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Vhed , q \\ Thursday , , December 26 tu , 1816 " , at the Jfy . de 9 near Ingatestone , Kss € Jcy the Kev . John Disnxy , D . I > . F * . S * A . aged 70 years . Descended from an ancient and resp £ ctable family , in Lincolnshire : he was born September 28 th , 1746 , and successively placed at the grammar schools of
Wakefjeld and Lincoln . . Jteing admitted a , pensioner of Peterboqse , in the University of Cambridge , June 15 , 1765 , he proceeded in 1770 , to the degree of Bachelor of Laws . On taking orders in the church , he was appointed an honorary Chaplain to Dr . £ dniun 4 Law , Bishop of
Carlisle , the Venerable faster of bis College . Being presented to the Rectory of Pan ton , and Vicarage of Swinderby , in bis ^ native county , be entered on the discharge of bis . parocbial duties , in the immgfUate circle of his family connections , and of several of bis most esteemed friends .
A decked enemy to all imposition on the consciences-of men in matters of religion , betook an active share in the controversy c ^ qn ^ errn ' ng subscription to articles of fyith ; and in 1772 , joined in a petition
to th ? House of Commons for relief . At the . same time , be dvtermmed to accept no further preferment where such subscription . wtat ^ by law required ; convinced that many doctrjijes maintained in the Liturgy and sirficfe ? o £ the Church of . England ,
. were in direct contradiction to what appeared to him , . from a careful examination ° fc , tbe &criptu * es , ^ tne word of God . From the ficat , £ e declined to read the
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creed usually ascribed to Athanasins , and afterwards made some further omissions ii ^ the morning service , without giving aoy offence to his congregation . In , 1774 , he married Miss Biackburne , the eldest daughter of the Archdeacon of Cleveland , a man whom he highly revered as tiie champion of genuine protestantism , and
the undaunted advocate of a further r < e ~ fprmation in the established church . Jie also acted in the commission of tlie peace for Lincolnshiie ; and , occasionally residing at Fli . iitham-hall , near Newark , a seat belonging to his eldest brother ; he became , in 17 SO , a Member of the Committee of Association for the countv of
Nottingham , for promoting a reduction of the public expenditure , and a reform iu the representation of the people . In tbe meanwhile , the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred on him by the University of Edinburgh , on the recommendati on of his friend , Bishop Law ; a degree which requiring no subscription , he readilv
accepted . But as , in the course of his inquiries , he became more firmly convinced that < f > God is ottc , and he onl y to he tcorshippedS * ^ he disdained all further subterfuge ; and , notwithstanding the claims of an infant family , the regard of bis
narishioners , and many personal and local attachments , he resigned his prefcruie / it in November 1782 . Removing to Lonclon , he ofiiciated successively , as assistant and sple minister , in the congregation , founded a few years before , t > y JVJr . Lind ^ ey , in Essex-street , for the express worship ol
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JU >! -regal Tffcgu * shouts tby eulogies : — And proudly to £ h' Atlantic waters wide Bears on its goJden tide thy praise , —and bails Tbe light that blazes from tby Newton ' s . name , £ catt ring its splendors o ' er these distant shores . E ' en I ( a lovriy one ) have brought a wreath Of song to hang otr Newton ' s sepulchre ! There shall it flourish , there entwine its - ftow ' rs 'Witlr Thomson ' s worthier oflfring blooming there .
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Great , changeless Deity ! on whom depends All earth's , all heaven ' s sublime machinery ! Thou hast an ear for weak humanity , That to the suppliant on thy mercy bends : And I ( white anguish this sad bosom rends ) Utter my woes , and seek relief from tbe « I Nature , oppress ed and fainting ' neath ber load , Feebly and fearfully thy smile implores—Pity her weakness , —chace her fears O God ! Thou knowest all— -faitU every hope assures : Thou knovvest that I kiss thy chast ' ning rod , And that my soul , though agoniz'd , adores .
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jiddi * es 3 to the Ueity ^ , ( From tbe Portugneze of Bocage . ) O thou whose bosom holds eternity ! Whose splendor light to morn—to evening lends ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1817, page 55, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2460/page/55/
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