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sysiprriv " aiicj . " w . Kich , sVall therefore be r ^ t ateH > 6 i ? is qw *> words . ** At Wjsb ' c ^ P-hv- wh ^ re lie preached for Mr , Fre ^ s to n in the General jjapti ^ t Meeting ; tip use and collected * a few shii-1 Ings , !! 'lie says , " 1 heard of Mr . John Aiftins * wha was some years ago minister at Tent erden , in Jkent . I took a
resolution " to $ 5 , 0 and see him at Long Sutton * in ^ Lincolnshire , wj \ ere he was OHfrigter of a General Baptist popp le . . Accordingly oh Friday after- * f kVqlji I w&n t -to ' 1 id-Goat , to a Mr . Singer ' s who is a farmer and a merab ^ of 9 . General Baptist churc h at FteeJ- &boiit three or four miles from
SfiHbrjl ,.. I . was received very courteously though a stranger and of a Hit-&yepi cohimuivian from Mr . Stanger , r ljlie next day he invited me to preach ai ; Eleet pri , the following Sunday as that " place was destitute of a minister . Oq ija . tijrday , \ went to Tidd St . Mary s , to call pu a Mr . HursthoL ^ se v ^ tiere 1 was received in the same
affectionate manner , and in the afterndqji went to . Fleet to a Mr . William ^ ( jMi ger ^ s , who received me with the same openness . I pleached on tHe Sahbath morning at x ^ leetj and iii . . the afternoon at Sutton , for Mr ;
Atkiris ; I found many lively , good aftd generous people in these parts , many of whom are in the scheme of firial restQratiph , as taught by Air . Winchester , ' \ ¦ Sxfnjie of the persons to whom Mr . Vidl ^ r ' w now introduced provqd fri e nds for life , and especially JVlr . rijursthoiise who shewed him
substantial kindnesses on various occasiOtDS . ; r InceLFCpurse with Christians of varfaas persuasions could not fail to procjuce a stuong effect upon a mind Jike JMr- VitUer ' s , not formed to
reipj ^ m long , in a passne state . So e&rfy a ^ thc ^ 'car 4 784 , bepppeara from t £ e fQ }} Q \ y . \ a $ emry . \} i h \ & JournaJ , jto h . H ^ ^ tert ^ i r / e 4 . ^ ubts on thfi Calvjpi ^ jf ' jyfiietyz ^ ffr I hav ^ )^\ y had s £ « ic ^ se ^^ u ^ ^ Imu ^ h j ^ oa \ wq Mj \ potn ts ^ L iioi ut s . iu ' uiviirtty-r- ^ the godb ^ a 4 o tj ^ h ^ t ^ a ^ U ^ h ^ -ftfemtt { ? df frq lUoj ^ TUfi ^ n ^^^ rAluTesan ti ^/ . fy p ut do > id $ \ ( he sl ^ agl ^^ th ^ r . lbkawe' vv r . ^ tti fi Jdo ri ^ i
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fs ^? m ? . pfe rewye 4 . nmmzimen tfiodox : but J , « p . intend t ^ ' emmcter th ^ m b ^ th . more ^ n ^^ fy ; f ^ 9 * air I de ^ re . to have riothing : P . ut - tr ^ j \ l 2 intreat God lo u ^ ect in ^^ tf ^ n" ^; ttoxn error . Thi $ resoJutioU , was .
strerigthejTLed by the dea ^ ^ f b ^ rfji ^ ier ; aiiput this time ^ for Avhon ^ Ke / pps ^ s ^ l ^ a strong affection ^ but in wlxpjp ] $ saw no sign ^ s of ^ ucK , a conv ^ jen a ^ , on the Calvinistic scheme woaScI v v ^ trant the hope of his future happiness- / Th . e struggle between the feel . ujigs of ' , his nature and the dictates of his cteed
was painful ; almost to distractioa . The result was an -indistinct "' . } i o ^ ef which he is said to . Ji ^ ve expre ^ secj . m the funeral sermon which he preached for hh father , that good men wan ^ i be finally saved , " eveii . ' thoug h' th ^ y * might- not clearly ajpreliend wlo ^ t the reputed orthodox termtxl saving
ia * « u . But his doubts were ne % er so * cohvJ pletely roused as on this journey > in which he set out a CalvhVist and ie * "( turned ah inauirer . Among the m ^ , moranda of his tour ^ we fiud these , " strongly indicative of the state of his
itii ad : " " Th ree th i n gs to lie dime -Buy ^ itii ad : Th ree th i n gs to lie dime - y the abettors of -finaT restoraftlun , befor ^ their scheme can be received ; J ^ t , Prove that the prophecies and promises * applied to this subject arq to be t&jc ^ nj ia that extensive s . en ^ e . 2 n < \ y Ol > viai * those plarn passages I hat '' speak of tfi ^ ,
perfjemity of future punishment in jiuv O ] d \ Xe $ f ^ mep t- and especially M > u ^ Nfiw 3 yd ± , Pro . v o th a t the re is a [ J ij p ! acc . oqnt of a dispensation to , t ^ k . e place * after the day of jnd ^ rment . — -J \[ o / e , Tt ^ p . iuYesligate tbe doctrine . of ; iibhewieni * before . I . consider the scheme of iiiyat restoratTon . Ur . Kdwards Fias \ j ; ri , ttejt | r
ap answer to Dr . Chauncy . i i ^? l IP b \ . ... " .:. '• " . -. ' ' . ¦ : ' -. ¦ ; .. 4 His inquiries were now regainr ^ but ; cautionbl y { mnsuefi . His U ^ , y e ? cLiibits ^ r eat restlessness aj ul ip cfx ^ i ^ . sfon of oiumJ . JVt one time he ' - ^ eqt ^ to satisfy l \ im self in jjis oldcre ^ a :. ^ t ; apother he perceives , in J ^ xfj ^ cuftre ^
antl pcrplexjxiei * witliopt hiuripci ; j . a ^ 4 ; , o / ice , at leait ^ ^ e Venires to a ' j * k * vi * e ^ ther be cio riot decrive hiai ^ ell * bi > faith in divine revelation , . TJbrpug-h , , tlie « > e jdp ubt ? aud . u-vci e ^ ies Ji . i , V , ffVj ( F | f |^ vy ^ asjiUn jtiaak-ing jis . \ y ay ., tov 7 arj , jtrut ^ ^ anc ^^ bc cipri # e-of hi ^ opiuian ^ ^ ho ^^ M . gr ^ d ^ t . wai . at . k - u ^ b c ^ in ^ i * .- . : J : O ..
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page 131, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/3/
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