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period of forty-seven years, he exercised the 

 pastoral office in the Independent Chapel, 

 first in Blanket-row, and afterwards in Fish- 

 street. A few days prior to his death, he wrote 

 a " Last Charge/' which has since been pub* 

 lished. In compliance with his wish, this 

 address was not opened until after his death, 

 when it was read to his late flock, to whom 

 it recommended unanimity and circumspection 

 in the choice of a pastor, as his successor. 

 Mr. Lambert's claim to be ranked in the list of 

 authors, rests chiefly upon his publication of 

 two volumes of sermons, printed at York, in 

 1779 and 1788; but the excellence of his 

 private character, and his uniform respectability 

 in the discharge of the various duties of his 

 clerical life, extended his reputation far beyond 

 the limits of his own congregation ; and his 

 death was made the subject of monitory dis- 

 courses from the pulpit, not only in this 

 town, but in several distant places. The Rev. 

 JOSEPH GILBERT and the Rev. JOHN BIRT, 

 dissenting ministers lately resident here, im- 

 proved the melancholy occasion by exhorta- 

 tions to their respective hearers; and the eloquent 

 address of the one at the interment,* and the 



* Mr. Gilbert, who was then resident at Rotherhara, attended purposely 

 to assist at the obsequies of his departed friend, whom he succeeded as 

 officiating Minister at the Fish- Street Chapel. 



