learning, and had read as much, perhaps, d; and ve as any man ever did; yet, towards the latter end of his days, he declared to Usher, that notwithstanding he had been so laborious in his inquiries, and curious in his collections, and had possessed himself of a treasure of books and manuscrips upon all ancient subjects; yet "he could rest his soul on none, save the scriptures."

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SIR JOHN MASON,

On his death-bed, said, "I have lived to see five princes, and have been privy-counsellor to four of them. I have seen the most remarkable things in foreign parts, and have been present at most state transactions for thirty years together; and I have learnt this after many years experience-That seriousness is the greatest wisdom, temperence the best physic, and a good conscience the best estate. And, were I to live again, I would change the court for a cloister, my privy-counsellor's bustle for a hermit's retirement, and the whole life I have lived in the palace, for an hour's enjoyment of God in the chapel,"

ROMAINE

Was a zealous and successful preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and adorned it' by a suitable character, above fifty years. In his last illness not one fretful or murmuring word ever escaped his lips. "I have," said he, " the' peace of God in my conscience, and the love of God in my heart. I knew before the doctrines I preached to be truths, but now I experience them to be blessings. Jesus is more precious than rubies, and all that can be desired on the earth, is not to be compared to him." He was in full possession of his mental powers to the last moment, and near his dissolution cried out, "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! Glory be to thee on high, for such peace on earth, and good will to men.'

THESE Examples could have been easily increased without end. They are multiplying in every age and in every nation in Christendom. Even in these United States, we might, were we disposed to seek them, see, weekly, and perhaps daily instances of like

christian assurance and triumph. We will, however, add the bare hames of some few other distinguished men and women, who believed in the christian Religion and adorned the Gospel they professed: such were the divines Newcombe, Warburton, Cotes, Beveridge, Tillotson, Burtler, Bentley, Lowman, Hales, Baxter, Lardner, Robertson, Doddridge, Pearson, Berkeley, Sherlock, Taylor, Clarke, Barrow, Usher, Chillingworth, Wilkins, Bochart, Cud worth, Watts, Hervey, &c. &c. Such were the statesmen, Hyde, Somers, Cullen, Pulteney, Howard, Harrington, King, Barrington, Littleton, and others, and last, though not less esteemed, our beloved Washington was a sincere and serious christian-Such too, were the Poets, Spencer, Waller, Cowley, Prior, Thompson, Gray, Young, Milton, Cowper, &c. So also were the moralists, Steele, Hawkesworth, Johnson, &c. also, the physicians, Arbuthnot, Cheyne, Browne, Boerhave, Prin gle, Hartley, Haller, Mead, Fothergill,

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&c.-and lastly, Such were the laivyer's, Hale, Melmoth, Forbes, Hailes, Pratt, Blackstone, Jones, &c.not to omit the philosophers, Ray, Cotes, Fergu son, Adams, Euler, Newton, Boyle; && Of female characters we name Queen Catliarine Parr, Queen Mary, Lady Co Courten, Lady M. Houghton, Lady Cutts, Lady E. Hastings, Lady M. Armyne, Lady A Halket, Lady Jane Gray, Lady Langham, Lady E. Brooke, Lady Ma Vere, Lady Guion, Mrs. C. Phillips, Mrs. I. Ratcliffe, Mrs. C. Bretterg, Mrs. A. Baynard, Mrs. A. M. Schurman, Mrs. E. Bury, Mrs. E. Burnet, Mrs. E. Rowe, Mrs. Carter.

EXAMPLES,

„bank to saf kwam bina Of the cheerless, and even wretched nature of Infi delity, as exemplified in the life, conduct, dying sayings, and death of thoughtless, impeni en sinners, or in the bitter reflections of unmety re, morse. Also, in the dismay and anguish or those who have strove by repentance to efface their conscious guilt, or have been deeply sensible of a great change wrought upon their heart and manners by Divine grace..

"In that dread moment, how the frantic Soul
Raves round the walls of her clay tenement,
Runs to each avenue and shrieks for help; 1
But shrieks in vain!..How wishfully she looks
On all she's leaving, now no longer hers:

might she stay to wash away her stains,
And fit her for her passage!... Mournful sight!
Her very eyes weep blood;....and every groan
She heaves is big with horror..... But the foe
Pursues her close through every lane of life,
Till forc'd at last to the tremendous verge,
At once she sinks to everlasting ruin!”
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Was a celebrated infidel in the last age, who, in bravado, would sometimes speak very unbecoming things of God and his wordbo Yet, when alone, he was haunted