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    hmtm ^ fe ^^ i ^ ciOTf wwi « B ^ l <^ fe ^^^^ P WfirfffflF 5 h ; e * r ; first , uvciSry ^ ctipi ^ vwitn the late worthy and . exemplary Mr . tii '^ DSEy ; ari d , on the resignation of the latter , Dr . Disk ' sy was iiri ^ nituously chosen by the trustees of the chapel to succeed him , as sole . minuter o ( that respectable congregation .

    As this brief memoir is Intended only as a sketch of character and talent , not as a regular and digested biography of the excellent person whose lamented death has given rise to it , — -it is unnecessary for the writer to enter into a minute chronological detail of the events of his valuable life . This object may be more

    elaborately and more ably executed at some future period . " la the mean time , it may be noticed , as a fact in his history too striking to be omitted—that the late Thomas Brand Hollis , Esq . who was a member of his congregation , in consequence of creat personal friendshin ? i which originated in a nigh respect for his character and conduct ,

    and the uncommon sacrifice which he tiqd made , by resigning his ecclesiastical preferments from a princi p le of conscience , bequeathed to Dr . Efisnqy by hi £ will , entirely unknown to Kim , having never received any intimation of such a design—iiis entire estates in Ilsscx and Dorsetshire , without any condition , limitation or restriction whatsoever . *

    Of that system of religious opinions strictly Unitarian , and of those principles , respecting the , worsVim of the One God , the God and Fa r ther of Jesus Christ , which ? , as we h ^ ve see n , he h ^ d embraced from rtfqtlves , the most pure , disinterested , and conscieiiti&us , and therefore the most honourable — he was uniformly anoV invariably to the latest period of hts life a most decided , aWe , manly and

    consistent advocate . Thus was Dr . Disney highly distinguished in that licrpic band or confesj > prs who sacrificed upon the altar of truth thq honours a ^ nd ( endowments ojf the vvorjd ; wtio renounced ' its atlvf ' nn ^ prospects , for the rights of cQfis . c ! e » ce . for the honour pi v * oq , for flic f « Utn of tHe gospel and for Jjhe ^ K ]?^ ° X » ¦ » . ' ¦»¦ ¦ »'> » > - > ¦ ' ¦¦ ' - ¦¦ \ » " — . v' : * " c mm" ¦ H

    * ' N . B . Mr . B . ttojlis ' s will wa ^ dated tw ^ vo years before h * i 9 death .

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    ^ r ^ " ^^^ f VP ^^ Z ^ enJip ti ^ ti , e ^ ^ ibe ^ a | fW- ^ tn ^^; bear the / uitest ^ ttestat ^ n " . ^ OrAes ' ^ ,

    matter of the most serious investigation , ' and ( the cQnscienlions result of such inquiry in opposition to all worldly Gonsiderations , aqd to all the powerful and affecting remofistrapces of his most attached friepds and family connexions . M ^ tny o > jier pu blications appearedt at different periods ,

    biographical , controversial apcT tf ^ c ^ - logica ) , which though of g ^ ea ^ ia ^ tit and interest , it is inipp . ssibl ^ lrj . jthjj . s short sketch to , er > ume . ra |;^ .. ^ . amongst those of the ; former- cf ^ s . < rqption , the Memoirs of Dr , Syke $ 4 f of Dr . Jebb and of Dr . Jortin , Kojcj a principal place . He printed r a % 9 > X ' he Book of Cotrimon TPrayer

    Jleformed , for the Use of tXnjtan ^ a Congregations , ia 1 ?^; fpd aj ^ cop f ! edition of the same , wifti ' -jrlie Jw $ f < Mf , Psalms , and a Collection df Hy q ^ ns * in 1802 . But the lastof his w ^ r ] c ^; published in the course b ( tjfye " yk& $ 1816 , and carrie ^ ; through tn fw 8 ^? fI but a few . months , previous tp ^ p ^ t which at once closed the natural ^ eai ^

    and termiqated a , life visefjul ^ Jup ^^ prable , ., and hignly irnport ^ nt- ^ - ^ i ^ sisjecl of two volumes of : < r $ errnoD ^ v forming a sequel \ q two fbrm e ^ voli ^ rx ^ s , pu blished in 1 7 ^ 3 , ^ nd ^ whicfi are l } o ^ f , put of print . This recent pul > lipatiojpJ , and especially ^ he preface vy ij ^ be ; r ^ with a peculiar and ; injecting m ^ ero ^ t ,

    by thpse who are q ^ ali ^ ifed . ^ ^ P ^? r ciate th ^ at intelleelyal vigour , ^^ n <^ soi ^ ndpcss gf judjginen ^ > vfw h ^ fiS , retained to the Jpst . —An in ^ e ^ Ujfe integrjt ^ , an unsh ^ i eu constancy ^ ^ ni determination of character * § pxjt ^ ii $ d with firmness ancj eleya , tipp ojt ^ npjpf y ' sustained him in circumstances the j V 1

    most trying am < £ afflicting , arrh ^ dsf the sufferings of severe and aln ^ c&t irnin- ^ terrupted sic khess .- ~' s ^ n 4 ihs ~ % in * Vhe : verge of the grave , the " obje vvjeck of what once he was—the ruined temple in wlribh his heroic ^ afid ' unbrbken spWt s 4 it erishtfifed ' r . ^ l ) Mis * he 4 Bimi had Weti sdnsibly dev clinlrig - * T 6 ^ k ^ rirf ^ rae rJbl e ^ tiine ? Kht * he eiidufed a pattTrut aridttrigeTOg illYi ^^ irB - ' a'ft ^ tude ikWa ^^^ sure

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 258, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/2/