe feo * afiimonjly addressed the people in the apen ^ air , which afforded a-ft ^ e opportunity "for his peraeoutors -4 o vent their ^ pttc tie administered baptism by immcrsioa in rtb ^ uw # heit « ped streams that were most , convenient ,
an « k this r service waa particularly ebQ $ ew for # n&iiiring » and assaulting the young preacher aad his a < U > ercnts c every-hindrance , ietnd n > ojc ? sta"t ipn ^ w ^ s ro ^ Ofted * to that vulgar
ingc » wty oould . sadTise or ^ ross and yiol € ? ot * pa « sron » exe #$£ e * The igiior » Efct naukitude were encouraged in tth&sc . e&eesse&r i by some * person »¦ w hose , ** &&cntioina rtd * -1 » njk in iiie ^ m % h t have * be < m < c * Fwat ^ d to ? teaic W tlvom . gaod uH
* -UMkn 9 v& £ - ii& < fiioX 4 ^ pji'ttcipies : ^ -MDe&Odigsts ^ feese < fwaarr \ aj *< uttontay ^« of ^ C ^ wftitl ^ ^ ractict * nd Oo an ^ c ^^ s ,
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wh «^ is descxibedr as . . having -. bee ^ ^ tepror -to ev © ry I > iss 6 otei : f m his , uefi g ^ bourhood . i .. * m- i it ^ 3 Harass ing as this opposijUOJ ^ fcoxn abrfoad was . to , the 5 inind of > Ip . ^ tdtef > it was a sn ^ all e ^ il com pared * vwith 1 ^ 5
difficulties and vexations wbicxh « e met with at home . His family-wejoe all united against hiei ; his parent * from religious zeal , his brethren from youthful levity . His father -even threatened to turn him out of doors if . he did riot desist from preaching . This w ^ as a serious ttouhl ^ e ; for ; Ije
hai a great -resjject and an ^ ction , f < t * r his parents , and his present system of faith would not allaw liim to regard their opposition in any othe * light tlian as a resistance of | : rqth aud * sajvation . Hi& religious asseci ^ te ^ w ^ ere persons of , na power or infVtmn ^ e , and tiiey too had their perplexities ,
wh i < 3 h i n crea sed his ow n * - H e ft 11 , ho > vever , that he was -following the path of duty ; ated whilst he saw # r | e necessity of being ^ m ore than usually careful of his temper and conduct in his fan ^ ijy and in the world ,, that tje might give no just occasion of , y ^ -
j > rpach , he resolved to pe ^ seyere , ai | he , encpuiaged his friends to staml fast jn their religious professioBi . £ &s aauable-anc } affectionate bgli ^ vioMr ^ his- famjly saftened prejw < iice anti ; ef | BcMiated ^ stcemjr . a » d he was- ricfoty rewarded for hU consistent and ^
stem plary conduct by the conve ^ jt ^ n ) pf his mother to ? his opinions and < Ce $ lings ^ and ex |;^ rnaj j >^ r ^ ecu < ion . < a » d ridicnle * d red away ,: th rough th& . ififluence of his talents ; and cfeaTaQt ^ r , his . eriernies at length dreading { to eupc ^ nfer his st rong uiiderstanding , cool temper and keen raillery ^ ] Jt couJU , oott be expecte 4 that ; iie , should pfjS 3 at . pnce- from a staie jn whipji his
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l ^ ein ^; Saturday at yort V one ^ of his tyrother £ , tie' rec ' tiy ^ d 011 a sudiloriT a hard blow , iiiaidp by fiis c ^ bipanlcrn l ^ itb otie of the tools which they liac ^ t ^ « $ e . He took tl ^ s-as tiie r ^ ^ lay , * frlhis tttfettjer rep ^ f ^ ed the blo W a ^ Uih dtt& a ^ iin ^* caHto
ing upon hfm at' tbe sftaHi ttiu ^ ^ Ufa x ) ut and fl ^ ht .- Thti i { nsovo keJ ^ h « £ rieiifcd hrs 'assaUujik , and . . bouud him liftB ^ . < ari < i fi > ot >? . nor would lie jralca&clJii p * tiil / l | jc lata « i ^ xplaHjip ^ ^^ ip e ^^^ j ^ fi ^ . coiir ^ t ,,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/5/
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