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to hi $ majesty , at the head of the frotestan t dissenting ministers of the different denominations , residing in London and its vicinity . His health ^ as now visibly on the decline , and bis strength became gradually impaired till the attack of an asthmatic
disorder proved fatal to him on January 26 , 1715-6 , in the 73 rd year of his age . He had been blessed by nature with a strong and vigorous constitution , and possessed a sound penetrating judgment , and great strength of
memory . The subjects of his pulpit performances were always practical and useful : his sentiments solid , pertinent , and distinguished by an uncommon variety $ and his manner of enforcing them powerful and impressive . He . was remarkable for his
toldness and courage in avowing and defending what he conceived to be t ruth of importance , and " pursued what he thought right with a blunt integrity and unshaken resolution . " At the same time his candour towards
those who differed from him , his kind treatment of persons who had endeavoured to injure his own reputation , and his conscientious tender regard for that of others , were prominent features in his character . He was a
steady nonconformist upon principle ; yet he ^ maintained a charitable disposition towards the established church , and at the Revolution was very desirous of promoting the scheme of a
comprehension . Though he possessed an ample fortune , he exercised great frugality in his personal expenses , for the noble purpose of being more useful to others who stood in need of
assistance , and of more effectually serving the great interests of truth and virtue . The same laudable views governed him in the final disposal of his Property . By his last will , besides hberal benefactions to numerous be-
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History ofthe Scholastic Philosophy . [ p rom Sharon Turners History of England , &c . pp . 501—515 . ]
T ( Concluded from p . 138 J ine defenders of the Catholic faith , ** " ¦^ while decrying and attacking " < iisqui Sitive schoolmen in England , at l ^ u ° the Continent , adopted thei £ 7 iser P ™ * of studying wctics and training themselves in
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nevolent and charitable institutions in London and Dublin , he provided for the support of an itinerant preacher to the native Irish , of two pemons to preach to the Indians in North America , and of several charity schools in England and Wales . He directed that a certain fixed sum from the
income of his estates should be appropriated to the assistance of poor ministers , the widows of poor ministers , students for the ministry , and to other benevolent purposes . He also left estates to the university of Glasgow , which at present furnish handsome exhibitions to six students for the
ministry among Protestant Dissenters in South Britain , who are to be nominated by his trustees . The last grand bequest in his will was for the establishment of a library in London , for the benefit of the public . Having formed this design , he purchased Dr ,
Bates ' s curious collection of books , which he added to his own , and directed his trustees to provide a proper building for their reception . Such an edifice was erected by them in Redcross-street , Cripplegate , where the library was opened in 1729 * and
admission to it is easily obtained by persons of every denomination , without any exception , upon application to any one of the trustees . Since it was first established , very considerable accessions have been made to it by
legacies , as well as gifts of money and books , and it now contains upwards of sixteen thousand volumes , many of which are very valuable and rare , in the various departments of literature and science . The founder ' s workii
were collected together , and printed , at different periods , in 6 vols . 8 vo . the last consisting of Latin versions of several of his tracts , which he directed to be published in that language for the use of foreigners . *
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» the camps of their antagonists . Peter Lombard , who lectured at Paris , was one of the most distinguished of these wiser friends of the existing- hierarch y ^ . He studied carefully the scholastic metaphysics ; he associated his ideas by their rales , and reasons in their
* Memoir prefixed to the author ' s works . Private information .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1815, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1759/page/3/
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