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. ,, . i'MuifKa M * s - ¦ ?' « - M&rmoMith ? ; * . ^ St » , ^ ^ cv :.- Nvv , 7 i W 25 . SO ^ Mi IB manuscripts were- a few welefcs since committed to my oare which belonged to the late Mr . Mannings of Orna ^ by / ( see p . 497 , ) ab ^^/ - ^^ &- - ' 1 I ' f ^ xu ^' - . a letter directed to liis ancestor . ! the Rev . Mr .
William Manning-, of Peasenhall , who was one : qf the- Ejected Ministers . { Mom Jfel > aW 3 CIL 3 % ] ^ ad 478 . ] The - ^ t ^ i s ^ wkliput f signature , and has no other date than the day of the month , but froin ^ ht ? circumstances mentioned in ahe first paragraph , I concluded Nth *** it must have been lyn
written % y ^^ $ during his im * piSs 6 nili ^ n ^ ^ ©^ lin , ; &hd on ¦ refer ^ ring to Etaly ^ iianrktiye £ f > . k ^ pdv , ( Tnm , Y& i lp $ P # & & * : $$ ? & -X found thes ^ fe i ^^^ hich are statect ia thp Jetter ?; ; I afterward 3 found anoth ^ r letteru m the ^ arae hand- ^ ritiri | f with the signature ' T ; JS . t ^ So that there can ^ be no doubt that * be en *
closed was written by that amiable and persecuted minister * ; Thinking 1 that a letter written by such a man and at such a moment of suflfering , when he could not suppose that what he was writing would ever come before the world , would be interesting to
your readers , I liave carefully transcribed it , preserving the few peculiarities of orthography , and send it you enclosed . The original is written in a very small character , but perfectly clear and legible . On every part of the paper left : blank by Emlyn , his venerable friend had noted down such
reflections and observations as occur * J ^ d to him on reading the letter . These remarks , which are vfaitien in the old secretary hand and in a very small character , I have also copied . Jf you think them worth attention , I have two or three others which , by
their date , must have been written by fimlyn during his confinement , each ° f which is also accompanied by many remarks and observations of the Rev . w Manning . I will send vou conies
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Of them on the first opporttoiity . It must be both delightful tod improving to contemplate thai calm , philosophic and truly Christian spirit wjiich ^ caiifcfr detail with such simple an < Tipteff ^ tj | d * meekness lus cruet and unmeWte $ sufferings , give himself up with 3 Uch quiet resignation to a life . of
imprisonment and solitude , without expressing any other regret than that he could not improve his confinement as he wished for want of his books , and then turn with perfect composure to iim consideration of the ; same speculative opinions for which he was unjastly
imprisoned . Nor ean the remarks of Mr . M ^ njaing be (^ onsidere 4 less itj terenting * vfhsi though not filly satisfied : t }^ the : Sqcipt : ure § v ^^^^ r ^^ point h * $ wdm the Ari ^? H a ^^ i ^^ hypothjEiee ^ ? b ^ d no ^ it ^ ti ^ ri , fefc ciding positively against fe ^ co rB uw > oly received doctrines v ^ ich wbveiM ^ 'thQ
u » fety of 6 «« 1 and env ^ l ^|) e-the ^ bj 6 ^ l of our religions ^ doratidjti in iaipeii ^ trable obscurity . : ; ^ ? , H , R . BOWLES . Silt , Decem , 23 +
I have yours of Oct . 27 th : since my last to you I have been under some new hardships : oa thte 6 tlu of Oct . our Lord Chief Justice ordered the Sherif to remove me from my private confinement ( which I had been at ex *
pence t& procure ) into the common gaol , where for five weeks I was greatly incommoded in a strait place crowded with prisoners , there being six beds where I lay , and about
seventeen persons lying in the room n ^ xf ; ta us ; but upon a . petition to the Court I was by Habeas Corpus removed to the Marshalsea , where I have better accommodation . I learn that I am in execution for the ^ 1000 *
, - ¦ ¦ i - ¦ i . j . i- ¦ " - 1 . . i- i ¦ -r * , The sentence against Eralyn was , " to suffer a year ' s imprisonment , to p ^ y , £ 1000 fine to the Queen , and to lie in prison tilL paid , and to find security tor good behaviour during life , "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1825, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2543/page/1/
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