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Protestant Dissenters instrumental in raising the Brunswick Family to the Throne of Great Britain . Hail , sacred Polity , by Freedom rear'd I Hail , sacred Freedom , when by Law restrain'd !
Without you , what were man ? A groveliing herd In darkness , wretchedness and want enchain'd . Sublim'd by you , the Greek and Roman reign'd la arts uarivalTd . O 1 to latest days In Albion may your influence , unprofan'd , To godlike worth the generous bosom
, And prompt the Sage ' s lore and fire the poet ' s lays , Beattie . Islington ,
Sir , May 1 , 1826 . ^ TOE illustrious King fFilliarn hav-JL ing- achieved the Revolution of 1688 , reigned thirteen years over the realms which he had emancipated by his valour and bravery . He had enjoyed delicate health , and an accident
was the means ordained by Providence for the close of his career . Small causes are not unfrequently productive of great events . Proceeding in his usual manner on horseback from Hampton Court to Kensington , the foot of the animal tripping against a mole-lrill , the Monarch was thrown
and fell to the ground I His shoulderbone was dislocated , but immediately replaced . Every thing bade well for recovery . But a shock having been g iven to his constitution , a fever was mduced , which , baffling t k * akilL of the physicians , terminated in his dissolution . '
I shall how fblldw the account given by . D r- ( $ bfaJki « in his Memoirs of Watts , pf the Abney Family , not known , 1 am persuaded , by the genevol
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rality of the reade rs of your Miscel lany . It shews that the Protestant Dissenters were singularly ia&iruinen tal in raising the Brunswick Family to the throne of Great Britain , ft is a fact that should be known by the present generation , and acknowledged by posterity . The change laid a firm basis for our present happiness an <} prosperity . " In 1693 , Sir Thomas Abney was elected Sheriff of London and
Middlesex , which trust he so honourably and faithfully executed , that before his year expired he was chosen Alderman of Vintry Ward , and received the honour of Knighthood from King William . Iii 1700 , he was chosen Lord Mayor some years before his turn . la this year his hearty zeal for the Pro - testant interest exerted itself in an
uncommon degree . He had the courage and resolution at that juncture to propose an address from the Common Council to the King , though he was much opposed in it by the
majority of his brethren on the Bench . The design of the address was to signify their resolution and readiness to stand by his Majesty , in opposition to France and the Pretender , whom the
French Monarch had lately caused to be proclaimed King of Great Britain I By his great pains and prudence , Sir Thomas aurgtfSunted all the obstructions the adversaries of this affair threw in his way , and he carried his point with remarkable success . This address was transmitted to King
William , then beyond the seas , forming , guiding and uniting the counsels of the Protestant world , and by his power and interest rescuing and sustaining the liberties pf Europe ! ^ When thia noble resolution of the city of London was publicly known , it animated the affairs of the King , and gave new life to his interest both abroad and at home .
A considerable person then living complimented Sir Thomas Abney on this occasion , assuring him , that ' he had done more service to the King than if he had raised him a million of mo * ney I *
** This leading example of London , under the conduct of their chief magistrate , greatly inspired the whole nation , and was followed by addresses of the like nature from most of the corporations . Upon which the King dissolved the Parliament , anil resolved
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parative liberality . The above extract i ^ late ^ Ave doubt aot , to one of a * Wm ^^ perrerted by the igooranee or bigotry , or both , of the Yorkshire Editor into ^ Persecution by the Socinians . " Who can wonder at the odium under which Unitarians lie , that perceives the incessant artful attempts to brand them with the most obnoxious charges and to make them answerable for principles and practices most abhorrent to their Qreed , their feelings and their habits r
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 261, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/9/
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