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    fie , never sought lo please men by j ^ n accommodation of -hi s address to * heir huwioura or prejudices , nor

    He was often heard to say , that one predominant motive to his taking upon him the functions of a public instructor , and which reconciled him to the employment was this , that he ffelt great indignation at the manifestly artificial address of many public

    teachers , who were feeding the prejudices of the people , a » d laying hotfd only of their passions , constantly filling their minds with the jargon of mystery ; adding , that the labours of the study and the pulpit were his highest enjoyment .

    He considered his answer to Wartroiton ' s Ailiawce , owe of the best tracts he ever wrote . He had also reason to think that the tracts he wrote in the controversy with Chi * bfc , had made a considerable impression on the mind of that writer , and that his prejudices gave way . This he grounded on a letter he received from the Rev * Mr .

    Edwards , of Tisbury , wty > saw the written recantation , under Chtibb's own band , to this ^ effect : " TkatJieJHid taken tm great freedoms with the New-Hhstrnment writings . " ffe wrote a letter in a weekly paper , called ttieOld Whig , on Suicide , then under the direction

    of his friend , Dr . Averyj which was the happy means of preventing a gentleman , a friend of his , from destroying himself . He was the Editor of Mace ' s

    Sermons ; th ^ Rev .-- —~ Edtntiiids '« Illustration of * he Wisdom and Equity 6 f Providence ; the Kev . Jacob Ball ' s letters on ^ Future State ; also of the first volume of the Life of JWhn Buncle , E * q . ; land Dr , Rtdhie ' -s Criticism upon Modern Notions of Sacrifices * He had

    under his review , 1 > r . Prtetftley * * MS . on the Doctrine of Atonement 3 CarflaJers Gospel Sanctuary ; ft volume of the Hev . L . HoWen s S < ermons , tif MnMon , in Essex ; and Carda * e * s « xcelleiit piece , The true Dcwdririte o ^ the Neitv Teirtatment cbriceiiiirig J < wuts Clirirt , ccmfetdeied . He w * al ^ lE ^* or to * flm Comment he wrote on Chrhst ' s

    ft ^ yw before liw Suflfermgs , T 772 ; * m Stt ^ m . to Mb Tte * m <** u * SJ ^ Sttiete fivfeti ^ o 3 ^ f **^ hr * iL "

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    He was heard to observe that he had \< & £ some friends , merely on ao count ofbis aversion tx > Papery ^ ddin ^ that perhaps nothwig t > ut the merciless grasp of its talons , wiH convieoe tfiein and others , who are the advocates of

    its free and full toleration : yet , that he would not exercise any other power over Papists , than to restrain or hinder their cutting our throats , and spreading their infectious and subversive principl es among the people . Could the Doctor have had before him the

    more full , the repeated and able discussions , which have lately taken place on this subject , lie might possibly Lave changed his opinion . Among his papers was found the following memorandum : f < By . a letter I received from my dear Friend * " ^ ie

    Rev . Dr , Wtn . TDalrynmle , of Ayt * m North Britain , dated March 2 $ , 1 7 B ^ I was surprised with the account of the University of St . Andrew , h&ving conferred on me the academical degree of Doctor in Divinity . TThis gave me great concern , not only from a consciousness of my 'defect of merit , but

    from having always looked upon such diplomas with a reaJ dislike . 1 would have rejected tbe compliment , had not one of the best friends I then had in the worki , ( Thomas Holiis , Esq ., wi > o instantly put it into itie public papers , ) on whose judgment I could most rely in matters of decorum and delicacy , absolutely insured on my acceptance

    of it . " Upon receiving the diploma , which bears date 14 th of March , 1769 , and irame to his hands the "Srd of April , he iwrote as follows : " Moxtati Square ^ April 6 , 1 ? 60 , " GKJTTIiEWPfi ^

    ** Though I am ignorant of the tmrtive you had to honour me with thfe unnfrerited tlegree of I > . in !> ., ^ et I am able to as sure you , that those abilities whidi God ha a given me , have been ever devoted toine service

    xilf truth arid liberty ; neve ? dnce resigning'tlie right of private judgment to airy * utrtan authority , nor coiiseriting to sacrifice conscience upon the altar t ) f iiuTnan emoiumeRt . I take thui oc ^ aisioil ^ / t ^ ngtatuiate yoo i ^ ppn t * re a ^ rances liberty \ H njakittg in the kitigflom ttfficotlafud , ahd on t ^ e mamr txmmm ^^ trytneiu ^ vWh | & * i ** fty fe ^ tfefe

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    Meimir * f * he Lijkof theRev . C&kb fiemmfr B > & . 411

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 411, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/3/