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    sentiments , and whatever gr 6 at names tRey coiifl'd foritoerly boast of , is' certainly in the ptfeseftfc day neHfoer distinguished for popnJ&rtty nor niimfctr ^ . Consideratic ^ is' Kke the ^ e , howiever , had Mrf

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    cteNBd < M thfe oth ^ . freely con ^ fgsSttd ttffltt dn some di ^ iif ^ pomts , and bit ddAie MgMy mtefreMpg giib - j ^ ts , M 66 tild 66 t fiad ^ up his itiiiid , a * td Wiit ^ d befofe Ife did so for ffr £ at 6 r

    light ahd fevidj&ii 6 e ; Ih corrofooratldu of this atat ^ ift € rnt ^ # e i&all lEretitioti , that omly six er &e ! v £ fr wieets ago fe ^ was , along itiffi 1 & . elder brother , publicly baptised iii ibis chapel by immersion . Brut befdrfe he ? Submitted to thfe rite , hfef &ot 6 nly read tfie most able modern

    writers oft both sidfes of the question , biit- also consulted the writiiigs " of the fathers , before he decided that to us Christians there is now , as at the first , but ' One Lord , one Faith , and one Baptism / In a matniscript which he has left , and in which he details the conclusions at which he had arrived in

    this iiwjuiry , and his reasons fttr determining to submit to the rite , he observes , I however shall consider that I leave a duty undischarged if I do not give the subject a more extensive examination when nay opportunities

    become enlarged . Tnis memorandum will be a bond upon ^ : my conscience / The pious mind humbly submits and adores God in the inscrutable ways of his providence , trusting that whatever he does , he does for good .

    " What greatly heightens our regret at the loss of our lamented friendy is , that In the midst of firm health and good spirits , he lost his life apparently by the most trifling accident . But a letter ( dated the day following his decease ) which I will read to you details the particulars of it . I received

    it from his brother John , whose truly brotherly , affectionate exertions on this very painful occasion , as well , indeed , as those of all his family , Witli whom he lived in the greatest love and harmony , are deserving of the greatest praise : ^

    "' My dear brother complained first of illness on Saturday evening ; , and his disorder appeared to those about him durigerotfs on Monday . Pain in his btwels-was the complaint . He him * sWf if ^ fraitied from expressin g any tftinglike a f ^ ljing of da ^ er , evidently from feaiof but his

    a ' arnhbing us ^ niariijer convinced uk that | te did not anticipate a rfe ^ oVeryl Dr . S 6 iith # ood Smittf , fto Wh ^ m hfe ^ ntertairfed ^ the most sincere | vJ ^ jgfar | di v ^ fe with us all Tuesday a ^ PlTecbiesii ^ nights , m d we cap . i | ft ^ f : forget hik attention , tiife

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1821, page 736, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2507/page/40/