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Hisfeham ^ , remember him who so long prfesiaed over you ; whose faith follow , considering the honourable and happy end ^ his Conversation , ^ Jmek / 9 " '"'< ' - ' ^^^^^^ midk ^ Jta ^ s-i jisaa . tFkfe ^ jbm * tikpm- ^ I *^ i * wri } $ ® nti , ' ¦ &f Bloklijun , who was with Mr . Hamptdn at Gl&sgow , informed me , * that when Mr . H . 1 at his entrance into the
College , wns examined drf the black stone concerning his proficiency irt the Greek language , it being then the custom to permit ' the student to ' name which of the books of Homer he wished to be examined in ; Mr : H . s ^ ft ^ ** You riaay examine me in eithe ^ of ^ tofe ! twelve . *' ¦
It was mentioned Ui his funeral discourse , that he probably had some thoughts of writing a third pamphlet on me doctrine of atonement , and that he was urged to do it . 7 $ I'feonehide ftom ? the Httte thatAe 8 a ^ l € dI itfe < « AoW > 9 t f M iadd from the
alteration that I have disfcoverfed ; since liis' death , in some bif Ids- sermons on this subject , that if he had published a third piece , he would have made little or > nb use * ^ uiiscriptural terms or phra ^ s in it ; and would also have laboured to shew that the appointment
proceeded from the love of CUhU and so have endeavoured ) to remove the objections < to it * that the popular explanation of the subject has created ; and ( as he thought ) has caused some persons not onl y to reject 4 tp but even Christiamty itBelf : - * - : As to his sentiments respectingthe person of our blessed Lord > the Rev . Pete&rtJdher , / his successor , having informed me some years ago , that Mr . Hj > did' not 'believe in the divinity of Christ > I wrote to h ^ m ihe other day concerning it ; the following is his answer ^ ^ Aev . Sin , f
< -X do remember m a conversation which I had with Mr . Hampton , which I think took place in the motith of July 1796 , that he said he could not either on Christian or philosophical principles , believe J in flie proper deity of Jestil € Shri ^ MMs is what he said
to Me on this subject , or as nearly as y . * -ut h ., ; ,- ' io-k r ^^/ u- ^ 'fl ^ iidpHnilL ' *' - There ^ also « such triark ^ and alt ^ o ^ inrtde in his sermon ^ relating . to ^ t ^ k ^> a& ^ render it doubtful
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whether he wa ^ , towards ^ the ctes ^ of life , a firm believer ^
In short , there wa ^ nothing ^ fTrinitarianism , that 1 ^^^ llsf ^^ ibfdib public serviced , when I ito ^ t 0 i % fe . gat number of ye ^ rs , occasionally present at thrill . ' '' ¦^¦? Jvtiij ,. ' * . »; e *; . Hfcr ' f ^ "it
Over the pulpit of the jneetinpr-house in which Mr . Hampton so many yeai ^ officiated , a tablet has been placed by the congregation , on which there is the following inscription : ^ . r . <^ = ^^ ^ Sacred tome memory 61 the Rev . George Hampton , A . M ., who died Qi
Sept . 22 > 179 fy *^* Qj&falkMnw been pastor of this ( phrististo . ¦ society 57 years . ^ His solid learning , urbanity of manners ; ^ quaiiimity hVB ^ temper , genuine csmdoury and ; Aifona ^ ety rendered his character truly venerable , and Ms memory Justly respectable . & , - f * f He beinjp ^ dead , yet speaketh ^* ?* / " JOSEPH JEVANS .
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- St& , - - ; - " TF I had not for a long time past Jt felt the value of the old saymg , zSev dy £ v wonder at nothing , I . should express to you my surprise that any one , calfmff himself a © hristia ^ , should
dispute the duty Mid advantage of prayer . As pr ^ er is I rconfesaedly . a practice founded on revelation , we do not at all wonder that it should ? he reiected bv the I > eist : for why » hoi » W
h ^ j pray ? Hsr hasiiio ^ tijft ^ NfetOi l ^ p ^ tliat any one vvill he ^ ^ but fOr . ^ hiifer tians , whom the voice 4 ) f their brf ^ Ved and heavenly Master has ; i tfeugh ^ vto retire " into their closets , andMsh ^ ^ Me door about them , md ^ Fatter who is iii sScrei ?! mm th 0 ^^ 3 kmF Father who seeth in * secrete 4 Jiamself shall reward them f - fot OWtefJaii ^ lo dispute the duty and advantage ^> f prayer , this is strange ® &d <^ % ti i $ w answer is indeed invented to this pad
other plain pre ^ ep $ s * tfpd encourage ments concerning prayer ; found in qut Lord ^ s discourses and the letter ^;^ f ; his apostles , % iit ^ suelltraii an ^ vvet -jik j ^ fe would thmk commoftiseitoewjwl ^ fegle stifled ; in its-rbktli ' * > ^ ^ %# H ^ M ^ precepts were connected ^ witl ^ ilJift mi raculous gifts which we ^ qstc ^ il ^ ^ me ?
poured dowii , ; ana ^^^ evidently ceased , v ^ h ( e diity r 0 f pjP ^ ar ceases \ vith' thfem * n $ k ^ hali fe ; ffj ^ t ^ , ith ^ n ; that so liariasftpTOyerreM ^ ;^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 633, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/5/
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