UNION-STREET.-Independent. as private duties of his station. With great pains he read over the works of both the Greek and Latin fathers; and patiently submitted to the drudgery of wading through the principal writers in the church of Rome: particularly Bellarmin, and Thomas Aquinas. By these means, he was enabled to set the controversy between the Protestants and Papists in a clear light. His zeal for the doctrines of the Reformation was very conspicuous; and in his preaching he aimed to exalt the riches of free grace against all manner of opponents. The extraordinary proficiency to which he attained in cultivating the art of memory, was of considerable service to him in his professional capacity. We are assured that he committed to memory not a few whole books, both in the Old and New Testaments; and that he might carefully retain their contents, it was his practice to repeat them memoriter once a year. This custom he commenced in early life, when under strong convictions of sin; and he found the utility of it afterwards. In the pulpit he discovered great seriousness, being impressed with a deep sense of the excellency and importance of his work; and his composures were very judicious. His delivery, indeed, wanted something of agreeableness, which rendered him less popular than he would otherwise have been, considering the excellent nature of his discourses, but an attentive hearer could scarcely fail reaping improvement. The Doctor possessed a robust and healthy constitution, which enabled him to persevere in a close application to study till the close of life. His temper was naturally inclined to cheerfulness, and led him occasionally to indulge in pleasantry. His zeal for the doctrines of the gospel he tempered with Christian forbearance, and was a pattern of real and universal benevolence. In civil life his behaviour was becoming and amiable, so as to gain the approbation of all who took notice of his conduct.* * Mr. Hall's Sermon on the death of Dr. Marryat, and Mr. Towle's Address at the Grave. UNION-STREET.Indepenpent. Dr. Marryat left a son, named Thomas, who pursued his studies for the ministry under his father, and became pastor of a congregation at Barnet; but losing the spirit of his office, he renounced it for the medical profession, and settled as a physician at Bristol, where he died. He was author of "Therapeutics, or, The Art of Healing;" and of a deistical work, called," The Philosophy of Masonry." Upon Dr. Marryat's tomb-stone in the burial-ground, Deadman's-place, is the following inscription: Hoc Memoriæ Sacrum Viri Reverendi ZEPHANIE MARRYAT, D. D. Patris Perhonorati et Dilecti JOSEPHI MARRYAT, Jun, Infantis Teneris Ob: 20 Jul. 1748, Et. 20 Dies ANNE MARRYAT, Matris piæ, Amantissimæ et Optimæ de se Meritæ Ob: 11 Oct. 1779, At. 87. Etiam PENELOPE MARRYAT, Prædictus Qui Christianam Vitam pietate et Moribus Ornavit, Ob. 19 Jun: 1792, Et. 70. On one side of the Tomb. To the Memory of Who died the 28 May, 1792, aged 62. On the other side. HENARY MARRYAT, 3rd Son of Jos. Marryat, Merchant, Died 3d Feb. 1797, aged 7 months UNION-STREET.-Independent. TIMOTHY LAMB.-Dr. Marryat was succeeded after a short interval by Mr. Timothy Lamb. This gentleman was a native of Winborne in Dorsetshire, and born on the 21st of March, 1732. His parents, who were pious persons, had been residents of Blandford, in the same county; but were driven thence in the preceding year by a dreadful fire that consumed the town, in escaping from which his mother was so much burnt as to carry the marks to her grave. They afterwards removed to Portsmouth, from whence their son, the subject of the present memoir, was sent to Wareham, to be placed under the care of the Rev. Simon Reader, a learned and excellent minister, who had been educated under Dr. Doddridge, and obtained great praise in the churches. Under the tuition of that gentleman, Mr. Lamb's early attainments and piety began to unfold themselves, insomuch that Mr. Reader would sometimes observe, "That he could recollect no two of the many pupils he had educated who gave him so much pleasure at the time, or who had been so great an honour to him in after life, as Mr. Lamb, and Mr. Fuller." The parents of Mr. Lamb had designed him for trade; but his own inclinations being directed towards the ministry, he was, at his own request, permitted to remain some time longer under the care of Mr. Reader. From thence he was removed to the academy in Well-close-square, London, superintended at that time by Dr. David Jennings, with the assistance of Dr. Savage. Upon his leaving that seminary, he received testimonials of a highly creditable nature from his respective tutors, with the additional signature of Dr. Guyse, then blind and infirm. His first labours in the ministry were at Winborne, where he had an invitation to settle, but thought fit to decline. In 1754, he accepted a call from the congregation in Deadman's-place, and had the cordial attachment of the people during the eight years that he continued there. Il health, however, obliged him to leave London, it being judged by his friends that the coun From an original Painting In the Possession of hes Daughters? Pub July 1,1810 by W. Wilson Skinner Street. |