AA8 -~ 'T A SermfJ!l at the 1-;·~uneral p~:Cl : IIow did h~ infr,ire life and fpirit in-all go(:·d dcGgn's arnongfl: us, ~nd flir us up to. our dJty by his publick and private care, ~s far as his influence could reach, and' by . hi·s example? I-Iow well did he anfwcr the charatter of a good man, and a good dergy– n;.Jn? I-I is innoccncy \vas c1ninent and obfervable fron1 his childhood, · fo that he had :1 good report fron1 then1 that \Vere . . I • -~ T1r 1 i 1 · • I C ·wnnout. r.tc nan lJ"e-el tra~111ea p-nora---· a child in the holy fcriptures; apd fuch ih– !lruetions as mrgbt infpirehimw_ith the right knowledge of them~ - and a deep fenfe of rdigion ;' and whic_h 111ight n1ake hin1 wife unto fah:ation. As he had been devoted . ·for . the holy calling from his infancy fo ' he 'was called to it by the authority and .hearty approbation of thofe who are .in1po~vered by God, having .tne 'inward tefii– mo:ny of a good confcience, and of the .·purity of his intentions; far fron1 any de– fign ·of vain-glory or interefi. His mind was .(loresf with all fort of knowledge without . vanity or contention. His piety was eminent and fingular, always accompanied vvith an unaffeCted ·hu1nility. His fpirit and difpofition was ever peaceable. His love to God, and m'ens fouls, made hin1 fiudy the divine art of becon1ing all things -.. to /
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