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In 1758 he opened his house for the reception of pupils to fill up a vacancy in the neighbourhood of Harborough, occasioned by the rev. Mr. Aikin's removal to Warrington. This scheme succeeded; and for many years he devoted nine hours each day to the instruction of his pupils, and compiled several books for their improvement. At length, in 1781 he received an invitation to become pastor of the congregation in Miles's-lane, Cannon-street; and soon after his removal there was chosen tutor of a new dissenting academy at Mile-end, where he resided until his growing infirmities, occasioned by several paralytic strokes, obliged him to relinquish the charge. He continued, however, in the care of his congregation till within a few months of his decease, when, from the same cause, he was compelled to discontinue his public services. He died Feb. 6, 1796, at his house in the Minories . In London he was neither so successful or popular as in the country; and his quitting Harborough after so long a residence appears to have displeased his friends, without adding to his usefulness among his new connections. WORKS His textbooks and other writings include the following.
He published also, partly in the country, and partly in London, some occasional funeral and other sermons; two tracts on infant Baptism ; a collection of psalm tunes, and another of anthems; and his most popular work, ''The Life of St. Paul the Apostle'', 1784, 8vo. SOURCES #Chalmers, Alexander. ''The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time''. new ed. rev. and enl. London: Nichols al. , 1812-1817. 32 vols. |
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