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THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

" prosecit, ut veritati unice litaret. Hoc ex scriptis illius disce; quæ, quod de“ eo reliquum est, majori fide tibi exhibebunt, quam epitaphii suspecta elogia." Virtutes si quas habuit, minores fane quam sibi laudi, tibi in exemplum" proponeret. Vitia una sepeliantur. Morum exemplum si quæras, in" evangelio habes; vitiorum utinam nusquam: mortalitatis, certe, quod'“ prosit, hie et ubique.”

Natum An. Dni. 1632, Aug. 29°.

Mortuum 1704, Oct. 28°-Memorat bac tabulaErevi ct ipfa peritura,

Thus died this great and most excellent philosopher, who, aster he hadbestowed many years in matters of science and speculation, happily turned histhoughts to the study of the scriptures, which he carefully examined with thefame liberty he had used in the study of the other sciences.

There is no occasion to attempt a panegyric on our author. His writingsare now well known, and valued, and will last as long as the English lan-guage. Some account of these has been given in the Editor’s Preface, and afarther description of them occurs in Des Maize aux s Dedication, towards theend of our last volume. His Character, by P. CoJle> is likewise delivered atlarge in the same place, and need not be repeated here, as it inadvertentlywas in the last edition.

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