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    he himself must not be so defective in point of manners , as not to pay him his acknowledgments . '' There accordingly came from the press in 1723 , " A Defence of the Memorial of the Reformation ^ against the exceptions of Presbyterian prejudice displayed by a hearty well wisher of the Established Church : with a particular inquiry into the authors and abettors of the

    Irish massacre : A vindication of Mr . Baxter and others , with 2 l reference to the story of the Marquis of Antrim , against the accusations of Mr . Thomas Cart , of the Bath , in his c Irish massacre set in a clear light ; * and a detection of the forgeries published by Dr . Hollingworth , concerning Mr . Henderson ' s recantation and character of King Charles on his death bed . " t

    In i 724 , or 1725 , Mr . Bennets most celebrated work made its appearance , under the title of ' The Christian Oratory ; or , the Devotion of the Closet displayed / ' The pious author chiefly proposed in this treatise , to enlarge the method of demotion ; to carry it through more particulars than is usual ; and accordingly he insisted chiefly upon those branches of devotion that are Jess known , and are generally omitted in books of devotion ;] such , as the rnanner of reading the scriptures , as a part of worship ; meditation , stated and occasional ; psalmody , &c . aiming to furnish the Christian with a more complete plan and scheme of closet religion . " Whatever defects some may find , and others make in the performance , " says the author , " I am satisfied I cannot be said actum agere to do what has .

    been often done before , and build on others * foundations /' " The nature of this work , " he subjoins , " manifestly points out the persons for whose service it is intended , viz . Christians ; and these not in name only , that take up with a form of godliness , denying the power : Nor Christians of the lowest form , of a Laodicean spirit , that have scarce zeal

    enough to carry them daily into their oratories ; and with them the things that remain are ready to die : But true Christians , and Christians of some attainments and warmth in religion , that are under the influence and authority of it ; that believe and Jive for eternity , and think nothing of importance that terminates in the prqsent world ; that are labouring , whether present or absent , to be accepted of God ; whom no state of

    things much moves , so they may finish their course with joy ; that arc so far from making a jest of communion andintercourse with God , that they attend the thing as their chief solace and highest enjoyment , triumphing therein more than in all riches , and the peculiar treasure of Kings , and provinces . These are

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    456 Memoirs of the Rev , Benjamin Bennet *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1807, page 456, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2384/page/4/