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mous Reinierius JLeers and Bayle . In the epistolary correspondence of the latter , there is extant a letter to Crellius ; which , as it is a proof of his great regard for him and explains some circumstances of his history , we judge proper to insert here .
" Illustrious Sir , < c I must acknowledge myself unequal to express the great obligators , which I owe to you . for the luminous and copious observations and collections about * —— with which you have enriched me . I will avail myself of
them to illustrate this topic of history in the Supplement to my dictionary , which I know not when we shall begin to print : nor can I decline those excellent additions you propose ; and which , not for the sake of flattery , but with real truth , I say , shew the man of judgment
and of penetrating genius . It was most grateful to me to receive , from a gentleman of your distinguished character , such a mark of your diligence and friendship ; and lam ashamed and grieved to think that I have no means of testifying my gratitude ; should any offer , I shall cheerfully embrace it .
< c I hear , that your brother , Paul Crellius , who does honour to his name , is at Cambridge , and applies very closely to the study of the best arts .. That excellent nobleman , my lord Shaftesbury , who is his patron , will from his own love of antient literature , aiford him great assistance .
" Our friend Leers begs his respects and wishes of all prosperity to you . Accept the same fervent wishes from me ; and continue , eminent sir , to favour with your attachment , Roterdam , your very affection ate , Tune ai , 1706 * Bayle . "
Crellius , whilst he lived in England , was acquainted with the learned Grabe , with whom he had frequent conversations , and who applauded his courteous and virtuous manners and bore a strong testimony to his assiduous investi-\
*\ The word here is / toc 0 s , the meaning of which the translator has no means of ascertaining .
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gation of antiquity * The learned Hudson , - having heard from others what religious party
Crellius joined , - prohibited his access to the Bodleian ¦ library , fearing lest , after the example of Sandius , he should make extracts from the MSS . and books , which he thought would" illustrate and set off . what Dr . Hudson deemed a most pestilent cause . Crellius had also an interview with Sir Isaac Newton , who favoured him with a long conversation , and made him on his . going away , an handsome present . His affability of
manners and great learning procured him patrons and friends : for from his earliest years he ap « plied himself to sacred and profane learning , and particularly to sacred antiquities and ecclesiastical history .
In Germany , he was highly esteemed by La Croze , who , however , never failed to express in his letters his difference from him
in sentiment , and his grief on account of Crellius ' s opinions . Thus he expressed himseii' in a letter written in April , 1727 . " I do not at all wonder that
Artemonius does not agree with me , now 1 know the inward thoughts of his mind , which I earnestly
pray may not affect his eternal salvation . For I love the man , and most highly estimate his excellent endowments . We will
talk more on this subject , when you return here , for I cannot think that you will always continue to live in Holland , though you seem to say it . " In another letter of the 10 th of June , 1729 , he says : " I have taken care that
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A Memoir of Samuel Crellius . 51
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1810, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2401/page/3/
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