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Samuex. Bradford, Bifhop of R©cheft*r,3723, 9th Geo. I.

Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, Bifhop of Bangor ,Hereford, Salifbury, and Winchefter, was born inthe year 1676. He received that part of his educa-tion, conne&ed with the Univerfity, at Catharin*Hall; where he gave early promife of the eonfpicu-•us figure he was deftined to make. In 1706, hefirfl: became known to the public, by publilhing-feme remarks on Dr. Atterbury’s Sermon, , preached'at the funeral of Mr. Bennett; in which the latterhad laid down fome very dangerous propofitions, as 1they appeared to Dr. Hoadley.

Two years after, he again entered the lifts withhis formidable antagonift; and in his exceptionsagainft a Sermon, publifhed by Atterbury, intitled,-“ The Power of Charity to cover Sin,” he attack-ed the Doftor with that ftrength of reafoning and'difpaffionate inquiry, peculiar to himfelf. In theyear 1709, Mr. Hoadley’s tradt, intitled, “ TheMeafures of Obedience,” produced another trial orIkill between thefe two learned champions; Dr. At-terbury having laboured much to confute fome ofMr. Headley's pofitions, in his elegant Latin Ser­ mon preached before the London Clergy.

The fame which Mr. Hoadley gained in thi?conteft, procured him a mod fingular mark of ho-nour ; the Houfe having exprelfcd, in very ftrong

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