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Bfem : < " ftf&wv fb ^ fe iti Mr . I ^ Sl t lt \ sii < si a mfc creditable t # f ^ uller ^ s ^ Eacr ' ty that he perceived tfrat the wotkin ^ s of such a ttrind as Vidier * s ^ arM tr \ e dfiati ^ of his chardctef With r ^ kfd to feTigion , must be interesting abxT rri stjrutrtI re . O n 1 i rs . si cf ey th ere wi « Another evident motive for Viis
soliciting a correspondeqce : -be was now about to throw down the g ^ cm trlei 10 tfere ^ Sociiiians , " and he ; cdfc templatecjhis undertaking with fear aTKf frerhbling ^ expecting , as lie once emphatical'I y ek j ^ re ^ eclit , to be ** torn limb ifrbm limb : " he must therefore
Hive beeri very desirous of the assrst ^ nce of h rt brethre n , ariJ esjrecia !! y df sxibh of them as thought for thibnis < £ lv , es , and were not fed in the trammels o ^ books . Those that knew Arid re w Fuller intimately may
conjecture that there was another reason f of Tils engaging Vidier to put his story and his thoughts upon paper ; nafcnely , that he mi g ht ^ sceTtain ^ viiether tiis new acquaintance were thoroughly sotirid in the faith . He was very
suspmtoas of heresy , at least in others ' y atid it is \ ery probable rjiat he disco ^ veWi some train of thought m ^ 9 mrtrid of his comparrton ' that bore ail heretical cO nip lex ton . I p a fetter \ vliicfa he' addressed to Vidler in less
than t \ vo jrears after this ^ ndd , " h $ teljs him that ** he had o ^ setred Wrrv to ) be of ia speciilalttie tirrri of riiinii ;* > p ttt ^ se by which Calviri ^ s ^ denote d . % irici p leht heretic , or one who not sati ^ ed with first appearancesf or coiiririin' explanations will look at an
dpTtiioii br systern on all slices and exaiWine its tesirm ' jg ^ . connefctfons and t ^ hrfehcies . ^ Whether the agreement to correspond vras fulfilled by either or bn / h of thid . Baptist brethren , and to what 1
de ^ f ^ e , \ 4 ne have no means of det ^ rnnrrlbg ; nb letters remaining atnon g MF . Yidlers piap ^ rs b \ it such as have bfeen m * i ^ e public . His reljitton of hi ^ tx pe ^ rie ^ ncc , or religious copversi ^ n atid progress , and , above all , his
thW { jlVte oiv m tVie cOTisecjucnces of Sb&ffititiisht * foetid be extremely irrt < £ rfcfc ¥ ih g now that wfe have seen the c 6 ti ^ 6 si 6 ri of ' HvsTilfe and earthly hist&rfy hjn& have witnessed' the rrappy effee ^ df hts ** Socnibn belief in s ^ ij > - porting ttim iti ill * itiidst ^ Of ^ stcute
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vtit& r&tiA ffc ^ ct ^ ^ a ^ itik ^^ cl ^ im imi m &&fiM ^ iPmi -aadi " dm * ; ^ ah ^ ivine " wtmit ' £ l fr& m ^ veriry ^ cvj ^ . - ¦ - '¦ ilfSLtt z * i r ..:-: f fottx the a ^ sopiatib ^ kt ^ IVi ^ MV : Viilfer ptty ^ eeded to NbYwkUi , oti tti ^ in ^ tatic ^ of Mr . ^ fk ^ yrak ^ r ^^ wii 6 ti > lie' was cor ^ iai f ^ ifeceive ' d $ thbugh he obtainecl but kittle aid iH that city ^ owing to several applicat ? 6 irVs
sirfiilar to his own having been madti " to the Baptists there Just before fife arrival . He met with marry disappoint fti en ts on his jburmij ? , 4 ^^ ^^^ where he succeeded Ms teitlper was sometimes severely tried . &n&ts £ the
persons on whom be cdtled : ^ in , stfrfrer town In ' "KpVfql ^ , a tradeshii ' n " aiitf a rnetr ^ ber of a l ^ aptiVt church , no » sSbftw ^ hearU h \ $ case explained tharl h ^ rJe ^ girVto Reprimand him ; compfajhing that " ¦ h& was perpetually called upoi ! by
idle parsons .,, who I ' an up an * d dic ^ Wii tho country on the same , errahdl * ' fffi cb ncl a a * ed jti s rail i ri £ , h 0 we v Wj Yf I" ?' throwing ^ guinea , upon the cotrnteF an 4 hidding Mr . Vidier be ; gofttj . Mr . Vjdfer coolly took up tfre goine ^ and'thus addressed the givef , ' ^ r , r Y take up the guinea , whieH you ai ^ t pleased to throw do wit with s 6 miltiY
anger . It is a guinea , and as Such ii ; vViil go as Tar in the ^ discha rge of oVir clebt as aw other of the like fc-indjfeqt , Sir , I grieve on your a . ecout ) t tb t | irr ) k that though this guinea has cdjntj crat 6 £ yoiij pocket towards relieVfp ^ our distresses , your unfe ^ rin ^ n e ^ s hv upbraiding rhy motives , ancl youViiy ^ - tff
kmg tht ^ donatton an occasion a ^ buse ^ wij ji . PJ * event ^ y acknowJect ^ irVg ^ tr ^ e gift ' . at : tfit | Hesurrectit > n of the " Justr . V , Th ip reprobf , vvh ich was del iijtlreu * wi , ih c ' aiTrrhess aud soleiiimty , jrnB ^ duced its effect ; the churlisli -tointH- butic ^ r was so ftened by it , ami ta 0 bg ^ Mr . Vidier by the hand thanked hitft ' for his faithfulness and earltesiry ^ and
cordtalfy invited him to his- tarlifei ' ; : The fruits of this c ' oIFccrfn ^^ tou )^ w ^ re not equat to the expectatmYis W the ppstoFand his flock : the dciotct ^ n- ' t racted in xsach strbitjg hdn ^^ \^ s \ * M reality but ti ttUdttn i ^ isrierl : irt ^ AtS ^ Ve *; way . h ^ Weyer , the journey WaS ^ kbe ^ Jingly tirbfitable to ^ Mr Wm& , % V it : lnffbiuced hirti to a Wfge cfitdlc ? ortc ?^ lieidUs ^ ^ Jtecrtiifintahde ;; am 6 ^^ t S ^ h ^ rh
wete pKiny dr& ^ ritbrs frtim Whi t -ftehiinself ^ ddnsiaererf ^ 'Hhe ' Qr * hfeffi ^ ' faith . ^^ He ftas Mih ^ elF Ascribed Kil
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 130, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/2/
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