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go through and fit myself for my business the best I can , whatever be the event . If [ had had the good fortune to have lodged only two hundred pounds in the public stocks here when I came first , I might have gained by this time four or five thousand pounds , a sum which would have set me perfectly at ease all the rest of my life . But we must never blame ourselves for
not doing what nobody could foresee a probability of success in . It is true , the profession of physick is a lottery too , and has , perhaps , as many blanks in it as any other : but it was the only way I had to dispose of myself ; and supposing the worst to happen , I shall only be obliged to lead a more private life in a more private way than I needed to have done before I entered upon this adventure /'
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a concern about everything which related to me , that I ought to make you acquainted with the honour the King hath very unexpectedly done me , of nominating me on Thursday last to the bishoprick of Bristol . Far from making application for
any thing , I had not the least suspicion the day before , that 1 was thought of and , indeed , the account that I was pitched upon gave me uneasiness ^ not pleasure . For I have already as much business in the management of this parish as I know how to go through , and the
income of that bishoprick is so small , that it will not , in less than four years * time , pay the present expense of coming into it . But all my friends agree , that as it is thus providentially laid in my way , I ought to accept of it , and as it is a mark of his Majesty ' s regard , to accent it
thankfully . This , therefore , I have accordingly resolved upon , and hope God will enable me to discharge the duties of the station I am called to . If you write to me soon , make no change on the
outside of your letter , nor in the inside even . I had the pleasure of seeing Mr . Clarke last week , and hearing that our friends at Chesterfield were well . I desire my humble service to them all , and am , " Your loving brother , " THOMAS SECKER . "
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Mr . Cog-an on jLibertg and Necessity . 69
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Sir , BY way of an addendum to my paper on the doctrine of Necessity , ( pp . 7—11 >) I should wish briefly to state the objections which are brought against this doctrine , and briefly to reply to them . Objection . The doctrine of Necessity annihilates the distinction between virtue and vice .
Answer . The objection is not true-A benevolent deed will retain its character , though the doctrine of Necessity be admitted . But if the actions of" men proceeded from a
self-determining power of the wiU , then , indeedr as they would indicate no disposition of the heart , they wokld have no moral quality , and the aistmckibns of morality would be set aside .
Objection . The doctrine of Necessity subverts the foundation of praise ana blame . Answer . Then praise and blame , according to the observation just now made , can have a © foundation at all - The truth is , we view moral beauty with complacency , and moral < Wormitjr with dfofctts * '; andprase and btem ^ are the expressions of these s ^ tttinttnta
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" Leyden , December 20 , 1720 . " Dear Brother , " You will be surprized at the date of this letter ; but my coining here was so very sudden , that I had no time to send
you or any body word of it , nor even to see my aunt Brough , though but eight miles off . I landed but two days ago , therefore can say nothing of the country . Nor can I be certain how long I shall stay , but it will be no longer than is necessary to get a degree , which 1 hope may be done in two months . "
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" London * April , 1721 . " I obtained the degree and arrived here last Thursday . "
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^^^ m ^ mmmam " Exeter College , Oxford , 1721 . " When I came down here about a week
ago 1 found your letter dated Nov . 15 th , though I had given express orders that all letters should be sent up to London to me . I would not have you be positive that you guess right about say affair of importance . There are more affairs than one of importance in life . Whatever it *> e , it is very much at a stand at present , and yet may possibly go on again .... If you write to me here , where I shall stayonly a fortnight longer , it is proper not to give me my title . "
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w London [ early in 1722 ] . w u The uncertainty 1 was in about putt »» gr on a gown is over ; for I was ori ^ d by ll } e BlshLOP of Durham yesterday . * believe his lordship intends to take me Jiowu to his diocese next summer . If so , i s ? aJl fee hard but either going or coming 1 will see you . "
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< " St . JratoePs , free . 21 , 1734 T mm B * o %# *; f You have fthftty * ferfcwn # y frfettdly
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1820, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2485/page/5/
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