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P "Book 7723 Writer: of I R EfL‘A I 81:
“ Enquiries into Nature hisichief Delign was to raife higher.Thoughts in him.
“ felf and.others of the Greatnefs, Glory, Wifdom and Goodnels of God. He
“ left by‘his Willa libe'ral'Provif1on,for a certain Number of well digefted
“ Sermons to be yearly preached, in order to evince the Truthof, the Chriftian
“ Religion in general, ‘without touching on the Controverlies among Chrilltians.
“ He was at the Charge of Ca Tranflation and Imprellion of the'New Tef’ta-
“ ment into the Malymz.LangL1age, which he difperfed over all the Eajt‘-[mz'z'e5.
“ He gave a noble Reward to one who tranllated Grotius of the Truth of the
“ Cbrffiian Relzgiozz inla Arabick, was at the Chargegof the whole Il‘npl'ClllOl’l,
“ which he procured to’ be fcattered up and ‘down in thofe Countries where the
“ Language obtains: He gave 7001." to the carrying on an Edition of the Irilb
“ ‘Bible, which he difiributed in Ireland, ‘and contributed liberally to an Impref-
“ lion. of the Weljb Bible, and "of an Irzjb Bible for Scotland. He gave, during
“ his Life, 1300 l. to advance the Defign of propagating the Chriitian Religion
“ in“Amerz'm’; and asfoon as he heard that the Eajl-India Company were ena
“ tertaining Propolitions "for the like Delign in the Eaff, he fent in an hundred=
“ Pounds as a beginning and Example, but intended to carry it much further,-
.“ when it Ihould be fet on foot "to Pufipofe. He never feparated from the
“ Communion of the Churchuof Eizglmz
; yet waspcharitable in his Opinions
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towards Diffenters : so, "that, as the‘ lhut himfelf‘ up in no Party; neither did
he fhut out any from him. He was an Enemy itolall Severities and Perfecu-
tions on the account of ‘Religion. When he underftood what ashare of his
“ ‘tempor‘al'Ei’tate' coniilted “in Improprjationr, he made largepprefentspto the.
.“ Incigmbenlx in thofe‘Parifhes, andwto, the Widows of‘ fuch as died‘ before he‘
“ refolved on this Charity. Two P, Diftributions only that he made upon thefe
“ Occalions amounted‘ to n‘ear,6oo 1. ,His Charityto. thofe inyWanr, andyhig,
“ Bounty to learned Men was’ extraordinary; yet without any Partialities of Seft,
“ Country, ‘or Relations’; for he ‘p conlidyered himfelfasa Part ofnthe Human;
“ Nature, and‘as'a Debtor tothe whole Race of.e'n.v. Whatevereihe did this‘
“ way was without the lealt Oftentation, and with that Secrecy, that even thofe
“ who knew all his, other concerns, were Strangers to the Diltributions of hisv
“ Charities. The Biihop hirnfelf, who? was ‘often’ made ufe ofipin that Article,>
“ declares,“ thatfor fome Years ‘his Charities exceeded .1600 I. a Year. He was-
“ decently chearful,>and had ‘nothing of that Morofenefs, to. which Philofophersy
5‘ and 'Men of extraordinary‘Devotion aretfometiinesfinclinable. .g Hewithdrew
early from Court and Publick Afiairs‘; yet was ‘always treated. with Diftinc-;
tionhy his Princes." ‘Wheneverflie had pO;ccal‘ioVn to fpeakpof the Governm
ment, even in Times which,he;diflik'ed, and “upon Qccalionsiwhich he fparedf
not'to condemn, yet he always did it with anfexaftnefs of Ryegfpect. He was
“ wellVve'rfed in RabinniL‘al- Learning, and the Fathers, was an abfolute Mailer;
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. of the Mathematicks, andnknew the‘ utmoi’t'infyGeometry. "‘Geiography,.Hi- "
"‘ ftorytfand Travels were his Amufenients. 'He"i,was' expertfiri all Parts of P
“ Phylickg only theiTendernefs of his Nature made‘ him lets to endure:
‘‘ the exactnefs of Anatomical >Difl'e6ti‘0ns‘ : But for the Hiftoryi oE..Naturc, the
“, Productions of alli‘Countries, ‘the‘Virtues and Improvementsfof Plants, Ores
cc .anrd.Minerals, $113,115 eV arieties ofithem in different Climateswlfiegwas perhglg
‘‘ 'the‘p'erfe6‘tePc and ”e:ta6teI’t Man in“ the World. But his peculiar andfavouritg
“H! Study-was Chymiltry ; in which he engaged .witllI10nC Of Fl10fC ravenous and.
"‘ ambitious View gthatfengage many in it. I‘Ii‘s”.‘.Def1gn ‘was. only,to,difcove;
“ Nature, to feefof "what Principles Things were compounded, 3Jand.. into what
.“ they might be-refolved," andrito prepare good‘V'5Med1camen.ts foil: 3the(Bodies of
“ en. In, fhort his Knowledge, and great Performances thigwayvlare valued
“ all the World over, and his tnumierious Writingsuniverfallyjefteemed. ‘He
“ was"o'f aniiexceedingiweak‘ and infirm Conllittition, which ggbliged. hinito 3
s“1veryilow dietfandethis he obferved to‘ flriftly‘, that‘ in above‘ thirt‘y,Ye;1rg hi;
“ never once altered or exceeded the Qiantity or Kind prefcribed,i”" "Thefe"ar‘e
Only a few Things extracted from a great Numbclinof other Particulars related
"of him by Bifhop Burmtu ' ” ‘ ‘ ' ="
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