the Sabbath-day, who fodder their cat

tle, when other people are going to church? No, Sir-Does GoD ALMIGHTY blefs fuch people as go to ale houses, and do not mind the instructi ons of their minifter? No, Sir.

IN point of learning, though not in the first class of scholars, yet he was far from being deficient. He was master of the three learned languages, and well read in the claffics, of which the bible was his particular favourite: he esteemed it as the beft, and thumbed it most: he was a critic in HEBREW, which is found only in the bible, and delighted

in it.

In the younger part of his life

he wrote fome copies of verfes, which

thewed no contemptible genius for poetry.

HE eftablished a weekly lecture eveJY WEDNESDAY evening, as well as preaching twice on SUNDAY; but in the latter part of his life, his health was fo impaired, that he could only preach once on SUNDAY; and the last year of his life he was not able to continue his WEDNESDAY lecture, which gave him great uneafinefs; but he encouraged all his parishoners, and other ferious Chrift

ians, to refort to him, and converfe free

ly about their eternal interefts. He always preached without notes, and to a very crouded audience; but when he drew near his end, his ftrength failed him fo much, that after explaining and dividing his text, he gave them a few particular texts to read at home, and concluded with an earneft exhortation, as before mentioned. This was falling into a good Calvanistical practice of the famous old reformers. He made it his conftant practice to level his discourses to the capacity of the meanest of his hearers, and never to shoot over their heads. In this he imitated the great LUTHER, who faid, If in my preaching I were to pay a

regard to PHILIP MELANCTHON, and other learned divines, then I should do little good. I preach in the plainest manner to the illiterate, and that gives

content to all. He always kept up the

worship of GOD in his own family, and when he went abroad to vifit, always introduced fomething that afforded inftruction and confolation to those about him; nay, even in his own family, at his different meals, his difcourfes always tended to edification, as he was never without his bible, or GREEK teftament," which were always his companions. He was of a moft chearful and engaging temper, and had a particular turn for

moralizing and spiritualizing almost upon every subject. It was his ufual method never to give any thing to ftrolling idle beggars, observing, that those who fupplied them with money were encou❤ ragers of their vices. He always bought the cloaths for the poor himself, never allowing them to buy them; for which purpose he always applied to fome emi nent pious tradefman, who gave him every thing at prime-coft, or under; and gave large charities to diftreffed perfons, by fuch means as it was impoffible for them to come at the knowledge of the donor: and always in his charities obferved the Chriftian rule, not to let his left