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iRev.. JOHN TAYLOR, D. D.

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V A H E following Relleélione fuggeiledf
themfelves to my mind, when I firfl
received an account of the death er the .
excellent and worthy Dr. TAYLOR, ‘the re.-
memberance of whole great abilities. and
virtues will be for ever dear to me. They
were formed into a Difeourfe in tl e few
broken intervals I could redeem from my
School, and preached to a {mall Society of ”
Protelltant Difl"entere, who efleemed and Val»
lued Dr. TAYIZ. 01?; 5 and being" approved by
my friends, I was ixxlnportuzletely urged to
publilh them. T"“;;<ey are intended to em.»-
balm the memory l-beef A this great and good
man, in whofe friendfluipfozs feverall yeare
I was happy. If theyprocluoe properReflec¢-
tions in the mind of the Reader, and are Cfiw
pable of furoifleing out entertaizmment for as
vacant hour, the good clefign 1 had in dmw«-
ing them up will be abL1ndamly zmfwereel
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ISAIAH lvii. 1:.

Tie rzgrfiteous perifletly, mm’ 720 mam
Icy/.ez'.5 it to fiearz‘. '1

 - E have lately feeri imany»E/Zz'mm’e: of
the manners and principles of the

prefent age, inwhich the moments of our
virtues and vices are pretended to be im.--

partialiy and precifeiy adjufied, and the ex.-
aéiz prop-ortiuns of each are {aid to be afg-
certained from the mefl “accurate obferva--i
tions. A mofl enorms 3,13 heap of vice and
corruption has been raked together, both
from pubiiek and private finks of iniquity,
and a. mofi delicious Prefent of it has been
laid at the feet of the publick. Dark fcenes
of lufhand luxury havebeen brought to
fight, bye perfons, whofe venerable charac-
ters, one would have thoughgmightihave
excufed them from perjorzgzlzy frequenwting

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fuel) places, whatever plaufible reafonamight

be alledged bythem, that M fuch vifits were i
repeated for the very laudable A purpofes,of .

painting living charaéters, and forming E/if-»

lmates. All our fafhionable amufements,

our polite diverfions, our reigning pleafures
and follies, our corruption and venality; in
fhort, all the evils of publiek, focial and do--
meflic life, have been collecited and defcribu
ed with a good defign, in order to reprefent
to us, at one view, the languithing Ptate of
religion and morality in the nation; and the

tprevalency of vice arnongtt us, has been in-
terpteted in the rnofl; melancholy and gloomy
gfenfe. t The queftion is; whether our vices,

notorious and [harneful as they mutt be ac-~
knowledged to be, have not been exaggera-
ted beyond all truth, our lvirtues extenuated,

and explained away, and title features of the it

happiefl: times, in which a rational being

ever breathed, been charged with a deform A

mityi which the moft depraved and corrupt

“ages never refembled. Certain it is, that

fuch general and random defcriptions of na—--
tional vice, how laboured and ftudied {on-
ever, are produtftive of no one morallpurm
pofe, they neither convince nor reform indi,--

- viduals 5,

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'viduals ; and as they {how not a marfst true
moral countenance tolhimfeltf, every one,

who reads them, applies the ftrong moral’
liltenefs to another, and never imagines that
lye was one » that fat for the picture. V Such

«deformed pieces too, which “have been

Adm-we by the pencils of the tnerofe and

gloomy, both clifguft and are left upon eve-
try benevolentlperfou, who thinks he has
reafon to perfuade himfelf of oae~ pleating

truth, which is, that there is more virtue

-than vice, more happinefs than mifery in

the world. He that fillsa long and large
catalogue with the vices of a whole Come.-.
munity, and holds it up as an exacl: anal
true reprefentation of the whole lcollleétive
body, does the fame thing as anotheer, who
from the various and dreadful difeafes and

tdiflempers of an Hofpital fhould hitnfelf

judge, and inflcrutét others to judge, of the A A

health of a nation. A ~ J
But notwithfiandieng the many anti‘. {heme-
ful vices, that have been defcriecl in feve»

‘ral slate E/Zimates, as charat?ceti£lical of the 2

“age we ttlivein ; notwithfiantling the? induti
“try ancl pains the authors have ltalcen, to

A a tender the lift f A thollew vices ,vvh;i~cha pmvge

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oi!“r cl-egeneracy.as cornpleat as pofiible  yet
there isftill one {ad and flagrant proof of

our ingratituide and vic:e,iwhich has been.

omitted and overlooked by thefe writers,
which is, our inat.teotion to the charaétersl
of deceafedipiety, and our want of refpeét
to their memory, and illuf’o:ious virtiuesi.

The Prophet declares in the Text, that this i

mo-it bafe and difrefpefiful condu€c was
common and general in his time, and brands
the age he lived in with jail {atyr and re-
preach, which could {ufferiit the charaé’cers
of perfons of difitinguiflzed iholinefs and worth
to {ink «into oblivion, without the leafi for-»
row and regret. The rig/.'7!eozzs pert’/Zvetlv,
and no mmz layer/3 it to /mm‘. ‘ There caug-
hot certainly be a {tronger indication of the
general idecay and laoguifliing condition of
witaliireligion, thann when the [hining virtues
of the pious and good man are {offered to
{pend their influenrce in filence and obfcuri-
ty 3 and when icheraéilere of wifdom arid eve»-
ry virtue zpafs iunrotbferrverd and unrewarded,
or what is a more unhappy oircumflance,
are mifieprefentedand tradoced. Nothing
pail {how the deplorable want of publick
erirtue in .a more flrilcing and glaring ‘light,

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than when righteous men, of we/5am this

«world is 7202‘ woriéy, perifh unlamented and“
unhonoureci, the tribute of a grateful teat

denyeda them, their nannes andgvirtuesgfoon
iloftin the gay fcenes of fo]Iy,and~ diflipati-
an, and the pains they thokto make man--
kind Mwifer and betterttburied in everlafting
forgetfuinefs. And What friend of religion
and lover of virtue is there, who makes it
his pleafure and duty to honour deceafed
worth, and to celebrate the dear remem-

brance of their venerable chara(‘3:ets,i when
he takes a furvey of mankind, and ‘ferioufly

confiders the vanity and wretchednefs of hu-
man condition, the empty and unavailing
pleafures, and ridiculous amufements‘ and

purfuits of mankind; theunidiiftinguifhing V

appiairife that in icbmmcimiilife “is prdn1i{cu-
onfly given to the worthy and unworthy,
and ahovie all, the general negleét of illuftria
GUS worth andmerit, and the difrefpeéi: anti
ingratitude {howntoi their memory? _;'~ iwhat
fIji€I}d,~Of virtue and human nature isthere;
‘iWh(1i"1'CflC€ESi. on this, but mutt genetoufly
Commiferate andi uphraid tnankitid, and lay-1
ing his hand one hishheart,i with aaimixture
gf pity. and flindignatigon, cry out, tea» ‘riglt.

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* I.”'I’o~accoun»t forthat hbafe and dundgrate:
A fudl conduét of r:r_1an!‘<ind,wh_ich isrhedre
ddmeddritidoxuded, towardsd pderfons "(if merit
and charafler, and fhowdthe reafcms ml
which fuczh t1'eatn1en~t is‘ generally

= founded. d 
II. Expofe the didfingcnuous bafenefs of
fL1ch~ a condmft. ’ A A  

I. I propdofia to account for that bafc: ahdd
ungrateful condduét of mankind, here mena-
tinned, Jtdwards perfodns of merit and dchaa
racftder, find {how the reafons on” whichfuch
treatmednt” is A generally founded. ‘Such mm-«
happy ‘cvbrxts as thefe,” attendant on the wife
and gooddylmppen mtw: withoutdproper caufes
to produce‘ them." Adequate reafons may
be afiignedthat wan folve this myficery of

¢bIack;in.gr9.titude, and point out the impure:
;fourced*d*ft5o”ni‘x which it is derivedd. The prin---‘

cipal caufes ofddfuch 21 dconduéizd feem to be
the following. A  A A
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_ 1. That dz‘/ye rzgbteou: pm-w9e;a,p mm’ ya
man layeib it ta /aezm‘, may be juftly afcribed
to the commoncondition and circumfiances

 of human things. This is the moftifavoun
able and candid interpretation that can he
  put upon fuch a treatment. Human life is

one great fcene of’ motion and btufile. The

refpeétive oflices of our feveral fiations, the!

hopes of geting, and the fearsof lofing, molt
commonly engrofs all the thoughts and
cares of mankind. tThe fpurfuits and em-
ployments of the generality of the world
hardly leave them, as they complain, agree-
able intervals enough to enjoy the friendfhip

   and fociety of the living, much lefs to hold

a mournful converfe with the dead. “ The

fcenes of life are perpetually fhifting and

changing. Infancy, childhood, manhood,
and old age, follow each other in fvvift fuc--
ceflion. And the great affairs of this world

are as inconflzpant and mutable as theltages p
of human life. Nothing in this imperfedit

worldis fixed and permanent ; our joys and
forrows, our cares and fears, our wants and

hopes, our healthpyand ficknefs, »onrehear-

full and our melancholy momientsialternately

follow each otller, and infinitely Chequer and

diverfiify

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diverfify the whole of our {hort paflage from
the cradle to the grave. AA.Ma7z flier/J asaa

j/aadaw and continuatb 7202‘. Here -we /Barue no
coatinuz'ng city. A ‘Our [#6 is as a vapour,
'z2:/bicb‘ appears for a //aorz‘ time, and ether: -va-—
zrflwetb away. In fuch a {hort and momen-
tary Prate of duration, as is here allotted us,
and when that precarious and ihort-lived
period too is filled up with fuch a dif’cra6’c--
ing variety of caresyand concerns that are
infeparable from it, no wonder that virtue
paties through the croud neglected, and the
memory of it foon finks into oblivion. A In
a Prate of exifience, which is rfo tranfient
and Avifionary, and on the vat’: Prage of which
all its infinite varietyof creatures have but
juft time to prefent themfelves, ad’: a fhort
part, and then difappeari, it cannot but be,
that the wife and good muii: {hare A one com»-
mon lot, anAAdA whatever jufl: applaufe they may
gain by the characters they {upport with dig-
nity,yet when numbered with the dead,
the memory of their {amen afid .a€’cions mufl;
perifh forever. i  A AA r A
A It will ceafe to forpriae and ‘affect us, that
a particular perfon of extenfive" abilities and

lufefulnefs fhoulddie and be forgot by thofe r

B2, ~ ‘W who

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W140.haw“:e.mivnem1y~Iha1'e_d the 19¢n%¢%Tfit of ’

‘his_j1lufi@rio'tis viuftups, wihpn we 1‘efic;€t that

  I:i»zwg.s:¢and¢.4;k*in»gd.0%m§ a:'€‘4w4fub3¢<$’F 4t0#{;theA,famc4

commern : fat?-A % And  We % deploxze this

main gs and V_¢r~u,¢1 VVdefiiz2y,   4a,nd A%%%Vbfa1?%d man»  
_ki»§}d: w_if»;h ;jngratiMtuflr;1e, for ftlffering %d.n.:Ceaf¢#Cr1L
piety a~nAdV‘Wifd0mfto.1Ao:fe‘%their di$3f€:.1_7V@C1 ha:

%not;rs;:% »»%11cn:AV4:W;c V%.t4%a%1<:;eJ»VaA%Kfiview   bf .}th“¢  figs?
that  9% 1  <A;1nopuvlovs4‘ andf opulent Ci-

wties 1a.id*¢i¢n a~fh6~°u%d4ar1<i fhfi fa~~me%0f fhcm fdr

.€V¢«r f pe.ri.fh¢¢d  r¢%1;d of %% ;e«>€.C.€11¢¢?1t%A Q P3tri°t33
fihefl 9r;r2%m,€¢m$V0f Athcir V¢ou‘mry»% and the glo-
Wof ageVtheV lived  ,Wh%of¢ P°b1iVCk
fpir§*1;ewda€tio‘ns afi;-3 4u;t‘t»er;ly uvnknpwxg to us;
%_32f6‘ made. ?acAqu:é..intLeVd% with 1argeM afld c.f:ctenl-
;1iv§_do.mi%niofi$,*%an%d sypt .~thveA names? of thcig:
:P"W§3 %%%kfm3S.an%<1.¢g9v[¢%r}30u4rs not taanfmitted

5;..é%nd  &r.eCQ.rd’3dV if;  .th.¢

}fo%11Vn’dati_c§1i$o4f%émpir%é.s, ‘rc”vo%1uti%o_ns in g_overn--
'I11¢nrts,{a,cqAu iifitiops ofpvrovinccrs, battles jought,

:_vi<5°u;>riVes (gained; tAhe_IiVffie_.,; 'progrefs‘,$dec1en-

‘find abinmd ?fi1¢in%<f)"f A grfeat _ax 1d  ‘;'lbfQ,,1..;utV6“T.fI1OI'1afIf:-a

%é1uieé,¢and%%the names of all xhefc$%lcmg‘ firm
;fwaI1‘ovv”e”d" up and ‘ MI’: in the flood of time,
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and new only furnifhingelmploymiwtlfortiw
vain icoiajeéiuires and “learned dulnefs of Cri-

pics and iCVori1i)meAotatoris‘Mto reooverthem ii Let

not the lllingenious a,x1idi1ear$ned, pore 

A forrowaodfl melancliily".ioveif» the gloox1iy 
‘ profpeéi, ‘When his nakme and hAisl:noi2Vl1Ved'geQ
will be forgot. A This is no more tlhalfi’”\>vl1‘e1lti

has beféllén"the flrz‘; andSci'e22ces themfelves,

Wlj1_icl1”bot ah few ages were abfolutely V loft‘

in monkifh ignorance andflupidity, and but
lately received :2. revival amongfi us.

The pleafing hope of extendiing ourfame to
poliezfity therefore, which fo agreeably foofthsl

land flatte1"s‘the breafis of the wife and+l;earn--

ed, andprompts us fo powerfully to the ‘at—--‘

tzxinmenifiof the moriejxcellcncand beniefi~
cial kinds of knowledge, is all empty and
‘chimeric-al delufion. The prefent Rate, the

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fafhion of Whioh leis fo‘ loerpeltuéllylpafliog

aiwa~-y,'~.;will*riot admit of it. e The years‘ “Willie

come "fito ‘the wifefi andliibelic ?of° theligrefent
race of _111-’ortalls,i‘ when tliieilr 1 virtuesl «and * ex“
¢oellenc:i_es‘ {vvilill be recorded no   more; their

aéiions A no ‘more recoui1t_e'dfiwi§h ihonoulr land‘
app1aufe,'”lan'dl ‘the famle th‘eir‘kriovvledge"
and abilities eegtfe to ingage and limterefi m*ai'.1'--i-»‘ l
ieind in them.’ The fatriot, S_’ca;efz_11_an,lliGe~“

neral,

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nu-a1, Scrholatr, Philofopher andr Divine, of
the prefent and lafi‘Century, are frefh in our

remembrance, but the eminently great and

good of three or four Centuries ago, are the
fame as the eminently great and good be--

fore the flood. No traces are leftof them,

except a few faint traces of their birth and
death, that we meetvvith in forgotten and ob-
fcure hiflorians. How fhouldit be otherwife,

confidering the mutability and vanityiof hu-
man nature. Our memories arefrequently
' as treacherous and unfaithful as the records

we commit tothemr; . the greateft atchiev»
ments and moi’: excellent difcoveries foon
ceafe to imprefs and affecfc us, and the mind

that was onceflored withufeful and‘orna--

mental knowledge, through inattention, the
cares and pleafures of life, and want of afii--
duous culture, will foon lofe the very tfirft
minciples of it, To expect therefore can
immortality of fame. on earth," iswa vain and
vifionary hope, has nothing in human life

i andmanners tofupportiit, and is both.in_--

C9“-fifl§’nit'1“Withi the naturcriof the prcfent

fl:?.i.t.“-61., and .tb¢ common purfuits . of man-

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t So that righteous men dyirzg, and not mere

lezyirrg it tabeem‘, isa probable circumftance »

A that would naturally fall oiit in the com-- d

mon courfeof human things, and mayo be  

looked upon as nothing unufnal and untie-

quent. gFor‘the views of mankind are
fixed ftrongly and eagerly on the objeéts of
the tithe that is to come, they review not

the fcenes that are paft, they are too clofely
attached to the little interefts and hopes they
have in profpeét, to think of the pious and
illuftrious dead, orypay their memory the
ajfluft tribute of a figh. The path of life,
that is   moi’: commonly trod, is progreflive,
men prefs forwards with eager and impa.
tient fteps, and love not to look behind
them, though it be to take an everlafting

farevvel of the wife and virtuous. No

{ooner are the venerable remains of learning
and worth committed to the cammetz barge

prepared  all the -living, but they return.
A with the fame ardour" and relifh to their fond

amufemente and pleaifures, the mournful and
affeéting fcene is forgot, the fugitive tear

_ is for everdried up, 41 and they can thinl; on

their pietyand wifdom without Iorroyw rand’;
without regret. it What wonder tie it then,
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if {much is the profont ioocondiitiono ‘of human
life arid’ human conducfl; thatrbaijirigéteous
perzfflaez‘/2, and 720 ;$7zm‘2 Zzzyetbiti to ffiezzrz‘ ;’ that
hcis” attended indeed to ithe tomb with ‘ foi-
Iemn gait, axadiulliithe ‘pagezintryéiid pomp
of woe, that the biofoms of his friends, who
kneiw his worth, heave with ad tmnofiént ‘figh,
ar1d«thatii,theiroeyeodrop a tributary to-aroiduo
toihiisiiicouifummateimerit; but that no footie?
does? “the” grave clofe over ihim,‘ and the
mazzrzéers go their appointed timed Laéuzztt/as
;/?reéz‘s',” but his memory perifljes foriever.

: 27. That 26.9 rz‘g/Eteozz: pergfluet/3‘, and’ ‘zzaimmz
layer}: it to keczrzymay be uafc”r.ibed ii to the
prévztlienco of Vice in that’ age in which ho
Iives,~and“the general negleét of ‘Virtue ne-
ceffariljiooonfequoxit upon it. f iiihién" Advice
triuimphs in an ageior, patiion, zindiifitho pur-
fuitdof unlawful and unmanly pléafures be-
comcs go-ncoral andiifaflgionable‘, x}irt"ue ‘cannot

long”exp_e€t ihcr duehonours, of ihoQ‘p¢ fori~
 dofervcid refpefl: “and uproteé‘cion.‘”‘Thje‘ in!-

fluenoo*of ivirtue is then al<mof’ciVlof’t,ii2_tndiit
{beds  iifriendly be‘a}~m“s’ on co'rruptiof1 and
depravity; without producing ainiy ‘Vital efg
feéts. A In ofuch t‘iumos*it  e‘x1p"o€fVto be

A ne*g1é6’cod,'vilified, and ébzifcd, oitio péfs ‘una

honoured

V

V r y y _ l 1'7 l

lionoureitl in obfcurity and filenoe," Ztllti in

fame and memory to be configned to eternal"

forgetfulnefs. l .
it would be con1para.tiv§ely happy, if in

on age where viceand folly triumpln‘ed,:

inofiienfivel merit is fuffered to dwell in they
fhacle unmoleftecl, in tranquility and peace;
But this is felclom the cafe. Frequently it
is drawn from thefe calm retreats, and made
a_fpeé’/’tzc/eof abufe and every indignity .56.-
fen’ angels mm’ mm. Whetl the love of
pleafure feizes a nation, and the generality
are lot’: to all fenfe of fhanne and virtue,
modefl: merit is fure to be infulted; all their
rage eind malice are wreal<;eci_ upon it, the
mofl: ingenious‘ and cruel arts of perfecution
are invented, and every form of nnifery and
Woe inflitfted upon it, merely for not run-4
ing with them to the fame excefs of riot
and outrage, and prefervingr itfelf pure and
innocent amidft all thiscontagion of corrupt-e-
tion and immorality. . A V

L And efpecially is the vengeance of a;
wicleedage poured upon the clevo_t;ed~_ head
of fufi"ering virtue, when that virtue ezadeae
vours to excite me-n’s attention to it, exporfes
the fatal and flnameful vices in which men
~ ‘l C ‘ are

i :8 3

agfa ingaged, and with a becoming flfeedoimt

fatyrizesi the prevailing principles and morals
of the times. No woncier, that .wh::n fuch
an one, in fuch "an age, with a noble
fortitude, preachas up this exceiiexicy ofkre--V

ligion, and, by the charms of a ifair ex»?

ample, {hows the world tine fupmior iexcel-
Zencyof it, anti iafiacs their View with manly
rage and fpitit, but he: is treamd as a 1*e-~
former, and perhaps at itafi fuffiE:i1's too as at
reformer. A

If in timts, wvitzcine vicar: is counte-

nanced by thegteatand nczinie, and the

prafiice of it genera.iiytreg2iz'dedi as a faflaion~—~
abite and politeaccminpliihmeiit, the man of
virtue and Wifciom mt.-acts with contempt and

abiufe, his.virtu+asrc3diculed, and his rrzputau. 

rim: and ch.ara‘<E’ter degraded and funk, inuft
not the fame of his virtues, after death, ne-
cefliartriiy be ‘iofi, whei1 they couici not raifc
him, Wham liviin.g,above con.t'emp:t, and lb--A
cure to him the imalkifl br_ea.th of a»ppI~aufe?
1c‘isabfm—dxzofuppoife, that a p.ircifligate.and
abandonedii ipeoiplsrr will hczanour wtaind:remen1i—

A —ber‘with= pieamrei the eixccilencie;;sii of thofe,

who, whim 1;ii.¥?iE13g, famizeidi   it<b:;Ci».1' darling
vices, and weuld. not fuffer  tot he ezafy
A ' A A i A in

[ I9 I
in the full enjoyment of them. It is well,
if intrinfic merit and worth obtain its proper
{hare 0f efieem and reverence from the wife

A and virtuous ; from the depraved and wicked

it muff expecft nothing but infult, ohloquy,
and a thoufand odious and reprioaehflxl
names. The negiefi therefore of eminent
virtue, anddifrefpeé’c to the memory of the
mofi cionfpicuous charaaiiers offitpubiic and
private greatnefs, is an unhappy circum-«-
fiance and event that nece«fl"ariIy happens,
when vice prevails and triumphs.

3. That the r2:g‘£vz‘eeu3 pev"z’j/M117, and no mar:
layez‘/J £2‘ to £2m7't‘,i maybe a.ik:1"ibed to 21 prim-

eiple of ililmaturied envy, folely excited by A

his fuperior attaimnents. Horace indeed afa-
ferts, '-" T hat death converts that envy,

V“ which» hated living viitue, into applaufe,

‘F and makes the malevolent themfelves de-
"‘ piore the 101% that they and the public
4“ have ftxffainied Off-UCI1 ufeful <':hara<S’cers 9*.”
And in another place  declares, “ That

C 2 A “ though

W Virtutexn iimeolurnem odimus,
1 Sizblatenx ex oculis quzm-i1nus invidi. 1
h  i Can Lib; 3.Od..i 24..
vi‘ Romulus, et Liber pater, et Cum. Cafiore Pollux,
Pofi ingentia faé’ca., Deorunx in T empla. reeepti, D
. e um

   A20 }.
ttit-hougl15 Romulus, and Bczcc/Jzks, Cczflor and
 Po!/am, bellowed upon mankind the molt
1“ fignal advantages, polifhed life with many
5‘? ufeful arts, built towns, and gained many
7”.‘ glorious vicitories, yet, after all thefe great
,5“ and illtiftrious aé’cions,ifoundi reafoln to 13.1
E.“ ment, that the hOY10t:trs that n12lnki‘nd
#3‘ were difpofed to {how them, 'Were lfeusl
E‘ from being adequate tq their merits. That

,5‘ Hercules; who cleared the earth of fofi

1” majiy imorwtfiers, and defiroyed the dread»
7“ ful Hydra, found, to his forrow, that the

if‘ monfier envy was not to be def’c_1‘0yed,i

5‘ but by his dleath}. Superior virtue, (he
3‘ fays) is ftire to irritate and ptmroke the:
;“ rage of others ed? inferior merit, who will
5‘ carp and detmft from their wtittlt, when
3;‘ liying, and adore thetn when dead.” 'I7h‘i$

i H A V A   gretieétiott

Dum Tetfras hominumque colunt genus,‘ alipera bellg,
_C_o1nppnunt, agros gfligttant, oppida ccmhdunt ;, V‘
Ploravere fuisi non i-efpondere favoren1 
.lSperat%u'rn meritis. "Diram  cbntudit Hydrant,
“ Notaque fatali portenta labore fubegit, ii
’:Coir'1per_it Iittvidiam fupremd fine domari.

Urit enim fulgore'fuo,' quit prwgtavat artes ‘
§.infl'aTe pofitas : iextinvftus arnabitur idem. V

 ’ "A ’ A ‘L  Epifi. Lib. 2. Ver. 5-

F‘ V21 ]

refieé‘riorn is, in generali jnfi, but islfar from

i being rz7rz'tJerfoZly true. Malice often pur-—

fees 21 man of {uperior wifdom and goodynefs
beyond the grave, and will dil’rnrb‘hisl afhes
with the 7 molt barbarous indecency, and

rudenefs. The grave itfelfwill hardly fecure
its inhabitant from the poifoned arrows of

fpite and calumny; and it is common to hear
the memory of performs of the firfi rank,

in true fcience and literature, treated with A

fourrility and abnfe, their little faults and
follies brought to light, and recounted with

every circumliance of aggravation, and the
i moft worthy charaeters, by this means, ex-

pofed to the jefis and ridicule of rnankind.
The righteous and good man perifhes in»

i deed, when neither his living exoellencies

could fecure him from the envy, nor his death
from the calumny, of an hard-judging world.
Inftead of making every. kind allowance for
human imperfeétion, infiead of being benem
volently ydifpofedto throw a veil over the
frailties and foibles of our fellow-chrifiians,

we keep our eyes fixed upon their conduét

with an attention, that no error, how {mall
and venial foever, can elude and efcape, and
‘then proclaim it to the world with a mollc
i   diabolical

  I 22 1
diabolieal triumph. Bleffed God, how re-
pugnant is fuch a temper and difpofition as
this, to that benevolent fpirit the Gofpel
breathes in every page I Bretbrezz, zf cz mmz
its owrm/hen 2.72 oz fault, ye, wlm are fpz'rz'—-
z‘zm/, refines fuck :1 am’ in 25173‘/jbirzit of meekn
72qfl',co;gfldsfi7sg z‘Z7 {/sf. 19/? than 4]/62 lie tempted.
Porgitve am ierzetézee, and pray omjbr anexbsr.
Wearelpeainfully iconfcious how much we
are exceslled by thefe illultriouis charaéliers,
wedefpair of acquiring their various learn~
ing, great abilities, and univerfal reputation 5

. our low and gtoveling difpefitinns then let

us to undermine this faitand well-built fa»-
brit: by flow and fecret firoltes 5 We begin to
quefiinn their learning, give fly and cunning
hints of our difappointment in finding them

not the characfiers we imagined, explain

away their virtues, point out their fuppofed
or‘realin1perfe€tions; and when we have
once brought them that level with our "own
very low fiandard, we freely permit our»

felves and a cruel world to ufe them at

mercy:  s
Thus is virtue too commonly treated in

  this life,‘ and the imoft fhining iiiflances of

it rewarded with this lblaeki ingratitudes.
 V The

  E 23 I
Thehopes, thatl it farms of clofing this veini
lifeini tranquility and peace, are thus fatally
difappointed, and it finds the r1:t.i..fi-:-ties of
fcandal, difgrace, ill-ltreatment, f‘CUITI‘l'-lltty and
contempt, all colleélzed, and point their’baale-
ful rays upon the l“alftl%infix'm Rage: of life,
when it is llfealft able to fupport them{ He?

who confiders this fad and wretched end of

the Wife and good, zmcl the ingmtitude of

the world for their ufeful ftsrvices, would al-‘- A

moi’: be difpofed, in a gloomy hour, tolview
all mankind in a mtoli odichus light; and to
Contcmn human life, -as on»:-3 univc-rfall fcenei
ofconfuficrmg, in whichfthc mofi: eminent

charaéters are either negleéted and Pcarve, V
A or, i when brought upon l'.‘l'1E (lags, how ex»

celltcntly foever they may fupport, for a
while, the parts afligned them, are furs, at

lall, to be made a publicist fitvcétafile» of fatty:

and derifion. A  

But after death has kindly releafed this A
pious fufferer from his mifery, and’ {called
A his eyes in fweetand undifturbcd r-spiolfe,

does thaw malice of the wzorldl ceafet with his
math, and is t;l1ciriirageandt envy comrcrtedf
into admiration] and *app.1a.ufc E’ '0 theyrc--V_
Vm: his-A memojry, and wifh virithtf regret for
A - his

[ 24 1‘

his ufeful virtues? Nothing lefstrue. “How
15372 (!z'ez‘Z2 flair wiflfi mza’ good mm: .9 Vi/hy, ewzz
as r/Eefbal, for t/am? 2'5 720 rmzerzzzirmzce cf flue’
 mm more 2‘/M72 of 2‘/Bejbol. Ecclef. ii.’ ‘I 64.

4.tT11at‘z/:33 rig/yteozzs perzflsez‘/9, and 220 mm
lczyez‘/J if to /émrz‘, is in fome meafurer owing
to, and may certainly be concludedifroim, a
fpiteful and i11—-natured triumph, expreiied
by the majority, that their fentiments and

principles are periihed with them. Upon V

the deceafe of a perfon, who has 1'enciered.~

his name famous, by efpoufing and defend?“

ing opinions, which are vulgariy branded 219
heretical and unfcriptural, iris common to
hear men of more zeal than knowledge ex»
claim, with agreat deal of malicious pleafure,
“ There is an end now of all his falfe and fan»
“ taflicai Notions and erroneous DocT’trines."’
Such are difpofed to treat his memory with
contempt, becaufe he treated their peculiar
party Noftrums with contempt. V Hence
their rage and rancour. He was exciteci
by a fpirit of free and generous inq.ui'ry to
invefiigate truth, and from arcandour and
goodnefs of heart to embrace it wherever
he found it; he fearched the Scriptures with

indefatigable indnftry, and-with confiarit

and

[253

and fervent applications to the great ferrree‘ W

of wiliium and trutir, to enlighten his uni»
derllarrrfling and clifpel his clarlenets  be few,-

it upon a fevere ftucly of tlref: facrecl treafures,

that mankind had been cleluided by the Cun-
ning and crafty, with regard to many points

of great excellency and importarrce, his love‘

of truth wuuld not firfiier him to {litre this
crruviirfiiora, but pmurpted him freely and
irrrparttially to cummurxicate rs the world
the refult of his hornet’: labours and re»
fearehes; tl'1e1'efultof his ltronefr labours and
refearches proved. contrary to the darling no»
tians and opinions ‘of the multitude, and for
his ufeful eudeavourss in difabufingthe worllrl,
for his lalnorious pains inlremoving lwliole
loads ofillvzzy rzrzrlsfluééle that had been tlrrowu
on ChriPcianity, and Erzzrrzirzg themwithout
ceremony, he mull be treated as a bad man,
a Blafphemer; an Arian, a Deiilr, laud Wofrfe
than a Deiflr; This is the treatment that

V perfuns of good learning and abilities, and

of generous fentirnents, when they imploy

their great talents on the Scriptures, are fare '

V to n1eet‘with from theworld. Any ’0tl1C'3£“ i

branch oflsearning may be ftudieci with irtri-
punity,but he,‘ who critically rftudies the
A D Scriptures,

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[ so}

Scriptures, is fure to bring about him, in

this age of Enthufiafm, a {warm of noify

and angry hornets, that will pefier and
fling him as long as he lives. He mufi:
poflefs great courage and magnanimity of
{on}, who can bravely refolve to meet and
encounter all this oppofition, prompted by
a pure love of tru_th, and a defire ofunder-
flan-ding, and leading others to underfranld,
the divine records. a a

‘Before he undertakes this arduous andydan .-
gerous province, let him fit down, and count
the cofi. Let him have before his eyes that
dire poverty and clifgrace,that may awaithim,
themany odious names that will be given him,
the few friends and patrons of his opinions,
boweverijuft, he is likely to gain  the con-
terript of the multitude, which he is fure to
incur, and all that train of evils, which arife

from calling in queftion longefiablifhedy

opinions, and from controverting with free-
dom old abfurdities, that have been fané’ri-

fied by iculiom and authority. No wonder, "

that when a perfon, with thefe abilities, and
this fcriptural-knowledge, rifeswith a noble
and undaunted fpiritto attack the {troug-
holds of fuperfiition and error, he is per-

t fecuted

tr?’

ll 27 1"

liecuted and ahufed, while living, and when

he [barf]/aés in the caufe of liberty, ifgfew a

men lazy it to heart. 1 T he paflions of mana-

lcindw are feldom or never ingaiged on the .

tide of truth. The noife and rant of En»
thufiafm can, with a very little” exertion of.
its powerful mechanifm, draw in its thou»
lands and millions. Truth is calm and
compofed, firft ftrives to hufh the boiflseroue

i paflions into peace, then addrefles the rea-»

fon, and convinces the underftanding and
judgment. But who fees not, that 116. who
takes this method to procure the attention
of the multitude, mutt be unfuccefsful 5 ell-
pecially, if he thinks forne of their moi’:

  favourite notions either of little importance,

or not founded in Reafon and Scripture, and
eonfequently, cannot infift on them as ea»

r pital and fundamental articles.

While therefore‘ the headftrong and in--
flamed Pafiions, and the Reafon of mankind
are at irreconcileable variance with each 0-
ther, how is it poflible for true learning and
virtue to efcapecenfure, procure general re-

fpeét, or its worth be acknowledged and re-,

warded l While the previailinng taite of the age
is for pleafure, and any doctrines are eagerly

D 2 embraced, i

I ll 28 }?
g2m-i)l'ac2e<i, that will but palliate mfinis vices,
andoexciufo than from tliofoveritics of an
itaoly life, wlfile tlais is tl"ieiip1'evailingta{l:e

isof manlaind, leaming and religious know.»
iecige are {are to fufi‘"er, to {larva in obfcuriw i

icy, be n.égleéied and vilified on this fido the
grlave, and the momory of them aftorwaifds

perifh for ever. a
But let not the iI1jL1£illClOUS Enthufiafi thus

{para the afhes of the wife and good man,

and upbraid him with his principles. His’ A 
ll priniciples are not lefs true: for being cons»-

ltemptuoufly treated and ridiculed. When
his body is convlerted into its primitivc dufiy
his principles will fiom-ifh in im_mort_al vi»
gout. If they are founded in truth, all the
ixlalice and bigotry in the world cannot (halo:
and fubvert them. Though the wife and
roligious p€7_;/(522 para?/Z7, (27251 720 mm: iayezia if
:0 Zzearr; though his fcntiments and ferviccs
in lthelcaufe of religion are treated ivvith con-A

iemptiand fcorn, yet titlem iivcrs a fopremo

and all-righteous JUDGE whoiislthe patron
and friend ofltruth, and who will reward all
iaozieflcxidcavours to invefiigate it, Wliatevler

the fukccefs may be. And he, who faszrioufly

53.‘?.“fifi€i‘$ tzhofé tranfcendantrcwards than
i i A 116

[29]

he will hefiiow on. thofe,  who are lincetely

delirous to difcover his mind and will, and

to confhrm to it wl1enti‘difeovered, can fee
nothing diilteilsful and formidable in the in-V»

gratitude of mankind, and in the hardtand 

.tmchatitable eenfutes of a naale‘volentpworld.i

H. I proceed to confides: the it difin-
ggenoous bafenefs of that conduét towards
good performs, which is mentioned inthe

Text. And. can there be a more [hocking l

inftanee of deteltable ingratitude, than awil-2

ful neglefl: and contempt of thofe excellent
and pufeful- perfons, whom the great author

of allwifdom. has endowed with largeaca-3.

paeities and powers; and who freelyland ge...
netoufly expended thofe powers in promot-p~
ing our higheft and hefi: intereftsl Who
have voluntarily facrificed many of the joys
and pleafures of this life forthe publicli.
welfare, who have fat late, rofeearly, and
eat the bread of forrovv and labour _; who
have with indefatigable pains and induftry
worn out a precarious being in long. and
painful refearches 5 who foregoing the amufea

A ments and profits of this world, have inge-

ged in ufefnl f’tudies,.ifor the regularpcomu
i pletion

[30]

jpletion of which, the whole term of hu-
i man life was fcatce fuflicient; who, though
limployed in the-fe great and laboriousi works,

have neverthclefs at the fame time approved

witlvemjélves as mz'7zz'/fer: if Cr.7'?7‘i/Z, A in much pa-—

tierzce, 2'72 qflz’2'é7z'o22s, 2'72 def/irqflés, by pzrrerztjfr,
by zlrzorw/edge, A éy /orzg«fij2>rz'ng, éy /eimzlmsfi,
éy lave unfiigrzed, fry the word gf trzrz‘/5», and

l five armour of rig/areaujizcj/E 5 and who, by

unweariedly imployingthefe great and ex-

A cellent abilities, as fczitbfulfie-zvards 0]‘ y 2793

manifold grace of God, have undermined

their vigour of confiitution, ruinedwheir

health, and been obliged to fupport, merely

by art, the tottering and frail houfe of their
earthly tabernacle, wafled and impaired by

W ‘ their incefihnt application, and haflening fafi

to’ its final diflblution. And is it not cruelty,
to the laft, the bafelt and moftdetefiable cru-
elty, to aggravate their laPt fufferings by four»-
rility and abufe ;‘and to add to thefe lflfifflllm
ties of declining life, which they have great-
ly accelerated by long and painful watch-
ings and Ptudies, by detraéting from their

i jut’: merit, {peaking contemptibly of their

l and influence in the World?

pafi. fervices,‘ calumniating their lendowm
ments, and firiving to leflen their authority

  Thia

[ 31 it  
to iThis is treatment fo black and execrable,
that one would think it morally imypoflibley
that any perfons could be guiltyrof it, however
abandoned and lot’: to all fenfe of fha-meand

pp virtue. But what {hall We Pay, when we
find that even perfons of wifdom and good i

fenfe are capable of fuch an unworthy con;

duét towards the moft eminent and amiable  

characters. But forbidit heaven! For-bidiit

decency! That fuch treatment as this of A

the molt refpeétablecharaéters fhould ever
for the future be countenanced and fupport--
ed by the a friends of religion and patrons of
virtue! One would u think that their exalted
worth and merit, would {top thetmouth of
flander and defamation, and {often and dif-
arrn rage and rancour. But alas, infthis

unhappy world, the reputationof the befl: ”
of men is not fafe, the greatefl: innocence i

will not i priviledge us‘,  the arrow of malice
and detraétion that flieth in f ecret, cf-an wound

our peace, and defpoil us of all fatisfaétion if

for ever. Unhappy, beyond defcription
unhappy, that the exalted talents of per--
fons of whom this world is not worthy,

cannot fecure them a fmall pittance of our s

efteem and love, during their Ihort and pre-»
carious

I 32 E

carious continuance among us! Shanmefui

ingratitude-,%% A that perfonsgwhofe whole lives

havehbeene fpent in the rigorous feareh of
t1‘uth; hand ftuaziyof thefkzripturesh, «~rnu{’t for

«few» real or fuppofedeinadverteheies, A and
fo'rfiizijpe1*fe€tidns infepa1"ah.1eee from human
mtu1‘e,-A be treatedxin l‘ife+5vith di£’cance~anc1
eoldnefs, and fall in death without~ that re-.-

A fpérfr, ldhe “to their deifiinguifhedattainmhents "I
A H0w~dz'edC/Brfivflppzzse .5’ A: .52 dog diet/§z~¢-%-is ap»

pel"ic:eahIe“h‘td many a tvwifee and goodmam
who;nhthe.vvbr1d has;neg1e&ed.e   A A
 But certainly ithhhprognofiicates no good
either to; Wprefezlt orifiitfureh times 5 Certainly it

  isnoprohof either hfstlue wifdom orixfirtue

of A the prefent age, tzhatwe put €110» puhiick
diffinétion between the mofl: oppofite cha-
raéfers, but treat both indifc1*irninately. This
und-iflinguifhing behaviour form: of the Wife
fages‘ of antiquity have pronounced to bethe
pefl: and bane of focieties and cities_.,’“‘ and
the greatefi ihjufiice that “is ever A acfized
; -   e A A m

‘*5. VE%urrqoJ‘£ ggocp xappcvougrzv ant rzromlau vrahem A
 01'cev?z-z<;A e:r9Aa<; mu 7rpa9up.o:; aw ownp,
‘ M:ihJ‘éu“‘q:peépfl7a;: cm»: 3caL}c£0vffdv7rA'z0v. " A V 
h e e H h ‘ e ” h V Eurip. Hed. ‘V. 505..

I33]

in the woxrid; + But: fhamc-:fu1 as ti1is~%i:om3

Fducfi is, it is what we are aéting over again,

and the Iigilt of the giofpei itIeems,ha.s nei-
that made us wifer nor batten‘ inithis effenxu
tial article of our duty; we fufflar the righw

teous man bath to live and perifh without 

laying it to heart. His fair exeunple, with
an its powarful attrafcions, cammt fubdaie
our prejiidicm, and fwfiezi us inm e;‘z.'i:e<em1i
and love; and the inemury of his wiiitimii and
excellencies, vvhfsn de;i..;.:i, can liarciiy fame
from us :3. faintand cold eulogy. 0 What
vile and infamous ingimitudc is it pmfiiiaie
for mien, evenifor men of difliiigiiifliscl abi»
lities and gooszi fenfe, to Be guiity of, whm
they {uffer fame of their wmfi pafiions to
take the lead of undariianding and ijudga
ment! V A A
Thefe. A _1ff:fl€aZiOf1S ‘‘ immediately diéisated
ithemfelives to mylaeart, Amibeing informed
4 of the fudden and unexpcfted death of my

moft worthy and exceiianit frieznd Dr. Tmre--V

Loin M A man, to whofe writings A arid pea"--A
fonal inihuxiiions I owe more than to all tim
  E  A books

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books and men lever converfed with. I

lfliallllever look upon it as the moi’: happy

providence, xivlth which I was ever favour»

ed, that inlearly life I read his man excel-A
'l‘em:~ books‘ full of the ‘bell infiruélion, and

7mofi e”Xcellen"tly calculated to enlarge the
mind, “and to infpire it with jufi, rational,
and.a_ngenero’uls fe‘ntimenr9se. And I {hall ever

‘e*£’reern ‘it as a moi’: difiinguiihing lale-fling, A

that“ I was aftednlvard honoured with his
"friendilmlp, and an epifiolary correfpondence
for fome years before his death, in which
lwiththe greatefr benevolence and goodnefs
of heart he icondelfcended to folve the ldiflfi-A
culties I proplofed, and anfwer my ol:je8ri--
ens. And thofe who know his great fl-cilll
‘in the HeéM=lza,% on which impor‘tar'1t branch
of literature our correfpondence chiefly turn--
ed, will not think my affertirons too flrongg,
when I declare, that I can now produce a
Trnall colleléfion of fome of the mofl: valua--

ble criticifms on that language, ldwlilrh «regard A
to ingenious conjecilures, various Lleélzlionrgo
” and explanairions of diffrcult lpaflages, *that

any age or nation everlfaw. As this great

man had above forfyyears been imployed

in reading and accuratelly lfludylinfg this lan--ll

~gu;arge,

I 35 1  
guage, itis not to be wondred at that his
knowledge herein was the moi’: perfeét and
critical that could be attained; and this his,
knowledge was the more valuable, as it was
not a fuperftruéture on the labours of others,
but was folely educed from the treafures of
a great aridjudicious mind by the dint of in-i
defatigahle indufiry and application.”

Dr. Jot-IN TAYLOR was born near Lam--A
cat/fer; fettled firf’t at Ifir/efleczd in Lincoln!-
flzire, where he preached to a very {mall
Congregation, and taught a Grammar-School
for the iltpport of his H family, near twenty
years 5 but afterwards, his great worth and
merit in this obfcure gfituation being known,
he was gunanimouifly chofen to Norwich,
where he preachedmany years with great
acceptance and uiefulnefs. From this City

a the friends of liberty invited him to wax...

;a.xNo,':rgoNgg in Lgmzmi/Zaire, to fupierinténdfln
flcqdcmy r they had formed on a mofi: I‘afi0-
nal and generous plan; judging him £116 fit“

efl:‘1perfon,_as his learning andworth werefo

l1nlVCi'iifllly:ii{IlQWl1 a1'1.d acknowledged, to
give this new infiitution a proper dignity
and Ieputation in the world. With this in»-
vitation, fowarmly and importunately e_n~_-

A E 2  i forced.

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ferced, he compllied,*”e‘fi*ota1 motllkes purely

difinterefied,asllielhasoftenaffuredmeg and A

lnclulcled ebythe fairandlflatte1*ingAprQfpe<Etof

V beingllgteatly Ulfeftull Air: ilnfit'uél:ing lyourlg peru-

fons fat tlaehminiflry. Howhet was there ufed,

 after allkhis A great and good fervlceato the

caufe of Chriltianity and the Church of God;
and {wl'lat'{cunfility anal was he Iufiered,
af'te1“ quiting a gen‘erOlus§aend worthy iPeo~
pie, among whom he had A for ma“ny~ yearsl

V been cafefled andl1°appy* _; howlal few filly.

éliffe1'enc:es about the formal pumétilio of
prececlency and authority, and the vague and

"unucertlaliltip1'in%clples of morals? were klndlled

into fuel) a flame, aslbon involved and almol’cA
endangered the very being of the Alcczdeiagv
itfelf, AA needs net here be related, the World

A is too well acquainted with the ocll“ous13ar-

giculars. t A

Here, however, lthe friends o£’Cl1l1'if’cia11Ai-4‘
ty afid virtue tcannot but drop a tear, a tear
pf tendemefs and pity, to fee a man of true

greatnefs, goodnefs, and wifdom, by the V

Inandsof mde violencel and cruelty degraded
and fi,1n1«_:,; abufed and defpifecl, frleAnd‘llefsT

and "forlorn, ‘his abilities quePtioned,his me-

at: difputed, and onepfthe moa amiable
  s:hara<f‘£€r$

y [ :74 1
Vcharatfiersi, that ever virtue aiiixrned and ap...
peared in, afperfed and vilified, andunable

with all its friendly influence and native _

clinarrrzriaiand power to {often envy and maul
lice into Veneration and love. The bad 11.-
fage he rnet With, vvherelrhe naturally eXpec~
ted the kindelt, he would often tell rne,‘
“ would certainly fhorten his days.” = And
{o it proved. He, who had the bed con»
Ptitution, and who had by a courfe of Pteady

. temperance preferved it the beft of any fe-

vere Prudent I ever ltnewygwas foon thrown

into a variety and complication of diforders,

which though by gentle, yet repeted Ptrokes,
foon laid the originally fltrong and vigorous
fabric in fad and deplorable ruins". The laft
timel favv him, he bitterly lamented his
unhappy fituation, and his being rendered,

A (all properauthority, as a Tutor, being taken

fromhim) utterly incapable of being any

longer lufeful 5 faid his life wasnot an object

of defire to him, when his pub1icl«;ufeful-
nefs was no more, and repeated withigreat

. emotion tome celebrated lines tothis‘ pur»

pofe out of Sapbocle5.‘*‘
 (\-1 It

at Armor yap ac.vJ‘pdz 7'01) gaucpou xpnfer 610% l
Iigmazgrzvyaz-rte ,U.nJ‘ev £.§ot?»?raao‘a"exroL:. l l 7 l ‘
. g T‘

If 33 1
It is necefiary to be remarked, that he ai-I
ways {poke to me witli the greatefi refpeét
of his Fe]/otzv-fZ"zu‘or5, amongfi whom there

always fubfified the greateft harmony, and

on whofe ‘W good learning and amiable charac—-
ters he ever pafied an high and defetved en-»
comium. y . i ~ r  

To the temper, difpofitien, abilities,
learning, and great merit of Dr. T AYL 012.,
I cannot be fuppofed to be a Pcranger, haw
Sing been happy in la Ptrift intimacy with
him for feveral years. With regard to thefe
I «only pretend faithfully to {peak from my
cswn obfervation of what I {aw in him, and
therefore {hall impartially tranfcribe the
flrong idea of his goodnefs and virtue, which
is warmly imprefled on my heart.

I never {aw a man’s countenance, that A

was a truer index of this mitid, than Dr.
TAYLoR’s. There was fomething placid
and ingaginygiin his air and features, that moi’st
peyweryfully cqtnmanded refpeft and love.
 argument when digfiated by his ftrong

fepfe, and urged by that power of language K

the

T: yap "imp nyccp ngaepm 't'£P‘?Z'&W axe, A
r Hpaaaaaa :~zaivac9e1cm4 rz-az2“g2z_ 3t5&’;'9;c!f£1'lI5 1 i
‘ l l l   4-76»

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l1e'p‘ofi’efl”ed, was irrefiligible, when it was
enforcedby la fweet and infinuating look,

i to which you couldi deny nothing. Nothing? 3

_ couldibe further frorn that haughty and fu-
”p‘ereili’ours air, and mein, andglaitr, which

other great men infenfihly conn-aa, and by
which they are publicly known and di{‘t«in-

A guiihed from the ref’: of the fpecies. He

was never known to browzbeat modeft vie-
tue, but to encourage it by every honefl:

art. It delighted his foul to find in any at‘

docil and ingenuous difpofition, defirousrof
l~:noWledge,r particularly fcriptural-know-~
ledge, and he ‘cultivatedi Inch a clifpofition
with more than parental care and fondnefs.

Wlxen I fay, he 0 was nohigot, I am fen--l
fible I {hall be accufed of great partiality by
fome, and of great herefy by others. ‘But
if I knew anything -of good Dr. TAYMLQR,
this Ican iwith truth am:-m 'r:oncerning him,

that he loved good perfons of ‘all parties and .
A d"enomina*tions, however widely they might

diflcer from him; would frequently repeat
it again and again, “ that Chriliitans of all
“ Parties are agreed in the great fundamentatls
“ of religion, and only difiier about fomefevv
ff trifling difiincitions 5 that to embrace the

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“ fame afet~of notions as he, or any other

“infallible man did, was not at all material

a “ with 1‘egard to men’s final happinefs and

“ falvation.” ‘ if error he exp1'efl’ed an um»
common Warmth and honelt indignation aw
gaintl any thing, it was againft A’:/oarzqrfizzzzz’/722,
which he thought one of the rgreateft cor-
rnptions of pure and ‘genuine Chriftianity,
as this doélrine entirely fnbverts the unityiof

L God,the great and primary foundation of all

religion,‘r1atural and revealed. A

I never {aw at greater and more exemplary
pattern of refignation to the Will of God.
From a firm and unfhaken perfuaiion, that
every flzation and fitnation in this life is of
God’s appoiritmenta who afiigns us what
circumitnaees feemtbelt to his infinite and
uner'ring,; wiidom, he bore his {offerings
with a noble and glorious fortitude, referiug
himielf to God with a cliearfulnefsl and
fubmiflion ythat penetrated every foul that
heard him. ‘With what holy joy and tranf-
porting triumph did he {peak of thefecond
coming of our hleflied Lord ; and with what
religilousi’rraptnre would he anticipate that
blefled and happy day! Death had. no terrors
for him. He was not afraid of dying. i He
  l n i i had

  i at ale p
had every thing to hope from death. Death
vvouldrintroducehim into a glorious and
blefled immortality, velvere Gad errata/42’ me
away all fearsfroezbis eyes. “And itpleafed
the Almighty to‘ favour this great and good
man with that Eutbzzaza/izz, that fodden, eafy;
and almofi: imperceptible difmifiionlfrom
the body 9*, which the vvifefl. and bet’: of men
have pronounced the moili happy, and
wifhed for as the moi’: defirahle circumu
fiance in death «fa And a manner itlis
furely much to be envied by every good
man, ofimalaing one-’s laft exit and depara
ture from this vale of forrow and {offerings

Thus has death deprived us of one of
the greateft ornaments of religion and learn»
ing; has extinguiilied a burning and fhining
light, that difllzfed around it the moilc ufe-A

I ful andfalutary beams 5 has deprived me of

the heft and worthiefl friend I ever injoyed;

*7‘ He wentlto bed as Well as ufual, only coznplaininga
little of a preifure he felt on his ilomach, and was found
dead in the nmrning, Thurfd.ay March 5th. \

T Sortitus eximm facilem er: qualem Temper optaverat.
Nam quoties audiilet, cito ac nulio cruciatu defunaftumlqtiema
piam,_ fibi et fuis av@:uz'aca'mv fimilem (hoe enim et verho uti
afolebat) preeabatur. Sueton. "

 . 1a hie»

  . ~l[ 4-2 1

his family of :1 tender‘ and cempaffionate
Father ; the Academy of its mo{<l: illufirious
lug;-port and glory; the Difl'enters ofa great

and truly learned P-m:.:‘on gaml the ~w0rlL'l of

one of the mall amiable charaeilers that ever
ezmobled and dignified lt».m1mn nzusure.

His WRITINGS will remain an immor-
talmonumem: of his various leaming, eX-
eellent abilities,  zmezl clear dleibernnnent,
and critical lene)wl‘edg;e of the Scriptures.

1 Ellis mincl was the nmfi excellently fur»-
  zaiilneele ‘Wll.'l’1 valueble emel ufeful branches of

literature, of any f.l1E1I'i,S”I eve1'knexv. His
reading in ryzozzlewz books, indeed, was far
from being; emzenfive. It cannot be {up-
pofed, that a perfon, whole whole life was
indefatigably imployed, befides the confianre
duties of the minillcry, in teaching a Gram-
mar-School, and in lcbrming an Hebrew Con»-
cerdanee, flwulel be allele teorrecleem many
vacant hours for acquiring a large acquain-
tance with What: waslldaily pafling in the
literaryl «world. Infleedlof wondering that:
he lcnewno more of boeles, we ought ra-
ther to wonder, that he lmcl read fo mlulclm
es he really had, ‘oonficlerixng the fewl avo-»

» eatiens he pemli-teal himfelf toinjoy. But

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a dyefeét here was amply coiiapenfateol by an
habit of clofe thirileing, and an accurate atm-
tention to the powers of his own. znind;
Tlfzata perfon who above forty years had
been every day imployed in a School, or in

a1'1‘ar1gi11g Hebrew worcls, fhould at the fame A
time defceod into the molt profound and,

al3l’t1‘a€:l pltzilofophical enquiries, and be able
to think and write on the foundation ofinom
rals in to clear and intelligible a manner as
he has done, is afionillrixigz but it is a proof,
what uncommon attainments the human
mind is capable ofacquiring by a coaltant and
vigorous exertion of its enlarged faculties, and

A tilmdizut of feclulous and fevere application.
In clafiical learning lay his gI'C21tf;‘X'Ct‘3l-

lease. I~"ler'e be {home without a rival. He
ha.d in early life commited to memory, and
faithfully retained, almolt all the mofl beau»-
titul paflages and fl:ril«.;ing clefcriptions in the

Greek and Roman Poets, and could repeat ‘

them with an €‘Xa.€lI’1€{S and propriety that
was arinazing. The great negleét of this
11 feful literature amongft Diiiizrnting Mitrillera,

1 and their general deficiency~l‘iereio,l1e would
4 often fay, expofecl us more tlfrarz any tl'liz'ig

elfe, to the jeiis and cootemptof the C’/mjgfy,
r F a wlio

 l 44 l

ywllo principally flfucly and valtze tlnemfelvw

4 upon their accurate and fupetiot l«;:1mvv-

ledge of it. Next to this, he warmly in»
culcated a critical acqualtltanc‘e with the
Scrlpturcas, as the mall: ul"lt::;f'ul and important
of all lc5tl:xe1* ftudies.  lJJll§ real {enti-
ments were, arltl what the m:‘4tl10c.1 he ~re—

mmmenclcrd w"as, with t'€ga1't‘l to at pr0fiCi--- '

enacy in this, may be ilacsn by ccmfulting an
excellcnt note in his fit}! to the Romans.

V p. I22.fi*cm2d edition.

‘The firft piece lye pultallflted, vvas a pre»
fatory difcourfe to la Nm"1*ative of Mr. _‘7cf=-pf:
Rawfi72’s Cafe, who was excluded from com-
munion with the Congregational Church in
,ZV02‘rz'22gfm.w, for age-21*titmg the unity and fu-
premacy of God the Fzztlner. In this the
re-met will find 21 nmfi judicious cl.ef'encc

L’ pf  ccrmnmrz tights mf Clarifiians, and of

415/ and ldcfwvedly §fi€(i‘m‘»‘-‘(ll .z22my'wc7*4«

the tlufllcicnicy’ mud pr::t‘fc:g.Etiot1 of SCl‘.’lptL1I‘€,
witlmut the aid of human Sclnemes, Cteeds
and Ccnnfeflions. A jécozm’ cclitiolln of this has
been publiflzedg, l A

In 1740,  his Swipizzre ._D0c*z‘rz'me

10]“ Origzmzl Sin, which has game through  

z‘/wee ed"itlc:>ns. This is a lbocle; general.»

We,

E 45 J

5/3, and which has,  believe, met with

' more univerfal acceptance, and clone more at

real fervice to the chtifiian world, than any-

one book of polemical divinity that the pre-
fent age has feen. This drew him into a
eontroverfy with Dr. JENNINGS and Dr.
WATTS, both men of great abilities and
good learning, and who {aid indeed every
thing that could be faid, in defence of a
docftrine that had no foundation in Reafon

or Revelation.

In 174.5, ---------—~ his Parapliymgfl’ 012 .z‘l7e

V Rommisg a flax‘;/'zl edition‘ of which has been —l

lately printecl. In the fame year he
alfo publifhed at fmall Scrzlzfirure Catecbgfm

  ‘zefir/'3 Proofs, which I can heartily recom-

mend to Parents, as a molt plain, excellent,
and judicious fummary of the chriliian re-

ligion. g]it“ha.s pafl'ed_fozzr editions. 
In I 7 5o, ----—---- a CaIleé7z'm of Times £72

ruariozzs 11237:, with afcherne for fupport-~
ing the fpirit and praétice of Pfalmodyin
Congregations. A A A A.

In 1751, ---------- tzvithout his name, a {mall

  Pamphlet, entitled the Imjaormizce Qf C[7z'/-9»
draw, or Motzees in tlie. good Ea’zzcaz'z'w2 of

QM/drerz,
In

  I 46 ]
In 1753, ------------ his Scripfzzre Docu-
f?’i7Z£ qf ..4z'072e°mem‘, in which it m'ul’t be

confetled he failed molt egtegiouily.W His 

-reafoning was neitherclear not fatisfaétory,

Wowingperhaps to the doétrinetheing in it-

{elf 412320/5?’ unintelligible, and /mm’z_’y capable
of being rationally explained.

1111754, ---- his great work, the
labour of his whole life, an H55;/aw Eyzglzi//fa
Cozzcordmce in two large volumes in Folio,
the moi’: accurate work that any age or
nation ever (aw; which will remain a mo»
nument to all future ages of his indefatiga-

 

  hleinduftry and critical am}. The names

of the Bi/Imps who cheerfully encouraged
this immortal work which appear in the
lift of his Subfcrihers, will be ttanfmitted
with everlafting honour, for itheitimodera--»
tion and patrotiage of true learning and worth,
to the lateft pofierity.  it

eHe wrote in the fame year an excellent
Pamphlet, entitled Nile’ Lord’,s~Supper,e.xpZaz3z~
ea’ zzpm Scrzfvfure Pr2’mz'pZe5,i in which this

lfacredi Ordinance is placed inaecleat light,

and itsiimpottance well f’tatecl., 
 In 1757, he publifhed his Covenant cf
Game, ‘in defence of Infant-jB-aptifm. A l

 

 

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In 1755,“ ........... eceeege delivered at the
Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Szazirbfarz.

 In .1756, —--------«e» a Sermarz, preached at the
opening of the new Chapel in Narrwz'cz.’7.

In 17 59, he wrote his Exezmz'¢mz‘z'o7z lg’
Dr. Hutclig/bn’s Sczlremeaf Maralizy; 9; jiudi...
eious performance, which met with great
and deferved acceptance in the world. He
who carefully reads and compares with this,
the arguments advanced in a mall excellent
book, wlaiclz was plebliflnecl  year before as the
Do€l"0r’s Pamphlet, by my ingezsiolxs firiend

Mr. Richard Psrice, and emitlecl. a Z€e='vz’e»z/z: of A V

2‘/Js prirzcigmrl Dag/“iczzltzlss 2'72 .Zl!.l’o;~ez[5, will in-—
 a melt exquifite pleafure and rational
fatisfaftion. A e A A A
A Hislaf’: performance was a. Skate!) of ma»
ma} Phi"/g/Ezplvy, which he drew for the
ufe of his own‘ Pupils, anda1asintrcil:llu€’cc2ry
to lecimres on Walla/iwz’s Rslz;gz'a7z cy‘ Natzzre.
This was publillled I760.”    7‘
From his flrll: fettling at If/ara'z'¢zgf072, as
Tutor, he fpent all his leifure-«hours in re»
A viewing

ll *‘ The Ur. with greatlcare and correwfineis compofecl, and (A
lflairly tfanfcribed, a number of difcouries on Moral, Critical,

and Prlaélical Subjséls, fuflicient to make Fazer Volumes in
Olfftavo; which he defiglazed fer the Prefix, and imrended to
be publifhed after his death.

l 48 l
viewingliis Concordance, collating paflhgea
in an alphabetical oi‘dc13 and C0l"1'@-fEl;'li‘lg the

' englillu‘ ti‘Z:1l‘1i.l.E’illlm]. He had Iflaldfi a confi-

derablei advancf: in this ufcful ‘Work, when
death feized him. A . ii — 4

i In liich great antl good xvcirks was this
rnoll excellent perform %confl2u1tly imployed,
qg'2pi‘*oviz2g /l9z'ri2j2zz'z‘/Jfzzl, in his gmat Maf«i
ter’s fervice, in mzac/3 patiezzce, 2'22 tg]7z’z'c7z'mzs-
mm’ dz:/373573;, 5:3 fwzzozxr mm! dijliorzazzr, fly

evil report mzd good mzporzfg and at lafl: Clo-

fing a lifei of honour and ufefulnefs, with~

joyful and triumphant eyipeétations with re-
gard to futurity. Happy, had the /42]? flags
of a race begun with fuch aifdour, and pm-
fecuted with fuch glory, been crowned with
oils deferved honours! Thrice happy, if after
having hufbanded and made the moi’: of €-
Vcry hour, and fuflaincd all z‘/J6 Iczéozzr mm’

llwzz‘ bfrlie day, his evening had bean rnorc

unp1oudecl,ferenc, and happy +l. But fuprerne
A   wifclom

0

*1-iIn avery affefling Letter, wrote not long before his

death, hell‘ thus exprelfes himfizlf, as to his fltuation at ¢WA.p_.
RING'FQN. “ Before I came hither, and in order to induce
“ me to ingage in the Academy, the g:l~rin<;ipa1 Gei*1tlcx'n<-zn.
“ a}t‘M‘2z22c£:.cy?w~ in tlwir fevcral L£:=:ttiers to me, {aid Every thing
“ encourageingg promifing; l or intimating, that my I,.ifc‘~:

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wifdom knows what is bet’: for us 5-, and it:
_ is the great confolation of human life, to ‘
M be aflhred that no evils and difirefles can be-

G g   fall

“ fhould be as eafy, comfortable, and happy asever: Nor
“ was Mr. S n wanting in any Profefiions that might
“ draw me into the Scheme; aifuring me, that my joining
“in the clefign was the very foundation of the whole Fa.
“ brick. I I
“ I believed them; I came in hope of being more ex.
“' tenfively. ufeful, not doubting, but I fhould injoy the re...
'“ rnainder of life in tranquility and peace. But, alas, Sir;

‘* I am Torry to tell you, I have found quite the reverfe." I
After mentioning fome particulars of the cruel treatment
he met with, though chofen Profeflbr both of Morality and
Divinity, he adds, _y it
I “ My Condition ever fince I came to Wannxnoron has

 

“ been very uneafy, and I may fay, wretched. Under I"

“ which, had I not been habituated to hope and truit in
“ God, I mufc have funk. It is not poflible I {hould conti-
'" nue here, either on my own account, or that of the Aca-

“ demy; for what good can be done in .a place bf Variance I

“ and Contradiétion ! I . l i_ y g
“ Under that reafonableiand friendly nfage I had a right

"~' to expeét, I “thould perform my w‘orl«: with lalacrity and

“ pleafure, and, by the blefling of God, with good fuccefin;
“ but under fuch contumelious treatment my Spirits are
“ funk, my good Defigns and Endeavours are difcouragecl,
“ and my Health afFeé‘ted andlimpaired. I ‘

“ Confider; Sir, my Years meonfider my long and clofe
“ Studies-----confider the Charafterand Reputation I have
f‘ eftahliihecl, efpeeially in the learned World ---e-confider the
“generous and clifinterefced Manner in which Icame into
“ thefe Parts ---» eonfider the ardent Defire I have to be uie-g
ff‘ ful in my prefent Station}: if ** *f_ l  ‘ “

  A a: so 1  
iflall 119*, Wiithrtmt thc-2* all-wife p‘ermi“flicrn and
ap’“pdix1ttnen‘t of God. \ A
Tlu‘eiclofe‘of this great man’s life may
téath .Mz'm'/z’ers a lefii:mdf ufcful inflruélion,
thatflfuperior abilities, learning and Virtue,
cannot iinfuréa thé gefpléél and efccem 0f the“
World» %‘We here fee the greatefl and no»-
ijlel’: itlflancc of them afperfcd and vilified,
loaded“ wirltli ccmternpt and reproach, and
rank in t1ue~mo*fi abjeét inirery and wretch»-.i
Liednefs. Thisfluould inilruél us; A whatever
happinefs and ccjmfoirt we mayi flaw injoy
J macsng our i—erpe&ive Colngn-egarichs, to for»-
tify our breafisiwirh the befl: chrillian prin...
ajciples, iitol have the cehfures and clifrefpeél:
bf ‘ah ill-judgildg‘ world always before our
eyes, and to,proino1m¢e neither ourrelves nor
any other perfons, 'vvhatev*er their fituations

maybe, /Bappgf, ’till we have waited for the: .

gram: zearber Deaib to ratify and confirm our
¥erdi€’c.*y ' ‘ A
 lét choflf: Whb  fo often, and {cs
fu&:¢1~m=iiab1y,c4aI1ed hiijn an .4»-z‘an,Socz‘;zia;z,  
Pelagirzn; l.D¢3‘1W;*ahd worfe 2‘/mm ‘oz » Dezfl, +-
llifpelnd *f5.l“l‘tliBi1‘ » vainl rage and 1*anC'ou1‘ upon
i“‘S¢¢itheM°£t°~   i Mn   .      V
it Prcfzicc to Mr. jaézz Wflfl/gy’s book on Originzil Sin-
Pv 5»       *

if 51    A I
 A Letthofewhofet,chrif’ci:a1‘1 prineiplee
could teachthem t9 abufe 111% and deny
hwim fa,A1y‘aAtion, fer a few trifling dtifierences,
heap ween "his memory 9-11 the Ctxccraticna
that Enthufiafm can very religioiufly and pie-

“oufly utter. Let them . fptum his allies and »

infult over minis grave with the fatne ridicua

lous vvildnefs, the fame frantickt poftures,
and the fame low revenge, as it is well i

knowtn, fame of them did over Di‘. F63/l’.er’s,
after his interment. Such treatment now
can no more affeét his thappinefs, than it
evter affeéted his argguments. He now im-

joys a calm undifiurbed repofe under the

,p.roteé?tion and guardianfliip of him, -zeéia

bait tbs /eeyis  dcaczz‘/5, flild Me invfléle +w0rlai’;

and in the morning of the refurre<£tion, -w/neat

Vilicyé who fleep 2'72 M35271!/i’ cf it/'26 em“!/J flaw/I

tzwaflee, will rife from the ruins Qf the tgtave,
the film‘: in immortal glory, fpletndori tand

bleffednefs. A V  
May God grant of this “infinite miency,
tthrough our Lordjefus Chrifi, that we may

i meetdeath with the fame compofure and

"fortitude, and have a ,;diflfmifiito*n frpm this A

Vaintwot-‘id fail of the fame triig,1,»mPh4kantt Ahhopes,
gmd joyful profpea‘?£s- i

To

I ‘:2 ll

 To eonclude 5 upon carefully reviewing

‘his ufeful and exemplary life, and refleéting

on the virtues of his rnofi amiable con-»
‘duflr, I cannot {um up his charaéler to
more advantage, than in applying to hirn
what Xmcp/3072: relates concerning the exa-

cellent Socrates, in the conclufion of the

fizzrzb book of hislMe772oirs; of which the
following is a free tranflation. A i l

_ “ Thofe, who were perfonally acquaint-
“ ed with Socrcztes and knew his great
“ worth, will ever hold his memory in the
“ niofi grateful ‘remembrance, and look up-
“ on him as a perfon who poflefled the
“ rnoft excellent endowments for teaching
“ moral virtue with advantage. Being fuch
“ an one as I have defcrihed him, a per-
“ {on of fuch exemplary piety, as to un--
“ dertake nothing Without firft confult»
“ing the Will of heaven; of fuch in-
“ vi-‘olable juflice, as to injure no one in the
“ molt trifling concern, but, on the con-
i“‘ trary, aflift all thofe with whom he was

r “ bonneéted, in their highefl and molt irnf
V"‘ portant intereftsgp of fuch temperance, ails

“npever to facrifice his Reafon to his appea

‘fmtites, and indulge fenfual gratifications at

f‘ the

[ 53 1
“ the expence of hisibetter judgment and
“ virtue; of fuch fagacity, as to be infal-
“lible in his determinations concerning
‘f moral good and evil; and totwant no
“ one’s decifionsw, but to be felfifuflicient
“ for his own infttruétion and information
“ in thefe important articles; of fuch abi-
“ lities, as to fix and define the limits of
“ duty with accuracy and precifion, and
“ by the powers of perfvvafion to prompt
“ and ingage his heaters to the at-
!‘ tainment of univerfalyirtueg a perfon
“thus formed by nature and felf-inftruc-
“ tion,feems to have attained the higheft
“ fummit of human worth and excellence.
“ BUT IF ANY PARTICULAR PERSON
“ SHOULD NOT BE PLEASED WITH THE
“‘ DRAUGHT on HIS CONSPICUOUS~ VIR-
“ TUES, LET SUCH AN ONE SIT DOWN,
“ AND COMPARE WITH IT THE CI-IARA€~

“ TER on ANY’ OTHER, AND THEN I-M-*-«

“ PARTIALLY DECIDE.”

-I.