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    plication was soon made to him for both these purposes . But he was so attached to his present situation , and was possessed of so much humility and diffidence , that he was extremely averse to listen to the proposal , and for a time appeared resolutely determined against accepting it . vt length ,

    however , by the persevering i mportunky of his friends , who were concerned for the welfare of the academy , and particularly of the Rev * Mr ; Job Orton , * to who . e judgment he had always paid great deference , who urged the great importance of the situation in point of usefulness to the interest of learning and religion among

    the Dissenters , he was induced to sacrifice his inclination to a sense of duty ; nothing short of which they who best knew him were persuaded would have influenced him to such a change of situation * and to venture upon so new and difficult a sphere of action , the thought of which for a considerable time filled his mind

    with terror . r Havings however , once decided , and being conscious of no improper motive , he applied himself with great assiduity to prepare for the arduous duties which

    lay before him , in a humble dependence upon the divine aid . And how well he was qualified for the work of a tutor , to which he was so much averse , how ably he fulfilled the duties of that importan t * office , how much he was revered and

    beloved by his pupils , many yet living , who had the privilege of being under his care , will bear a willing testimony . And he bim self had the pleasure to find , what he was constrained on a short trial to acknowledge ^ that the difficulties of the office wefe far less , and the encouragements far greater , than he had imagined . The academy under his superintendence continued to flourish , and he was

    instrumental in supplying the churches with several ministers who did him honour , and who proved useful in the situations in which they , were fixed . His church and congregation also continued in a prosperous stale . '

    But this bri ght scene was of short continuance , and a dark cioutt soon overshadowed it . frte had hot occupied this ittippr ^ antr and usefu l itatidn more than abooi i ' it yea * 4 te % e it pleased ^ od , in

    his hW $ teri 6 t 3 Providence , ' ' to lay him his mY&eri 6 t 3 Providence , to lay him aside frttjxi hi £ work bptfi as a minister and a tutor . JEf aving occasion to spencf a

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    sabbath at Kettering , and to supply that large congregation , under the cfeft ^ of Mr , Toller , who hnd been one of his-pupils , he was prevailed upon to preacf * a third tlrne ^ though he had a cold upon him . This extraordinary exertion brought oil him a hoarseness , which , for waHt f of timely care in desisting * from public services , continued to increase , till it" issued

    m the total loss of his voice ; rar the recovery of which a ! the best m ^ ans that were used proved ineffectual . Being thus rendered incapable / not only of conducting the public worship of the congrega - tion , but of delivering lectures to his pHpils , he resigned botri these offices , in the year 3781 . ' Though the patrons of the academy wished him to continue in

    the ftimily , merely to superintend the business of it , and generously offered to provide all the assistance which should be found necessary , such was his delicacy , that he thought it his duty to withdraw himself entirely from a station , the duties of which he was no longer able to discharge , much to the regret of all with whom he had been connected

    Not having property sufficient to subsist upon without some other employment , having greatly diminished what he once possessed by his liberality to some of his relations , he took a shop in the town , and engaged in the business

    of a bookseller and druggist ; from which , through the blessing of Providence and the respect of the whole neighbourhood , he derived a comfortable support , though no ^ reat emolument . And in this employment he continued , with great humility and contentment , to the last *

    Though not robust , he in general enjoyed a tolerable share of health and spirits , till he began to feel the usual infirmities of advancing age ; which increased more rapidly in the last year of his life , and at length he wan " reduced to such a state -of inibecility , that , though not destitute of the comforts of religion , he wished for his dismission .

    The dissenters in Davcntry having no burying-ground , his remains were interred in that of the parish-church , on Friday , May 25 * which were attended to the grave by seven of the neighbouring ministers ^ all of whom held him in the highest esteem ; besides Mr . Watson , the pastor of the church in which he had formerly presided , and whose ministry he constantly attended , so long as he was

    * . S ^ htsl ^ c ^^ t ^ Diis ^ jati ^ MiriittcrB , and particularly those to Mr . Robins .

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    Obituary . —Ret ) . Mr . Robins * £ ( $ 3

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1810, page 363, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2406/page/43/