in 1660. II. "A Treatife on the Bleffedness of the Righteous, from Pfal. xvii. 15." being fermons preached while he was at Torrington. Printed 1668. III. "The Vanity of this mortal Life, or of Man, confidered only in this prefent mortal State, from Pfal. Ixxxix. 47, 48.' (which difcourfe is ufually bound up with his "Bleffednefs of the Righteous.") There is an epiftle before this fermon dated from Antrim in 1671. IV. “A Treatife of delighting in GOD. 1674.” V. "The living Temple of GOD, octavo, 1675." This, with its fecond part, publifhed in 1702, is efteemed his master-piece. VI. A tract entitled, "The Reconcileablenefs of GOD's Prefcience of the Sins of Men, with the Wifdom and Sincerity of his Counfels and Exhortations, and whatever other Means he uses to prevent them, octavo, 1677." VII. A pamphlet entitled, "A Letter out of the Country to a Perfon of Quality in the City, who took Offence at the late Sermon of Dr. Stilling fleet, Dean of St. Paul's, before the LordMayor." 1680. VIII. "Thoughtfulness for the Morrow, with an Appendix, concerning the immoderate Defire of foreknowing Things to come, olavo." To which is added, "A Difcourfe of Charity, in reference to other Mens' Sins, from 1 Cor. xiii. 6. 1681." IX. "A Funeral Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Margaret Baxter, from 2 Cor. v. 8. 1681." X. "Of the Naine of GOD in Prayer, from Jerem. xiv. 21. octavo. 1682." XI. "A Difcourfe on Self-Dedication. dusd. 1682." XII. "A Funeral Sermon on the Death of Mr. Richard Fairclough, from Matth. xxv. 21. 1682." This year he drew up those "Annotations on the three Epiftles of St. John," which are in the fecond volume, or continuation of Mr. Pool. XIII. "A Sermon upon Coloff. ii. 2. upon this Question, What may moft hopefully be attempted, to allay Animofities among Proteftants, that our Divifions may not be our Ruin 1683." He afterwards (1701) wrote "Some Confideration of a Preface to an Enquiry concerning the occafional Conformity of Diffenters :" which may ferve as an appendix to this fermon. XIV. "A Treatife on Luke xix. 41, 42. entitled, The Redeemer's Tears wept over loft Souls; with an Appendix concerning the Blafphemy against the Holy Ghoft, and how GOD is faid to will the Salvation of thein that perifh. 1684." XV. "A Sermon from Job v. 42. directing what we are to do after strict Enquiry, whether or no we truly love GOD. 1688." XVI. Two Sermons on Rom. vi. 13. Yield your felves to GOD. 1688." XVII. " A Funeral Sermon on the Death

of

of Mrs. J. Hammond. 1689" XVIII. "The Carnality of Chriftian Contention, in two Sermons preached at the Merchants' Lecture in Broad-street. 1693." XIX. At his first Turn at the new Lecture at Salters-Hall, "A Sermon from Ifa. Ixiv. 7. 1694." XX. "A calm and fober Enquiry concerning the Poffibility of a Trinity in the Godhead, in a Letter to a Perfon of worth. 1694." To which were added, fome "Letters formerly written to Dr. Wallis on the fame Subject." In the fame year he publifhed, "A Letter to a Friend concerning A Postfcript to the Defence of Dr. Sherlock's Notion of the Trinity in Unity,' in which his "Calm and fober Enquiry" was reflected upon." After this came out Some Confi. derations on the Explications of the Doctrine of the Trinity, in a Letter to H. H. And Mr. Howe being concerned in it, he published "A View of thofe Confiderations, in a Letter to the former Friend. 1695." XXI. “A Funeral Sermon on the Death of Mrs. Efther Sampfon; from Luke xiii. 16. 1689." XXII. "A Funeral Sermon on the Death of Q. Mary. 1695." XXIII. "A Sermon preached on the Day of Thanksgiving, Dec. 2, 1697.” And another, "To the Societies for Reformation of Manners, from Rom. xiii. 4. 1697." XXIV. "A Funeral Sermon on the Death of the Reverend Richard Adams, A. M. 1697-8." XXV. " A Funeral Sermon on the Death of the Reverend Mr. Matthew Mead. 1699." XXVI." A Funeral Sermon on the Death of John Hoghton, Efq. concerning the Redeemer's Dominion over the invifible World, and the Entrance thereinto by Death. 1699." XXVII. "On the Death of the Reverend Dr. William Bates. 1699." XXVIII. "A Difcourfe on Man's Enmity against GOD, and Reconciliation between GOD and Man, from Col. i. 21. 1701." XXIX. In 1702 he published "A fecond Part of the Living Temple," containing animadverfions on Spinofa, and a French writer pretending to confute him; with a recapitulation of the part, and an account of the deftitution and reftitution of GOD's temple amongst men. XXX. "A Funeral Ser mon on the Death of the Reverend Peter Vink, B. D. 1702." XXXI. "A Sermon on Cole. i. 13. preached on the 5th of November 1703." XXXII." The laft thing he publifhed, was "A Difcourfe on Patience, relating to the expectation of future bleffednefs, to which there was afterwards added "An Appendix," which came out in 1705. Since his death his Works have been collected and published in two volumes, folic.

Befides

Befides the above, he wrote feveral "Prefaces" to the works of others; as to Mr. Chorlton's Funeral Sermon on the death of Mr. Henry Newcome of Manchester;-to the third volume of Dr. Manton's Sermons, by way of dedication to K. William, in 1689;-to Mr. Flavel's Discourse of Mental Errors, &c. Several volumes of fermons (fays Mr. Palmer) taken in fhort-hand as they were preached, have fince his death been publifhed, viz. two by Dr. Evans and Dr. Harris, " on the Spirit's Influence on the Church," and "on Particular Perfons :"-Another by Dr. Evans, on Family Religion," 12mo.-and two more by Mr. Fletcher, "on the Love of GOD," &c. Szo. 1744.

WILLIAM BEVERIDGE, D.D.

BISHOP of St. AsAPH.

HIS excellent Prelate, who, by his learning and

Tpiety, was one of the brighteft ornaments to the

church of England in his time, was born at Barrow in Leicestershire, in the year 1638. He was educated at St. John's-College, Cambridge, where he applied with great affiduity to the ftudy of the oriental languages, and made fuch proficiency in this part of learning, that at eighteen years of age he wrote a treatife of the excellency and ufe of the oriental tongues, especially the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic and Samaritan, with a Syriac Grammar. The 3d of January, 1660-1, he was ordained deacon by Robert, bifhop of Lincoln, and priest the 31ft of that month, and about the fame time was prefented to the vicarage of Ealing in Middlefex, which he refigned_about a year after, upon his being chofen rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill, by the lord mayor and aldermen of London. He applied himself to the difcharge of his miniftry, with the utmost zeal and affiduity. He was highly inftructive in his difcourfes from the pulpit; and his labors were crowned with fuch fuccefs, that he was ftiled, The great reviver and reftorer of primitive piety.' Bishop Hinchman, his diocefan, having conceived a great efteem for him, collated