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trospect refreshed him , as * an aromatic * field , ' * and * it was to him a very great pleasure to think that , when he was gone out of the world , he should till converse with it by his writings , * i ~ t ie resigned himself with humility to God through Jesus Christ ; declaring with his expiring breath his confidence in the gospelf and his joy in the pros-| 5 ect of the divine society to which he was about to be introduced in heaven . - In person , Dr . More was thin and inclining to tallness ; of a serene countenance " pale but clear complexion , bright and piercing eye , and well-propdtftioned body He was temperate , as
• well from natural inclination as from religious principle . Some eminent instances are on record of his charity . -And on the whole he has left a reputation for exemplary meekness , benevolence and piety . " Pp . , 9 .
. ' / ' JTCfMjgty . be added to the account tjof fMoi «? s Dialogues ( p . 170 )> that ip : one 4 » f them he has been suppdsed to teach the Universal
Resfbratidn , to Which Dr . Rust , who f ^ vqij re d that opinion , might possibly refer when he described M 6 rei&s " a man whom after ages ^ buId better Understand / 3
; . Henxy More " had constantly refused to subscribe the Covenant /'
r ^ Che divine succeeds in ihi ^ sel ection had gone farther , , for , like ChiHingworth , he had D ^ orne arms fpr the king . This ^ iva ^ Richard Ajllestree , Ci the -g ou , of Mr . Rpbert Allestree , a Mg ^ nti ^ fx > an of an ancient , but de-9 f
hfl cayed 5 JJaipiJy in Perbyshire , . , * iFrp rp a grammar school , in his 37 th year , ^ e entered a c 6 m-^ jmoiier oi Christ Church , Oxford , - l-oftar 1 . 696 ,- - under th « tuition of ^ WrrRich aVd Biisby , " who . as rims-• ;;^| i : g- ^ m 1 n te ^ : Schaol , *< is ^ fikw ? rfej ^ l \ Coi ? w .-thfj severity and -uucciess of his discipline . "
n J * & 9 i . ftt § torik tTipte&toii . "lifclW'tf . * ' f Ufc . p . 220 . * f ^ ' - c t . t i . a * vy * . 1
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il Thus fortunate a second tinte iA hl « tutor , young Allc&tree made in a few months such improvement in learning and di-played such talents , as drew the notice and secured the patronage of Dr . Samuel Fell , Dean of Christ Church , by whom he was made student 0 / the
college , * which title , * says his biogra . pher and friend , Dr > John Fell ; Bishop of Oxford , the son of 1 he Dean , * he really answered by greatund happy application to study . 'J In proof and in reward of his merits , he bad no soont * taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts , than he was chosen Moderator in Pfci .
losophy ; which office was ie . eiyed yeax by year , until the civil wars threw the University , with the rest of she kingdom , into disorder . ' * Pp ^ 00 , 20 K
After sharing in the various fortunes of the Civil War , Mr . Allestieewas atone time employed , like Cowley , to pass as a confidential messenger to Charles II . from the royalists in England .
iC Ob his return , finding his friends Mr . Dolben , afterwards Archbishop of * York , and Mr . Fell * afterwards Bishop of Oxford , who had been banished / he university , residing there privatdy ^ nd exercising their functions according ^ to the rites of the Church of England , ht joined their society and continued to
assist them in the ministry , till Sir Anthony Cope , a young gentleman ofc ^ nsidejable family and fortune in the county , prevailed upon him to live in his family , avith liberty to go of stay as his occasions required . Here he tre * mained for several yearn > the terni ^ of his residence in the family allowing him to undertake journies , without
notice ,, on behalf of the king an 4 his friends . j | He managed this service , vn ' th great courage and dexterity and > was held in great esteem in the exiled cqjurt . On his reiarn from his last exp « 4 »^ of this sort , he was discovered and seized at Dover , and , after being brought up to London and e an . ined by a Committee of the Council of Safety , was lodged
% ^ Account of AHestree ^ tfe , Sn ^ ifhe Prefa ce to his Sermons . H' \ < , T - ^ . || < See the Life of Dr . Barwiclc , ^^ lish ) 6 V 0 . 1724 . p . 23 J 9 , ftotH apdthe Li « € tcr » in the Appendix % piu&iini *"""**
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BGO Review * - —British faut pit Eloquttote .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1814, page 560, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2444/page/36/
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