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    BIOGRAPHY.

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    JtEV . W ; ROBERTSON , D . D . [ Concluded from page 229 . ] r TpHE sacrifice which Dr . Robertson had made to the prin-JL ciple of religious integrity was , however ,- in a consoling degree , compensated by the benevolence of those who revered

    his virtue ; and the scantiness of his income , m consequence of resigning the livings which he had held in his own country , was made up , in some measure , by the benevolence of strkngers . In 1773 Dr . Robertson received , from an unknown

    hand , a most acceptable and a most liberal present of 30 OJ . The name of the donor , says Dr . Disney , it would only be a presumptive conjecture in me to . mention . Nor were others wanting generously to assist him according to their ability . Another eminently distinguished character , whom Dr . Disney , from motives of delicacy , forbears to name , administered munificently to his necessities , to the last hour of his life .

    In 1772 Dr . Robertson was chosen one of the Committee to carry on the business of the Society of Clergymen , &c . ia framing and presenting ttjLe famous petition to the House of Commons of Great Britain , praying to be relieved from thq obligation of subscribing assent and consent to the Thirty-nine Articles , and all and every thing contained in the book of

    Common Prayer . ^ After this he lived several years at Wolverhaijnpton , performing the duties of his office , in the greatest harmony with ajl sorts of people there , and enjoying , " with a deep sense of his infirmities /' jas he himself expresses it , " some satisfaction from the reflection , that in his humble station he had done something for promoting and securing those great blessings of human life , liberty , and property , for his fellowcreatures / - His conviction of the truth of the doctrine of the Divine Unity , and of the proper humanity of Christ , was improved and strengthened as he advanced in years ; and he was finally settled therein by the writings of Mr . Ljndsey and Dr . Priestley .

    His own valuable j $ ttle volume , entitled , Ah Attempt to explain the Words * Reason , Substance , &c . " came to a third

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    THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY OF Theology and General Literature .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/1/