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    and beloved . One of the . members of his late congregation thus TNTotb i upon the occasion , to the author of this memoir : — A * a frietid , a minister and eL tutor ; Mr . J £ enrick was the cause of outr

    rejoicing , and the ground of out Jriost sanguine hopes arid expectations ; - —and he will live in out irienidries while our memory shall iast . The recollection of him dr&ws from us the tear of affection

    arid gratitude : the sorrow which the event has occasioned among till must be seen to be conceived © f : but then we weep not for Aim : we know it is weH with him •—but we weep for ourselves and for our families * When we look

    back on his labours of love among tis , \ ve seem imdble to calculate the extent of our loss . *'—By anotiidr respectable correspondent the feelings of affection and regret were forcibly expressed in the following paragraph : — The late mournful event has bereaved us

    of a friend as dear as ^ a brother ; one whose metnory I shall have reason to bless to the end of my days , and to whom I indulge the pleasing prospect of Si re * -union , when ^ he s ^ eep , pf , death is over , never more to suffer the pangs qi a Repartition .

    The united congregations <> f Protestant THssepters in Exeter made it their unanimous request to Mrs . Kenrick , ** that she will consent to have- published the

    Expositions on the New Testa-- ment delivered by their late pastpr -ancj al ? o two volumes ot his ser $ ions ^ They j ust ly considered thut they could no $ ^ rect a nobler monujnent to his memory ; jaad ! their letter , accom-

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    panying the resolution which cofe tained this Request ) B highly h ^ ' nburable to their principles and feelings . While they deplore the awful and Jfffiictive dispensation which has bereaved them of > a

    much endeared friend , and of ** a rninistter whose learning and piety Commanded their esteeln and vei neration—and the world of a ch& ± racter which > hy its superiotT exii cellence , challetig ^ d distinguished

    t ^ spect : '? - —they add * — - <; It is opt duty ^ nd will be our interest , fb endeavouT \ o recollect those jiiit and sublime views of the divitie perfections and government w&ifch our beloved pastor was

    accustomed to set before us , jsluA which , appeared to have so happy an effect upon his own mind . -AM we would hope that many of his surviving charge will have r ^ easph for blessing his meihory to theehd

    of their days , on account of the various ^ instruction and solid Comfort he so ably and faraiftiVlyimparted . * Mr * Kenrick * * knowledge was various and well-digesf * ed . With the several branches 6 f

    theology he had art intimate acquaintance , which h £ was . constantly improving . His favourite employment seems to have bfeen

    the interpretation of the scri p * tures . Whatever investigatioh he undertook , he was indefatigable in pursuing it , aad was ablfe to commtinicatey 5 sviili dearn ^ s and order , the result of his

    inquiries . The priacipUl features of hiis mental character were a sound and discriminating judgment and a habit of deliberate attention . His « tylef though seldom ornamented , is usually nea ^ jfrand irtways remarkably isilnple and p $ & *

    * Preface to Discourses , p . v .

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    f » 4 Memdirs of the late H&fi . Timoifiy Kenricfi .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 64, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/8/