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Brief Memoir * of the late Rev . John Disney , jD . A > . / I . 4 . S . ( Extracted from &is Funeral Sermon , by the H « v . Thon ^ as Jervis . ) BESCEMDEI > from an ancient and respectable family i « Lin ** colnshife , Dr . Disney was horn on ^^" 28 tH (^ September , 1740 . Having pas § £ dl with great credit through the usuaT dorirse ; of studv at Peter-house in
ihe ^ tJnivefsity of Cambridge , he procelled to the degree of Bachelor of f ^ ws , E ndowed wit h a native artfimt arid activity of mind , he appears to- fta # ir distinguished hirn % elf at an ' earl y period of life as , a zealous friend f > f civil arid relf ^ ians liberty . Ajid , on fe&Jil&g orders , be received an
honourable testimony to his conduct , hii ts&yflfcs , fend Iit » - principles , by the ^ pp ^ rtntmeiit of hotiorary cha plain to tUt ^^ eifefi bl e D r . Edmund Law , * Jfefeter of bi §; CoKegc , and Bishop of CMSlAti' ^ WHti ' - ' M-as itifnself a di s- ^ # H # u ' i § h £ tf advocate of' tlie ^ same great ciqlli . ' lit Was arft ^ rw ^ rd ^ presented tit fh £ ^ itkftor * of 'S fcrinderbV . and
liftih , jof ^ / fti the Recto ry of'Pantptt * both Kn his i ^ iiivc countv . JiW thes 0 sVtMattions he discharged tlte ipwpacUiaf dttties , af his sacred $ x ^ Uoti » with exem ^ l ^ ry zea l , acwily aa * i « si « fulRe « 8 t happy in the 0 ta «^ is » eftt of his pa risinoners , and tfeer = estee « i ofs&irs frtc ^ ts . - A strenaoag sh ^ # -fafHnG )» i «! assertor of the eau ^ e of feh * idquiry , and the right nf private i ^ yfenihfehir , fm mativ it « ^ iH not be t ^ t
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understood his character , would be stiil less surprized * that , disdaining the meanness of all subterfuge , evasion , and equivocation , in a matter of such vital importance , involvings as it appeared to him , the opposing interests of this world and those of another ; yet without harshly judging the conduct of others , or condemntng with uncharitable censure and unchristian insinuation , those who
viewed this subject m a different light—he resolved to obey God rafMt than men ; and , upon the most serious inquiry , mature cleliberation an ^ l the fullest conviction , he ultimately ' made up , his mind to relinnu , is 1 | his preferments in the EstabhsJhea Church , and his further prpspects ^ which > were considerable . This i # w portant measure he adopted with a decision , a disinterestedness and # consistency of Conduct which , evejf by those who entertained sentimetvtg and vievrs entirely different Jfironn $ U 9 own , cou ^ d not but be respected * *—> whHe he feU the inward convietipn , N <; .- ... " . . ¦ .
' ' ^ A sHH and quiet conscience is a pcftc « Ab 0 vt& a 31 earthly dignities / ' , ' : He , resigned , the respectable situa * tion whiQ" he . held , atid the ernoiulaenis ra ^ Vtach ^ 4 ^ > wni ? n the ° ^ u ^ f eiattns of an . infant family pleaded ha * d <* against bis conscientious < Jetetntinfation , an ^ l while he ppsses . § e 4 axfiy th 6 com ^ ratively slender prpvrsibn of a youncer . brother ^ Some
years previous to : this event , he tiiarrj e ^ t tlie elrjlest ¦" 'daugStfter ; of the Hey , Francis Bt-AOKBORKE , Rector ^ f ISieh «\ ° J % ' a n ^' AVctitieacon of <^ fer ^ IW % in yi > rKsnire . . 7 Pt- ^ i ^ WiY , ' on g i ^ trin ^ h 1 s if > r ^ f <^^^ B ^ i " h £ ^^ ? l ? i 5 y wp % t . | 0 . Church tit Eiigund , removed w " •* - " ' ¦ * - ¦ - - ' ' ¦ ¦ - > i \ i . K / f » yr ^ . !» V ¦^ - - - ^ Mt ^ -i-Wr—rtTTI —¦ fT ~ f * 1 rn i i ^ i ^^» ¦ w m ^ m ^ i ^ m ^ m ^^ TI ^ i i ~ m ¦ ¦ " *!< n I ~~ wpMa ^ M *^^< HMHMMNte
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/1/
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