·Of Mr.' Henry ·scougal · ~3'~5 of Chr(flendorn, right apprehenfi.ons ofrc 7 -lio-ion) and accordingly to fuit his practice : ;f~ that, everr then, .religion was ·the matter of his ferious and -impantial choice and not n1erely the -prej-udice of cuilom and education. He nfed fometimes to \vrite clfays of 111orality, an.d oc_c~fionalmeditations; wl~ich as ·they were fingularly cloquentand ingenious, fo they breathed forth the devot-i- , .. on ofhis nlind, and the ferioufnefs ofhis fpirit; an_d would·very weH beco1ne a riper age. .It being the cufron1 ,of the youth to -have private 1ncetings about the ·o-rdering· the concernsoftheir commencemeHtJ-., w·he.r.e ·he was 1nade confian.t -prcfident among his fellows, his difcourfes to the.m ~vcre fo ·.grave and becom-ing, (as feme of them. · have profdfed), that they lookedupon .tl?em :as the fayings of a grey head, and thought they favouted of.the wifdom-ofa f hwtor. Such was ·his deporttncnt and·improve– tnent for the few years ;he relided in the univerfity: fo that, in the efh.em of all, he did not a little honour that . degree which . is then given, of which fo1ne a·re faid ·ro be fo much the reproach.- And therefore, he -J.)O foonercame out oftheunh·erfity, but he ~ was thought worthy to be a mafl:er, where . he had been fo lately a fcholar; and after ,. havinG 4:J
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