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itkteed . But that did not fill up the full measure ^ f their sin , nor bring the wrath of God upon them and their posterity to the uttermost , until they forbade the apostles to preach the gospel to the Gentiles that they might be saved . 1 Thess . ii . 15 , 16 . . Aid . We have as learned men in
the Church of England as you . — Mr . C . Yes ! yes ! some whose books I am not worthy to wipe the dust from . —Town Clerk . He does not speak as he thinks . —Mr . C . How can you tell that , unless you were
God Almighty , the searcher of hearts , whose prerogative alone that is ? I wish you had as much wisdom and honesty as the town-clerk at Ephesus had . He took the part of the blessed ApDstle St . Paul : but you are very brisk against me . I pray you ,
gentlemen , do not judge my case , and derive me of my liberty by a piece of the law ; but let the whole act be read . —Aid . 'Tis a long act , and we must go to dinner . —One of them said 'tis a short act , a short act , let it be read . For which he had little thanks
given him by some . After reading of the act , Mr , Charles said , where are the two witnesses ? Let me see them face to / ace , after the manner of England , that will swear I was the
parson , vicar or curate , and did refuse to give my assent and consent to take the oath , and to make the declaration , according to the Act of Uniformity . — Aid . It is no matter . —Mr . C . There
must needs be proof that I am such a person as the act describes . You may as well , if you have no proof that I am the parson , vicar or curate , send for the man that next goes by in the streets , and execute the Five Mile
Act upon him . —Aid . Do you think that we sit here like a company of fools ? Will you take and subscribe the oath according to the act ? You do preach , you do baptize , you do administer the Sacrament . —Mr . C .
Did you see me ?—Aid . No ; but we did hear so Mr . C . And will you deprive a man of his liberty by hearsay ? You may then find yourselves work enough , as the world goes . Upon this they ordered him to
withdraw , and he was carried to the jail , and imprisoned six months . After he was set at liberty , he continued labouring amongst his people at Sun , to the day of hfe death .
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Mr . Charles was an " excellent scholar , well skilled in the oriental languages , and a great historian ; an accurate , lively and successful preacher , indefatigably studious , retired and devout y a prudent ( Economist , of a
warm and courageous temper , and a zealous reprover of reigning vices . " He enjoyed firm health till overtaken by the students diseases , the stone and stranguary , which he bore with invincible patience , and of which he died Dec . 23 , 17 03 , with great peace and comfort , and even with € t
assurance and triumph . * ' His age was seventy years , forty-one of which had been spent in the exercise of the ministry at HulL I have in my hands , Mr . Editor , a
small thick quarto volume , containing some of Mr . Charles ' s Sermons , taken in short-hand by Mr . Thomas Martin , grandfather of the present Mr . Martin of Hull , through whose kindness I have obtained a sight of it . The Sermons in this little collection were
all preached between the years 1630 and 1695 . They furnish a pleasing monument of the piety and zeal of the author , and his intimate acquaintance with the Scriptures . His sentiments are those of pretty high Calvinism . Mr . Charles was succeeded in the
year 1704 , by Mr . John Billingsley , son of John Billingsley , M . A ., who was ejected from the vicarage of Chesterfield . At the expiration of a year and a half , this gentleman removed to London to become assistant to Dr .
Harris , in which capacity he was probably better known . He died , it seems , at an advanced age , in the year 1721 . [ Mon . Repos . VI . 326 . ] He was succeeded in the ministry at Hull in 1705 , by Mr . John'Witter , who discharged the duties of his office
with zeal , fidelity and acceptance , for fifty years . He is spoken of with high respect hy the very few amongst liis numerous hearers who yet survive . The infirmities of age compelled him to resign in 1755 , and shortly afterwards he closed a useful life by a serene and tranquil death . His picture hangs in the vestry of the chapel , and the countenance is indicative of
deep penetration and close study . It was during the ministry of this gentleman , that Mr . Leonard Chamberlain , a draper in Hull , ( who had probably sat many years under the
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History of Dissenting Meeting-House , Bowl * Alley Lane , Hull . 6 & 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1818, page 667, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2482/page/3/
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