← mand, and Sin and Death do not neceffarily attend the Difobedience of them, they have the lefs Influence; for fince we may take the liberty to queftion human Writers, I find that "the methods they take to impofe their Writings upon us, may ferve to countenance either Truth or Falfhood.

His Zeal to propagate Chriftianity in the World, appears by many and' large Benefactions to that end; which are enumerated in his Funeral Sermon : • He was at the Charge of the • Tranflation and Impreffion of Life,

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the New Teftament into the Malayan Language, which he fent over all the Eaft-Indies. He gave a noble Reward to him that tranflated' "Grotius's incomparable Book of the Truth of the Chriftian Religion into " Arabic, and was at the Charge of a whole Impreffion, which he took care to order to be diftributed in all the Countries where that Language is understood. He was refolved to have carried on the Impreflion of the A 5 'New

• New Teftament in the Turkish Language; but the Company thought it became them to be the Doers of it, and fo fuffer'd him only to give a large share towards it. He was at

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feven hundred Pounds charge ' in the Edition of the Irish

Bible, which he ordered to be 'diftributed in Ireland, and he contri"buted largely both to the Impreffions of the Welsh Bible, and of the Irish Bible in Scotland. He gave during his Life three hundred Pounds to advance the defign of propagating the Chriftian Religion in America; ' and as foon as he heard that the Eaft-India Company were entertaining Propofitions for the like defign in the East, he presently sent an hundred Pounds for a Beginning, and an Example, but intended to carry it • much further, when it, fhould be fet on foot to purpose. He had defigned, tho' fome Accidents did upon great confiderations divert him from fettling it during his Life, but not

• from

• from ordering it by his Will, that a liberal Provifion fhould be made for one, who should in a very few welldigefted Sermons, every Year fet forth the Truth of the Chriftian Re-ligion, in General, without defcend⚫ing to the Subdivifions amongft Chriftians; and who should be changed. every third Year, that fo this noble Study and Employment might pafs through many Hands, by which means many might become Mafters. • of the Argument.

In his younger years, he had thoughts of entring into Holy Orders, and one reafon that determin'd him. against it, was, that he believed he might in fome refpects be more ferviceable to Religion, by continuing a Layman; His having no In

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terefts, with relation to Re- Life, ligion, befides thofe of faving his own Soul, gave him, as he thought, a more unfufpected Authority in writing or acting on that Side. He knew the Profane Crew

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fortified themselves against all that was faid by Men of our Profeffion, ' with this, that it was their Trade, and that they were paid for it: He hoped therefore that he might ' have the more Influence, the lefs he shared in the Patrimony of the • Church.

Mr. Lock, whofe accurate Talent in reafoning is fo much celebrated even by the Sceptics and InfiIdels of our Times, fhow'd his Zeal for Chriftianity, firft, in his middle age, by publishing a Difcourfe on purpofe to demonftrate the Reasonablenefs of believing Jefus to be the promis'd Meffiah; and, after that, in the laft years of his Life, by a very judicious Commentary upon feveral of the Epiftles of St. Paul.

He fpeaks of the MIRACLES wrought by our Saviour and his Apoftles, in the strongest manner, both as Facts unexceptionably true, nd as the cleareft Evidences of a

divine

divine miffion. His words

Reasonable

ness, &c. P. 256.

are thefe; the Evidence of our Saviour's miffion from Heaven is fo great in the multitude of his Miracles he did before all forts of people (which the divine Providence and Wisdom has fo order'd, that they never were nor could be denied by any of the Enemies and Oppofers of Christianity) that what be deliver'd, cannot but be received as the Oracles of God, and unque ftionable verity. And again; After his Refurrection, be fent his Apoftles amongst the Nations, accompanied with Miracles; which were done in all Parts fo frequently, and before So many Witneffes of all forts, in broad day-light; that, as I have often obferv'd, the Enemies of Christianity have never dared to deny them; No, not Julian bimfelf: Who neither wanted Skill nor Power to inquire into the Truth; nor would have failed to have pro

Ibid.

p. 263.

claimed