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Sermon , on occasion of King William ' s wonderful deliveran ce { from the assassination-plot ] , 1696 . 3 , A Defence of his Plea , Against the exceptions of Mr . Thomas Gipps , 1697 . 4 .
Rexnatks on a Sermon of the same Mr . Gipps , 1697 . 5 . A further Vindication of the Dissenters from the same gentleman ' s unjust accusations , 1699 . 6 . A Reply to the said Mr , Gipps * ^ Letter to a Friend , 1699 . 7 . A Preface to M . Delme ' s Method of Preaching , 1701 . 8 . " Moderation a Virtue ; " in defence of Occasional Conformity , 1703 . 9 . " Moderation still a Virtue / 1 a farther defence of Occasional Conformity , 1704 . IQ . The History of the Consecration of Altars , Temples , and Churches ; shewing the various forms of it among Jews , Heathens , and 4
Christians , J 7 O 6 . 11 . < Vindicise Britannicae ; ' * or , a Vindi * cation of Old Britain , in answer to the late learned Bishop of Worcester , i 7 O 5 , 12 . « The History of Ordination ? ' published after his death As a scholar , he stood high in the estimation of his learned cotemporaries . Beside an accurate knowledge of the Latin , the Greek , and the Hebrew , he is said to have been no mean proficient also in the Arabic , Syriac , Saxon , and French Ian - * guages ; not to mention his thorough and critical acquaintance with the English and Welsh tongues . In divinity and eccler siastical history likewise , as well as logic , and other arts and
sciences , he had confessedly attained to eminence . Beingthus distinguished for so many literary endowments , it can be no wonder that he should be placed at the head of one of those academical institutions where the Dissenters have their young men educated for the ministry . At what time he was app ' ointe 4 to that situation 1 am ' not able to say , but am inclined to think
that it must have been before he left Oswestry , ^ nd probably not long after the death of his venerable old tutor , Mr . Samuel J ones , of Brynllywarch , who had long presided over such a seminary with great and deserved reputation . The very worthy and learned Mr . Rees Prythero , or Prydderch , had presided over such another seminary somewhere near Uandovery , and towards the borders of Brecknockshire : but he too was
removed by death soon after Mr . Jones . It became therefore highly necessary to look out for a proper successor for these good and eminent men , that the work of education wliich had peen so happily conducted by them might be still continued . Mr . O . was accordingly fpted upon , and a fitter person coulcl Xxo where perhaps be found . His appointment to this situation , as I guess , must have been in 1698 or 1699 , and the duties that now devolved upon him he appears to have discharged with great ability , and to the entire satisfaction of all that were con- ? ccrned . ' After his death s the seminary , I-think ; was rempY ^
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402 Biographical Sketches .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/10/
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