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<p> Charters, Samuel (2), D.D., </p> <p> a Scotch clergyman, grandson of the foregoing, was educated at a grammar-school, and at the [[Glasgow]] University, where he gave indications of a superior mind and powerful understanding. He was licensed to preach in 1764; resided for a time at Amsterdam; was presented by the king to the living at Kincardine in 1768, and ordained in 1769. In saying the [[Confession]] of Faith, he added "except chap. x, art. 4." He was transferred to [[Wilton]] in 1772, and died June 18, 1825, aged eighty-three years. He was a man of quiet life and retired habits, and preferred living on the banks of the Teviot to the attractions of Glasgow, when a valuable preferment was offered to him there in 1784. He was slow, grave, and solemn in manner, but delightfully instructive and warm-hearted. He published a- [[Sermon]] for the S. P. C. K. (1779) :-A [[Instruction]] [[Concerning]] [[Oaths]] (1782), which was printed by the sheriff at the expense of the county, and read from the pulpits:-several single Sermons ': Sermons (1786, 2 vols.):- Sermons on Retirement :-Sermons on the Lord's Supper:-An Essay on Bashfulness. See [[Fasti]] Eccles. Scoticance, i517; ii, 727. </p>

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