REV THOMAS ROBINSON, M.A. Late Vicar of St Mary's, Leicester Engraved for Vaughan's Life of Robinson. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE REVEREND THOMAS ROBINSON, M. A. LATE VICAR OF ST. MARY'S, LEICESTER; AND SOMETIME WITH A SELECTION OF ORIGINAL LETTERS. BY THE REV. EDW. THO. VAUGHAN, м. A. Vicar of St. Martin's and All Saints', in Leicester; Rector of Foston, in Leicestershire; London: PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND JOHN HATCHARD, PICCADILLY. 1816. "At est bonus, ut melior vir Non alius quisquam." "Meus divinior atque os Magna somaturum." "Commisisse cavet, quæ mox mutare laboret." "Qualis ab incepto." "BE THOU AN EXAMPLE OF THE BELIEVERS, IN WORD, IN CONVERSATION, IN CHARITY, IN SPIRIT, IN FAITH, IN PURITY." "I WILL GIVE YOU A MOUTH AND WISDOM." 1 Tim. iv. 12. Luke xxi. 15. "HEAL THE SICK, CLEANSE THE LEPERS, RAISE THE DEAD, CAST OUT DEVILS." Matt. x. 8. "WHEN A MAN'S WAYS PLEASE THE LORD, HE MAKETH EVEN HIS ENEMIES TO BE AT PEACE WITH HIM." Prov. xvi. 7. "THOU SHALT REST AND STAND IN THY LOT AT THE END OF THE DAYS." COE, Printer, Little Carter Lane, London. Dan. xii. 13. R567bv PREFACE. Ат T length I redeem my pledge, by publishing a memoir of my beloved and most esteemed Friend! When, on the solemn occasion of his interment, I yielded to the request of a mourning band of clergymen who had walked before his hearse, I had a very inadequate conception of the difficulties in which my engagement would involve me. My scanty materials have not been procured without some expense of time and pains; and my numerous avocations, stated and incidental, have so retarded the progress of my work as nearly to force upon me the conclusion, that I was wrong in undertaking it. |