THE CORRESPONDENCE AND DIARY OF PHILIP DODDRIDGE, D. D. ILLUSTRATIVE OF VARIOUS PARTICULARS IN HIS LIFE HITHERTO UNKNOWN: WITH NOTICES OF MANY OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES; AND A SKETCH OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THE TIMES IN WHICH HE LIVED. EDITED FROM THE ORIGINAL MSS. BY HIS GREAT GRANDSON, JOHN DODDRIDGE HUMPHREYS, ESQ. VOL. I. LONDON: HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. CONTENTS. VOL. I. It will be observed that many of the LETTERS here headed in the usual manner have a different Address in the text; a circumstance arising from the shorthand having been exactly copied in such particulars. It may also be remarked, that where the dates of Letters, in the same year, were unimportant, they have in this volume been sometimes transposed to obtain advantages in point of arrangement. PREFACE Page xvii SECTION I. RECORDS of the Family, and Circumstances attending the Richard Doddridge, notice of.. 1 3 Sir John Doddridge, his great legal work, "The Touchstone," fraudulently assumed by Sheppard 9 Pentecost Doddridge 11 .... John Doddridge, Member for Barnstable in the Long Parliament, opposes the Independent Party, his Works, &c. 12 .... The Rev. John Doddridge ejected from the living of Shepperton.... Daniel Doddridge, the Doctor's Father, a man of genuine piety, his marriage, &c. . The Rev. John Bauman, the Doctor's maternal Grandfather; hazards to which he was exposed in his flight from Prague, on account of the persecution against the Protestant religion Birth of Dr. Doddridge, June 26, 1702 Suffers a total loss of property by the failure of his guardian 22 Noble offer of patronage from the Duchess of Bedford.... 23 His view of becoming a Nonconformist Minister discouraged by Dr. Calamy 24 26 1719. Becomes a student at the Academy at Kibworth, under the care of the SECTION II. Political Situation of the Nonconformists in the Time of George the First, with a Notice of their Academies; and a Portion of the Correspondence of Dr. Doddridge with his Relatives and confidential Friends, while a Student Observations on the terms Nonconformist and Dissenter March 28. From the Rev. Samuel Clark, D. D. .. .. . Alludes to his work on the Promises, and gives some judicious advice, particularly on the propriety of studying human passions Jan. 3. To the Rev. Samuel Clark, D. D. Particulars relative to the Academy, remarks on a variety of books, and an account of the reformation of his late fellow student, Recommends Locke's Essay; enforces humility, and a close ex- amination of the evidence in support of the Scriptures. Dec. 13. To the Rev. Samuel Clark, D. D. 40 Some account of the academical course pursued at Kibworth. Strictures on Shaftesbury's Characteristics, and a caution to main- tain a sincere dependence upon Providence. |