ficent defign of Providence, in the vari

ous appearances, and numberlefs productions of the material world.”.

IN 1756 he wrote a letter, which is prefixed to Mr. MARSHALL'S GOSPEL MYSTERY OF SANCTIFICATION, as

no improper fupplement to THERON AND ASPASIO. But in a letter prefixed to the fourth edition of Bishop FowLER'S DESIGN OF CHRISTIANITY, &c. published in 1759, both Mr. MARSHALL and Mr. HERVEY are animadverted on. Some paffages in THERON AND ASPASIO gave offence likewife to those who were attached in general to

the author's own favourite fyftem of Calvanifm:: the ARMINIANS too. objected to that work, and Mr. JOHN WESLEY

in particular, with fome others, wrote against it. It is none of the least inftan

ces of our author's good fenfe, that he ne

ver gave

into any

of the enthufiaftic no

tions of the Methodists.

He also pub

lished three fermons in 1757, preached on the laté public faft-days. Tothe third edition, which came out in 1759, after our author's death, were added his. vifitation fermon before mentioned, his pofthumous fermon on THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION, and his CONSIDE

RATIONS ON THE PREVAILING CUS

TOM OF VISITING ON SUNDAYS.

He likewife published in 1757 a new edition of JENKS'S MEDITATIONS, to which he wrote a ftrong recommenda◄ tory preface.

IN 1757 he became a member of the affembly for Christian improvement, which was governed by twelve very good. rules, though those would not be conve nient for every fociety. His labours both in his minifterial office and in his ftudy were pursued by him as long as poffible, under the disadvantage of a very weak constitution of body, which, together with the severity of his last illness,

he fupported not only with incredible patience, but without a fingle expreffion of peevishness. That illness which had been long coming on, greatly increased in the beginning of OCTOBER 1758, and grew very formidable in DECEM BER following, fo that he foon became fenfible of his approaching diffolution. He had frequent and violent returns of the cramp, attended with most acute pain § he had likewise a hectic cough, which broke his reft in the night, fo that he could feldom lie in bed till four in the morning, and was often obliged to rife at two, efpecially as opium, how much foever guarded by other medicines, would

not agree with him. On the nineteenth

the pains of his body abated, and he grew drowsy and lethargic; but in the night following his immediate death was apprehended. The next day, the twentieth, his physician, Mr. STONHOUSE, declared, that in his opinion Mr. HER VEY could not live above three or four days. The day before his death he went a few steps across his room, but prefently his ftrength failed him, fo that he rather funk than fell down; but he fainted away, and was in all appearance dea.

When he came to himself, and his brother faid, We were afraid you was gone, he answered, I wish I had: On CHRIST