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after , he obtained the degree of A . B . ; in December 1772 was ordained deacon by Bishop Talbot , priest not long after , and preached his first sermon in St . James ' s Church , March 28 , 1723 . " Thus Seeker , by subscription eat animo > and the required assent and consent , found himself at last in the right track , determining henceforth , like Sir Thot €
mas Browne , ( ReL Med . J to keep the road , and follow the great wheel of the Church . " Ibid . Mr . Fox cannot easily explain to his own satisfaction how his friend Seeker could " have stooped to such preferments , as he once despised upon the terms they were to be had . " But
the ecclesiastical aspirant felt , no doubt , what Wakefield describes , ( Memoirs , I . 173 , ) " the marvellous efficacy of preferment , and the prospect of preferment , in rectifying- the intellect , and enlightening- the eyes of the understanding .
It must , however , be acknowledged , to the praise of Seeker , that he performed with exemplary attention the theological duties assigned to the stations he occupied * while he munificently employed their large revenues in the promotion of useful and benevolent
designs . His MSS . in the library at Lambeth , of which Newcome acknowledges very frequent use , bear ample testimony to his talents and diligence as a biblical student ; and it remains , I apprehend , an historical fact , that the Dissenting academy of " one Mr . Jones" had the honour of
furnishing to the Church of England her last preaching Archbishop of Canterbury . The " Primates of ail England" who have succeeded Seeker , appear to have been satisfied to " dwell
in decencies . " Scholars and polite gentlemen , if not flexible courtiers , the theological labours of these " successors of the apostles" may , perhaps , be not unfairly comprised in this enumeration by Wakefield ( Mem . II . 430 ) :
" A visitation in five years at least ! A minster-sermon , and a clergy-feast ! At solemn seasons , on a sable host , To pour , benevolent , the Holy Ghost ! Shake o'er Non-Residents the angry rod , And , on high Sabbath , give the Peace of God . "
P . 194 , col . 1 . « Mr . Evans . " Dr . John Evans , author of " Sermons on vol . xvi . 2 n
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the Christian Temper , " who died in 1730 , aged 50 . He preached in the Meetingrhouse " New Broad-street , Petty France , ' which was pulled down a few years since , and of which Mr .
John Palmer , chiefly known by his advocacy of Philosophical Liberty against Dr . Priestley , was the last minister . Dr . E . is mentioned by Dr . TouJmin , Hist . View , p . 582 .
Ibid . col . 2 . " Mr . James Read . " He was chosen , in 1707 , assistant preacher at the Weigh-house , where Mr . Reynolds , a very zealous Trinitarian , was pastor . From thence Mr .
Read was dismissed in 1720 , because , as Dr . Benson , who preached his funeral sermon , relates , " he stood up , in 1719 , for the glorious cause of liberty ; and against all human impositions whatever . " At the close of
the same year , 1720 , Mr . James Read was chosen by the congregation in New Broad-street , to be their minister , first in connexion with Dr . Evans , and afterwards of Dr . Allen . In that situation he continued till his decease in
1765 , aged 70 . Mr . James Read is mentioned among the associates of Lardner in his Life ( p . ix ) . P . 195 . coL 1 . " One Lorimer . " His name appears second upon the List of Ministers who , in 1719 , were " for subscribing . " ( Mon . Repos . XIV . 17 . )
Ibid . col . 2 . Coronation of George the First . " This ceremony was performed , Oct . 20 , 1714 . Ibid . " Grand Eclipse , " described as " a total eclipse of the sun about
nine in the morning ( April 22 , 1715 ) . The darkness was so great for three minutes thirteen seconds , that the stars appeared , and the birds and other animals seemed to be in great consternation . " Salmon ' s Chronol . Hist . 1747 ,
II . p . 47 . Ibid . " Great fire in Thames Street , " Jan . 13 , 1715 . It " burnt down above one hundred and twenty houses—and above fifty persons perished in the flames , or by other accidents . " ( Chronol . Hist . p . 45 . ) Ibid . Mr . Fox " saw all the rebel
lords and gentlemen—brought through Hoiborn . " " They were pinioned at Barnett , and so led through the city , as well the seven peers as the rest . " Chronol . Hist . p . 56 . ) This triumph of the " amiable and illustrious House " over a disarmed enemy , was exhibited
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Notes on the Memoirs of Mr . J + Foar . 27 &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 273, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/17/
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