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408 LIVES OF THE PURITANS. without tears; and when upon his death-bed, had most wonderful foretastes of glory. The learned Mosheim, speaking of our divine as a writer, particularly upon the moral science, observes, that, by a worthy and pious spirit of emulation, he was excited to compose a complete body of Christian morality. He says, that Dr. Ames was a native of Scotland ; and that he was one of the first among the reformers who attempted to treat morality as a separate science, to consider it abstractedly from its connexion with any particular system of doctrine, and to introduce new light, and a new degree of accuracy and precision, into this master-science of life and manners. The attempt, says he, was laudable, had it been well executed; but the system of this learned writer was dry, theoretical, and subtile, and much more-adapted to the instruction of students, than to the practical direction of private christians,+ His WORKS.-1. Disceptatio Scholasticainter Nee Grevinchovium et Gut Amesins, &c., 1613. Disputatio inter Amesium et N. Grevinchovium, 1615.-3. Corinis ad collationem Hagiensem, 1618. 4. Medulla Theoloviea, 1623.-5. Explicatio utrinsque Epistolm St. Petri, 1625. - 6. De incarnation Verbi, 1626,-7. Bellerminus enervatus, etc., 1627.-8. De Conseientia, 1630.-9. Antisynodalia, 1630.-10. Dernolistratio logicae verm, 1632.-11. Disputatio theolo- gica ' 1632.-12. Technometria, etc., 1632.-13. A Reply to Bishop Morton; t , 163..-14. A Fresh Suitagainst human Ceremonies in God's Worship ; or, a Triplication unto Dr. Burgess's Rejoinder for Dr. Morton, 1633,-15. A first and secondManuduction, 163..-16. Re- scriptio ad responsumGrevinchovii de redemptione generali, 1634.- 17. Cliristianse catechescos sciographia, 1635. -18. Lectiones in omnes Fsalmos Davidis, 1635.-He is said to have been author of " Fuvitanismus Anglicanus," 1610; but he only wrote a preface to it, antFtlauslated it into Latin. Mr. William Bradshaw was the author of this piece, which contains the chief opinions of the, puritans, and was published in English, in 1641.-Many of theabovearticles passed through many editions ; and several of those in Latin were after- wards published in English. Hewrote many prefaces to other men's works, and some other scattered pieces. His Latin works vker9 collected and published at Amsterdam in 1658, in five volumes. His books are said to have been famous over all Europe.$ Mather's New Eng. b. iii. Moshehn'S Ecd, Hist. vol. iv. p.429. vol. v. p. 363, 364. t Biog. Britan. yok i, p. 173. Edit. 1778.

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