secretly that they might not discover whence the benefaction came. Applications from strangers in distress, he received with a perpetual welcome; and it was observed that he never distributed alms for others, without augmenting them by his own private bounty.

Truth in word and deed was an elementary part of his character, and his integrity in the various and important offices committed to his charge, was incorruptible. Such prudence and diligence did he devote to his numerous occupations both in church and state, that it was said by cotemporaries that he never undertook any business, or inhabited any mansion, without leaving it in a better condition than when it came into his hands.

His affability won the hearts of those with whom he associated; and his gratitude to those who had shown him the slightest favors, was equalled only by his generosity. This sweet sentiment of grateful remembrance was peculiarly fervid towards those who had aided him, when young, in the acquisition of knowledge. To Mr. Mulcaster, the instructor of his boyhood, be continued through life to manifest the most

respectful regard, and caused his portrait to be placed over the door of his study. A teacher of his earlier childhood having died, ere he was in a situation to give substantial proofs of his faithful recognition, he sought out his son, and bestowed on him a valuable rectory. took peculiar pleasure in searching the Universities for young men of promise and piety, that he might reward and promote them, according to their merits.

He

He conducted a correspondence with some of the first scholars of Europe, being himself distinguished by great learning. He possessed a knowledge of fifteen languages, and in the conference at Hampton Court, his name stands first of those, to whom the new translation of the Scriptures was committed. The portion executed by him, was a share of the Pentateuch, and the books from Joshua to the First of Chronicles. In the preface to the "Collation of the Old Interpreters," by Boisius, he is designated as the "miracle and oracle of our age in languages, a Mithridates in art, an Aristotle in his own person, embracing all accomplishments; so that while others have

been content with one, he has in himself seemed to comprise the whole."

His literary labors, as well as those in the pulpit, were unwearied and abundant. Many sermons and treatises evince his learning and piety. His "Private Devotions, and Manual for the Sick," have passed through more numerous editions, than any of his other published writings. They were originally composed in Greek, he having a peculiar fondness for that language, so that his thoughts naturally flowed forth in it, while its structure, and the compound epithets in which it abounds, seemed in his opinion to strengthen the ideas, and quicken with new life, the meditations that they clothed. This manuscript work, which was not translated until after his death, he often used in his closet devotions.

During his last illness, it was almost constantly in his hands. "It was found," says one of his biographers, "worn thin by his fingers, and wet with his tears."

Some have supposed, that amid the wide compass of its intercessions for all classes of mankind, there was peculiar tenderness of ex

pression for the dwellers upon the great deep. If this is a fact, it is easily explained by his filial affections, his father having been a mariner. This was doubtless in his mind, in a bequest made in his last will, of several thousand pounds, the interest of which was to be divided, four times in a year, among widows, orphans, prisoners, and "aged poor men, especially seafaring men."

A few extracts from this Manual of Devotions, will illustrate the conciseness, humility, and eloquence of its petitions, as well as their occasional adaptation to the needs of those who "go down to the sea in ships and do business amid the great waters."

Accompany, O Lord, the voyage of those who sail,
And the journey of those who travel.

Be mindful of those in exile, at the mines and at the gallies,
Of those in affliction, necessity and distress,-

Of all who need thy loving-kindness.

Be mindful of those who love us,

And of those who hate us,

And of those who charge us, unworthy as we are

To remember them in our prayers.

For thou, Lord, art the helper of the helpless,

The hope of the hopeless,

The pilot of the tempest-tossed,

The haven of those who sail,

The physician of the sick,—

Oh! make thyself all things, to all men.

Let us pray for those who pity us and minister to our wants, For the liberation of all who are in bonds,

For our absent friends and families,

For those who traverse the wide ocean.
For all who are bending under infirmity.

Deep calleth unto deep,

The depth of our wretchedness unto the depth of thy mercy. Be merciful, and spare,

Impute not, arraign not, remember not.

Behold, if Thou be a Father, and we be children, as a father pitieth his children, so pity us, oh, Lord.

Behold, if Thou be Lord, and we be servants, our eyes wait upon Thee, until Thou have mercy upon us.

Although we were neither children nor servants, but only as dogs, we might yet be allowed to eat of the crumbs that fall from thy table.

I believe that Christ came to save that which was lost

Thou, who came to save that which was lost,

Suffer not that to be lost, which Thou hast saved,

Restore health to the sick, and strength to the fallen,

Grant a serviceable journey and safe harborage to those who travel

By land or water;

Grant to the afflicted, joy,